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shipp being cleere of those sands held on … shipp being cleere of those sands held on her course towards Druntam aforesayd<br />
and arriving upon the Coast of Norway there made towards shoare and<br />
being come neere shoare the Master asked the sayd Fare what parte of<br />
Norway that was and the sayd Fare could give noe positive answer thereto<br />
but appeared to be altogether ignorant where hee was, and where the River or<br />
harbour of Druntam was, by reason whereof the Master being desyrous to<br />
be informed in what part of Norway hee was, caused two gunns to be shott<br />
off thereby hoping to get some pilott to come from shoare on board the sayd<br />
shipp but none comeing the said Master and Company thought fitt (the night<br />
beginning to drawe on, to stand off to sea againe for the better preservation<br />
of the said shipp and goods and their owne lives, if any foule weather should happen which they would not to have<br />
done if the sayd Fare had bin skillfull and well experienced in the knowledge<br />
of the Coast whereon they were, as a pilott who undertakes the guiding of a<br />
shipp ought to bee.<br />
for that by the sayd Fares unskillfullnesse of the coast and their<br />
putting out to sea by reason thereof, the sayd shipp was forced to drive<br />
to and againe at sea till till morning and make to shoare againe, and the<br />
Master then againe asking the sayd Fare whether hee yet knew the land<br />
they were neere, the sayd Fare made noe positive answer but named<br />
sometymes one place, and somtymes another, soe that the Master<br />
and Company of the sayd shipp perceiving the sayd Fares unskillfullnesse<br />
of the Coast, did shape their course towards Druntam aforesayd as well<br />
as they could guess (they having some knowledge what<br />
course they were to steere to come towards Druntam though they knew not<br />
the land they were then neere) but were as this deponent believeth<br />
then dayes longer ere they could reach Druntam aforesayd then otherwise<br />
they should have bin if the sayd Fare had bin an experienced pilott in those<br />
parts as (undertakeing the sayd voyage) hee ought to have bin And further<br />
saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose.<br />
To the 7th and 8th hee saith that the sayd shipp ''Angell Gabriell'' being at length come<br />
before the River of Druntam the sayd Fare did not know where hee was,<br />
and did not confesse and acknowledge soe much in the presence of this deponent and<br />
divers of the sayd shipps company, so that the sayd Master seeing<br />
his unskillfullness, was forced to hyre two men out of a yawle or fisherboate<br />
which was neere hand to pilott the sayd shipp into the river of Druntam<br />
and use their assistance to finde out convenient place of anchoring<br />
in the sayd river, (the same by reason of the great depth of water therein<br />
affording few places of anchoring and the sayd Fare being as plainely appeared<br />
by his answer to answeres to the master who asked him where the sayd anchoring places were<br />
utterly ignorant of thoses place. And further to the article hee cannot depose saving hee<br />
saith the River of Druntam is a large River many leagues fromDruntam is a large River many leagues from +
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