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Transcription

The first of April 1657

Batson against Gosling}
Smith: Suckley}

Examined upon the Libell given in on the behalfe of the
said Batson/

See the former in B11 and B12

7us

John Avery of Ratcliff in parish of Stepney and
County of Middlesex Chirugion aged twenty three yeares
or thereabouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth videlicet/.

To the first article of the sayd Libell hee saith that in the moneths
and tyme arlate the arlate Batson Beane and Golderne were
commonly reputed the lawfull Owners freighters and imployers of
the Greyhound arlate and the freighters and imployers of the Owners
Adventure arlate for the voyage in question which was a certaine fishing
voyage to bee made from this Port of London to Greeneland and saith
hee this deponent went Chirugion of the Owners Adventure the
sayd voyage and was shippd for Chirugion of her by the arlate Thomas
damerell who was and went Master of the sayd Shipp Owners
Adventure for the sayd voyage and had the Command not only of her
and her Company but alsoe the Command ordering and direction
of the Greyhound aforesaid and her Company (a small Pinke which was to bee assistant to the
Owners Adventure in the sayd voyage) And further to this article
hee cannot depose/

To the second and third hee saith hee this deponent goeing Chirugion as
aforesayd the voyage in question thereby knoweth that the arlate
Maundrye and Gosling did both of them serve in the sayd shipp
Owners Adventure as Masters Mates of the sayd voyage and
the arlate humfreys as one of her Company and a harpoonere
and that after their the said Maundrie Gosling and humdreys being hired
to goe the sayd voyage the sayd shipp Owners Adventure togeather with
the Pinke Greyhound being well fitted and provided with all necessaries
for the sayd voyage the sayd damerell and his sayd Mates and the sayd shipps
Companyes sett sayle with the sayd vessells from Gravesend about the
twelveth of Aprill one thousand sixe hundred fifty sixe bound for Greene=
land and the sayd shipps were both committed to the care of the sayd
damerell and their Companyes were to be ordered by him And
hee saith the sayd shipps or vessells under the Conduct of the sayd
damerell safely arrived in Company togeather neere the Coast
of Greeneland and further saving his foregoeing and subsequent deposition hee
cannot to these articles depose./

To the 4th and 5th articles of the sayd Libell hee saith that
after the Comming of the two vessells aforesayd neere the Coast
of Greeneland they in company of other English shipps put into the
Ice towards shoare some
miles all the shipps in Company made fast to the Ice togeather and after
all