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The same day Examined upon the sayd Allega … The same day Examined upon the sayd Allegation [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''Thomas Sharpe''' of the parish of Saint Stephen Coleman=<br />
Street London merchant Late purser of the sayd shipp<br />
the ''Swan'' now called the ''Satisfaction'' aged 26. yeares<br />
or thereabouts a witnesse sworne and examined saith<br />
ánd deposeth as followeth.
To the .1st Article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith, That for and during the<br />
tyme arlate the sayd Benjamin Bressey was by common repute one of<br />
the Owners of the says shipp the ''Swann'', and the sayd John ffalkner was<br />
master and had the charge of her, which hee knoweth for that during the<br />
sayd tyme and before he this deponent was Purser of her and in the<br />
nature of purser and as Supracargo likewise went out in her this<br />
her last voyage. And otherwise he saith he cannot depose.
To the second article of the sayd allegation he saith he was not present att the hiring of<br />
the sayd Thomas Attwood to serve in the sayd shipp, but doth know that he<br />
was Masters cheife Mate in her the tyme aforesayd, and was hired to serve<br />
in her from this Port of London to the Barbadaos att the rate of<br />
four pounds per moneth for some long tyme as hee was or should continue<br />
in such service, for that he this deponent was Purser of the sayd<br />
shipp the sayd voyage, and entred the rate of the Mariners respective<br />
wages therein by the direction of the sayd ffawkener, and having<br />
lately perused the same findeth that the sayd Attwood was to have<br />
four pounds per moneth as is arlate, and According to that rate<br />
hee this deponent by the like directions of the sayd Master did pay<br />
unto him the sayd Attwood his wages for so long tyme as hee served<br />
in her att halfe pay which was till the eighth of december <u>1654.</u><br />
being some four dayes before the sayd shipp departed from Gravesend.<br />
And otherwise he ćannot depose.
To the third article of the sayd allegation he saith, that the sayd Thomas Attwood<br />
being so hired into the sayd shipp did enter into the service thereof, and<br />
upon the eighth day of december 1654. did enter into whole pay<br />
ánd upon the thirteenth day of the sayd moneth or thereabouts the sayd<br />
shipp sett sayle and departed from Gravesend and arrived afterwards att<br />
ffalmouth and from thence preceeded on her voyage for the Bermuda<br />
Islands, but in her Course thitherwards being become leaky she<br />
returned back and in ffebruary 1654. came into Milford haven<br />
there to be repaired. All which hee knoweth to be true being Purser<br />
of the sayd shipp the voyage aforesayd. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth article of the sayd allegation he saith, That upon the Returne of the<br />
sayd shipp into Milford haven the sayd Thomas Attwood and others the<br />
Mariners of the sayd shipp were by a decree or Monition under the seale<br />
of this Court (which was procured, as he beleiveth, att the Instance of the sayd Benjamin<br />
Bressey and John ffaulkener or one of them) monished and required not<br />
to desert the sayd shipp to the preuidice of the intended voyage, or to<br />
thathe intended voyage, or to<br />
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