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Transcription

as aforesayd to gaine a Pylott and after fowle weather came did
doe his endeavour to gaine harbour but could not, And further hee
cannot depose/

To the 6th hee saith that the reason (in this deponents Judgment) why
sayd Jeggles gott not into Porto Port when hee was first before it [?XX GUTTER]
for that hee was not soe well experienced as to know how the barr [?of GUTTER]
the haven lay, and could not gett a Pylott till hee came to Lisbone, And
further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 7th hee saith that while the sayd shipp stayed in Virginia there was
want of beefe and porke and the like victualls, which were there provided but [?which GUTTER]
goods were sold to provide the same hee knoweth not And further hee
cannot answere/

To the last saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere

Repeated before doctor Godolphin

Tho yeomans [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 30th day of January 1656 English style [RH SIDE]

The affidavit of Benjamin Newland./

Rp. EA

Benjamin Newland of East Cowes [?in GUTTER]
Isle of Wight sworne before the right honourable
John Godolphin doctor of Lawes and
one of the Judges of the high Court of Admiralty
saith as followeth videlicet

That hee this deponent came from the Isle of Wight upon Wednesday the[?XX GUTTER]
and twentieth day of this instant January and that for two or three dayes [?XX GUTTER]
before this deponents comming from thence and at the tyme of this deponents
comming from thence Benjamin Newland this deponents father was then [?very GUTTER]
sick and soe unhealthfull that hee was not in a Capacity to travaile or
undertake any Journey without great hazard and perill of his life
and that hee this deponent hath not as yet receaved any letter [?signifying GUTTER]
that hee is as yet recovered of his sayd sicknesse./

Ben: Newland Junior [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]