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The same day of examined on the sayd allegation

William Pethebridge of Ratcliff mariner aged
forty two years or thereabouts a witness sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./

To the 8th article of the sayd allegation and the second Schedule therein
mentioned he saith and deposeth that hee this deponent with his contests
John Obee and Thomas Taylor were since the return of the ship the dolphin
from the voyage in question spoken unto by Mr Collyer and others the Owners
of the sayd ship to measure and view the same and to certifie the burthen
of her and how many tonnes in casks shee would carrie and thereupon this deponent
and the sayde Taylor and Obee did upon the fowerteenth of this instant
October 1656 measure the sayde shipp by hoopes and Longers, and did finde
thereby that the sayde shipp was of the burthen of three hundred fifty
eight tunnes and would carry and stowe soe much tonnage of Casks and
did make a certificate under their hands to that effect and saith that
the second schedule arlate nor showed unto him is the sayde originall
certificate soe by them made and that the same certificate is truth and
was subscribed by this deponent and the sayd Taylor and Obee as the same was
appeareth and that these words William Pethebridge at the bottome thereof
is this deponents owne hand writeing And further hee cannot depose/

To the rest of the articles of the sayd allegation he is next examined by
direction of the producent./

To the interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first and 2 Interrogatories hee saith he was none of the Company of he sayd
shipp the Dolphin the voyage interrogate nor was present or did helpe to take
in her ladeing nor sawe her fully laden with goods nor sawe her ladeing
delivered out nor knoweth how much was laden into or put out of her, but
duly helped to measure how by hoopers and Longers as aforesayd after her
goods was out And further saving his forgoeing deposition hee cannot answere

To the 3rd 4th and 5th Interrogatories hee saith that Bartholomew Collyer Nicolas h[?arris GUTTER]
Richards Gawthorne and John Sely all Owners on the sayd shipp did all of them [?speake GUTTER]
to this deponent to measure the sayd shipp and saith the same was measured the
14th day on this instant October by this deponent and the sayde Obee and Taylor
And saith that hee can by measuring her as aforesayd safely and certainly depose and [?dXXX GUTTER]
deposed that she can and will carrie in tonnage of Caske (according to
ordinary tonnage of Caske) three hundred fifty and eight tonnes And saith
that hee beleeveth in his conscience that those who only measure a shipp
and are skillfull in soe doeing may better knowe what shee will [?carrie GUTTER]
in casks tonnage or otherwise then the Master and Mariners of her, [?forXXX GUTTER]
many of them are either carelesse or ignorant in stoweing of shipps
and are not carefull to stowe shipps to the best advantage by which
meanes many tymes much roome is lost in stowage of shipps which
might by care and industry be prevented And further hee cannot answere.

To be 6th negatively to every part thereof./

To the last hee saith hee hath satisfied the contents thereof before soo farr as [?hee XXX GUTTER]

Repeated with his contest before doctor Godolphin/

William Peth[?re]bridge [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]