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rest was seized upon at Bahia by the said … rest was seized upon at Bahia by the said king of Portugalls<br />
Officers And further he cannot depose
To the eleaventh article he deposeth and saith that at the Bahia<br />
in Brazill the said king of Portugalls servants after they had sei[?zed GUTTER]<br />
on the shipp the ''Mary and John'' and all things therein belonging<br />
unto the English (as is predisposed) did lade aboard the said<br />
shipp nine hundred and forty chests and 61 fetches of<br />
sugar, and that the freight due for the said sugars was<br />
26 Millrees per tonne of 5 4 arroves and that there was due for<br />
Averidge of the said sugars one hundred and sixty Rees for<br />
every roafe, and alsoe saith that there were at the same<br />
rate of freight and Averidge laden aboard the said shipp<br />
by the said Portuguises at Bahia 500 rolls of Tobacco and<br />
five barrels of Sucketts, and that there were then alsoe laden<br />
aboard her two hundred and sixteen plancks (as he verily<br />
beleiveth) and seaventeene peeses of Jacranda wood, but<br />
he saith he knoweth not the freight of the said planks and wood<br />
And he deposeth that he hath heard one<br />
ffrancis who was there one of<br />
the sayd shipps Company and was allowed by the Portugueses to<br />
take account of the goods laden aboard the said shipp by<br />
them after her being seized, say that the freight of the sayd<br />
goods soe laden aboard her by the Portuguyses did amount to<br />
fourteene thousand three hundred seventy five Millrees, and<br />
that the Owners of the sayd shipp should have had the<br />
benefitt of the said freight, had he not being seized on<br />
as is predisposed. And further he cannot depose.
To the 12th article he saith that the Providor arlate at the Bahia<br />
did receive 2 Millrees at least (as he beleiveth) for the place of<br />
every chest that was laden aboard the said ship, which was<br />
by custome due to the said Captaine hurdidge, and that the<br />
700 chests arlate would have brought 1400 Millrees at the<br />
least to the said hurdidge for leave to lade them<br />
aboard the said shipp at that time for that there were<br />
then but few shipps there And further he deposeth not.
To the 13th article That the freight of the said Negroes the salt<br />
arlate, the Owners Negro’s, the money that the said hurdidge<br />
should receive for the customes of the Negro’s and the money for the<br />
place of chest would have amounted unto about thirteen thousand<br />
Millres which would have produced to the said hurdidge and the<br />
Owners aabout fower hundred and above sixty chests of white<br />
sugars, which he saith he knoweth having seen the book of<br />
accoumpts of the said hurdidge And further he deposeth not.
To the fourteenth article he deposeth that the arlate William<br />
Marshall had taken away from him by the said kings<br />
Officers two and twenty Negro’s and five Oliphants tusks, and<br />
that the said Negro’s would have yielded the said Marshall (had<br />
he had the making the best of them) above 45 Millrees per head<br />
but he saith he knoweth not the value of the said Eliphants<br />
teeth, and that he the deponent hath heard the arlate Marshall<br />
say that he had taken up threescore Millrees at 30 per Cent<br />
for interest to serve for his necessity, and he saith that the<br />
proceed of the said Negro’s (had he sold them to the best rates) would<br />
have yeilded him the said Marshall about 30ty chests of sugar<br />
And further he cannot depose.
To the 15th he saith that he hath heard and beleiveth that the<br />
arlate Captaine hurdidge did much suffer and by the hollanders [XXX GUTTER]<br />
taken away his apparell, money, jewells and goods, but he<br />
thisjewells and goods, but he<br />
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