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(and at present ought to be) the owners an … (and at present ought to be) the owners and proprietors of the<br />
shipp the ''Lyon and Providense'' and of her tackle and furniture and<br />
for such commonly accounted, and saith that about thirteene monethes<br />
since the said shipp was victualled and set out from this port on a<br />
voyage to be made to Guiney, thence to the East Indies, and soe to<br />
retourne to this port on a trading voyage, and that the said<br />
Alderman William Thomson and Maurice Thomson tooke an hundred<br />
and fiftie tonnes of the said shipp to freight for the said voyage, and<br />
did in this port before such here proceeding lade and put on board her<br />
in and upon their said tonnage a good quantitie of marchandizes consisting<br />
in Silesia linnen, iron, knives, and other commodities, to be on the<br />
coast of Guiney bartered away for gold, and the most part thereof<br />
were bartered away accordingly upon such the said ships arivall on the<br />
said coast, all which hee knoweth proceeding hense in the said shipp and<br />
ariving on the said coast in her hee being Purser of her.
To the third árticle hee saith and deposeth that within the said time<br />
after such arivall of the said shipp the said voyage at Cormantine<br />
on the coast of Guiney the factors of the said Alderman william<br />
Thomson and Maurice Thomson upon such barter as aforesaid got<br />
and received aboard her to and for the use and account of the said Alderman<br />
and Morrise Thomson ninetie one markes and some odd angles of<br />
Guiney Gold, which hee knoweth because hee sawe the same, and afterwards<br />
there was more gold received aboard for their account, but this deponent<br />
did not take notice of the particular quantitie thereof. And saith<br />
the said factors were in the quiet and peaseable possession of the<br />
said gold aboard the said shipp to the use aforesaid of Alderman and<br />
Morrise Thomson, on the high and open sea, and soe continued<br />
till and unto the said shipps arivall at Cape lopez or Cape de<br />
Lope Gonsalves, and untill the [?sXXXXXX] hereunder mentioned,<br />
which gold hee saith was intended for the parts of East India,<br />
there to be invested in goods of those parts for the same account, which<br />
hee knoweth, being aboard, and Purser of the said shipp, and<br />
taking notice of the premisses.
To the fourth article hee saith and deposeth that there was a<br />
parcell of gold taken and received aboard the said shipp for the<br />
said account of James Bridgeman, Thomas Preston and company<br />
at Cormantine aforesaid, but the quantitie thereof hee did not<br />
take notice of, the same being received by the Captain of the<br />
shipp, who kept account thereof.
To the fifth hee saith that over and besides the gold aforesaid<br />
the arlate Lionell Skinner had and received alsoe a parcell<br />
of gold aboard the said shipp for account of him selfe and friends<br />
which with the said gold of the said Bridgeman and company was alsoe<br />
to be carried to the parts of East India, and there to be invested in<br />
Merchandizes for this port.
To the 6th hee saith hee this exáminate had at the said time and<br />
place aboard the said shipp an private adventure in golds and goods for<br />
theure in golds and goods for<br />
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