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month of November last past there were (of … month of November last past there were (of this deponents<br />
certaine knowledge being a Slave or Captive then and there<br />
bills putt up publishing the exposure of the said shipp<br />
to publique sale, according to the use and custome of the<br />
Country, and that according at an Outcry the said shipp<br />
was exposed to sale, and soe bought by John Ashwyn the<br />
producent, who did pay for the same (as he the deponent<br />
hath heard from the Moores a certaine shipp called the<br />
''Returne'' of London and fifty Duckatts in silver, And<br />
he saith that he well knew the said shipp the ''Returne''<br />
and that in his iudgement it was very well worth either<br />
here or there the summe of three hundred pounds lawfull<br />
English money And further he cannot depose.
To the third, fourth fifth and sixth articles he deposeth and<br />
saith that he this deponent being by the meanes and procurement<br />
of the producent and others redeemed from his Captivity was<br />
shipt aboard the arlate shipp and was one of the said<br />
shipps Company and safely arrived in her at this Port<br />
of London, And he saith thet he knoweth that the producent<br />
could not have had the possession of the said shipp, had<br />
he not bought her, and that he was in quiett and [?unquestionable]<br />
possession of her from New-Sally unto this port of London<br />
untill such time as Alderman ffrederick caused her to be<br />
arrested, And he further saith that the said John Ashwyn<br />
arlate the producent did of this deponents knowledge buy with<br />
his owne money at Sally the provisions for and alsoe the<br />
tackle and apparrell and cables and Anchors for the sayd<br />
shipp, And further he cannot depose.
To the eighth article he saith that all the sayd shipps company<br />
who came home in her from Sally had bin Captives,<br />
and were (according to the orders of the Lord Protector given [?to]<br />
the said John Ashwin and Mtr Robert Downes) and by<br />
their meanes and procurement redemmed and releast from<br />
their Captivity And further he cannot depose.
To the last article he saith his former deposition is true.
To the interrogatories.
To the first Interrogatory he answereth negatively to all.
Togatory he answereth negatively to all.
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