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The 21th of ffebruary 1653. [CENTRE HEADING] The claime of the duke of Courland} for the ''Temperance of Libaun'' in Curland} John Jacobson Bleau master, and of the said duke} and Luke Lucie for the goodds.} Examined upon an allegation on the behalfe of the said claimers. '''Rp.''' '''.j.''' '''Abraham Gaultier''' of the citie of London Merchant aged 33 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined. To the first article hee cannot depose, saving hee this deponent hath seene letters from Peter Batten merchant of Libaun signifying that the said shipp belongeth to the said duke. To the second, third and fourth articles hee saith and deposeth that in or about the moneth of August last past the arlate Peter Batten factor to the said Luke Lucie being here in London and at the house of the said Mr Lucie situat in ffenchurchstreete London, and being upon his retourne for Libaun in Courland (whence hee came lately before) the said Luke Lucie in this deponents presence and hearing spake unto him and gave him order that forthwith after his retourne and arivall at Libaun hee should lade a shipp with linseede and flax and send the same away thence for Roscow in ffrance, whereunto the said Batten agreed and they both accorded that the sad lading should be three quarter parts for the accompt of him the said Lucie, and the fourth or other quarter part for the accompt of him the said Peter Batten, and that the same should by the said Batten be consigned to Peter dela Port at Roscow aforesaid in Bretany in the kingdome of ffrance for the said accompt of the said Mr Lucy and Peter Batten, All which order and discourse this deponent came to be present and to take notice thereof being Cashier of the said Mr Lucy and living in his house; and very shortly after the said order soe given and repeated over againe the said Peter Batten departed hence upon his said retourne and saith that by letters received from the said Peter Batten from Libaun dated there in or about October and November last and directed and sent to the said Lucas Lucy, and in particular by a letter dated from Libau the 26th of November last and sent from the said Batten to the said Mr Lucie, hee the said Batten advised first that hee would and afterwards that hee had shipped aboard the shipp ''Temperance'' of Lubeck (John Jacobsen Blau master) which shipp (as hee wrote) hee had freighted about 1500 barrells and baggs of linseede, and a parcell of flax to be transported to Roscow for the accompt of the said Mr Lucie and himselfe ot to that effect, and that hee afterwards sent the accompt thereof dated the third of January which came to the hands of the said Mr Lucie about three weekes since, which this deponent knoweth for the reasons aforesaid and having seene and perused the said letters and accompt, and this deponent leaveth the said letter of the date of 26th of November for the indormation of this Court, and having nowe seene the accompt exhibited in this allegation, hee saith the same is the true accompt predeposed, soe received by the said Mr Lucie from the said Mr batten And saith the said Mr Lucie hath paid and satisfied the said Mr Batten for the said Lucies three quarter parts of the said lading partly by moneys of his (the proceede of English manufactures sold att dunkirke by hance van [?Bowningham] and Elias [?Rurke] the said Lucies factors there and after the said van B[?XXXXX] hath remitted and satisfied the [XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] to the said Batten by the said Mr Lucies order, and the rest with moneys remayneing in the hands of
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