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Ad 11um deponit That head not the saidd ship bin seized shee would
[?doubtedly] have come directly to Legorne and delivered the said goods there
to the said partyes or their assignes et alr nescit.

Ad 12um deponit pro parte sua nescit./.

Ad 13um deponit That hee hath heard that the Master and Company of the said
ship (who questionales are necessary witnesses herein) were clapt up in
Prison as Enemyes
et alr nescit/

Ad ult dicit predepoita per eum esse vera./.

Ad Interria./ [CENTRE HEADING]

Ad primum rendet that the said Arnold and Elias Beake did not in any of their
letters of Orders about the freighting a ship for the goods in question mention the said ship ffortune
and saith that they sent the said letters at the time of the dates by the post to the said Samuel Beake
at Bourdeaux and this deponent just before they were sent away copyed them
in the Copy book of the said Mr Beake, out of which hee tooke
notes (which hee hath now with him) of the tenour aforesd, et
alr salvis predepoita ad qua se refert nescit.

Ad 2um rendet That hee knoweth not the rest of the said goods but by the
Invoyces to which he referreth which Invoyces were sent over by the said
Samuel Beakes to the said Claimers, but when they received them hee
knoweth not nor knoweth whether any money or any thing els is
paidd for or in part of the goods now claimed. et alr nescit

Ad 3um rendet That the said Mr Beakes use severall markes
but the particular markes hee cannot put downe And saith that the
said Mr Arnold Beake is this rendents uncle and hee is their clerke as aforesaid
and is not otherwise related to them, and sayth that hee hath noe interest in the
goods claimed, and is worth fourty pounds in cleare estate as hee beleeveth
et alr nescit.

John Poplar [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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Ult: Octobris 1666. [CENTRE HEADING]

Touching the shipp the Seaven Starrs)
taken and seized by the Assurance)
ffrigott. On behalfe of his Majesty)

dt. [?Rox]

Nathaniel Pocket Masters mate of the Assurance
ffrigot aged 24 or thereabouts sworne and
Examined on behalfe of his Majesty in
[?praeparco] saith and deposeth

That hee was one of the Company of the Assurance ffrigott John Norborow Commander
and hath soe bin mate of her, and Mitshiap (sic) man for about five monthes last
And saith the said ffrigott being by the Generalls sent out to front while
the English ffleete lay at Sole bay, and being upon the Scout on or about
the thirteenth of August last past discovered three vessells under
saile and making up to the shipp in question discovered her to have
dutch colour up and hee by eleaven of the clock toward noone comming soe no one as to discerne the ffrigott to bee
an Engish ffrigott, boore away before the wind making all the saile hee
possibly could which the Commander of the saidd ffrigott Perceiving made also
after them and on or about one or two of the Clock in the afternoone of the same day
seized and tooke the Seaven Starrs arlate being laden with wine and
Brandy as the Company affirmed, bound for Holland and having eleaven
Gunns on board. And saith that after and before the said ffrigott
came up with her the said prize she fired severall gunns at the ffrigott
namely one of the shotts tooke place in the main mast, another in the
maine topmast, which much damnifyed the masts and severall other
Shotts before she gave and received before shee would yeild
And saith severall of the sd Shipps Company declared that they came from
ffrance and were bound for Holland, and that the said shipp and lading consisting
of wine and brandy belonged to Hollanders also. Et alr nescit saving the Master refusing to yeild
was by one of the Assurances Company killed, whereupon they presently yeilded

Nathaniell Pockett [SIGNARTURE, RH SIDE]