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To the 5.th. Interrogatory he saith hee ha … To the 5.th. Interrogatory he saith hee hath noe relation to the Owners of the sayd hoye<br />
otherwise than as Master of their foresayd vessell. and that he hath not had any<br />
conference with any touching what he should depose. nor hath had nor is to<br />
have any thing for his deposition, what ever becomes of the cause, or<br />
whether the sayd Compl[?e]ine prevayle therein or be over thrown. As for his<br />
estate hee saith It is small, he living upon his labour in sea imployment<br />
And further or otherwise cannot answer.
To the 6th. Interrogatory he saith he knoweth not nor hath heard what the value of the<br />
sayd Complaynes goods were. nor what they would have yeilded att Ipswich, nor<br />
what other dammage he hath sustained. nor can answer further touching<br />
his beleife in the premisses not knowing the quantity kind or qualities of the<br />
sayd goods otherwise than as aforesayd.
To the 8th. Interrogatory he saith. the sayd hoy ''Primrose'' was not a packet boat, but<br />
was a vessell imployed for trade betwixt this Port and Ipswich att a<br />
freight certayne for goods putt on board her. and accordingly the sayd<br />
Complayne was to have payd for his goods. and would have done as hee doth<br />
beleive. And he saith It is true there was an Embargo or stay of all<br />
shipps by order of State att such tyme as he went with the sayd hoy<br />
for Ipswich out of this River of Thames: and that he, (the sayd Order<br />
notwithstanding) not having victuall sufficient to stay till the sayd Embargo<br />
was ended, did in the night tyme gett out of this River with the sayd hoy and<br />
goods in her. but there was not any shott att all made at or after him from the Blockhowses so farr as hee heard. And hee was forced by<br />
stresse of weather upon the fflandran shoare neere Graveling as aforesayd. And he saith that<br />
after the sayd vessell was bilged the souldiers and others from<br />
Graveling (but without this Rendents consent and wholy against his will)<br />
did by force seize upon the sayd goods and carryed them ashoare, into<br />
some Church or other place, whither this Rendent was not permitted to<br />
come. And he this Rendent did not sell the sayd Complaines goods or any<br />
of them to the [?Governal] of Graveling, howbeit hee saith It is true,<br />
that upon this Rendents addresse to him for releife and succour hee did<br />
give him this Rendent fourteene pounds sterling which this Rendent<br />
did receyve and hath since payd the same to the sayd Complaine.<br />
And otherwise he cannot answer.
To the 9th Interrogatory he saith the sayd hoy when she came last from Ipswich<br />
had a Mariner and three boys in her, and him this Rendent. And that<br />
the sayd Mariner was not turned out of her by this Rendent, but was<br />
imprested for the service of the Commonwealth And att that tyme<br />
By reason of the presse this Rendent could nott gett another<br />
Mariner in his stead but was forced, to returne for Ipswich with<br />
the sayd boyes. And otherwise he cannot answer.
To the 10th Interrogatory he saith the sayd hoy the tyme interrate wanted neither<br />
sayle nor tackle, but was able and sufficient and that he never did<br />
complayne of want of sayles or tackle to his owners nor any of them<br />
having noe cause so to doe. and referring himselfe to his foregoeing<br />
depositions answereth negatively to this Interrogatory and every part thereof.
To Interrogatory and every part thereof.
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