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The third day of December 1660/.
quoad th … The third day of December 1660/.
quoad the ''white Beare''}<br />
alsis the ''Recovery''}
Super lillo producto Examinatis./:
'''Lucas Meadowes''' of Southwarke waterman annos<br />
agens 33 yeares or thereabouts aut eo circiter testis productus et Juratus./.
Ad jum positionem dicti lili dicit et deponit, that about a yeare since<br />
the time otherwise hee doth not nowe remember this deponent being<br />
a waterman carried the Arlate Mathew Noel Mr Perry and<br />
Habatuk Wiles and one Zackary Sewell and another man his name he remembreth not on board<br />
a ship whereof the said Sewell was Master and which had a little [?XXXX]<br />
brought from the sea, which ship hee verily believeth was the Arlate ship<br />
said to be called the ''White Bear'' also ''Recovery'', and being<br />
come on board her the said Sewell did in the presence of this [?XXX]<br />
deponent deliver the said ship and her Appurtenances up unto the<br />
said Mr Perry who thereupon tooke possession of her and then this deponent carried them ashore again<br />
and they goeing into an Ale house at Shadwell dock right against<br />
where the said ship lay, the said Wilde and the said Perry made<br />
a bargain together for the said ship but the perticulars thereof<br />
this deponent remembreth not but saith hee sawe the said Wilde [?pay]<br />
the said Perry twenty shillings in part of payment, and<br />
this deponent carryed all the [?Propertyes] aboard againe, and there [?this]<br />
deponent then sawe the said Perry deliver the said shipp up to the<br />
said Wylde who then tooke possession of her and otherwise he cannot depose
Ad 2um positonem dicit that hee cannot tell how much the said<br />
was then worth and to the rest hee referreth himself to the [?Registry]<br />
of this court and otherwise cannot depose
To the 9um refert se adjurat
Ad ult dicit predeposita per eum este vera./
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
Ad jum dicit that hee says that hee cometh to testify herein at the request of the<br />
said Perry and saith hee hath received nothing for coming but Mr<br />
Perry promised this deponent to satisfy him for his loste time<br />
And the said Perry asked him if hee remembered the foresaid<br />
busines but did not instruct him howe to depost herein and to<br />
the rest hee referre himeslfe to his foregoing deposition.
Ad 2um hee saith hee doth not knowe whether the said Perry [?or ?the]<br />
said Noel have any part in the said ship now or not,<br />
neither doth hee knowe of any money saving the said the twenty<br />
shillings paid by the said Wilde to the said Perry,<br />
Neither doth hee knowe of any money paid by the said Noel<br />
or Perry for the said shipp, and for the rest hee referreth himself<br />
to his foregoeing evidence
The mark of Luce '''L M''' Meadowes [MARKE, RH SIDE]Luce '''L M''' Meadowes [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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