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did accordingly, and saith that the sayd M … did accordingly, and saith that the sayd Maundry seeing the sayd Master<br />
at a stand and uncertaine what to do having left the Company of the other<br />
shipps, sayd hee was willinger to worke out to sea then to work further<br />
in, and that hee had rather hee and his cloathes were aboard some fflemish<br />
shipp then on board the Owners Aventure though hee lost his wages,<br />
for hee supposed the danger soe great shee being soe farr in the Ice that<br />
the least gale of a Westerly winde would sinke the sayd shipp and<br />
stave her to peeces or to that effect and that it was imposible in<br />
his opinion for any shipp to gett into harbour in Greeneland<br />
that yeare or words to that effect, and saith the sayd Gosling and<br />
Maundry saving the words before mentioned did not at any tyme<br />
speake anything against or actually withstand the sayd Masters<br />
Commands touching the good of the sayd voyage ˹or incourage any other of the sayd shipps Company soe to doe˺ but did readily<br />
doe whatsoeuer hee commanded and did nothing in preiudice of the voyage<br />
other then what is before expressed And hee this deponent verily<br />
beleeveth and XX is perswaded ˹in his conscience˺ that the getting to shoare or harbour<br />
was a thinge ˹then˺ altogeather impossible, they haveing not then nor indeed GUTTER<br />
at any tyme after their first comming as aforesayd neere Bell Point<br />
the like faire oportunitie of getting into harbour as XXXXXXXX ˹at their being neere Bell Point as aforesayd˺ And<br />
hee the rather beleeveth that when the sayd shipp soe made back to gett to<br />
seas there was noe likelyhood of gaineing shoare for that the sayd<br />
damerell getting to seas againe and being cleere out of the Ice and<br />
there seeing that the sayd Master Pybus his shipp was ready to sinke<br />
by dammage receaved from the Ice, did thereupon openly upon the deck<br />
in presence of this deponent and divers others of the Owners Adventures<br />
Company saye that hee would not bee in the Ice againe soe farr<br />
as hee was for five hundred poundes, And gave this deponent<br />
and his mate Command being his Carpenters to goe on board the sayd Pybus<br />
to helpe to stopp his shipps leake which they did, And further<br />
to these articles hee cannot depose. sXXX/
To the 9th hee saith that the arlate Pybus Welch Child and Golding<br />
are able sea men and well experienced in the Greeneland ffishing<br />
this hee knoweth for that hee hath knowne them for these sixe or seaven<br />
goe Masters of shipps thither for divers voyages And saith hee<br />
hath heard the sayd Pybus Welch and Child since their comming<br />
home from the voyage in question saye that they held it a thing<br />
impossible for the sayd damerell (when hee left their Company<br />
and wrought further into the Ice) to gaine shoare or harbour for<br />
Bell Point bearing East south East and the Ice being soe thick<br />
and it being when hee was neerest shoare there ˹after hee left their Company˺ at least tenn<br />
leagues to shoare, and further saving his foregoeing deposition touching<br />
the hurt receaved by Pybus his shipp which hee heere alsoe affirmeth<br />
for truth hee cannot depose./
To the 10th and 11th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that the<br />
sayd damerell with his shipps the Owners Adventure and Greyhound<br />
being gott out to sea upon or about the eighteenth of June last and the sayd Pybus his Leake mended the sayd damerell kept Company<br />
with the sayd Pibus and the other three London shipps from the sayd 18th of<br />
Junepps from the sayd 18th of<br />
June +
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