HCA 13/68 f.529v Annotate

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hee this deponent being purser of the sayd Shipp did
enter in his books of Accompts what monethly wages was agreed
upon to be paid to every one of the sayd shipps Company and well
remembreth that the sayd Abraham Smith was entered in the
sayd booke at the rate of fower pounds per moneth, but who in particular
hyred the sayd Smith or [?Prince] hee knoweth not hee this deponent not
being present at the contract when they were hyred, but hath seene read
and coppied out a Commission wherein the sayd John Langley was by the
sayd Owners constituted Master or Commander of the sayd shipp, the
sayd Abraham Smith his cheife Mate, and this deponent Purser of her
for the voyage aforesayd And furtehr hee cannot depose/

To the third 4th & 5th articles of the sayd libell hee saith that hee this deponent
was not present at the makeing of any such agreement as is arlate
betweene the arlate John Langley and Abraham Smith but siath hee
this deponent at Gravesend in the moneth of January 1651 before the shipp the John and Mary departed
from thence on her voyage aforesayd heard the sayd Smith demand
of the sayd Langley a noate under his hand for two Negroes whereto
the sayd Langley replyed I pray thee Mate bee content I will give
thee or give thee a noate when I come on board or words to that effect And further hee cannot depose
saving hee saith that when the sayd shipp was come to
Callabarr in Guinney the sayd Smith there againe desyred the sayd Langley
that in respect hee the sayd Langley had not appointed whether the
two Negroes which hee was to allowe him over and above his wages shall
be men Negroes or women Negroes nor where to be delivered that
hee would then give him a noate to conclude where they should be
delivered and what sexe they should bee whereupon the determination
of the sayd matter was by consent of the sayd Langley and Smith referred
to the abitament of this deponent the purser of the sayd shipp
and this deponent by virtue of such reference did then and there aware that
the sayd Langley should at the Barbadoes allowe unto the sayd
Smith