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Ad 5um arlum et secundam et 3ans scheduman … Ad 5um arlum et secundam et 3ans scheduman annex deponit that<br />
hee well knoweth (for the reasons aforesaid) the said second schedule<br />
to bee of the hand of the said Sammuels other servant and the said third<br />
schedule to be the said Samuels owne hand, and is assured of the<br />
truth of the contents thereof, with this addition that the said<br />
Elias is in part ownershipp therein as in the rest of their trade<br />
with the said Arnold, which the said Sammuel well understands also<br />
albeit them for brevitie and for respect to his father to whom hee alwaies yeeldeth hee makes<br />
the addresses to his father Arnold Beake alone.
Ad 6 arlum deponit that hee hath heard and beleeveth that there<br />
was a colourable bill of lading signed by the said master to the<br />
end of avoiding seizure and confiscation in case of capture by the<br />
enemies of this Realme, But of his certaine<br />
knowledge the said goods were really laded for the accompt of the<br />
said Arnold and Elias who did and doe run the sole adventure<br />
thereof, and are by effects of theirs in the said Samuels hand<br />
(which this deponent knoweth they there had) or otherwise to be paid<br />
by them the said Arnold and Elias Beake, who of his knowledge<br />
as aforesaid run the risco thereof
Ad 7 et 8 et schedulam deponit that hee well knoweth the arlate Peter Crosse<br />
and hath seene letters from his this said brother from<br />
Bourdeaux directed to the said Peter in this the said Peters hand<br />
and thereby knoweth them to be correspondents, and this deponent<br />
hath understood that the said Sammuel laded the time, place and [?aboard]<br />
the shipp arlate for the said Peters accoont for London tenn peeces of
[MARKE, LH MARGIN]
brandy of the marke in the margin which said Peter hee saith is<br />
an English man (as this deponent taketh him) and lately<br />
as hee hath heard lived in Billeter lane London, and having ?seen<br />
the 4. 5. and 6th schedules annexed hee saith the<br />
4th schedule being the bill of lading for the said<br />
tenn peeces of brandy is filled up with the hand of one of the<br />
servants of the said Sammuel, the 5th schedule being the factorie<br />
for the same is of the hand of the other servant of the said Sammuel<br />
and the 6th is the producents Sammels owne hand and hee beleeveth the<br />
contents thereof to be true. Et alr nescit.
Ad 9 deponit that hee verily beleeveth the said tenn peeces of<br />
brandy belong to the said Peter and were laded for his sole account and<br />
that hee runneth the sole adventure thereof. Et alr nescit
Ad 10 et 11um deponit that this deponent hath understood and sawe<br />
by letters that the said shipp with<br />
her lading aforesaid in her course from Bourdeaux for this port<br />
was met with and brought up to Porto and afterwards [?XXXX]<br />
[?ChXXXXX] and plundred by a privateer having noe [?XXXXX]<br />
[?Commission]. Et alr nescit.
Ad 12 deponit that by the same meanes of his fathers [?XXXXX]<br />
[?XXXX]f his fathers [?XXXXX]<br />
[?XXXX] +
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