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The 14th of May 1657 Betts and others against the ''Prince''} Smith Cheeke.} Exámined upon the libell. '''Rp. .j.''' '''Thomas Sinnet''' of the parish of Saint Buttolphs Algate Mariner, aged 40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined. To the first hee saith hee well knoweth the shipp the ''White lilly'' arlate and alsoe the producents Patrick Betts and Anthony ffernandez who (with their company) were the time arlate and commonly accounted the owners and proprietors of the said shipp, tackle and furniture, whereof the said Betts was the said time master and commander of this deponents knowledge who was then one of her company. To the second, third and fourth and 5th articles hee saith that the said shipp that ''White lilly'' was in the said time namely in Aprill now last past well and sufficiently moored in a safe and convenient place neare horsey downe where shipps doe usually and ordinarily ride, and then lay and remained moored two dayes space or thereabouts before the shipp the ''Prince'' arlate came and arived there, in all which time the shipp ''white lilly'' had neither donne or received hurt or dammage for or from any other shipp or vessell; but after shee had soe ridd and bin moored for the said space the said shipp the ''Prince'' came and was by her master and company brought to an anchor very neere and fowle of the ''White lillies'' moorings, and soe that shee grounded upon the ''White lillies'' cable and upon the tide of flood drove aboard her, and put her from her moorings and drove her athwart the chaine, and thereby necessitated the master and company of the ''White lilly'' to cut their cable, to get her cleare of the Anchor of the ''Prince''. All which hee knoweth being one of the ''lillies'' company and then on board her And saith the premisses being soe happened and the master and company of the ''white'' lilly having moored or fastened her to the said chaine, the said shipp ''Prince'' came there of her againe soe dangerously on, whereupon that shee shee loosed thense and came to her former moorings againe, yet still the ''Prince'' being moored in an undue manner, came fowle of her, and put her ashore and lay upon her cable a tide or two, and this shee did notwithstatnding that the said Betts master of the ''White lilly'' (while shee was fastened to the said chaine) went aboard the ''Prince'' and admonished her master and company of the danger and of the wrong they did his shipp by theirs driving up and downe every tide in an unfitt[?ing] manner; And saith that upon such last comming of the ''Prince'' fowle of the ''White lilly'', the ''White lillyes'' company were forced (to avoide greater dammage) to neere a shore, in which their shipp grating ashore shee broke a peece of her false keele, and their shipp ''Prince'' then lay upon her the ''lillies'' cable and much damnified the same, and the said shipp ''lillie'' was much damnified by the said comming fowle of the ''Prince'' upon her anchor cable, all which hee knoweth being present and seeing the same soe happen. And saith this deponent asked one of the ''Princes'' company why they did not make fast their shipp, had said they had noe anchors to fasten her with To the sixth hee saith the said Patrick Betts was f[XXXX] and forced to hire men to assist his company to moore his shipp from time to [time]
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