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poste and her quarter and splitt her boate … poste and her quarter and splitt her boate all to peeces in manner as<br />
is hereadter declared the premisses hee deposeth being in a wherrie not<br />
farr from the shipps the ''Blessing'' and ''helpewell'' when the premisses<br />
were done and happened and being an eye and eare witnesse thereof And further<br />
to these articles hee cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith that hee well remembreth that it was neere about high<br />
water videlicet the water newly turned, or yonge ebb, when the sayd shipp the<br />
''Blessing'' cast Anchor, And saith the Company of the ''helpewell'' might in this deponents Judgment if<br />
they would easily have kept cleere of the ''Blessing'' and avoided her if they would have<br />
borne up one foote and a halfe or two foote at most the premisses hee deposeth<br />
for the reason afore expressed being in a boate and seeing the premisses. And<br />
further hee cannot depose hee this deponent not being a Sea man and soe not<br />
knowing whether the ''Blessing'' could have sheered or noe to have avoided<br />
the ''helpewell''./
To the 6th 7th and 8th articles of the sayd libell hee saith that by reason<br />
the shipp ''helpewell'' fell fowle of the ''Blessing'' shee ran her Anchor<br />
first into the Quarter of the ''Blessing'', and brake her Quarter, and the same<br />
being forced off thence the sayd Anchor caught hold of the ''Blessings''<br />
sterne post and brake it alsoe, and the shipps being by that<br />
meanes drawne close togeather the ''helpewell'' splitt the ''Blessings''<br />
longe boate into severall peeces some whereof hee this deponent tooke<br />
up swimming in the river of Thames And hee alsoe saith the sayd shipp ''Helpewell'' by such her falling fowle did force and stretch the ''Blessings'' Cable, and drave the ''Blessing'' from her mooreings all which dammage as this deponent<br />
verily beleeveth and is in his conscience perswaded, happened by the<br />
wilfullnes or negligence of the ''helpewells'' Company, for that as is<br />
predeposed hee veriy well knoweth that if they had borne up but one foote and<br />
a halfe or two foote at the most they had passed cleere of the ''Blessing'' without<br />
doeing her any preiudice, the premisses hee deposeth for the reason aforesayd<br />
being an eye witnes and seeing the same out of a wherry wherein hee was as<br />
aforesayd, And as to the value of the damages predeposed hee saith hee<br />
is not skillfull in the values of such things as were damnified, and therefore<br />
cannot estimate them And further hee cannot depose
To the 9th hee cannot depose./
To the rest hee is not examined by direction of the producent./
To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge<br />
in this cause being soe requested to doe by the sayd John Biggs And to the<br />
rest of the sayd Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith that the Company of the ''Blessing'' did doe<br />
their endeavour to avoide receiving any damage by or doeing any damage<br />
to the ''Helpewell'' by calling and crying out to the ''Helpewells'' company<br />
longe before they came neere the ''Blessing'' which was all the ''Blessings'' company could doe to avoide<br />
itcompany could doe to avoide<br />
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