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said Thomas dixon hired and agreed with th … said Thomas dixon hired and agreed with the said John Betson to serve on<br />
the said shipp for the whole terme of her then intended voyage, which was<br />
to be from Newcastle to dantzicke and thence to London, Hull or Newcastle,<br />
and then to which soever of the said ports of London, Hull or New Castle the<br />
said shipp should first come from dantzicke the said voyage was to end and determine<br />
And saith the said Thomas dixon agreed with and promised the said Batson to<br />
pay him six pounds and tenn shillings sterling for his said voyage and service<br />
in the said shipp, And further that the said John Betson did accordingly goe<br />
and enter upon the said shipp and voyage, and was shipped and entred into pay<br />
on the tenth day of the said moneth of March, and went and served the said<br />
voyage in her to dantzicke and thence to London, and that shee arived at<br />
London (with her lading taken in at dantzicke) on or about the two and twentieth<br />
day of June then next following, and here made deliverie of her said<br />
homewards lading soe taken in at dantzicke, and soe her said voyage<br />
being ended, the said summe of six pounds and tenn shillings was due to the<br />
said John Betson, and according to the said contract, and the said dixon<br />
ought to have paid it accordingly; which hee knoweth to be true because hee<br />
this deponent was hired and went masters mate the said voyage in the said<br />
shipp and was paid for the same as ending here at London, and because<br />
hee this deponent procured the said John Betson to goe the same in the said<br />
shipp, and brought him to the said dixon the master to be hired, and was<br />
present at his hiring at Newcastle by the said dixon, and heard the said<br />
voyage and the said summe for his wages agreed on between them, in<br />
such manner as aforesaid; and this deponent being requested by the said master<br />
to help him to men, procured him the said Betson as aforesaid
To the fourth hee saith that during the whole terme of the said voyage<br />
the said John Betson behaved himselfe civlly and carefully, and was<br />
actually imployed by the said master during same in and about the<br />
service of the said shipp, which service hee very well and carefully performed<br />
and behaved himselfe as an able mariner, and well<br />
deserved the said wages for the same, which hee knoweth going the said<br />
voyage and seeing the said carr[?u]age of the said Betson, and taking<br />
notice of his abilities, this deponent having used seafaring above twenty yeares,<br />
and bin master of severall shipps.
To the fifth hee saith that the said John Betson hath bin ever since<br />
the said ending of the said voyage following the businesse of getting his said<br />
pay, and being long at London about the same, and hath never made any<br />
voyage since, so that hee hath lost in very wages since the said ending of the<br />
foresaid voyage) above twenty pounds, for hee might have had and this deponent<br />
durst undertake to have procured him above 40 ''s'' per moneth for [?very] Collier<br />
service betwixt Newcastle and London, and for further voyages hee might<br />
have had better pay, and saith that for such his losse of time and charges and<br />
expenses in running after his said payment, this deponent estimateth him<br />
damnified at least 25 ''li'' over and besides his said wages due as aforesaid.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first it is donne as required, and saith that hee was in the said shipp<br />
at Elsenore interrate on or about the 16th of May, interrate, and that while<br />
shee was lying there to be released of the customes there payable the said master<br />
with the said Betson and f[?oure] more of the said shipps company went ashore in the ships boate to<br />
get provisions, about seaven of the clock in the morning, and afterwards videlicet in the night next
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