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The 25th of November 1654.
Touching the ' … The 25th of November 1654.
Touching the ''Angel[?o] Custada'' aforesaid.}
'''7. q. relliquas in B.1.'''
'''Oliva de Michel''' borne in Venice<br />
late Carpenter of the said Shipp the ''Angelo''<br />
''Custada'' aged 22 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne, examined and interpreted as<br />
aforesaid, saith and deposeth by vertue of<br />
his oath.
That the said shipp the ''Angelo Custoda'' (Stephen [?Romanello] commander)<br />
came from Venise in the moneth of Aprill last past laden with Annise seeds,<br />
Rice, Almonds, brimstone and currance, and bound for hambourgh the<br />
port of her intended dischardge, and that the said goods were laden at<br />
Venise by Marchants of Venise, and that shee was in the said voyage<br />
foure monethes space and upwards in comming from Venise to the downes, occasioned<br />
by calmes and contrarywindes; And saith their provisions of victualls<br />
and drinke being quite spent in that space, the said Captaine [?Romanello]<br />
and company were constrained to put with the said vessell into the downes<br />
there to get supplies, to the end they might prosecute their intended voyage<br />
for hamborough, And saith that after their necessarie stay there for<br />
making provisions, they were preparing to depart, and being readie<br />
to set saile, there arose a greate storme on the eighteenth day of<br />
August last old stile (foure dayes after their comming in thither) by<br />
the fury and violence whereof there came two fflemish [XXockes] that<br />
night one after the other fowle of the ''Angelo Custada'' and brake her<br />
head, bolt spritt, tore her sailes and forced her from her<br />
anchors, and when her company had let fall another anchor, they<br />
found that shee had received in soe much sea water that shee was<br />
[?even] readie to sinke, and the next morning a fflemish man of<br />
warr a greate vessell having by the violence of the same storme<br />
broke from her anchors came alsoe fowle of the ''Angelo Custada''<br />
and broke downe her sides, and put her in such danger of<br />
sinking that the said Captaine Romanello and companie were forced<br />
(to save them) to cutt their cable and endeavour to run the shipp<br />
ashore, and as they were running ashore at dover, and fearing to<br />
miscarry, they shott two peeces of ordnance to the end to [?invite] some<br />
succour to come out unto them, and accordingly there came out<br />
a boate with a cable, which was fastened to the shapp at one end<br />
and to a capsten upon the shore with the other end, and soe [?the]<br />
said shipp was by degrees haled into the peir, but the [?waves]<br />
going high (the storme still continueing) shee strucke severall<br />
times upon the peir head as shee was heaving in, and was<br />
soe shattered and made leakie by the said striking and by the<br />
[?force] before received, that shee had betweene foure and five<br />
foote water in hold notwithstanding that her companie used<br />
all diligence in plying the pump, and when with<br />
much adoe shee was brought into the Peir, her company [?were]<br />
about to [?search] her condition and to repaire her the [XXXXX]<br />
[?proceede]re her the [XXXXX]<br />
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