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their retourne to London from the sayd voy … their retourne to London from the sayd voyage saye, that every of sayd<br />
shipps after they soe lost the Company of the ''Owners Adventure'' and<br />
''Greyhound'' did gett into harbour and kill whales./
To the 12th hee saith hee hath knowne the arlate Maundrie and Gosling<br />
only during the voyage in question, during which they did behave them=<br />
selves like honest sober persons and like able seamen, and did worke<br />
and faithfully discharge their duties the sayd voyage, although some difference<br />
in words happened betwixt the sayd Damerell and Gosling in manner predeposed,<br />
And further hee cannot depose, saveing hee saith hee hath heard that the<br />
sayd Maundry and Gosling have used the Greeneland trade divers yeares<br />
and borne office in severall shipps and behaved them selves well and<br />
honestly in their places./
To the 13th hee saith that hee well knoweth that the arlate Maundrie and<br />
Gosling and this deponent and others of the Company of the ''Owners Adven=''<br />
''ture'' did pursue the whale in this article mentioned, eight or tenn howers<br />
togeather, the sayd Gosling and one Richard Parker the Boatswaine of the<br />
''Owners Adventure'' and William humphrey having as harponeeres stricken the sayd whale<br />
and fastned their warps, and the sayd whale notwithstanding ranne soe<br />
fast into a growne Sea and towed the boates who pursued her soe<br />
fast, that they were in danger to bee cast away by and to sheere under<br />
water by the swiftenesse of the whales motion, which was soe speedy<br />
that the shipp ''owners Adventure'' had much a doe with the helpe of a fresh<br />
gale of winde to followe the shallopps or boates soe fast as the whale<br />
towed or runne with them, And hee saith that after the sayd shipps<br />
Company had soe longe persued the sayd whale<br />
and the sayd Goslings harpeing<br />
Iron breakeing out of the whale and the sayd Gosling having come<br />
about along side and not being able to fasten his harpeing Iron againe did take holde of other shallops<br />
and helpe them to hinder the whales motion, but all proveing ineffectual<br />
to the takeing of her by reason of the growne Sea and the swiftnesse of the whale in question the sayd damerell<br />
seeing noe hopes of takeing the sayd whale, did call to the sayd Richard<br />
Parker and bidd him cut his warpe (which still continued fast to the whale) and come on board, And this deponent being one who<br />
rowed in the sayd Maundeys shallop or boate<br />
and helped to pursue the sayd whale, thereby well knoweth that the<br />
sayd Gosling Maundry and the rest of the sayd shipps Company who<br />
pursued the sayd whale did as much as possibly could bee done<br />
to kill the sayd whale, and did not in any thing disobey the<br />
Command of the sayd Damerell touching the pursuite and chase<br />
of her soe farr as this deponent could and did observe, And further<br />
saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/
To the 14th hee saith hee knoweth the arlate Reynold, Chantrey<br />
Ashmore, Kirton and fford and saith they were all persons to be employedsaith they were all persons to be employed +
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