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and Elizabeth in this cause named are one and the same man and shipp and not
divers
the marks or the sayd (RH SIDE)
Thomas T Burridge (RH SIDE)
Ripeated before d w clarke

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The 2nd of July 1655 (CENTRE HEADING)

Examined upon the sayd allogation

William Bottomly of the parish of St Andrew hubbard London
Ropemaker aged thirty one yeares or thereabouts a witnes sworne and
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet

To the first article of the sayd allegacon hee saith that hee this deponent went to St
Lucar in the shipp the Reconeurie? of London and was there at the tyme of the arrivall
of the arlate shipp the john and Elizabeth and saith that to his best remembrance
the sayd shipp john and Elizabeth arrived there about the latter end of the moneth of November or
beginning of December last past and that hee heard the arlate Edward Keeme sayd
and acknowledge that hee was then master and commander of her, and hee the sayd
Keeme was there comanly reputed to be master of her and further to this article
hee cannot depose

To the 2:3:4th and 5th article of the sayd allegacon hee saith and deposeth that hee
hath heard at St Lucar aforesaid that the sayd shipp the john and Elizabeth was designed
to have gone upon a voyage from London to Santa Cruze one of the Canary
Islands but was by storme and stresse? of weather driven into St Lucar and hee this deponent
being there at her arrival knoweth for that hee was on board her that shee was much
premdins? when shee came into St Lucar and had spent
and lost all or most of her masts and all her rigging which happened as this deponent hath
heard by reason of a violent storme at sea And further hee cannot depose saving hee
saith the sayd shipp notwithstanding the damage receaved by the sayd storme might have
bin there fitted? with men and all things necessary to have proceeded on the
sayd voyage to Santa Cruze, and saving hee saith that some merchants at St Lucar
(whose names this deponent knoweth not) did in this deponent presence and heareing
importune the sayd Edward Keeme to proceed on his voyage to Santa Cruze
and told him that it would be very preiudinall to his freighter if his sayd
shipps lading were not carried to Santa Cruze and that if they were left at St Lucar to be there
sold there could bee much lesse in it or to that effect, which notwithstanding
the sayd Keeme did in this deponent presence and hearing refuse to goe and sayd hee would not goe to Santa Cruse

To the 6th hee cannot depose for that hee this deponent came from St Lucar before
the shipp john and Elizabeth was ready to sett sayle from thence for London

To the 7th hee cannot depose

To the 8th hee cannot depose

To the 9th hee referreth himselfe to Registry of this Court and further cannot
depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true

To the interrogatories (CENTRE HEADING)

To the first interrogatory he saith hee cometh to testifie the truth in this cause being
soe required by the producent lords? to whom hee is not part of Kinme? nor a servant
nor is hee any way interested in this cause nor shall receive any benefit or
preiudice which soe ever of the parties litigant prevaile nor expecteth ought for her
testimony therein

To the second hee saith hee knoweth the john and Elizabeth Interr but was now of the
Company the voyage Interr