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1. <margin value="FAR RIGHT CORNER">234</margin>
2. shipp and to prevent receaving any dammage from her or doeing any
3. dammage to her which not withstanding the sayd Otters shipp coming
4. with full sayle rammed aboard the samuell and brake downe her stemme and
5. head and her forecastle and brake downe three beames in her forecastle and carried
6. downe her upper deck of her forecastle and brake p a planke of her forechainell QUESTION: CHAIN-WALE? CSG: I think this is "forechannell", see "Out of ten top timbers on the larboard side, near the fore channel, four are sound, one partly rotten, and five entirely rotten" /source: http://www.abc.net.au/navigators/schools/ship_project.htm)
7. and brake down her fore hartch to the great endangering of the fyering of
8. the sayd shipp Samuell if all speedy diligence to quench the same had not
9. by her company bin forthwith used and did her ˹there˺ much hurt and damage X and
10. also much endangered the sinkeing of her whereby shee became soe leakie
11. that the sayd Lee and Company had much a doe to keepe her afloate and for the
12. better prevention of the danger of her sinkeing were forced to put in with
13. her at Scarborough (shee not being able to endure the Sea any farther)
14. this hee deposeth of his owne sight and knowledge being one of the Company
15. of the Samuell and assisting as much as might bee to have prevented
16. the sayd disaster And further to these articles hee cannot depose not knowing
17. as what to estimate the dammage done to Samuell by the meanes aforesayd
18. To the 3 hee saith the sayd Otters shipp having by the meanes aforesayd
19. alsoe receaved damage, the sayd Otter although hee might with better
20. convenience have gained Scarborough and bin there longe before the Samuell
21. arrived there, did steere his course towards whitby with is about fower
22. leagues to the Northward of Scarborough and further distant then Scarborough
23. from the place where the sayd disaster happened and night approaching ere
24. hee Could gett to Whitby the sayd Otter (as afterward appeared) rann her
25. into Robin hoods bay where she bilged upon a Rock and did much preiudice
26. to her And further saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose/
27. To the 4th hee saith that notwithstanding the sayd shipps soe bilgeing
28. upon the Rock the sayd Otter did save ˹all˺ his sayd shipps Masts sayles yards
29. Anchors Cables boats g and gunnes this ˹hee˺ deposeth for that hee knoweth they
30. were brought to Scarborough and solde And this deponent saith hee heard one
31. McBracken a Carpenter at Scarborough who bought the masts and yardes
32. of the sayd shipp of the sayd Otter sayd that the sayd Otter did alsoe sell
33. the hull of his sayd shipp for about fifteene pounds sterling, And saith
34. hee hath heard that soon after the bilgeing of the sayd shipp upon the Rock
35. aforesayd the sayd Otter was offered a considerable price for his ladeing
36. of Coales, which ˹there˺ refused saying hee would have such price for them as
37. they would have affoarded at Whitby Markett if they had come thither ˹or to the effect˺ and
38. that afterward the shipp being afterwards more bruised upon the rock and
39. noe hope of getting of her off thence the sayd Otter was then offered Tenn
40. pounds for his sayd Coales and refused to take the same, but afterwards
41. sold them for such rates as hee could gett but what money hee made of
42. them hee hath not heard, this ˹which hee deposeth upon hearesay˺ hee heard from one who came a passenger
43. in the Samuell from Newcastle untill such tyme as shee was soe dammaged
44. by the sayd Otters shipp, at which ˹tyme˺ the sayd Passenger fearing the Samuell
45. would sinke forsook the Samuell and went into the sayd Otters shipp for
46. his better security and after the sayd Otters shipp was soe bilged came to
47. Scarborough And further to this article hee cannot depose/

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