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1. said Thomas Dixon hired and agreed with the said John Batson to serve on
2. the said shipp for the whole terme of her then intended voyage, which was
3. to be from Newcastle to Dantzicke and thence to London, Hull or Newcastle,
4. and then to which soever of the said ports of London, Hull or New Castle the
5. sad shipp should first come from Dantzicke the said voyage was to end and determine
6. And saith the said Thomas Dixon agreed with and promised the said Batson to
7. pay him six pounds and tenn shillings sterling for his said voyage and service
8. in the said shipp, And further that the said John Batson did accordingly goe
9. and enter upon the said shipp and voyage, and was shipped and entred into pay
10. on the tenth day of the said moneth of March, and went and served the said
11. voyage in her to Dantzicke and thence to London, XXX and that shee arived at
12. London (with her lading taken in at Dantzicke) on or about the two and twentieth
13. day of June then next following, and here made deliverie of her said
14. homewards voyaX lading soe taken in at Dantzicke, and soe her said voyage
15. being ended, the said ˹summe˺ of six pounds and tenn shillings wXXXX was due to the
16. said John Batson, and according to the said contract, and the said dixon
17. ought to have paid it accordingly; which hee knoweth to be true because hee
18. this deponent was hired and went masters mate the said voyage in the said
19. shipp and was paid for the same as ending here at London, and because
20. hee this deponent procured the said John Betson to goe the same in the said
21. shipp, and brought him to the said dixon the master to be hired, and was
22. present at his hiring at Newcastle by the said dixon, and heard the said
23. voyage and the said summe for his wages agreed on between them, and ot in
24. such manner as aforesaid; and this deponent being requested by the said master
25. to help him to men, procured him the said Batson as aforesaid
26. To the fourth hee saith that during the whole terme of the said voyage
27. the said John Betson haXXXd himselfe civlly and carefully, and was
28. actually imployed by the said master during same in and about the
29. service of the said shipp, which service hee very well and ˹and˺ carefully performed
30. and behaved himselfe lik ˹as˺ an able ˹mariner˺ and well beyond sailer, and well
31. deserved the said wages for the same, which hee knoweth going the said
32. voyage and seeing the XXXXX said carrage of the said Betson, and taking
33. notice of his abilities, this deponent having used sea faring above twenty yeares,
34. and bin master of sevrall shipps.
35. To the fifth hee saith that the said John Betson hath bin ever since
36. the said ending of the said voyage following the businesse of getting his said
37. pay, and being long at London about the same, and hath never gXXXXXXXXX ˹made any˺
38. voyage since, so that hee hath lost in very wages since the said ending of the
39. foresaid voyage) above twenty pounds, for hee might have ˹had˺ and this deponent
40. durst undertake to have promised him above 40s per moneth for very collier
41. service betwixt Lon Newcastle and London, and for further voyages hee might
42. have had better pay, and saith that for such his losse of time and charges and
43. expenses in running after his said payment, this deponent estimateth him
44. damnified at least 25li over and besides his said wages due as aforesaid.
45.
46. To the Interrogatories CENTRE HEADING
47. To the first it is donne as required, and saith that hee was in the said shipp
48. at Elsinore interrate on or about the 16th of May, and interrate, and that while
49. shee was lying there to release be released of the customes there payable the said master
50. with the said Betson and fXXXX more of the said shipps company went ashore ˹in the ships boate˺ to
51. get provisions in the forenoone, about seaven of the clock in the morning, and afterwards videlicet in the night following next
52. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text">See in the other side # following</margin>

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