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said shipp the ''Leopard'' came first thither the foresaid voyage, and well knoweth that shee brought not any Negroes thither, and this deponent being there with her all or the most part of her time of her continuance there and untill her comming thence, and comming thence in her, well knoweth that shee did not dispose of or sell or barter awaay Negro's there to any person whatsoever. And otherwise hee cannot depose To the eighth hee saith that the said Iland of Martinica was and is a ffrench plantation and planted and Inhabited by the ffrench and not any plantation of the English, nor was ir is of or belonging to any of the Charibee Ilands of the English plantation, nor under or belonging to the English. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the nineth hee saith that Cornelius ffrederickson was master of the said shipp the ''Leopard'' at such time as shee came from Ginney to Martinica, as aforesaid, at which time shee brought about 80 Negro's, and xvj Elephants teeth in her, and had severall of her goods that were outwards laden from holland and were undisposed at Ginney namely a parcell of corrall. lnves, copper staves and other commodities. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the tenth hee saith that as hee as informed by the company of the said shipp upon her arivall at Martinica and by Cornelius ffrederickson her then master, the arlate Claes ffrederickson came master of her from holland, and died at Ginney, and that hee the said Cornelius ffrederickson succeeded him in the said mastershipp. And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the 11th 12. 13. and 14 articles hee saith that the Cape Merchant or factor of the said shipp not behaving himselfe well and to the advantage of his imployers and the master differeing with him thereabouts, there happened suite betwixt them in lawe at Martinica, during which sute the said shipp continued there of this deponents sight and knowledge, and was afterwards dismissed by order of Court and then departed in or about the middle of September last for Saint Christofers (under the Conduct of the said master Cornelius ffrederickson) there to touch in her way for Amsterdam, and being there arived, the said Cornelius ffrederickson there departed this life, by which meanes the company were constrained to make some stay there to bury him, and to provide themselves of a new master for the said shipp, and at length the said company and the dutch skippers that were there (as the manner is in like cases) made choice of Claes Tuneson one of her company to be her master, who undertooke that office at Saint Christofers aforesaid, where hee saith the said shipp did not remaine above three weekes or thereabouts namely from about the 20th of September to the 16th of October at which time shee departed thence for Amsterdam, and saith that in all the said time of the said shipps staying at Saint Christofers the master nor any of the company as hee verily beleeveth did not in the least truck or trade, or buy or sell any goods or commodities other then for victualls which the said shipp wanted and tooke in, nor did shee take in any goods of the growth of that place or other part of the Iland, but meerlie victaualls and water, and having buried the said Cornelius ffrederickson the said shipp
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