HCA 13/71 f.428v Annotate

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vessell called the Mary and her tackle and apparrell and furtniture
this hee deposeth being Masters mate on board her the voyage in question
And further to this article hee cannot depose saving hee saith during the
moneths and tyme aforesayd the arlate George Kennett was, (and as
hee beleveeth still is Master of the arlate shipp the Saint Jacob./

To the second and third 4th 5th and 6th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith
and deposeth that within the moneths and tyme aforesayd the arlate Michaell
Cooper and Company of Mariners sett sayle with the sayd shipp Mary from
the Port of Harwich arlate bound for Newcastle upon Tine and that
the arlate Kennett and Company with the sayd shipp the Saint Jacob being
alsoe bound for Newcastle did sett sayle from harwich for New=
Castle at the same tyme in Company of the sayd shipp the Mary and
other English shipps alsoe bound from Harwich to Newcastle aforesayd
And saith that as the sayd shipp Mary and Saint Jacob and the other
English shipps in Company were in their course towards Newcastle
upon a place called the well the sayd Kennett and Company of his
shipp the Saint Jacob did being under sayle through the neglligence or
willfullnes of the sayd Kennett and Company, violently runne
the stemme of the Saint Jacob against the Bowe of the Mary and
by the force thereof carried all the masts yards and rigging
of the Mary cleere over board by which meanes the same were
all lost and perished and the sayd Michaell Cooper and this deponent
and others the Company of the Mary seeing them selves in a perilous
condition by reason of the Saint Jacobs soe running violently against the
Mary, did all of them as soone as possible they could gett on
board the Saint Jacob to save their lives, and this deponent and some others of the Mary
getting hold of the Saint Jacobs tackle gott first on board her and seeing that the
Saint Jacobs company (although they had soe dammaged the Mary
and endangered the likes of her Master and Company) tooke
noe care at all to preserve the lives of any of them
hee this deponent and others gotten aboard the Saint Jacob threw out a roape out [?of GUTTER]
the Saint Jacob on board the Mary and her company getting hold
thereof hawled one an other by helpe thereof
soe neere that they gott hold of the shroudes and other tackle
of the Saint Jacob and soe by Gods blessing gott safe on board her, And saith that by
meanes of the disaster aforesayd all the previsions and apparell
of the shipp Mary and all or the greatest past of her stock of
money were lost, And hee further saith that the tyme when
the sayd dammage happened the Mary lay close by the wind
and stood to the North and upon a tack, and that all the
rest of the shipps in Company of the Mary and Saint Jacob
and all bound for Newcastle, did steere and stand to the North [?wards GUTTER]
except