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rest was seized upon at Bahia by the said king of Portugalls
Officers And further he cannot depose

To the eleaventh article he deposeth and saith that at the Bahia
in Brazill the said king of Portugalls servants after they had sei[?zed GUTTER]
on the shipp the Mary and John and all things therein belonging
unto the English (as is predisposed) did lade aboard the said
shipp nine hundred and forty chests and 61 fetches of
sugar, and that the freight due for the said sugars was
26 Millrees per tonne of 5 4 arroves and that there was due for
Averidge of the said sugars one hundred and sixty Rees for
every roafe, and alsoe saith that there were at the same
rate of freight and Averidge laden aboard the said shipp
by the said Portuguises at Bahia 500 rolls of Tobacco and
five barrels of Sucketts, and that there were then alsoe laden
aboard her two hundred and sixteen plancks (as he verily
beleiveth) and seaventeene peeses of Jacranda wood, but
he saith he knoweth not the freight of the said planks and wood
And he deposeth that he hath heard one
ffrancis who was there one of
the sayd shipps Company and was allowed by the Portugueses to
take account of the goods laden aboard the said shipp by
them after her being seized, say that the freight of the sayd
goods soe laden aboard her by the Portuguyses did amount to
fourteene thousand three hundred seventy five Millrees, and
that the Owners of the sayd shipp should have had the
benefitt of the said freight, had he not being seized on
as is predisposed. And further he cannot depose.

To the 12th article he saith that the Providor arlate at the Bahia
did receive 2 Millrees at least (as he beleiveth) for the place of
every chest that was laden aboard the said ship, which was
by custome due to the said Captaine hurdidge, and that the
700 chests arlate would have brought 1400 Millrees at the
least to the said hurdidge for leave to lade them
aboard the said shipp at that time for that there were
then but few shipps there And further he deposeth not.

To the 13th article That the freight of the said Negroes the salt
arlate, the Owners Negro’s, the money that the said hurdidge
should receive for the customes of the Negro’s and the money for the
place of chest would have amounted unto about thirteen thousand
Millres which would have produced to the said hurdidge and the
Owners aabout fower hundred and above sixty chests of white
sugars, which he saith he knoweth having seen the book of
accoumpts of the said hurdidge And further he deposeth not.

To the fourteenth article he deposeth that the arlate William
Marshall had taken away from him by the said kings
Officers two and twenty Negro’s and five Oliphants tusks, and
that the said Negro’s would have yielded the said Marshall (had
he had the making the best of them) above 45 Millrees per head
but he saith he knoweth not the value of the said Eliphants
teeth, and that he the deponent hath heard the arlate Marshall
say that he had taken up threescore Millrees at 30 per Cent
for interest to serve for his necessity, and he saith that the
proceed of the said Negro’s (had he sold them to the best rates) would
have yeilded him the said Marshall about 30ty chests of sugar
And further he cannot depose.

To the 15th he saith that he hath heard and beleiveth that the
arlate Captaine hurdidge did much suffer and by the hollanders [XXX GUTTER]
taken away his apparell, money, jewells and goods, but he
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