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and Companie for the preservation of their … and Companie for the preservation of their lives being necessitated to<br />
desert her in that her perishing condition, and to endeavour their preservation<br />
in their boate, And saith, the goods and Merchandizes mentioned in the<br />
said bill of lading were on board the said shipp at such time as shee<br />
perished as aforesaid. All which the premisses hee knoweth by sadd<br />
experience as being Master and Commannder of the said shipp at the<br />
time of her said disaster; and during the whole Voiage before:-/
Repeated before doctor Clerke
Patrick Bett [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 29th of May 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
The Lord Protector aginst Brewar}<br />
Budd. Smyth}
Examined upon the foresaid allegation on the<br />
behalfe of his highnesse.
'''Rowe dt.'''
'''4.'''
'''Richard Aings''' of highgate in the County of Middlesex<br />
Yeoman, aged 40 yeares or thereabouts sworne and<br />
examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth that in the<br />
yeare 1654 (as hee remembreth the time) The Commissioners for<br />
Prize goods, having sold a parcell of sweete oiles, taken as prize<br />
in the shipp the ''Greate Saint Marke'', this deponent being one of the<br />
keepers of the Warehouse and sellar wherein they were put, made delivery<br />
and helped to deliver the same (to the quantitie of betwixt twenty and thirtie tonnes or thereabouts<br />
to Mr Baker and Mr howlet, and saith the same weere soe deliveres to thm<br />
at and after the gage and quantitie of 236 gallons to the tonne and not more<br />
and soe by them received, And saith that 236 gallons of sweete oiles<br />
to the tonne was the usuall gage of sweete oiles sold by the said Commissioners<br />
for the sale of prize goods, which hee knoweth being imploied in<br />
warehouse keeping under them, and well acquainted therewith, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
Upon the rest not examined by direction of the producent.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first second and third they doe not concerne him, for hee hath not<br />
soe deposed.
To the fourth hee saith hee never knew of 252 gallons of sweete oiles<br />
sold to a tonne.
To the fifth negatively for his part, and otherwise hee cannot depose
Repeated before doctor Clerke
Richard Aings [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]Clerke
Richard Aings [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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