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carelessnes or willfulness of the sayd Ott … carelessnes or willfulness of the sayd Otter and his Company<br />
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testified in this cause<br />
at the request of the producent Lee to whome hee is nothing of kinne<br />
nor any way relative otherwise than that hee was his mate of the ''Samuell''<br />
the voyage in question, and hath noe share nor interest in this<br />
cause nor will it bee profitt or perticular to him which party<br />
soe ever prevaile therein./
To the 2 hee saith hee was Masters Mate aboard the ''Samuell''<br />
when the dammage Interrogate happened which was in the day<br />
tyme of the sixth of September and as hee remembreth about<br />
tenn or eleven of the clock and that hee was upon deck doeing<br />
the masters Commands when the dammage happened, and saith hee<br />
saw not the sayd Otters shipp and ladeing after the dammage<br />
predeposed of done to the ''Samuell'', saveing hee sawe her upon the<br />
sea makeing towards Whitby and further saving his foregeoing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 3 hee saith the Company of the ''Samuell'' did beare up presently<br />
soe sonne as the sayd Otters Company called and waved to them<br />
soe to doe, and that the dammage in question might have bin prevented<br />
if the sayd Otter had clapped the ''Providence'' on the stayes<br />
and not come up with full sayle as hee did, or else had not called<br />
and waved to the ''Samuell'' to beare up, And further saving his<br />
foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 4th hee saith the sayd Otter did not put the ''Providence'' on the<br />
stayes but came up with full sayle as a foresayd and the ''Samuell''<br />
did according as the sayd Otter and Company waved and called to<br />
them to doe, And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
cannot answere
the marke of the sayd RH SIDE, UNDER TEXT<br />
John h MARK hawker MARKE, RH SIDE
Repeated with his contest before both<br />
Judges in Court
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The 29th day of January 1656/
Batson con Gosling./.
Examined upon the libell given on behalfe of the sayd<br />
Batson Beane and Golderne/
dt. Batson.
'''6us'''
'''Richard Kirton''' of Ratcliff in the parish of Stepney and<br />
County of Middlesex Overseer of the Landmen in the ''Owners Adventure'' and the ''Greyhound''<br />
aged forty yeares or thereabouts<br />
a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth
To the first article of the sayd libell hee saith That in the yeare and moneths<br />
arlate the arlate Batson Beane and Golderne were commonly reputed the lawfull Owners<br />
and freighters and imployers of the ''Greyhound'' arlate And alsoe freighters and<br />
imployersalsoe freighters and<br />
imployers +
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