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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

2.

Thomas Beavens one of the Company of the Assurance ffrigott
aged 46 aut circiter sworne saith and deposeth

That in August last the Assurance ffrigott was sent out of
Solebay by the Generalls to scout, and being out upon such scouting
on or about the eleaventh of August last to the best of his
remembrance of the time, discovered and tooke a shippe called
the Seaven Starrs laden with wines and brandy and bound for
Amsterdam as the Company declared to this deponent and others: having
Eleaven Gunns on board sverall of which she fired at the ffrigott and
made severall shotts at the masts rigging and sailes endeavouring
thereby to disable the ffrigott and to impede her persuite being in and upon asterne chase.
And three of her shotts he saith in particuler were remarkeable
one of the first was in her Main topmast, the second in her Mainmast which
his precontest saw and tooke the bullet out being a bullet of 3: lb weight
the other was through her spritsaile yard, which rendred her
unable to beare any more saile thereupon. And saith that when
they came up together and within shott the said ffrigott fired some
gunns and severall small shotts past beteweene them and were given
and taken. And the Captaine of the said Seaven Starrs being killed
with a finale shott the Company Imediately yeilded, who declared
that there said shipp and lading belonged to Hollanders and was
thither bound, and that they had taken a Scotch vessell bound for
the barbadoes that they had made prize of her lading and restored
the shipp to the master againe wanting men to mann her And that they had taken an English
fflyboate laden with deales. And saith there were two other vessells
in the said Seaven Starrs Company a dutch ffly boate and another
who made their escape while the ffrigott was in persuite of the said 7
Starrs. who was taken by the said ffrigott about 17 or 19 leagues from
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)
con the Swedish)
Lyon predict.)

Super allone predict ex parte Beake.

4. primum in B

2.

Johannes Rainmorter de North Yarmouth Nauta annos agens 25
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
yeares last past this deponent hath knowne the producent Samuell Beake who hee
saith was and is a merchant of good quality and reputation and one that
drives and hath driven a good trade in salt wines, and other
ffrench Merchandizes for his owne account from severall places in ffrance to the
kingdomes of Ireland and England. And saith that the said Beake is to the best
of his knowledge and as hee beleeveth an Englishman, the sonne of the arlate
Arnold Beake and this deponent hath bin informed that the said Samuel was borne in
London. And dureing such the time of this deponents knowledge of him hee the said Samuel
hath bin ffor the most part resident in Bourdeaux, a Batchelor, and boarded there. And further
carrying on of such his trade hee keeps his factors at Rochel Oleroone
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
producent had treaty about the buying and selling a shipp, and the producent [?buying]
of him the said Knight a shipp called then the Cumberland the said Knight [?XX] lying in the
River of and neere Bourdeaux for the summe of foure thousand Livers or
thereabouts