| First transcribed
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26 September 2012 +
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| First transcriber
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Jill Wilcox +
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| Folio
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249 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/71 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 26/09/2012 +
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| Transcription
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to the 3: 4th 5th and 6th article of the s … to the 3: 4th 5th and 6th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that<br />
the sayd shipp having soe taken in her sayd ladeing of Tobaccoe<br />
at Bermudas and Virginia the arlate ffrederick Johnson and company<br />
Mariners of the sayd shipp whereof this deponent was one sett sayle<br />
with the sayd shipp and her sayd ladeing of Tobaccoe from James<br />
River in Virginia from or about the 27th day of the moneth of January 1655 English<br />
style bounds for London and saith that upon or about the first<br />
day of ffebruary last in the morning the sayd shipp being with her<br />
sayd Lading in her course for London and about the latitude of<br />
thirty seaven degrees and a halfe and about ninety leagues to the<br />
Eastwards of Virginia was surprized with an exceeding great<br />
tempest the winds Blowing at west North west or thereabouts<br />
with great furie and the sayd tempest continueing for fower or<br />
fives dayes togeather the violence thereof drove in great seas into<br />
the sayd shipp which raked her both fore and afte and split<br />
and staved her longe boate all to peeces and breake the head of<br />
her Rudder short off and soe brake the Iron works thereof that the<br />
Rudder hung loose and was in continuall danger to bee wholly<br />
torne off and carried away from the sayd shipp and the violence of<br />
the sayd storme alsoe broke downe of the the waste of the<br />
sayd shipp on both sides and brake some of her timbers and the<br />
sea ran violently into the sayd shipps hold and other parts of<br />
her and amongst her goods and ladeing of her to the great<br />
perill of the lives of the sayd shipps company and eminent<br />
danger of the losse of the sayd shipp and goods not withstanding<br />
the sayd shipps company did use all possible meanes to<br />
preserve them selves their sayd shipp and ladeing and did<br />
presently after the sayd Rudder heads and Iron worke was broken<br />
hange out men in roapes over the sayd shipps sides side (sic)<br />
to worke and fasten the sayd Rudder againe thereby to bring<br />
the sayd shipp to her steerage who with great hazards of<br />
their lives did fasten the same but the tempest continueing<br />
with great furie presently brake the same soe that<br />
untill about fower dayes after the first beginning of the<br />
sayd storme the sayd shipps Rudder could not bee fastened<br />
soe as to make it continue fast And the Master and company<br />
during the sayd storme were forced to pumpe and did pumpe by turnes<br />
day and night continually at the chayne pumpe of the sayd<br />
shipp and use all other meanes possible to preserve the sayd<br />
shipp and ladeing and by Gods blessing upon such their<br />
labours did with great difficulty preseve her and her ladeing<br />
from sinkeing in the sea by meanes of the sayd storme This<br />
heees of the sayd storme This<br />
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