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To the 5th Interrogatorie hee answereth an … To the 5th Interrogatorie hee answereth and saith by Vertue of his oath, That since<br />
the said ship the ''Sampson'' departed from Lubeck in the yeare 1647. interrate, This<br />
deponent never saw the interrate ship nor Otto George her Master and Commander<br />
till such time as the said ship and Master were seized and brought up to this Citie and<br />
in the River of Thames, And further cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith, hee hath knowne the interrate Otto George for about 16<br />
yeares before his death, and saith hee doeth not exactly knowe what Countryman<br />
the said Otto was by birth, And sayeth hee died a married man, having his wife<br />
and family in Lubeck from the yeare 1647. interrate till the time of his death./
To the 7th hee saith this rendent was as aforesaid, at Amsterdam about<br />
three yeares since, And saith hee knoweth not the estates nor ever consulted with the [?Coffers]<br />
of Brokers or Inne keepers residing at Amsterdam, for which reason hee saith hee<br />
can give no further satisfaction to the Contents of this Interrogatorie, saving hee<br />
beleeveth that persons of those professions are as capable as any others to be<br />
partners in shipps, if they have wherewith to pay for their parts, without any impediment<br />
or exception./
To the 8th hee saith, That according to the common voice and fame at Lubeck<br />
the ship the ''Sampson'' interrate upon her first departure from Lubeck after her<br />
building as predeposed, sailed directly from Lubeck to Spaine and not to<br />
Amsterdam, neither was shee at Amsterdam in the yeare 1647. interrate, as hee<br />
constantly beleeveth, and saith the said ship made one voyage from Spaine<br />
to Amsterdam, but in what yeare this deponent remembreth not, And saith hee<br />
never heard that the said ship Sampson ever returned to Lubeck since her first<br />
departure thence as aforesaid. And further cannot depose/:-
To the 9th hee saith hee beleeveth a Trumpetter may become an Officer or common<br />
man upon diverse shipps, and yet being so a common man may be called and<br />
distinguished from others by his former name and notion of a Trumpeter. And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 10th hee saith hee hath not deposed to the article interrate:-
To the 11th negatively./
To the 12th negatively:-/
To the 13th hee saith hee hath not deposed to the article interrate:/
Repeated before doctor Clarke./
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The 30th day of November <u>1654:-</u> Examined upon the said Allegation:-
'''3us./'''
'''Joachim Beene''' of hamborough Mariner aged 35. yeares<br />
or thereabouts a Wittnesse sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article hee saith and deposeth, That it is a thing well knowne<br />
taken notice of and observed by Merchants Mariners and Shipwrights, That<br />
the forme fashion and composure of shipps in Lubeck and generally in all the<br />
hanse Ports of Germanie or Easterling Countries hath 10. or 12. yeares agoe<br />
and for sewerall yeares before and some yeares since been remarkably different and<br />
(disagreeingbly different and<br />
(disagreeing +
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