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and five pounds now of him before this dep … and five pounds now of him before this deponenth departed<br />
from Gravesend outward bound upon the voyage in question and forty shillings<br />
more of him of him about sixe weekes five and forty shillings more thereof<br />
the sayd Pennyston paid by this deponents order to her this their deponents wife while<br />
while hee this deponent was at sea upon the sayd voyage (as this deponent<br />
was informed by his wife who since his coming home told him shee had<br />
received the same according to his order, And saith there is about thirty pounds<br />
still due to him which the sayd Penniston desyred this deponent to for leave<br />
a while for that hee could not get in moneys for his freight of the sayd<br />
shipp And to the rest of the Interrogatorie had answereth negatively
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith the shipp Interrogate was at the tymes<br />
when shee tooke in the Tobaccoes both at Bermudas and Virginia<br />
and at her coming thence an old shipp, but was then off this deponents knowledge<br />
and sight (being Carpenter of her) a tight and strong shipp and saith<br />
hee never knew or heare of any that refused to lade goods or adventured<br />
their lives in her and this deponent well knoweth at her departure from<br />
James River in Virginia the sayd shipp was tight and that there was then noe<br />
cause for any to feare adventuring their life or goods in her And<br />
further saving his foregoeing deponent hee cannot answere otherwise<br />
than negatively./
To the 3 hee saith all shipps that goe to sea must expect stormes and<br />
doe usually goe provided as well as they can for them, but saith the first storme<br />
predeposed of was a hurricano which is usually soe violent that<br />
few shipps are able to withstand them, and saith hee this deponent mended<br />
the sayd shipps Rudder and therefore knoweth it was not rotten at such<br />
tyme as it brake but sufficient against any ordinary storme, and<br />
beleeveth if shee had bin a new shipp the violence of the sayd storme<br />
was such that shee might have bin dammified as much<br />
as shee was, and hee this deponent hath knowne a shipp now off of<br />
the stocks receave more dammage by a lesse storme then the sayd<br />
first storme was and therefore beleeveth the weather being soe tem=<br />
pestious shee could not have brought her ladeing with lesse dammage<br />
then shee did And saith there was a shipp called the ''Anne'' of London<br />
and one other shipp whose name hee knoweth not which came from<br />
Virginia in Company of the shipp the ''King of Poland'' but were parted<br />
from her by the sayd first storme, and as hee hath since heard the sayd shipp<br />
''Anne'' did by force of the sayd storme take in above fower foote water<br />
in hold but at length gott to Plymouth, but what<br />
became of the other shipp hee hath not heard And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the last hee saith what hee hath deposed before touching the cause of<br />
the dammage to the sayd tobaccoes is the truth and that hee could not [?nor GUTTER]<br />
would depose otherwise then truth for any respect what soever nor to [?gratifie GUTTER]<br />
any person whatsoever and therefore careth not who is displeased [?therewith GUTTER]
William Welch [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]UTTER]
William Welch [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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