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Transcription

The 15th of Aprill 1654.

A businesse of examination of witnesses}
touching the late seizure of the shipp}
Saint John Baptiste of London John Clawson master
promoted by Arnold Beake and company against}
Captaine Sedgewick and Captaine Leverett.}
Suckley.}

Examined upon an allegation
on the behallfe of the said
Mr Beake.

1

John Clawson of Dantzike Mariner
Master of the said shipp ahed 35 yeares
or thereabouts, sworne and examined
saith and deposeth as followeth.

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