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was in a quiet and peaceable condition in … was in a quiet and peaceable condition in her said trading voyage,<br />
shee was met with by two dutch shipps, one whereof was called the ''Mary''<br />
of Amsterdam, and the other the ''Unicorne'' of Middleborowe both under<br />
the command of John Scrawle, a dutchman, belonging as himselfe<br />
acknowledged to Amsterdam, by which two shipps hee saith shee was without<br />
any cause or offense at all given or offered, set upon, assaulted in a hostile<br />
maner and forcibly taken and surprized together with her said gold and<br />
goods; and the commander, factors and company of the ''Lyon and Providence''<br />
utterly dispoiled and deprived thereof, whereby the said shipp the ''Lyon''<br />
''and Providence'' with the golds and goods aboard her were and are utterly<br />
lost to the owners thereof, all Englishmen and subiects of this Commonwealth<br />
and were possessed and taken away by the said Captaine Scrawle and<br />
companies of the said two dutch shipps, who put kept all the company<br />
of the ''Lyon and Providence'' above five weekes prisoners, and in that space<br />
kept all or most of the common men in chaines, and they sent them<br />
away with soe scant allowance of sustenance, that they were almost [?perish]ed<br />
with hunger and had bin [?perish]ed had they not got to Saint Thoma and there sold their vessell for a [#]
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some provisions<br />
of food.
and saith they alsoe tooke away from the commander<br />
factors and others of the ''Lyon and Providence'' bookes and papers. And<br />
that the said two shipps the ''Mary'' and the ''Unicorne'' were dutch built<br />
and had and carried dutch colours, when the ''Lyon and Providence'' came<br />
first neere them when at the said Cape, and were both belonging as the<br />
said Captaine Scrawle and others of their companies acknowledged to the<br />
United Provinces and places under dominion of the States of the said<br />
Provinces, namely the ''Mary'' of Amsterdam and the Unicorne of<br />
Middleborowe and were set out thense with a cargo of goods to come<br />
and trade for Negroes at Guinney, and the most of the said two shipps<br />
companies were dutch and (as was acknowledged by and amongst them)<br />
subiects of the States Generall of the United Netherlands, and came from<br />
the said Netherlands in the said two shipps, the premisses hee deposeth<br />
seeing and hearing the same. Amd otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the tenth hee cannot depose.
To the eleaventh article hee saith and deposeth that in all probabilitie<br />
the said shipp the ''Lyon and Providence'' (had shee not bin soe hindered<br />
and taken as aforesaid) might with her gold and goods have arived<br />
in the parts of East India to which shee was bound, and there have<br />
sold and trucked away her said lading and brought the proceed[?e] thereof<br />
to this port to the greate proffit and advantage of the adventurers,<br />
And saith the usuall profitt of gold carried from Guiney to East<br />
India and there invested in goods of the place and brought to this port<br />
is above cento per cent, and frequently yeeldeth<br />
it selfe treble, namely the valew of an hundred pounds sterling, retournes<br />
three hundred pounds, and soe proportionably for a greater or lesser summe; and<br />
soe much hee saith is well knowne amongst merchants trading to<br />
those parts. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the twelveth hee saith that each marke of the said gold was and<br />
upon the said coast of Guinney worth twenty five pounds and twelve shillings<br />
sterling by common account and estimation, at the said time of seizure<br />
of the said shipp. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Tohipp. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
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