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Transcription

And further that there were there videlicet att Angolla rećeyved on
board the sayd shipp for Accompt of this deponent, and his sayd
Owners the number of one hundred eighty four Negers and 18
Children, and four thousand Alquiers of salt which the sayd
Governour forced this deponent to take in leiw of eight hundred
millres part of the wages earned by the sayd shipp in the
before mentioned warlike ymployment. All which sayd Negers
were to be transported to Bahia in Brazil, And this deponent
contracted for and was to have for the freight of every of the
sayd Negers for the Portugalls accompt that should be landed
at Bahia from three mill 800 rees to 4 millres per head,
and that there were seven hundred eighty seven negers safely
landed att Bahia, the freight whereof besides the children, after
the rate aforesayd did and doth amount unto thirty thirty three thousand
eighty nine millres and 800. rees. And Lastly saith that of
this deponents and sayd Companies Negers there were landed att
Bahia aforesayd one hundred fifty nine Negers and sixteene
Children, all which he presently remembreth having his dispatches
and papers of the sayd Negers in his Custody. And further
deposeth not.

To the eighth article he saith the sayd shipp the Mary and John sett
sayle under the Comand of this deponent from Angola and arrived
with the sayd Negers and salt att Bahia in Brazill on or about the seventh day of
ffebruray 1650. English stile or 17th of ffebruary 1651.
newstile: And saith that immediately upon such arrivall
the Ministers of the King of Portugall att Bahia entred upon
and seized the sayd shipp and freight and negers and salt and
all that was in her or belonging to her for the Aććompt of
the English. videlicet the sayd shipp tackle and furniture the
foresayd salt, the freight for the Portugalls negers, and
the sayd 159 negers and 16 Children for aććompt of
this deponent and his owners, and allso the negers hereafter
mentioned which ćame allso from Angola and were for Accompt
of the Pilot and Company of the mariners of the sayd
shipp being 26. in all in manner hereafter sett forth
And the sayd 159 negers belonging to this deponent and
his sayd Owners were worth some of them sixty some fifty
millres as this deponent saw them sold, and heard that the
Governour sold some of them att 80 millrees per heade. so as
they were well worth per head one with another the summe of
forty five millrees a peice, which in the whole comes to
seven thousand one hundred fifty five millrees. the premisses
he knoweth to be true for the reasons aforesayd. And further
cannot depose.

To the 9th. hee saith the sayd shipp was a large and able shipp with
24 gunnes and was in Portuguese tonnage of the burthen
of