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millrees perhead. And saith that there wer … millrees perhead. And saith that there were seven hundred eighty<br />
seven Negers besides Children brought to and landed alive att<br />
Bahia for the Accompt of Portugalls the freight whereof after<br />
the rate aforesayd did and doth amount unto three thousand eighty<br />
nyne mill eight hundred rees. And that of the sayd Captaine<br />
Hurdidge, his Owners and Companies Negars there were Landed<br />
att Bahia in Brazill aforesayd, one hundred fifty nine Negers<br />
and sixteene children one hundred thirty three where of belonged to the sayd Hurdidge and his Owners the premisses he deposeth belng present<br />
att making of the contract for the sayd freight and saw the sayd<br />
Negers taken in and landed at aforesayd: And otherwise he<br />
deposeth not.
To the 8th article he saith that the sayd shipp having so taken in the<br />
sayd Negars and Salt sett syle from Anglola and arrived safely<br />
therewith att Bahia in Brasilia the month of february 1650<br />
English stile or 1651. new stile. And saith<br />
that of his sight and knowledge the sayd shipp and Negars and salt<br />
and all what so ever on board her for Accompt of Englishmen were<br />
seized by the officers or ministers of the King of Portugall upon<br />
her such first arrivall together with the freight aforementioned<br />
and freight allso due to the sayd shipp for the Negars and salt<br />
for English Accompt. And saith that he knoweth and observed<br />
that the sayd Negers belonging to the English were all sold some<br />
att fourty nine some att forty eight millrees perhead and some<br />
att something lower rates, and that they were really worth one<br />
with another forty five millrees per head att the least, so as<br />
the sayd one hundred fifty nine Negers and 16 children for<br />
English Accompt att that rate did amount to seven thousand<br />
one hundred fifty five millrees, and so much the King of Portugalls<br />
ministers had and made of the same, and disposed of the sayd<br />
salt to the Kings use, And so much his deponent well saw<br />
and observed. And further deposeth not.
To the 9th article he saith the sayd shipp was of 420 tonnes burthen<br />
and upwards and had four and twenty gunnes, and was by<br />
the Portugeeses themselves of this deponents ćertayne knowledge<br />
appraised att Angola att twelve thousand Crownes sylver money<br />
each Crowne worth five shillings English, and so much the<br />
said shipp was then well worth. And further deposeth not.
To the tenth article he saith that the sayd ffrancis Hurdidge did<br />
att Angola pay the Royall Customes for all the foresayd Negroes<br />
taken into the sayd shipp att Angola att four millrees per head videlicet part in ready money<br />
and part in bills of exchange and bound himselfe shipps and goods<br />
for making good the same. And saith that the Customes for<br />
the sayd nine hundred and seventeen Negerses receyved on board<br />
for Portugalls Accompt att the sayd rate of four millrees per head<br />
did and doe amount to three thousand six hundred sixty eight<br />
millrees, which the sayd ffrancis Hurdidge did pay in manner<br />
as Hurdidge did pay in manner<br />
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