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To the one and twentith article he deposet … To the one and twentith article he deposeth and saith that<br />
all the time the arlate shipp the ''Elzabeth'' lay at the Isle<br />
of Wight, when the said Stainton would not goe out<br />
to sea, the said shipps Company fedd upon the victualls<br />
provided by the arlate Rich, And that he beleiveth the<br />
said victualls did cost between five and sixe hundred<br />
pounds. And further he cannot depose.
To the two and twentith article he deposeth that in all<br />
probability the said Stanton (had he gone out to sea in<br />
the said moneth of January 1651) had taken some prizes<br />
for that, whilst the said shipp the ''Elzabeth'' lay at the<br />
Cowes, other men of warre that went out to sea did<br />
take prizes of good value, And further he cannot<br />
depose.
To the three and twentith article he deposeth that the said<br />
Rich was much damnifyed by the leakage and perishing<br />
of the wines predeposed of, and alsoe by the eating up<br />
of his victualls when the man of warr lay at the<br />
Isle of Wight, and his paying freight fo the said<br />
shipp when she did nothing, And that (as he beleiveth)<br />
the said Rich was damnifyed by the shippps lying at the<br />
Ile of Wight in not going to sea, in her victualls<br />
and hyre to the value of 1200 or 1000 at least<br />
And further he cannot depose
To the crosse Interrogatoryes./ To the Interrogatories 1st position.
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he referreth himselfe to<br />
his former deposition And otherwise cannot answeare.
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that he referreth himselfe to<br />
his deposition made in this cause, and that he hath often<br />
heard the interrate Rich give order to the said Captaine Stainton<br />
to goe to sea, and aske him when he did not goe, which orders<br />
were by word of mouth but he remembreth not when as either<br />
to the say of the weeke or month, but that it was soe spoken<br />
at Mr Nailers where they the said Rich and Stanton lay<br />
in the Isle of Wight And furher he cannot answeare.
To the third Interrogatory he answereth that he referreth himselfe<br />
to his former deposition, and that besides the fower prizes<br />
the said Stanton carryed with him to the Isle of Wight, one<br />
prize was sent to Weymouth, another to Plymouth and a<br />
third to London, and that the said prizes were manned<br />
with the ''Elzabeths'' Company, and that at first there were<br />
about threescore imployed in manning of the said seaven prizes<br />
and that in about a months space most of them that went to<br />
Weymouth, Plymouth and London, especially the two Masters<br />
Mates and other officers returned to the said shipp the ''Elzabeth'',<br />
and that within a fortnight after the other fwer prizes<br />
were arrived at Cowes, those of the ''Elzabeths'' Company that manned<br />
those prizes were cleared off to about fower men in a shipp<br />
soeabout fower men in a shipp<br />
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