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Instruments, and the heat thereof was soe … Instruments, and the heat thereof was soe excessive and the stench thereof is<br />
noysome and stifeling that this deponent and the rest of his felloe<br />
Labourers in the hold were forced to putt off their garments and worke<br />
naked, and the one of the sayd Labourers by the sayd noysome heat and stench<br />
videlicet Edward Spaiggs arlate grew distempered fell sick and dyed<br />
of his sicknes and distemper then gott, and one Robert Brockett one<br />
other of the Labourers gott by the same meanesa shrewd distemper<br />
which hath continued upon him and made him weake listles and<br />
unfitt for hard labor ever since, and severall others of the sayd<br />
Labourers receyved much hhurt and preiudice in their health and some<br />
were forced to leave the worke before it was finished. And saith<br />
the sayd vessell was very leaky so as 2 men during the whole<br />
tyme of her such unlading were imployed att the pumpe constantly<br />
And the wheat neere the port holes and att the bottome next the matts<br />
to the quantity five quarters att the least was all crusted black and<br />
so noysome and wholly perished that it was nott fitt for any use<br />
noe not for hoggs, nor any way worth the carrying away<br />
but was as an uselesse thing throwne and cast over board: And<br />
saith in case the sayd corne had not bene removed but had continued<br />
in the sayd shipp by the space of 16. or 20 dayes longer the<br />
same would in all probability have all of it bene rendred uselesse<br />
and have utterly bene perished and in great danger to have<br />
taken fire and consumed itselfe and the sayd shipp the heat<br />
thereof was soe excessive, All which he knoweth having bene<br />
for theis 6. yeares last past a Cornemeter and beinge Imployed<br />
in the foresayd worke from the beginning to the end thereof by the Commissioners for prize goods<br />
as were allso his Contests Richard Staples and John Natshaw<br />
for part of the sayd tyme being froced to leave the worke before<br />
it was finished by the heat and stench aforesayd And further cannot depose./
To the eighth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the foresayd<br />
Commissioners did by removing the sayd wheat into Granaries, and dressing<br />
and skraeneing use their best endeavours and diligence to care the<br />
same and make it merchantable. And he hath heard that Justice<br />
Vincent of Peckham bought the same of the sayd Commissioners and is<br />
like to be a looser by it. and otherwise cannot depose.
To the nynth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith, he cannot<br />
depose.
To the tenth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that by reason<br />
of the present great plenty of Corne in England good sound<br />
wheat undamnifyed is usually bought and sold att present in and<br />
about London for 20 ''s'' per the quarter, and in other places att<br />
distance from London as hee hath heard and beleiveth att cheaper<br />
and easyer rates. And otherwise cannot depose./
To the Crosse Interrogatories.
To the .1. he saith he hath for theis .2. or three yeares past wrought for<br />
the Commissioners of prize goods in Corne shipps, according as corne prizes came<br />
in to be unladen, and saith the foresayd shipp ''fortune'' was the last shipp<br />
he wrought upon for the sayd Commissioners and the names of the rest he hath forgotten<br />
andthe rest he hath forgotten<br />
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, Instruments, and the heat thereof was soe … Instruments, and the heat thereof was soe excessive and the stench thereof is<br />
noysome and stifeling that this deponent and the rest of his felloe<br />
Labourers in the hold were forced to putt off their garments and worke<br />
naked, and the one of the sayd Labourers by the sayd noysome heat and stench<br />
videlicet Edward Spaiggs arlate grew distempered fell sick and dyed<br />
of his sicknes and distemper then gott, and one Robert Brockett one<br />
other of the Labourers gott by the same meanesa shrewd distemper<br />
which hath continued upon him and made him weake listles and<br />
unfitt for hard labor ever since, and severall others of the sayd<br />
Labourers receyved much hhurt and preiudice in their health and some<br />
were forced to leave the worke before it was finished. And saith<br />
the sayd vessell was very leaky so as 2 men during the whole<br />
tyme of her such unlading were imployed att the pumpe constantly<br />
And the wheat neere the port holes and att the bottome next the matts<br />
to the quantity five quarters att the least was all crusted black and<br />
so noysome and wholly perished that it was nott fitt for any use<br />
noe not for hoggs, nor any way worth the carrying away<br />
but was as an uselesse thing throwne and cast over board: And<br />
saith in case the sayd corne had not bene removed but had continued<br />
in the sayd shipp by the space of 16. or 20 dayes longer the<br />
same would in all probability have all of it bene rendred uselesse<br />
and have utterly bene perished and in great danger to have<br />
taken fire and consumed itselfe and the sayd shipp the heat<br />
thereof was soe excessive, All which he knoweth having bene<br />
for theis 6. yeares last past a Cornemeter and beinge Imployed<br />
in the foresayd worke from the beginning to the end thereof by the Commissioners for prize goods<br />
as were allso his Contests Richard Staples and John Natshaw<br />
for part of the sayd tyme being froced to leave the worke before<br />
it was finished by the heat and stench aforesayd And further cannot depose./
To the eighth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that the foresayd<br />
Commissioners did by removing the sayd wheat into Granaries, and dressing<br />
and skraeneing use their best endeavours and diligence to care the<br />
same and make it merchantable. And he hath heard that Justice<br />
Vincent of Peckham bought the same of the sayd Commissioners and is<br />
like to be a looser by it. and otherwise cannot depose.
To the nynth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith, he cannot<br />
depose.
To the tenth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that by reason<br />
of the present great plenty of Corne in England good sound<br />
wheat undamnifyed is usually bought and sold att present in and<br />
about London for 20 ''s'' per the quarter, and in other places att<br />
distance from London as hee hath heard and beleiveth att cheaper<br />
and easyer rates. And otherwise cannot depose./
To the Crosse Interrogatories.
To the .1. he saith he hath for theis .2. or three yeares past wrought for<br />
the Commissioners of prize goods in Corne shipps, according as corne prizes came<br />
in to be unladen, and saith the foresayd shipp ''fortune'' was the last shipp<br />
he wrought upon for the sayd Commissioners and the names of the rest he hath forgotten<br />
andthe rest he hath forgotten<br />
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