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To the 7th hee saith, hee well knoweth Tha … To the 7th hee saith, hee well knoweth That the arlate shipp the ''Sampson'' being<br />
full built and every way compleated at Lubeck as aforesaid in the yeare<br />
1646. the said shipp in the yeare 1647. next ensueing and not before sett saile<br />
from thence, but whether shee were at Amsterdam or any other port or place in holland<br />
in the space of three yeares next preceeding the moneth of November <u>1652</u><br />
last past this deponent knoweth not The premisses hee deposeth upon the grounds<br />
before by him expressed. And further cannot depose./
To the 8th article hee saith, That the said shipp the ''Sampson'' in the yeare 1652<br />
arlate, and from the time of her building as is predeposed and to this present hath<br />
been well knowne and commonly and generally reputed to belong to Lubeck as aforesaid<br />
and that part of her Owners live there, and part at Sevill and other parts<br />
in Spaine, and saith that hee this deponent hath never heard or understood, neither<br />
doeth hee in Conscience beleeve that the said shipp belongeth, or was or is justly<br />
reputed to be belonging to Amsterdam or to have any of her Owners there liveing<br />
or inhabiting, or to be bound thither or to any place in obedience to the States<br />
of the United Netehrlands, upon her last Voyage wherein shee was surprized<br />
and taken. The premisses hee deposeth upon the reasons predeposed. And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 9th hee saith, That the arlate Peter Eleson was and is a person of<br />
low rancke and quality, and for such commonly accompted, and that it is a<br />
thing seldome or never heard of That a person of such meane condition should<br />
be part Owner of a shipp of so great importance as the said shipp ''Sampson'' is, such<br />
Owners whereof are generally esteemed Merchants and persons of good and eminent<br />
quality, which as hee saith, doe not use to admitt poore and inconsidearble persons<br />
to have copartnershipp with them in shipps of such concernement. Which hee<br />
knoweth being as aforesaid, a Lubecker Burgher and Mariner and having himself been<br />
Master and Commander of sewerall good shipps, and thereby well acquainted with the<br />
usuall transactions of Merchants in the matter of Consortshipp in such shipps.<br />
And further cannot depose, saving hee well knoweth the sayd Elesons condition to be as predeposed by his long acquaintance<br />
with him the said Eleson upon severall occasions of this deponent being at Amsterdam/.
To the 10. 11. 12. 13. and 14: hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the last hee saith heis foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee this deponent is a Native of Lubeck, and hath had his<br />
constant residence there from his infancy, And saith hee hath not neither<br />
ever had any part or share in the shipp interrate, nor had or hath any relation<br />
of kindred to the Owners of her as to Otto George interrate:-/
To the second hee saith hee is by profession a Mariner and hath bin twice at<br />
Amsterdam within theise seaven yeares, and for the first of these times did<br />
remaine there about a moneth, and the last about 6. weekes, and in the time<br />
of 7. yeares hath not seene the said shipp at either of the palces interrate,<br />
And further cannot depose saving his foregoeing deposition./
To the third hee saith that the name of the shipwright which built the<br />
shipp the ''Sampson'' interrate was Jurian Steeckman who was a Burger of<br />
Lubeck and an inhabitant there, And further otherwise then<br />
(negativelyher otherwise then<br />
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