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Transcription

To the third fourth and 5th hee cannot answer as hee asith not being in
the voyage and knowing ought thereof.

To the 6 hee saith hee beleeveth the goods claimed by the
severall producents doe really belonge unto them, having seene letters from
holland manifesting such their proprietie. And otherwise hee cannot
answer.

To the 7th hee cannot answer.

To the 8th hee saith the said Abraham Maysert is of about 50 yeares
of age and was borne as hee beleeveth in Amsterdam, and otherwise
saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose.

Repeated in Court before the two Judges./.

Erasmus Bedloe [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 12th of November 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]

White and Company against the Margaret}
and ffox. Clements. Suckley.}

Examined upon the livell on the behalfe of
the said White and Company

Rp. .j.

John Hart of Redriff in the County of Middlesex Mariner
aged 23 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first article hee saith and deposeth that the time arlate the
producent William White and Company were owners of the shipp the
Mayflower arlate whereof the said William was and still is master, and for
such they were and are commonly accompted and reputed, yeelding a reason of
his knowledge as followeth. And further cannot depose.

To the second hee deposeth that the time arlate and more particularly in or
about the moneth of October 1653 the shipp the Mayflower arlate was riding
in safetie in the River of Thames over against Rederith, and was there well
mored, and there had rid and bin mored about three weekes space together in
safetie, in a place fit for moring and where shipps of her burthen doe
usually ride, and saith that after soe longe time of moring and rising
as aforesaid namely in or about the said moneth of October 1653, the shipp
the Margaret arlate (which had laine by the Mayflower during the
space of three weekes without hurt done by either to other) broke from her cable and broke her
Moring and ran ashore, and her company bringing her to a second moring moored
her soe as shee came fowle of the Mayflower, and the winde blowing
hard at West, shee [?XXXled] and battered severall tides soe upon the Mayflower, and
dasht with soe much violence as that shee brake downe the carved worke
and brackets of the sterne of the Mayflower, and did her other dammage
but the valew of the dammage, or howe much it cost repairing the said
breaches and hurt hee saith hee doth not knowe, but conceiveth it may
amount to 20 li sterling. The premisses hee deposeth being then masters
mate of and aboard the Mayflower, and seeing the same soe donne. And
otherwise hee cannot depose.

To the third hee saith that at the said time of the said dammage, the
shipp the Mayflower was intended for a voyage for Virginia, and was then
fitting for the said voyage, but it was about 11 monethes after before shee
proceeded