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Transcription

in Ginney did heare the arlate Captaine Langley promise unto the
arlate Abraham Smith to allowe and give him two Negroes or the price
of them And further to those articles hee cannot depose

To the 6th and 7th articles hee saith that about the 8th of December arlate the
price of a Negro into Barbados was 1500 li of sugar or thereabouts And
further to those articles hee cannot depose

To the 8th saving his foregoeing deposition to which hee referreth hee
cannot depose./

To the 9th and 10th articles hee saith that ee referreth himselfe to the Registry
of the Court arlate And further to those articles cannot depose

To the 11th hee saith that hee beleeveth the arlate John Elliott Mr Thorowgood
and the rest of the Owners of the sayd shipp the John and Mary are Subiects of
the Commonwealth of England and subiect to the authority of the Court
arlate and further hee cannot depose/

To the 12th hee saith that saving his foregoeing depositions hee cannot
depose./

To the 13th hee saith that his foregoeing depositions are true./

To the Crosse Interrogatories./

To the first Interrogatory hee saith that hee well knoweth that the sayd
Abraham Smith did goe Masters first or cheife mate of the shipp the John and Mary
for the whole voyage predeposed and the sayd Maurice [?Prince] as his servant till his orderly in his [?XXX] but who hyred them or what wages they were
to have he this deponent knoweth not being not present when they were hyred

To the second hee saith hee knoweth nothing of the contents thereof and therefore
cannot depose thereto./

To the third hee refereth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and further
cannot depose thereto./

To the 4th hee cannot depose./

To the 5th hee saith It concerneth him not to answere thereto for that
hee hath not deposed touching the noate Interrate nor knoweth anything thereof

To the 6th he saith that it is the use and custome at Sea for Masters of Shipps
when they pay any of their company wages to make deduction of such
summes as the party to receive such wages is indebted to any of the Shipps
Company and soe hee beleeveth the shipp Interrate ought to doe and further hee cannot depose/

To the 7th hee cannot depose knowing nothing of the contents thereof

To the 8th hee saith that hee this deponent was second Mate to the Master
of the sayd shipp the John and Mary during the whole voyage predeposed of
And further to this Interrogatory hee cannot depose./

Thomas Bedham [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]