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hang or hitch in the tackling of other shipps, and saith that in case thae ''White lillies'' company had taken in her [?iarb] staff (as was donne to most other shipps, and is usually on the weeke dayes or working dayes) there would noe hurt or dammage at all have happened to the ''White lilly'', whose bolt spritt came against the ''Princes'' sterne on a working or worke day, all which hee knoweth having used the sea about 25 yeeres, and being present aboard the ''Prinse'' as aforesaid. To the seavanth article hee saith an deposeth that during all such time as the said shipps the ''White lillie'' and the ''Prinse'' soe lay together, the ''Prinse'' did not soe much as breake one cord or rope yarne of the ''White lilly'' nor drive her from her moorings, and during the said time, the ''White'' ''Lilly'' was very carelessly, slightly and loosely moored, in such manner as was not fitting for her to lie; which the ''Prinses'' company seeing, they moored her both ahead and asterne to prevvant such dammage ás might happen by reason of such loose and slight mooring of the ''White lilly'', which by her soe lying, tooke up more roome in the river than three or foure shipps that were well moored would have donne. And that the ''lilly'' by soe lying was very apt in her turning and swingeing to and againe by the turne of the tide by reason of her loose mooring, to come fowle of other vessells that lay well moored. yeelding a reason of his knowledge as above. To the eighth hee saith that the ''White lillies'' company drew her or haled the ''White lilly'' of up to the chaine alate, and that shee was not by the ''Prinse'' forced a thwart or fowle of the chaine. To the nineth hee saith that the ''White lillie'' had discharged and delivered out her lading before shee cutt her cable, and when shee cutt shee was removing from her moorings to moore neerer the shore and they might (if they had bin pleased) have avoided such cutting their cable, for the ''Princes'' company manned out their boate when the ''lillies'' company were weighing their anchor, and assisted the ''White lillies'' company in such weighing, and clearing the same from the ''Prinses'' cable, and while the companies of both shipps were soe clearing the ''White lillies'' anchor, the ''white lillies'' boatswaine called out to the ''Prinses'' company and bade them cut the ''White lillies'' cable, which they (seeing noe neede for soe doeing) refused, and answered that if hee or his fellowes had any minde to have it cut, they might doe it them selves, or to the same effect whereupon the said boatswaine presently cut the same asunder himselfe which this deponent saith needed not have bin done, for that the anchor and might and would suddenly have bin cleared without doe such cutting, but the ''white lillies'' company were carelesse and negligent. All which hee knoweth being present and seeing the same. To the eleaventh hee saith the ''lillies'' companie soe cut their cable neere or close to the ring thereof, and where the same was very much worne, as cables in that place use to be, soe that the said cable was by the said cutting little or nothing damnified, it being as hee saith usuall for shipps upon each voyage to cutt off their cable at the rings, to make new fasts. And saith the said company of the ''lillie'' soe cutting close by the ring, did not loose above a foote of it; and that the ''Prinses'' company in their instance held one end of
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