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France there to take in her full ladeing a … France there to take in her full ladeing and thence to saile<br />
for London, and that hee this deponent was the said voyage one<br />
of her company, namely Pilot of her, and thereby knoweth the [?premisses GUTTER]
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said<br />
shipp in the course aforesaid from Nantes for Narmoutier, came<br />
to an anchor in the Roade of Narmoutier about a Cannon shott<br />
from the shore, in a place where shipps doe frequently use to<br />
anchor, before they goe nearer the shore, which hee knoweth being<br />
a pilote and using those coasts and voyages.
To the third and fourth Interrogatories hee saith and deposeth<br />
that it soe happened that at the time of the said shipps soe comming<br />
to an anchor, there was a Biskayer or some other Spanish man<br />
of warr, anchored in the said roade, whereupon his contest<br />
Eleazar le Merchant the yonger who was master of and went merchant in the<br />
said shipp ''ffortune'', went ashore to speake with the Merchant<br />
that was to lade there the rest of her lading, and that<br />
within the space of an houre after such his going ashore, there came<br />
a pilot from shoare on board the said shipp, as sent<br />
from the said merchant that was soe to lade<br />
the rest of the said shipps lading; and saith that after the said<br />
shipp ''ffortune'' had soe anchored about foure or five houres,<br />
the said pilot then soe came aboard, removed her to carry her<br />
nearer to shore and brought her by error or negligence upon a [?banck GUTTER]<br />
of sand, whence shee was speedily gott off againe, and was then<br />
by the said pilot brought and anchored in a place which hee [XX GUTTER]<br />
and affirmed to be a safe place for the said shipp to ride in, but<br />
in truth was a dangerous place, being upon a ledge of rocks,<br />
which hee knoweth being present and knowing the premisses.
To the fifth Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the weather<br />
speedily after the said shipps soe being brought last to an anchor<br />
grew tempestuous, and the tempest in the night time increased<br />
more and more, by meanes whereof the said shipp (the<br />
sea falling away and tide abating) bilged upon the said rocks<br />
and sanck and became full of water in the<br />
hould through leak{i}nes, soe that shee could not be set out<br />
againe to sea without first amending and repairing of her. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose saving hee sawe the premisses.
To the sixth Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the said shipp<br />
by reason of the said bilging remained under water<br />
by the space of seaven dayes or thereabouts, before shee was<br />
or could be gotten up againe, and saith then there were somtimes [XX GUTTER]<br />
and somtimes three or foure boates and 20 or 25 men or thereabouts<br />
used and imployed all or the most part of the space about pumping<br />
out the water and weighing up the said shipp, and that the [?Master GUTTER]<br />
ofd that the [?Master GUTTER]<br />
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