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peece of Ice which if hee had done (as the sayd Maudrey Goslin
and others the Company and harponeeres of the Owners Adventure sayd)
the sayd Ice by the helpe of the Current falling into the harbour
of Bell pointe would have drawne the sayd shipp the Owners
Adventure into the harbour of Bell sound arlate, this hee deposeth
of his owne hearing sight and knowledge being Quartermaster and
Steward on board the shipp Owners Adventure at the same tyme And
saith hee beleeveth if the sayd Damerell had soe fastned to the Ice
hee had gained Bell sound by that meanes And further cannot
depose hee not having gone any voyage to Greeneland before the voyage
in question and therefore not soe well experienced in the advantage
thereof as the sayd Goslin Maudrey and others of the Company and
the harponeeres were, yet saith hee is the rather induced to beleeve
that the sayd Damerell might by fastneing to the Ice when hee was
neere Bell point have gained Bell Sound for that hee heard
the sayd Damerell him selfe saye to one Mr Kirton who was an
Overseer on board on behalfe of the Merchants who imployers of the sayd shipp
Owners Adventure that hee feared hee should not have such an
oportunitie to gett into Bell Sound as hee had when hee was
soe neere the Bell Point./

To the 4th 5th and 6th hee saith that after the sayd Damerell came from aboard
the sayd Pybus his shipp hee with his shipp the Owners Adventure and the Greyhound a Pinke alsoe belonging to the Adventure kept Company with the sayd Pybus his
shipp and three other London shipps videlicet the shipp whereof the arlate Welch
was Commander and the shipp whereof the arlate Golding was Commander
and the shipp whereof the arlate Child was Master till about the fifteenth
of June last upon or about which day all the sayd shipps began to worke
into the Ice togeather and with much difficulty by reason of the thickness
of the ice did in about twenty fower howers worke about seaven leagues
and not above into the ice and not being able to gett any further the
sayd shipps made all fast to the Ice board and board one of another
and soe laye about sixteene howers and saith that upon or about the
seaventeenth of June the sayd Damerell went on board the shipps of
the sayd Welch and Golding but what conference hee had there with
them hee knoweth not and saith but saith hee well remembereth that
whilst the sayd Damerell was on board the sayd Goldings shipp hee
heard him call out to the Company of his the sayd Damerells shipp
the Owners Adventure and bid them lett loose the sayd shipp and the Greyhound and
endeavour to worke them further into the ice, and coming him selfe
aboard the Adventure hee and speakeing to called for the Boatswaine to cause her
shallopps to bee manned to towe the sayd shipps Adventure and Greyhound further
into the Ice, which the sayd Mr Goulding observing standing and
leaning