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To the 18th he saith he ćannot answer. To the 19th. he saith he knoweth not George Hughes interrate, and otherwise cannot depose. To the 20th he saith he never commanded any Convoy in the Streights. nor doth he beleive it is the Course for convoyed shipps to follow their Convoy from port to port much lesse that any obligation lyes on them so to doe, or punishment to the masters in neglecting so to attend such Convoys; it being as this Rendent concey= veth very preiudiciall to merchants and the designs for which shipps are made if it should so be. And otherwise he ćannot depose saying that in all such cases the best and second way is for a master of a shipp to keepe close to his principalls orders. To the xxith Interrogatory hee saith that all Convoys are sent out on purpose by the State to conduct shipps and secure them from taking, And if he were in a port ready to depart with his shipp, and a Convoy there that would depart in six or 14 dayes, he in such case (if his factors would under their hands sufficiently secure him from his Charterparty and did require him to stay, and such Convoy would sayle directly home) would stay for such Convoy and come along with her, otherwise he would keepe himselfe close to his orders and Charterparty. And otherwise he ćannot depose./ Repeated before doctor Godolphin Thomas Chinn [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ****************************** The 5th of March 1655. Exámined upon the foresaid allegation. '''3.''' '''Benjamin Gunson''' of Poplar mariner, aged 36 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined. To the fifth article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that the direct way and course to come from Salina Roade of Cyprus for London is to come directly to the Streights mouth, which hee knoweth being a mariner and having in shipps by him commanded longe used the Streights trade and voyage, and having bin in Salina Roade aforesaid, and that such as aforesaid was and is the direct course from Salina Roade for London, hee saith it was and is notorious amongst mariners using that voyage, and places thereabouts. To the sixth hee saith that in case George Hughes had sailed the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' either from Salina Roade aforesaid directly to the Streights mouth, or if hee had sailed directly from Zant to the Streights mouth, hee had not come to Corsica, that being out of the direct waye or course of sailing both from Salina, and from Zant to the Streights mouth, which hee knoweth being well acquainted with the course of sailing and was to be held betwixt those places, having long used those parts as aforesaid, And otherwise hee cannot depose, not knowing where hee met with the Dutch fleete. To the seaventh árticle hee saith and deposeth that the direct way to saile from Salina Roade of Cyprus to the Streights mouth is 654 leagues and very few leagues more or lesss, and that from Salina Roade to goe to Zant and thence to the Streights mouth is about 15 leagues out of the direct course from Salina Roade to the Streights mouth, which hee knoweth for the reasons aforesaid, And otherwise hee cannot depose. To the eighth article hee saith and deposeth that the direct way or course of sailing from Zant to the Streights mouth is about 420 leagues, and to saile from Zant first to Corsica and thence to the Streights mouth is
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