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at such tyme as they began to put back out of the Ice to sea, were about seaven or
eight leagues distant from Bell Point the sayd Point then bearing be in this
deponents Judgment betwixt East and by South, and East South East off the sayd shipp
and the Owners Adventure and Greyhound were as is predeposed in this deponents
Judgement about fower myles further into the Ice towards shoare than the
other shipps were, but how Bell point then boare as to them, hee knoweth
not, and further hee cannot depose/

To the 11th hee saith that upon the eighteenth of June last the other fower shipps
and alsoe the Owners Adventure and Greyhound gott out of the Ice to sea
and were in Company all togeather att Sea as is predeposed, and soe continued in
Company about a fortnights tyme, and then stormie and foggie weather happening
the sayd damerell with his shipps the Owners Adventure and Greyhound lost
the Company of the other fower shipps of the sayd Pybus Welch Golding and
Child, soe that what hee did afterwards as touching getting into harbour
hee knoweth not, for that hee sawe not the Owners Adventure and Greyhound
during the voyage in question till their returne to London, but saith that
after the Owners Adventure and Greyhound had soe lost the Company of
the other fower shipps, the sayd other fower shipps did upon the
thirteenth day of July last gett all into harbour and there fished and
killed divers whales to the number (amongst all fower of them) of about
one or two and twenty whales, and soe might the sayd damerell
in this deponents Judgment have killed a like proportionable share as they did if hee had not as aforesayd bin parted
from the Company of the other shipps in manner aforesayd
And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/

To the 12th hee saith hee hath knowne the arlate Gosling and Maundry
for these tenn yeares last or thereabouts, in which tyme hee knoweth
they have made severall voyages to Greeneland as harponeeres,
and alsoe as officers on shipps, and knoweth them to bee men able and
experienced in the Greeneland fishing and such as are reputed honest
and sober and well qualified men, and to have performed their best
according to their places with care and diligence, And further saving his
foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose
Upon the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producents./

To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee cometh uncompelled to testify being required by the
producents Gosling and Maundrie to speake the truth of his knowledge
in this cause And the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively

To the 2 hee saith hee well knoweth Maundrey and Gosling two of the parties
litigant in this suite And the Interrogate Batson only by sight and the rest
of the parties litigant hee knoweth not And favoureth all the parties litigant
alike, and desyreth they only may prevaile therein who have right soe to
doe And further cannot answere/

To the 3 hee saith hee was none of the Company of either of the shipps
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