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''Thomas and Lucie'' and hee hath heard th … ''Thomas and Lucie'' and hee hath heard them acknowledge themselves soe to bee<br />
and saith that during the sayd tyme the arlate William Maples was commonly<br />
reputed master of her by their appointment, and of his this deponents knowledge<br />
did take upon him the Care and Comand of her and goe Master of her<br />
the voyage in question and as Master of her did in the behalfe of the sayd Owners<br />
hyre this deponent and others of the sayd shipps company to goe in her the voyage in<br />
question And further saving his following deposition hee cannot depose/
To the second and third articles of the sayd libell hee saith that in the latter end of<br />
may or beginning of June last past the sayd William Maples as master of the saud<br />
shipp did hyre this deponent and his contest Richard Vaughan and agreed with<br />
them to pay them each of them thirty five shillings a moneth to serve in the sayd<br />
shipp the voyage in question and that they should enter in to whole pay at such tyme<br />
as the sayd shipp sett sayle from Gravesend to prosecute her sayd voyage, which<br />
happened to be the tenth day of June last, and saith the sayd voyage was<br />
designed to be made from London to Newfound land there to take in ffish<br />
and from thence to sayle therewith to Naples and from thence to Lepro there to lade<br />
fruite and soe returne for England and this deponent and his precontest Richard<br />
Vaughan, and all the persons in the schedule arlate named videlicet John Lewis who<br />
was Cooke John Tapley who was Chirurgion Peter Bartlet who was Carpenter<br />
William Wood who was Gunner, William hamblin who was boatswaine Thomas<br />
dunstan who was quarter Master, William dudgin Roger Goodman and William<br />
Basey foremast men of the sayd shipp ''Thomas and Lucie'' and others of the sayd shipps<br />
company not named in the sayd schule did goe and proceede on the sayd voyage in<br />
manner as is hereafter declared and entered all of them into full pay for the<br />
sayd voyage the sayd 10th of June, except the sayd Bartlett the Carpenter who<br />
as he hath heard and beleeveth entered into full pay half a month before the saud<br />
tenth of June last And saith the sayd shipp did on the sayd tenth of June last<br />
with her sayd Master and Company sett sayle from Gravesend and safely arived<br />
at Newfound land and there tooke in her ladeing of ffish and the same being<br />
soe laded on board her the sayd shipp and her sayd Company did by order of<br />
the sayd Maples the Master depart there with from Newfound land towards<br />
Naples but saith by reason hee was not privie to the contract made by the sayd<br />
master with any of the persons named in the sayd schedule when hee hyred them<br />
hee knoweth not positively to depose what monthly wages hee agreed with them<br />
for but knoweth the rates set downe in the sayd schedule were the ususall rates<br />
then given to persons goeing for such voyages as the voyage in question and in the like<br />
qualities and places of imployment as the sayd persons schedulated did in the shipp<br />
''Thomas and Lucie'' And further saving his subsequent depositions hee cannot<br />
depose./
To the 4th 5th 6th and 7th articles of the libell hee saith the sayd shipp ''Thomas and''<br />
''Lucie'' in her course from Newfound land towards Naples mett with a very<br />
violent storme by the ,eere violence whereof the sayd shipp ''Thomas and Lucie''<br />
spent the mizen mast and foretopp mast and her master and company for the better<br />
preserving their lives togeather with the sayd shipp and ladeing were forced to cut<br />
downe their mayne mast by the board and heave over board all or the greatest<br />
part of the fish belonging to the sayd shipps Company as their adventure, and some<br />
of the fish belonging to the Merchants, but the storme continueing, the sayd shipp by reason<br />
thereof grow very leakie and received in much water on board her which not<br />
withsatnding her company by their great paines and Industrie with continuall<br />
pumpeing cleered her of, and preserved her from sinkeing, and the storme being<br />
over made her reasonable tight. and soe shee continue, and then the sayd shipps<br />
company being desyrous to prosecute their sayd voyage did make a Jury mast<br />
of a space mayne top mast they had remayning aboard the sayd shipp instead<br />
of their mayne mast which was cut downe by the board as aforesayd, and<br />
likewiseard as aforesayd, and<br />
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