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1. of the sarah and her ladeing, but they refused to have any comission
2. And further saith that after the surprizall of the Sarah and her ladeing
3. in manner as aforesayd here this deponent was kept as a prisoner on board
4. the Mary and thereby had often Conference with the sayd Scroll and, one XXX
5. Prince the Mary and XX XXXX aboard the Mary, and other officers of the sayd
6. shipp, and heard the sayd Scroll confesse that hee was a dutchman and a
7. subject of the states of the United Provinces and that the sayd shipp Mary
8. did belonge to Amsterdam, and that hee came thee with ˹and brought outward Cargo from holland˺ her upon a tradeing voyage
9. and ˹that˺ hee lived at or neere Minikindam in holland, and the sayd Cloes flins
10. alsoe confessed to this deponent that hee was alsoe a subject of the sayd states
11. and lived at honsd in holland, and alsoe twardmost of the officers of the
12. Mary confesse that they were dutchmen subjects of the sayd states, And further
13. to these arles hee cannot depose saveing hee saith that about sixe or seaven
14. weekes after the surprizall of teh Sarah XX XXX XXXX vigt about the TO DO: eleveenthGUTTER
15. of September 1656 the sayd Scroll being ˹then˺ on XXXX board the Unicorne
16. arlate, as Commander of her, and this deponent being a Prisoner on board the
17. Mary, sawe the sayd Scrawle upon the high and open Seas nere Cape Lopez
18. aforesayd surprized and take the arlate shipp the Roppanhannack of London
19. but whether the Vuicurne then bore the dutch colours when hee made the sayd
20. seizure of the Roppanhannack, or what ladeing was surprized aboard the
21. Roppahannack hee knoweth not for that hee was a prisoner, but hath
22. heard shee had divers Negroes and alsoe other March andXXX then aboard her

23. To the 8th article of the sayd allogation hee saith that every of the
24. hundred and sixtie Negroes seized onboard the shipp the Sarah
25. the tyme and place aforesayd, would in the yeare 1656 arlate have
26. yeilded at the Barbadoes thirty pounds sterling per Negro in goods of
27. that Country or upon bills of exchange for money to bee paid in England
28. and would then have yeilded at Virginia at the least thirty five pounds
29. sterling per Negro in goods of that Country or bills of exchange for
30. money to be paid at London (Negroes usually bearing a greater price at
31. Virginia then at the Barbadoes) and this deponent after his being released
32. from being a prisoner on board the Mary came to the Barbadoes and there save
33. a shipp come in thither with Negroes in the moneth of december 1656 and sawe them
34. there sold for goods of that country after the rate of thirty five pounds sterling
35. per negro And this deponent beleeveth that what Negroes were surprized on
36. board the Rapahannuck would have yeleild at Barbadoes or Virginia the
37. rates aforesayd And further too this arle hee cannot depose

38. To the 9th article hee saith as is predeposed that XXX XXX XXXX
39. there was on board the Sara at her seizure (for Accompt of the sayd LLewelling
40. a quantitie of Elephants teeth worth five hundred pounds sterling, and for
41. this deponents Account as Master a quantitie of Elephants teeth worth three
42. hundred pounds sterling as aforesayd, besides the Negroes predeposed of on
43. board her for the sayd LLewellins and this deponents Accompts And saith that besides
44. the premisses this deponents Sea instruments and bookes and Cloathes, and
45. of the Sarah were worth five hundred pounds sterling at the least, and alsoe
46. the sayd shipps outward Cargoe undisposed of XXX and on board her at the
47. tyme of her seizure and belonging to the sayd LLewellin was worth two
48. or three hundred pounds sterling all which hee well knoweth was seized
49. and taken away by the sayd Scroll and his Company and the Owners
50. thereof rllerly deprived of the same And further to this article hee cannot depose
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