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them, where they would bee, and that the M … them, where they would bee, and that the Master of her<br />
or one of her Company then aboard her answered this<br />
deponent that they would be aboard her the said shipp the<br />
''Desire'', and that the sayd shipp the ''Sisters'' did willfully<br />
and purposely (for he saith they might easily have prevented<br />
it) came firectly aboard the said shipp the ''Desire''<br />
and therby brake downe her quarter, and her missen Mast,<br />
and three beames in the hould wherof onne was the maine<br />
beame, and did alsoe (by reason of her violent running upon<br />
the said shipp the ''Desire'') runne her Anchor into the<br />
sides of the ''Desire'', and that by meanes therof the ''desire''<br />
received three or fower foote water in her hould, and that<br />
without doubt had not the said shipp the ''Desire'' bene<br />
a strong and tight shipp, and had not the Company<br />
of her bin very diligent in breaking downe her [?seelin]<br />
and stopping her leakes (which the ''Sisters'' her Anchor<br />
had made) with beefe she and all her Company had<br />
beene sunck and drowned The premisses he deposeth and<br />
well knoweth being aboard the said shipp the ''Desire''<br />
all the time And further he cannot depose./
To the fourth article, he deposeth and saith that the arlate<br />
shipp the ''Desire'' lying at Anchor as is predeposed, and<br />
the shipp the ''Sisters'' comming out right before the wind,<br />
the ''Desire'' could not avoyde nor [?XXXX] her being<br />
runn over by the ''Sisters'', but the ''Sisters'' might with a great<br />
deale of ease (if she had pleased) have avoyded running ober<br />
the ''Desire'' And further he cannot depose.
To the fifth and sixth articles he deposeth and saith<br />
that of the deponents certaine knowledge, who hath belonged<br />
to the arlate shipp the ''Desire'' for theise two yeares last past<br />
she was a strong and tight shipp before she<br />
received the samage by and from the shipp the ''Sisters'',<br />
and that she had made but one voyage since she came out<br />
of the Carpenters hands, in repayring wherof there was<br />
(as he beleiveth) about 50 ''li'' bestowed upon her, and that<br />
Let it cost what it will, the said shipp was soe shaken<br />
by the ''Sisters'' violent running upon her that she will<br />
never be soe good a shipp as she was before the dammage<br />
happened unto her by the said ''Sisters'', and that by the said<br />
dammage or hurt she soe receaved the arlate Jackson and<br />
Company lost that voyage, wherby they were at least<br />
dammaged twenty pounds, And that the reparation of<br />
the damages she sustaynmed by the said shipp the ''Sisters'' in<br />
running aboard her (as is predeposed) cost the said Jackson<br />
and Company about thirteene pounds sterling, And<br />
he further deposeth that the said shipp the ''Desire''<br />
was soe much shaken by the said shipp the ''Sisters'' that he<br />
esteemeth her as allmost past service, and that therfore<br />
he guesseth that she is lesse worth then she was before the<br />
damage happened unto her by the ''Sisters'' nigh upon 100 ''li''<br />
And further he cannot depose.
Tpo the last he saith his former deposition is true./
The mark of '''+''' Giles Nicholls [MARKE, RH SIDE]
On''+''' Giles Nicholls [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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