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And hee further saith and deposeth that the said Captaine Ashmore did hire the said Richard Cittabee and Jeremiah Prewe to serve in the said shipp the ''Blessing'' for and dureing the said voyage for which hee saith it was comonly reported aboard the said ship they were to have the respective monthly wages arlate, both the said parties producent entring into theire said pay upon or about the 8th day of May 1647. arlate, and as hee saith did continue and remaine abord the said ship by the space of 22. moneths and odd daies as is arlate, twelve moneths or thereabouts of the said tyme hee the said Cittabee was Boatswaine of the said ship for which hee was and is to have the monthly wages of 35. ''s''; Et ulterius deponit that of the said 22. moneths and odd dayes pay into them the said Cittabye and Prewe were abord the said shippe and when they came into her imployment and hearing theire respective wages to bee as is arlate. Et alr salvis infrascriptis nescit deponere Ad 3um deponit det dicit that the said ffrancis Ashmore did hire contract and agree to and with the said Cittabee and Prewe and all the rest of the said ships Companie at theire entring into the said shipps service that they should go from this Port of London to Newfound land and soe to and from the respective places arlate and not to any other place whatsoever and at the same tyme hee did likewise promise and contract to and with the said ships Companie that hee would stay out with his said shipp but only by the spece of 14 or 16. moneths at the longest as is arlate; albeit the said Ashmore carryed his said ship and Companie to Saphee in Barbary wherre diverse of his said Companie goeing ashore there were slaine And saith that dueing the tyme of the said voyage in question hee the said Ashmore did often tymes and without any cause (that this deponent knoweth or hath heard on) beat strike and most cruelly and barbarously abuse the said Cittabee and Prewe and diverse others of the said ships Companie, and through his such inhumane carriage and behaviour did force diverse of the said ships Company to desert theire service abord the said ship for the security of their lives and limbes Et ulterius deponit that about the tyme arlate hee the said Ashmore goeing a second tyme towards Saphia they the said Cittabee and Prewe haveing staid allready abord the said ship by the space of about 6. moneths longer then theire contract and haveing allready tasted of the cruelty and barbarous useage of the said Ashmore they did desire him that they might depart from and leave the said ship and soe come for England, which hee saith was denyed unto them insomuch that they were constrained to leave the said ship for theire owne security and so procure theire passage (to theire great losse damage and expense of moneyes) to come for England as is arlate reddens rationem [?XX ?XXXX] [?uisu] et scientia. hee being aboard the said ship the ''Blessing'' all of the voyage in question. Et alr nescit deponere. [?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] Ad interria
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