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the inside and thereby bore up the ''Willi … the inside and thereby bore up the ''William'' above water soe that shee<br />
hunge above water betwixt the vessell on the inside of her and the sayd shipp the<br />
''Waterhound'' in soe much that the ''William'' was much crushed and damnified thereby<br />
and three of her mayne tymbers broken and her sides crushed soe<br />
that her plankes gave way and opened at the least an inch and a halfe wide,<br />
and divers of her mayne plankes were broken, all which happened through the<br />
fault of the Master and Company of the ''Water hound'' and by such their willfull<br />
lusting of their shipp inwards upon the ''William'' The premisses hee deposeth<br />
being pylott of the ''William'' and on board and well knowing shee was before<br />
the sayd damage soe done, a stanch and stronge shipp, and seeing all the damages<br />
predeposed, the next morning after they were soe done and seeing her hange betweene<br />
the sayd shipps in manner predeposed and further saving his subsequent deposition<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith that in the morning after the samages predeposed of was done<br />
the arlate George huntington seeing what damage his shipp the ''William'' had<br />
receaved did speake to the Master of the ''Waterhound'' and told him that hee had very<br />
much damnified his shipp the ''William'' by his lusting his sayd shipp the ''Water''<br />
''hound'' inwards and leaning her upon the ''William'' and asked him why hee would<br />
soe doe or to that effect And the sayd Constant answered and sayd hee came thither on purpose<br />
to lust his sayd shipp inwards and that hee cared not two pence though hee<br />
had sunke the ''William'' or words to that effect, and this was soe spoken by the<br />
sayd huntington and Constant in the presence and hearing of this deponent and his<br />
contests ffrancis Everet George EWatts and Thomas Reedeman<br />
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<br />
inwards upon her, and saith that what damage happened to the ''William''<br />
aforesayd soe happened by the Master and company of the ''Waterhounds'' willfull lusting<br />
upon her in manner aforesayd and had not happened to the ''William'' if they<br />
had not soe lusted inwards upon her And further to this article hee cannot<br />
depose/
To the 8th 9th and 10th and 11th hee saith that for the reasons afore expressed hee knoweth that<br />
the shipp ''William'' aforesayd (before the damage predeposed received) was a tight<br />
stanch and stronge vessell And saith hee this deponent well knoweth beibf pylott<br />
of her and aboard that after the sayd damage receaved, the Master and Company of the<br />
''William'' did endeavour to carry her downe the River of Thames and to have<br />
sayled her towards Sheilds whether she was bound to load salt but by reason of<br />
the damage aforesayd hee saith shee receaved into her hold soe much water before shee came to<br />
Greenwich arlate that this deponent being pylott was foreced at Greenwich to<br />
runne her a ground and there her Master caused her leakes and other damages<br />
shee had receavved by the meanes aforesayd to be stopped and repayred before hee<br />
and Company of her durst venter to sea in her And saith hee beleeveth the samage<br />
done to the ''William'' aforesayd by the ''Water hound'' lusting upon her as aforesayd<br />
hath cost and will cost the sayd huntington and Company at the least tenn pounds<br />
sterling, And hee alsoe saith hee well knoweth the ''William'' was the tyme arlate<br />
bound for Sheilds to lade salt and transport the same thence to Gainsburrowe<br />
arlate but by reason of the damage predeposed hath bin hindered soe longe tyme<br />
about the repayres thereof as that shee might have therein performed the sayed<br />
voyag, and the sayd huntington and Company have losse and by reason thereof loose<br />
in mens wages and losse of tyme and victualls at least sixe pounds sterling as<br />
hee beleeveth And further to these articles hee cannot depose./
To to these articles hee cannot depose./
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