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all that was done by the Mary, which was all that could
be done by her to have avoyded the ffreeman arlate, yet the
Company of the ffreeman edged their vessell after the Mary
, and the ffreeman did runne on board the very
midshipps of the Mary and the Boltspritt of the
ffreeman did runn against the mayne Mast of the Mary
with such a force that it did breake the mayne Mast into
three peeces and carryed all the Masts, sayles and rigging
by the boord and the stemme of the ffreeman rann into
the side of the Mary and brake her downe to the water
and he saith That all the sayd damage happened unto
the Mary by the obstinatenes and willfulnes of the company of the ffreeman
being bent upon mischeife, for (he saith) that they might
easily have gone by and done noe harme to the Mary The
premisses he deposeth being one of the said Marys Company
and on board her when the damage predeposed of was done
unto her by the ffreeman, And further he cannot depose

To the third and fourth articles he deposeth and saith that he
this deponent did heare the arlate Peter Whitty (when the Mary
was in soe dangerous a condition as is predeposed) bidd the
Company of the ffreeman cutt the shrowds and foresayle of
the Mary, and that accordingly the ffreemans Company
did cutt the Marys shrowds and sayles, and he saith that
the sayd Whitty did call the Marys Company Collierly d[?oggs GUTTER]
and that he had not cared if he had sunck the Mary [?if he GUTTER]
could have saved their lives And further he cannot depose
Saving that there were many spectators of the ffree[?mans GUTTER]
carryage towards the Mary, and that the willfulnes [?of GUTTER]
the ffreemans Company is by all that saw it much b[XXXX GUTTER]
and cryd out upon./

To the last he saith his former deposition is true.

To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he cometh to [XXX GUTTER]
at the desire of [XXXXX] Yaxley One of the producents, and that he
was Masters mate of the Mary at the time interrate
upon decke, and that the damage was done a little before
noone, And to the rest it is satisfied above./

To the 2d Interrogatory he answereth that the shrowdes were
good, the Mast a good one but not new yet [?firme], and the
rigging generally good, And to the rest negatively and further he knoweth [?not GUTTER]
to answeare.

The marke of Richard [MARKE] Cawcott [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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On the same day.

Rp. 2)

Samuel Browne of Alborough in Suffolk
Mariner aged about 50ty yeares, a wittnes [?produced GUTTER]
and sworne and being examined deposeth as followeth

To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation he
deposeth and saith that he ths deponent was Boat[?swaine GUTTER]
of the arlate shipp the Mary and on board her at the
time of the damage in controversy, and that the Mary
was coming up the River Thames, below Woolwich at the
place called Galliets reach (which is a broad place and the shipp the ffreeman [?XX GUTTER]
was