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a Wittnes sworne and examined, saith and d … a Wittnes sworne and examined, saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet
To the first and second articles or positions of the said Libell this deponent<br />
saith, hee well knoweth the lilate Timothy ffinn, and to knowe him to be<br />
Master and Commander of the shipp the ''Roe bucke'' lilate in the moneths of<br />
June and July last past or thereabouts, in or about which time the said<br />
shipp the ''Roebucke'' rideing at an anchor at Blackwell in the river of<br />
Thames, in a place convenient and usuall for shipps to lye in safetie, the<br />
shipp the ''diamond'' lilate whereof the lilate William Tobeley was<br />
Commander, comeing up the River of Thames anchored neere to the said<br />
shipp the ''Roebucke'', and the said ''Roebucke'' upon the turning of the tide being<br />
un-moored to remove further up in the River, and the said ''diamond'' then lyeing<br />
between her and the shoare, they fell fowle one of another by the negligence, as<br />
this deponent beleeveth of the said shipps ''diamonds'' Companie, by which meanes<br />
the boltspritt of the said shipp the ''Roebucke'' was broken, the reparation<br />
whereof this deponent beleeveth did or might amount to the summe of nyne<br />
or ten pounds sterling, The premisses hee deposeth, for that hee this deponent<br />
at the time of the dammage aforesaid being in and belonging to the shipp<br />
the ''humphrey'' of London then at Blackwall and rideing next to the said<br />
shipps ''Roebucke'' and ''diamond'' saw and tooke notice of the said falling<br />
fowle and dammage thereby occasioned And further cannot depose./
To the third position or article of the said Libell hee saith and deposeth, That<br />
about six weekes after the said dammage [?XXXXridd] hee this deponent<br />
being in Companie with the arlate William Tobeley and Timothy<br />
ffinn at Wapping, heard them discourse concerning the same, and that<br />
then and there in this deponents presence and hearing, the said Tobeley<br />
proffered to give unto the said ffinn fiftie shillings out of his owne<br />
free will, but not in any manner of satisfaction for the dammage aforesaid<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings of this<br />
Court, And further cannot depose.
To the 5th hee saith the arlate William Tobeley was and is an Englishman a<br />
inhabitant in Wapping, and that both hee ad the said shipp ''diamonds''<br />
Owners were and are all of them as hee beleeveth Subjects of this<br />
Commonwealth and to the Jurisdiction of this Court And further<br />
cannot depose./
Repeated before doctor Clarke/:-
John Badison [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The first day of February <u>.1654:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
Michaell de haze et cetera against the Vessell the}<br />
''dove'' Walter Cable Master Suckley. Smith}
'''Rp. 4'''
'''Roger Bacon''' of Wapping in the County of<br />
Middlesex Mariner aged 55. yeares or thereabouts a<br />
Wittnes sworne and examined as followeth videlicetsworne and examined as followeth videlicet +
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