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thereabouts which hee knoweth hee being ma … thereabouts which hee knoweth hee being made privy thereto, And being<br />
sent by the said Samuell Beake to view the said shipp her tackle and<br />
furniture. and to give him account what this deponent thought the same<br />
were worth. And saith the said producent agreed and undertooke to pay for<br />
the said Shipp at her arrivall at Royen (sic) below in that River the foresaid summe<br />
of 4000 livers or thereabouts in this deponents presence. And hee verily beleeveth that the said summe<br />
is since paid but he for his part saw not any mony paid. And for the reasons<br />
aforesaid beleeveth him to bee sole owner of the said shipp her tackle apparell<br />
and furniture. And saith that after such buying the said shipp hee the said<br />
Beake Changed her name and called And named her the ''Swedish Lyon'' and<br />
put and constituted the arlate Henry Roode Master of her and the said producent<br />
Expended and laid out severall summes of mony in triming and fitting put<br />
the said shipp for a voyage to bee made from the port of Bourdeaux to Dublin in<br />
Ireland, for which voyage and for his owne account and risgoe to the best of this<br />
deponents knowledge hee laded and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp<br />
about seaventy tonns of White and redd wines, and severall peeces of Pruines<br />
to bee carried to, and which were carried to and delivered at Dublin in<br />
Ireland to the arlate Josuah Allen<br />
his factor there and to bee and were disposed of by him for the said Beakes account And<br />
the arlate Henry Roode the master hee is well assured received noe mony for<br />
ffreight of the said goods from the said Allen or from any other, the same belonging wholy to<br />
the said producent. Which hee knoweth being one of the Company<br />
and going the said voyage and being made privy to the<br />
whole transaction of the said lading and voyage by the said Mr Beake and Master<br />
of the said shipp. Et alr nescit saving that in the voyage aforesaid they touched at<br />
Plymouth and there tooke in a Pilott bamed Nicholas Lampin an Englishman<br />
living then at Plymouth to goe in her to Dublin in Ireland, this deponent being a<br />
stranger in these seas, and the said shipp went from Plymouth some part of the seas under<br />
the Convoy of the ''Dartmouth'' and the ''Little Guifts'' his Majesties frigots untill<br />
stresse of weather parted them.
Ad 5. 6. & 7 deponit that the said shipp returned in Ballast with some small things<br />
to Rochell and Oleroone about June last past, by the orders of the said Samuel Beake, And<br />
hee saith the arlate Baily the producents factor did at Oleroone lade<br />
and caused to bee laden on board the said shipp by order and advice of the<br />
said producent, and for his account about three hundred of Oleroone salt to bee<br />
carried in the said ship to Corke in the Kingdome of Ireland and there<br />
to bee delivered to the arlate Gold for the said producents account and to bee<br />
by him vended and disposed of for the same account which hee knoweth ffor that<br />
this deponent and the Master at Dublin as also at Rochell after their returne<br />
from Dublin had letters from the said Beake ordering them to goe to ?Moroone<br />
and advising them that the arlate Baily would lade them with salt for<br />
his account to bee carried to Corke in Ireland. Which letters hee has since lost, as<br />
hee beleeveth. But knoweth not of any bills of Exchange drawne upon the<br />
said producent or of any monies wither paid or remitted for the said lading but beleeveth<br />
the same to bee paid for that the said Beake being as hee supposeth a rich mann and a great trader<br />
useth to pay very Current. Et alr nescit.
Ad 8 deponit that the letter arlate being the first schedule is wholy written and subscribed<br />
by and with the proper hand of the said Samuell Beake which hee knoweth having<br />
severall times seene him write, and received severalll letters from him and thereby<br />
being well acquainted with his manner and Character of handwriting. Et alr<br />
referendo se ad [?dXXX] [?misivam], ffacturam et [?attestsarenen] arlate et contenta in eisdem<br />
nescit depondre Saving .Sam Beake. at the foote of the said attestation is the firme of the said producentstation is the firme of the said producent +
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