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1. ánd drew her athwart the chaine that was neere her, and
2. the lillies company were thereby forced to cut their cable to goe cleere
3. of the Princes anchor, yet such was the negligence of the Princes master
4. and company, that albeit the said Betts (after hee had fastened his
5. shipp to the said chaine) went aboard and ad to admonish the master and
6. company of the Prince of their X undue riding, and danger they put
7. his shipp and loading in, besides the dammage they had alreadie donne
8. her, they let her come againe fowle of the lillie, and then putting
9. her ˹the lillie˺ in greate danger, ˹the lillies master and company˺ fearing the chaines should give ˹way˺, were forfced to cut
10. their cable againe, and hall her up their fXXXX mooring, wgere
11. the Prince comming that againe fowle of her, the master and company
12. of the sXXXXX lillie were the third time forced to cut their cables, and that
13. they were forced with her ashore whereby shee tore her false keele
14. namely seaven foote thereof ˹or thereabouts˺ was torne off. Of which undue mooring
15. of the Prince (being moored head and sterne ˹in the river˺ crosse the Thames river (sic))
16. ˹hee˺ and one of the ill behaviour ˹therein˺ of her master and company, hee saith that
17. seamen and water men generally cried out, and called to and admonished
18. them thereof. The premisses hee deposeth being one of the white
19. lillies company and then aboard her, and seeing the said premisses
20. soe donne and happen.
21. To the 6th hee saith that by reason of the said shipp the Princes
22. lying in or sich a dangerous and undue manner and comming fowle of
23. the lilles, the said mr Betts was necessitated to hire men to assist
24. his company to remove X and new moore his shipp from time to
25. time to avoide greater dammages, and to worke hard him selfe
26. therein, and paid them greate wages, and was at greate charges
27. and expense there abouts, and the same and other dammage came and
28. happened by reason of the said shipp the Prince her coming fowle
29. of and endangering her as aforesaid. Which hee knoweth being present
30. and seeing the said premisses soe happen. And otherwise hee cannot
31. depose, not being able as hee saith to estimate the said dammage
32. value of the said dammage.
33.
34. To the Interrogatories. CENTRE HEADING
35. To the first hee saith hee was a foremast man of and in the said
36. shipp lillie the time aforesaid, and was aboard her all the time
37. when the dammage happened, and soe soe was the said Betts the master
38. or for the most part thereof, and ˹foure or˺ five or soe more of his company,
39. besides hired men some at one time and some at another, And
40. otherwise gee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition.
41. To the second hee saith hee favoureth the truth and would give the
42. victory according thereto, and beleeveth the said Betts and company to
43. have a iust cause.
44. To the third hee saith the Lillies masts, sailes abd rigging are of
45. a middle condition in respect of X age, And otherwise hee cannot answer
46. not knowing the valew of the shipp.
47. To the 4th hee saith it is usuall for shipps to lie moored in the river
48. of Thames neere each other, but never to lie in the middle of the River
49. moored head and sterbe as the Prince did, at which every one ridd XXXX
50. shore. And otherwise hee cannot answer, saving cables XXXX mentioned
51. thwart each other.
52. To the fifth ˹and 6˺ hee saith the bolt bolt spritt of the lillie which was fast
53. xxxxing comming ˹against˺ the Prince, was cleared, and otherwise cannot answer XXX
54. as aforesaid, saving the Prince was very unduely moored.
55. Repeated with his precontest before doctor Godolphin.
56. H. Betts SIGNATURE, RH SIDE
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