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of Portugall for the account of Portugall nine hundred
and seaventeen Negroes besides children, and that (as
the deponent heard from the said Captaine hurdidge and from
the Purser of the said shipp seaven hundred eighty and seaven
of the said Negroes besides children were landed alive at the
Bahia in Brazill And that they were then taken on
board the said ship for the account of the said Captaine hurdidge
and her Owners and Company One hundred and eighty fower
Negro's and eighteen children and fower thousand Alquiers
of salt, which the said Governour of Angola forced upon
him the said Captain hurdidge in liew of and for 800
Millrees due in part of more for the said shipps service
under the king of Portugall and one hundred, fifty
and nine Negroes and 16 children of the Negroes and
children taken aboard the said shipp for the account of
the said hurdidge, Owners and Company were landed
alsoe at Bahia in Brazill, And he deposeth that the
said hurdidge arlate was to have for the freight of every
of the said Negroes taken on board the said shipp for
the Portugalls account that should be landed Bahia aforesaid
from three Mill 800 Rees to fower Millrees per head, And
further he cannot depose.

To the eight article he deposeth and saith that the said shipp did
arrive with the said Negro's and salt at Bahia in Brazill
in ffebruary 1651/0, and that on the very day she arrived there
she the said shipp and all the Negro’s and all on board her for the
account of the English was seized upon by the officers of the
king of Portugall, and alsoe the freight due unto the said
hurdidge and Owners for the transportation of the Negroes
arrived there at Bahia laden aboard her for the account of the
Portugiyses, And he saith that the Negroes there arrived
and on board the said ship for the account of the English
were all sold by the said officers of the king of Portugall at
45 Milrees per head, which was then a very low rate, and that
the said Negroes there arrived for the account of the English
would have yielded above 715 Millrees whch he saith he
very well knoweth for that if the English had had the sale
of their own Negro’s they would have yielded (for the most
part) between 50 and 60 Millrees per head and further
he cannot depose.

To the ninth article he saith that the said shipp the Mary and John
was of the burthen of 420 tonnes of Portugall, and that
he was on board her at and when the Portuguyses themselves
did appraize her at 12000 Crownes silver money And
further he cannot depose.

To the tenth article he deposeth and saith the arlate hurdidge
did clear the royal Customes of all the Negro’s taken aboard
the said shipp at Angola before he departed thence, and he saith
that he the deponent did heare their Purser say that he
the said hurdidge had there at Angola in money presently payd
about 1456 Millrees and by bills of Exchange past to pay 1568.
Millrees in Bahia, and that for the payments thereof at Bahia
he had obliged his the said hurdidge’s person shipp and goods,
and that the said hurdidge was to receive againe the said money
at the Bayhia of the severall factors that were to receive the
Negro’s there, And that alsoe the said money as well as all the
rest