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Transcription

some fowerteene casks of sugar being claymed and made appeare
to belong to English men they were againe restored to the laders of them by order of the
sayd Commissoners and the rest of the ladeing together with
the shipp the Strong Rowland and her tackle furniture and Ammuni=
tion for that the same could not then bee made appeare to belong
to any the subiects of this Commonwealth were detayned by
the sayd Commissioners as lawfull prize, for trading
there contrary to the lawes in that behalfe made And hee this depo=
nent did observe that the Master and Company of the sayd shipp
Strong Rowland were all dutch men and hearde the Master
of her confesse that hee was a hollander or dutchman and
that the sayd shipp did then belong to holland And
further to this article hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee knoweth the shipp Strong Rowland
and hath knowne her ever since about the latter end of January 1654
English style and first sawe her at the Barbados and saith shee
is of the burthen of seaven score or eight score tonne and had at
her seizure nyne or tenne gunnes but having not about him his coppy of
the Inventary by him taken as aforesayd hee remebreth not the
iust number of her gunnes And further cannot answere/

To the 2 hee saith that the shipp Interrogate was seized on at
the Barbados about the beginning of ffebruary 1654 English
style by order of the Commissioners aforesayd and this deponent
was present at her seizure, and sealed up her hatches and saith shee
was seized for trading at the Barbados contrary to the lawes
of this Nation/

To the 3 hee saith the ladeing taken aboard her was Mascovadoe sugars
and some fustick wood and some few bagges of dry ginger And the value
of the sayd shipp and ladeing was as hee beleeveth about seaven or eight
hundred pounds sterling And further saving his foregoing deposition
hee cannot answere

To the 4th hee saith that hee heard the Master of the sayd shipp confesse
that shee was a holland shipp and belonged to dutch men and was
bound for holland with her ladeing, but the names of the Owners
of her or her ladeing, hee knoweth not nor hath hearde, and saith
hee doth knowe what Port shee did belong to when she was seized on but remem=
breth not the name thereof having not his Inventary aforesayd about
him and further cannot answere/

To the 5th hee cannot answere having heard nothing touching any
licence given by the Governor of Barbados or desyred by the Master of the Strong
Rowland or his Company to trade there/

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