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To the 3. hee saith, That the said shipp t … To the 3. hee saith, That the said shipp the ''Elizabeth'' in her Course from Lisbone<br />
for England with the goods aforesaid did in or about the moneth of Aprill last<br />
past, (the time hee otherwise remembreth not) come throught the downes, and<br />
being there the weather happened to be very tempesyuous and thick weather, and<br />
so much wind that the Pilot who was aboard her would not, and said hee durst not<br />
undertake to bring her into dover, And this deponent verily beleeveth shee could not<br />
a that time have come in, but would in all likelihood togeather with her lading have perished and<br />
been lost in the sea, for that another English shipp then came from Lisbone and [?being]<br />
in the Roade of dover expressly to deliver her Lading there was by extreamity of weather<br />
forced to beare away from thence for London, this deponent all that while belonging to<br />
and being Gunner of and aboard the said shipp ''Elizabeth'', And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the 4th hee saith That by reason of the said dangerous wind and weather<br />
the said Master and Companie having a just apprehension of the imminent danger<br />
of the said shipp and goods predeposed were delivered to the said Edward and<br />
John Bushell or their order, safe and well conditioned, This deponent being present<br />
at the deliverey of the said goods. And otherwise saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
saith hee cannot depose:-/
To the 5th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings of this Court<br />
And further cannot depose, saving hee beleeveth the said producent<br />
by the forbearance or non-payment of the said freight hath suffered dammage to the valew of<br />
20 ''li'' and upwards, which hee might in all probability have made good by the<br />
imployment of the said money.
To the Crosse Interrogatories :-/ [CENTRE HEADING]
'''dt. Smith:-/'''
To the first hee saith hee cometh to be a Witnesse in this Cause at the request<br />
of John Salmon the producent, and can write and reade, and hath received all his<br />
wages for the Voiage interrate, and saith hee this rendent is bound upon another Voiage with<br />
the said Salmon, And otherwise, saving his foregoeing deposition, negatively./
To the second hee saith hee knoweth not who was to have received the said sugars<br />
at or neere dover, and saith the said shipp did not nor could in safety stay in the<br />
downes after her coming thither, nor was there any person aboard her there to demannd<br />
the said sugars, And further hee knoweth not nor can hee depose./
To the third hee saith, That the bills or bill of lading by him predeposed was in English<br />
and saith the goods predeposed were mentioned therein to be delivered upon the freight<br />
predeposed. And further remembreth not at present./
To the 4th hee saith hee did not sett downe in writing where the wind blewe the<br />
time interrate but saith hee remembreth it was at South East right to the English shoare nor were any goods delivered out of her either in the downes or<br />
at dover, and this rendent is in Conscience convinced that the interrate Salmon<br />
could not without very great and imminent danger of the losse of his said shipp and her<br />
then lading, have delivered or attempted the delivery of the goods interrate at<br />
dover or in the downes./
To the 5th hee saith, That this rendent being present at the delivery of the<br />
sugars interrate here at London did not observe that any of them were<br />
damnified. And further cannot depose./
John Barfoot [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
The same day [RH SIDE]IGNATURE, RH SIDE]
The same day [RH SIDE] +
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