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and documents, hee hath seene and understo … and documents, hee hath seene and understood that the said vessell<br />
was in her two voyages next proceeding the present<br />
in the service and imployment of the said Arnold and Elias Beake<br />
the first from Bourdeaux<br />
to London with wines for their accompt, and from London shee retourned<br />
for Bourdeaux, and thence caried wines for the<br />
accompt of the said Arnold and Elias<br />
or for them in company with the said Samuel to dublin in Ireland, which two voyages were within a twelve moneth<br />
last as hee remembreth the time, and from dublin retourniing to<br />
Bourdeaux shee was comming from Bourdeaux the voyage in question wherein shee<br />
was soe sezied. Et alr nescit.
Ad 13 deponit that as hee hath heard and beleeveth the said master and<br />
some of his company have upon the pretences arlate bin arrested<br />
and imprisoned at Chichesea by the meanes and contrivement of the<br />
Captaine or his imployers to the end to defeat the claimers of their<br />
testimony. Et alr nescit.
Ad ult dicit predepoita sua esse vera.
Abraham Beake [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Ad Interria. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp.'''
Ad primum rendet that hee very well knoweth that the said Arnold<br />
Beake gave order by severall letters for freighting of a ship and<br />
lading of brandy, vinegar and wines by the said Samuel for their account<br />
this deponent having perused the booke of copies of letters to that purpose<br />
and wherein the same appeareth, namely by a letter of 18 of June<br />
1666, wherein it is said in dutch to this effect in English, videlicet, if the<br />
hired ship is not come, upon receipt hereof freight another ship of about<br />
60 tonns, to wit, [?XXX] shipp loade therein for my account 10 tonns<br />
of clarret and the rest of the lading of very good muskt white wine<br />
let this be don with what expedition you can, and send them<br />
hether, you can put in 5 or 10 tonns of good vinegar according<br />
as is [?XXX] full [?XXX] et cetera And saith that the<br />
hired shipp aforesaid, was a shipp hired in fflanders by one Mr<br />
[?Castire] by the said Arnolds order, which letting oportunitie slip<br />
and not commeing away in time, and being retarded from speadie<br />
going that voyage, the said producent put her by. And hee wrote<br />
other letters to the said Samuel about the said freighting and lading,<br />
namely 25 of June, 2 July, 5 July, 19 July and<br />
2 of August 1666, abstracts of which heesa ith wilbe produced for<br />
the further satisfaction of this Court. Et alr referends se ad<br />
contente in dictis Epsitolis nescit, saving the said letters were<br />
soe written and sent by the post to the said Samuel Beake.
Ad 2 rendet that part of the effects of the said Arnold and Elias<br />
Beake in the hand of the said Samuel towards the satisfaction of and for the<br />
said goodstion of and for the<br />
said goods +
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