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The 15th of Aprill 1654.
A businesse of e … The 15th of Aprill 1654.
A businesse of examination of witnesses}<br />
touching the late seizure of the shipp}<br />
''Saint John Baptiste'' of London John Clawson master<br />
promoted by Arnold Beake and company against}<br />
Captaine Sedgewick and Captaine Leverett.}<br />
Suckley.}
Examined upon an allegation<br />
on the behallfe of the said<br />
Mr Beake.
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'''John Clawson''' of Dantzike Mariner<br />
Master of the said shipp ahed 35 yeares<br />
or thereabouts, sworne and examined<br />
saith and deposeth as followeth.
To the first and second articles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that hee this deponent about eight monethes since, having<br />
sold a shipp (whereof hee was formerly master) at Dantzik, came<br />
thence to this port in August last to buy another, and<br />
meeting with Mr Arnold Beake of this citie merchant, the said<br />
Mr Beake told him that seeing hee this deponent was a<br />
batchelour and a dantziker and one of whom hee had heard a<br />
good report, hee the said Mr Beake and companie would furnish<br />
him with a shipp and send him out in their service, which this<br />
deponent yeelding unto, Mr Beake for himselfe and<br />
company bought shortly after the shipp the ''Saint John Baptist''<br />
arlate of the Commissioners for prize goods here in this citie<br />
the same having bin brought as prize to this Commonwealth<br />
by the name (as hee taketh it) of the ''Golden Lilly'', taken from<br />
the hollanders, with which buying this deponent was acquainted<br />
being then here present in this citie and staying for the said shippe<br />
And saith that the said shipp (then lying at dover)<br />
being soe bought by and for accompt of the said Arnold Beake and<br />
company namely Elias Beake and John Dolius of this citie<br />
merchants and Michael de Haze and Thomas Greene<br />
merchants of Dover, the said Mr Beake and rest of his company<br />
here constituted this deponent master of her and sent him downe<br />
to Dover to the said Mr de Haze and Mr Greene, who upon<br />
his comming there gave him possession of her, and saith the said<br />
persons before named were and are the owners and proprietors<br />
of teh said shipp the ''Saint John Baptist'' and of her tackle and furniture<br />
and for such commonly accompted. And further that the premisses<br />
being soe donne, teh said Mr Beake and company before named<br />
in or about the moneth of January last past (English stile) set<br />
out the said shipp from the port of Dover arlate under<br />
the conduct of this deponent with a cargazone of goods for the<br />
said owners accompt to be carried to Bayon or Saint Sebastians, and this deponent having<br />
provided himselfe of mariners which hee met and hired [?at ?Dover]<br />
and received the said lading aboard departed and sailed to and<br />
safely arrived at Bayon in the dominion of the Kinge of ffrance<br />
andon of the Kinge of ffrance<br />
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