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'''Thomas Beavens''' one of the Company of the ''Assurance ffrigott''<br />
aged 46 aut circiter sworne saith and deposeth
That in August last the ''Assurance ffrigott'' was sent out of<br />
Solebay by the Generalls to scout, and being out upon such scouting<br />
on or about the eleaventh of August last to the best of his<br />
remembrance of the time, discovered and tooke a shippe called<br />
the ''Seaven Starrs'' laden with wines and brandy and bound for<br />
Amsterdam as the Company declared to this deponent and others: having<br />
Eleaven Gunns on board sverall of which she fired at the ffrigott and<br />
made severall shotts at the masts rigging and sailes endeavouring<br />
thereby to disable the ffrigott and to impede her persuite being in and upon asterne chase.<br />
And three of her shotts he saith in particuler were remarkeable<br />
one of the first was in her Main topmast, the second in her Mainmast which<br />
his precontest saw and tooke the bullet out being a bullet of 3: ''lb'' weight<br />
the other was through her spritsaile yard, which rendred her<br />
unable to beare any more saile thereupon. And saith that when<br />
they came up together and within shott the said ffrigott fired some<br />
gunns and severall small shotts past beteweene them and were given<br />
and taken. And the Captaine of the said ''Seaven Starrs'' being killed<br />
with a finale shott the Company Imediately yeilded, who declared<br />
that there said shipp and lading belonged to Hollanders and was<br />
thither bound, and that they had taken a Scotch vessell bound for<br />
the barbadoes that they had made prize of her lading and restored<br />
the shipp to the master againe wanting men to mann her And that they had taken an English<br />
fflyboate laden with deales. And saith there were two other vessells<br />
in the said ''Seaven Starrs'' Company a dutch ffly boate and another<br />
who made their escape while the ffrigott was in persuite of the said ''7''<br />
''Starrs''. who was taken by the said ffrigott about 17 or 19 leagues from<br />
shore betweene Sole and Lasthow. Et alr nescit.
Thomas beavens [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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13. Novembris 1666 [CENTRE HEADING]
[?XXXX] et Carew)<br />
con the ''Swedish'')<br />
''Lyon'' predict.)
Super allone predict ex parte Beake.
'''4. primum in B'''
'''2.'''
'''Johannes Rainmorter''' de North Yarmouth Nauta annos agens 25<br />
aut circiter testis productis et Juratus dicit et deponit prout sequitur [videlicet]
Ad primum et secundum arles deponit et dicit that for about tenn or Eleaven<br />
yeares last past this deponent hath knowne the producent Samuell Beake who hee<br />
saith was and is a merchant of good quality and reputation and one that<br />
drives and hath driven a good trade in salt wines, and other<br />
ffrench Merchandizes for his owne account from severall places in ffrance to the<br />
kingdomes of Ireland and England. And saith that the said Beake is to the best<br />
of his knowledge and as hee beleeveth an Englishman, the sonne of the arlate<br />
Arnold Beake and this deponent hath bin informed that the said Samuel was borne in<br />
London. And dureing such the time of this deponents knowledge of him hee the said Samuel<br />
hath bin ffor the most part resident in Bourdeaux, a Batchelor, and boarded there. And further<br />
carrying on of such his trade hee keeps his factors at Rochel Oleroone<br />
and other places in the dominions of the said ffrench King as also at Dublin and Corke, in Ireland. Et alr nescit deponit
Ad tertium et 4 arles deponit that in ffebruary last past the arlate Peter Knight and the<br />
producent had treaty about the buying and selling a shipp, and the producent [?buying]<br />
of him the said Knight a shipp called then the ''Cumberland'' the said Knight [?XX] lying in the<br />
River of and neere Bourdeaux for the summe of foure thousand Livers or<br />
thereaboutsthousand Livers or<br />
thereabouts +
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