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24th July 1637

Phillipus Calloe de Vivitate Bristoll Cooper etatis 20
annorum aut circiter testis in hac parte productus iuratus et
examinatus./

Ad wuintum arlum allgeationis ex parte did Harris et Jollye in hac parte dat
ey oblat That within the tyme arlate, the arlate Lewes Dyer the Carpenter
of the arlate shipp the Blessinge, and Nicholas Chope the Boatswaynesmate with the consent of Phillip Luxon the master in this deponents presence and sighte did whilest the sayd shipp was at
James Towne in Virginia breake open a case with five bottes of stronge waters
in it, and each of the sayd bottles contayned a pottle and a pinte of
stronge waters or thereabouts, which bottles they carryed up into the sayd Luxons
Cabyn and there dranke the same out with the helpe of the sayd Luxon and
his mate James Sherland, and the arlate Richard Bewce John Martyn
and William fferrett, and the sayd Chope forced him this deponent to goe up
into the masters Cabyn to drincke part therof, alsoe there was a rundlett of
aquavite drancke out at James Towne aforesayd contayninge sixe
gallons and a halfe, which was soe drancke out (as hee beleeveth) by the
master and his mate and the rest of the partyes before mentioned, for that this
deponentw as forced by the sayd master and his mate to drawe two or three bottles
of teh sayd Acquavite for their drinckinge, and another
rundlett of sacke contayninge sixteene gallons or therabouts, was (as he
beleiveth drancke or drawne out in Virginia by the company of the sayd shipp for
that the head of the sayd rundlett was beaten out and the day
before it was soe beaten out this deponent sawe that the sayd rundlett was thighte
and stauncg, alsoe this deponent sayeth that whilest the sayd shipp was at
Virginia the sayd Luxon. Sherland, Newce, fferrett Chope Dyer
and Martyn at severall tymes went downe into the hould of the sayd
shipp and tooke handfulls of the merchants reasons of the sunne
currence and pruens, and did eate the same, not withstanding