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To the 3 and 4th interrogatories hee saith … To the 3 and 4th interrogatories hee saith that hee hath heard and beleeveth that the<br />
shipp interrogate did meete with a very violent storme at sea before hee putting in [?to]<br />
Saint Lucar for that hee sawe when shee came in thither shee had as is predeposed<br />
spent her masts and lost her tackle, and alsoe this deponent further saith that hee observed<br />
at her arrivall there shee had only her master (who was sick) and his mate and [?a]<br />
boy aboard her, all the rest of her company having as this deponent hath heard,<br />
forsaken her and in come on board another vessell that fell fowle of her the sayd<br />
''John and Elizabeth'' at sea, soe that hee beleeveth it was impossible for her the ''John''<br />
''and Elizabeth'' to proceed on her voyage to Santa Cruze until shee were furnished<br />
with men instead of those that had forsaken her, and were alsoe repayred with<br />
masts and tackling which shee wanted at her commeing in thither, And further<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 5th hee cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith that for that hee this deponent is not a seaman hee cannot<br />
judge whether Saint Lucar be a place fitt to repayre shipps in, but saith soe farr<br />
as hee could and did observe all things materiall and fitt for such a work were there<br />
sold at very deere rates And further hee cannot answere/
To the 7th hee saith hee knoweth not how many leagues distant Santa Cruze is from<br />
Saint Lucar, and saith hee knoweth that while this deponent was at Saint Lucar some dutch men<br />
whome the sayd Keene had hyred instead of his men which forsook him as aforesayd [?XXX]<br />
sea did tell this deponent that they were willing to goe on the voyage to Santa Cruze<br />
if the sayd Keene would goe thither, but whether any of the Company that came<br />
in her to London were willing to have gone or would have gone in her to Santa<br />
Cruze hee knoweth not nor hath heard And further cannot answere/
To the 8th saving his forgoing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 9th hee saith as is predeposed that hee hath heard that a shipp did in a<br />
storme at sea fall fowle of the ''John and Elizabeth'' and that all the ''John and Elizabeth''<br />
Company thereupon? forsooke her (save the master the mate and a boy) and were<br />
aboard the sayd shipp which soe fell fowle of her, and came noe more<br />
on board the ''John and Elizabeth'', and saith hee hath heard one fflate? was Master<br />
of the sayd shipp that soe fell fowle of the ''John and Elizabeth'' and further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 10th saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot answere
To the 11th hee saith hee knoweth the interrogate ffrancis Bedingfield<br />
George Bland William Bland Peter Probie and Edward Walls and saith<br />
are all merchants of good repute in Saint Lucar And saith hee beleeveth<br />
John Keene and the shipp ''John and Elizabeth'' in this cause named and John [?Keene]<br />
and the Catch ''John and Elizabeth'' in the Schedule interrogate named and [?XXX]<br />
and the same man and shipp and not divers and further saving his forgoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere/
Repeated before doctor Clarke and doctor Godolphin in Court/
The marke of the sayd (RH SIDE)<br />
William '''WW''' Bottomly (RH SIDE) />
William '''WW''' Bottomly (RH SIDE) +
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