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To the 3 saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot more particularly answere to this Interrogatorie/ To the 4th hee saith hee did not see the goods or hydes landed at Southampton but sawe them there dryeing and heard and beleeveth that they came out of the ''Southampton Merchant'' whereof Mr Edward Millbury was Master And further to this Interrogatorie saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot answere./ To the 5th hee saith hee remembreth the building of the shipp the ''Southampton Merchant'' and saith shee was built as hee remembreth about seaven or eight yeares since and therefore hee beleeveth what dammage happened to her could not bee through age or rottennesse shee being at her arrivall at Southampton with the sayd skinnes but sixe yeare old or thereabout And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./ Repeated before Doctor Godolphin/ Esaiah Gardner [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ******************************* The 28th day of January 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING] Examined on the Interrogatories on the behalfe of the sayd Mr Bulkley./ '''Rp. 3''' '''Edward Millbery''' of Southampton Mariner Master of the ''Southampton Merchant'' aged thirty three yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne before the right Worshipfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes one of the Judges of the high Court of Admiralty of England saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./ To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knew the ''Southampton'' ''Merchant'' Interrogate the tyme Interrogate being Master of her during the voyage in question and saith the sayd shipp was at New England in the moneth of Iuly 1654 and came from thence in August next following bound for dover or London./ To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee being Master of the sayd shipp as aforesayd knoweth that whilst shee was at New England one Mr John Jolliff did as Factor to the Interrogate William Bulkley cause to bee laden aboard the sayd shipp two thousand West India hides for the sole and proper Accompt of the sayd Bulkley and consiyned to bee delivered to him at dover or London according to the sayd Bulkleys order which hee should give at the tyme of the sayd shipps arriuall at either of those places And saith the sayd hydes at the tyme of their ladeing were in this deponents Judgement good and Merchantable and free from any dammage by wett And further hee canot answere saving hee saith hee deposeth the premisses of certaine knowledge for that hee signed bills of ladeing for the sayd hydes, as Master/. To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith the sayd shipp departed from her last Port in New England on the twentie fowerth day of August 1654 on the voyage in question and was at such her departure of this deponents certayne knowledge a strong and stanch shipp and in good condition to performe
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