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Transcription

and the Unicorne were at the time of the said spoile and seizure dutch
built as appeared by their mould and fashion, and had and agreed the
colours of the United Provinces, and were belonging to the said Provinces
namely the Mary to Amsterdam and the Unicorne to Middlebor[?owe],
and soe much hee saith their officers and companies acknowledged, which
said officers and the major part of their companies were alsoe dutch
men, and saith they were neere the C[?ape] on a trading voyage
for Negroes, and were as themselves confessed set out from the said
United Provinces by marchants there dwelling, subiects of the
said States, and named Mr Vandergoos and Mr C[?aymans] for two of
their owners, who as they said were merchants of the said Provinces,
and in particular the said Captaine S[?crawle] soe confessed, and that hee
his said companies (most of them subiects of the said States) came
from the said United Netherlands in the said shipps to Guiney.
The premisses hee deposeth seeing and hearing the same, And
otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the tenth hee cannot depose.

To the eleaventh hee saith that if the said surprizall had not
happend the said shipp with her said lading had and would in all probabilitie
have arived in the parts of East India, and there have invested her
said gold and goods in commodities of those parts, which here would
upon the shipps retourne have yeelded greate profitt, And otherwise saving what followeth hee
cannot depose, not having ever as yet bin at the East Indies.

To the twelveth hee saith that every marke of the said ninetie five
markes of gold was worth the summe of thirty two pounds sterling by
common repute and estimation.

To the 13th hee saith there were diverse of the said Alderman Thompson
Maurice Thompson and company their said outwards goods.
remaining aboard the said shipp at the time of the said seizure, which
came alsoe to the possession of the Captaine Scrawle and companie
of his said two shipps, to the valew of thirtie six pounds
sterling, which at the shipps retourne would alsoe in all probabilitie
have yeelded seaventie pounds sterling.

To the 14th hee cannot depose.

To the 15th hee saith that
hee cannot depose thereto.

To the 16th hee saith that the said gold and goods soe remaining aboard the
said shipp the Lyon and Providense, for this deponent, and companies
account at the time of the surprizall, would after the investing thereof
into merchandizes at East India, and retourne
in all probabilitie have yeelded eighteene hundred pounds sterling,
,And otherwise cannot
depose.

To the 17th hee cannot depose.

To the last hee saith that the said shipp the Lyon Providense at the time
of the said surprizall with her tackle, furniture, apparell and Provisions
were worth the summe of three thousand pounds sterling in his estimation.

Repeated before the two Judges in Court.

Timothy Craven//. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]