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the inside and thereby bore up the William above water soe that shee
hunge above water betwixt the vessell on the inside of her and the sayd shipp the
Waterhound in soe much that the William was much crushed and damnified thereby
and three of her mayne tymbers broken and her sides crushed soe
that her plankes gave way and opened at the least an inch and a halfe wide,
and divers of her mayne plankes were broken, all which happened through the
fault of the Master and Company of the Water hound and by such their willfull
lusting of their shipp inwards upon the William The premisses hee deposeth
being pylott of the William and on board and well knowing shee was before
the sayd damage soe done, a stanch and stronge shipp, and seeing all the damages
predeposed, the next morning after they were soe done and seeing her hange betweene
the sayd shipps in manner predeposed and further saving his subsequent deposition
hee cannot depose./

To the 6th hee saith that in the morning after the samages predeposed of was done
the arlate George huntington seeing what damage his shipp the William had
receaved did speake to the Master of the Waterhound and told him that hee had very
much damnified his shipp the William by his lusting his sayd shipp the Water
hound inwards and leaning her upon the William and asked him why hee would
soe doe or to that effect And the sayd Constant answered and sayd hee came thither on purpose
to lust his sayd shipp inwards and that hee cared not two pence though hee
had sunke the William or words to that effect, and this was soe spoken by the
sayd huntington and Constant in the presence and hearing of this deponent and his
contests ffrancis Everet George EWatts and Thomas Reedeman
pylott of the Sarah and further to this article hee cannot depose/

To the 7th hee saith the Waterhound might have layne safely by the side of the William with out lusting
inwards upon her, and saith that what damage happened to the William
aforesayd soe happened by the Master and company of the Waterhounds willfull lusting
upon her in manner aforesayd and had not happened to the William if they
had not soe lusted inwards upon her And further to this article hee cannot
depose/

To the 8th 9th and 10th and 11th hee saith that for the reasons afore expressed hee knoweth that
the shipp William aforesayd (before the damage predeposed received) was a tight
stanch and stronge vessell And saith hee this deponent well knoweth beibf pylott
of her and aboard that after the sayd damage receaved, the Master and Company of the
William did endeavour to carry her downe the River of Thames and to have
sayled her towards Sheilds whether she was bound to load salt but by reason of
the damage aforesayd hee saith shee receaved into her hold soe much water before shee came to
Greenwich arlate that this deponent being pylott was foreced at Greenwich to
runne her a ground and there her Master caused her leakes and other damages
shee had receavved by the meanes aforesayd to be stopped and repayred before hee
and Company of her durst venter to sea in her And saith hee beleeveth the samage
done to the William aforesayd by the Water hound lusting upon her as aforesayd
hath cost and will cost the sayd huntington and Company at the least tenn pounds
sterling, And hee alsoe saith hee well knoweth the William was the tyme arlate
bound for Sheilds to lade salt and transport the same thence to Gainsburrowe
arlate but by reason of the damage predeposed hath bin hindered soe longe tyme
about the repayres thereof as that shee might have therein performed the sayed
voyag, and the sayd huntington and Company have losse and by reason thereof loose
in mens wages and losse of tyme and victualls at least sixe pounds sterling as
hee beleeveth And further to these articles hee cannot depose./

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