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to springe leakes whereby their ladeing is … to springe leakes whereby their ladeing is often dammified, which<br />
dammages if they proceede only by reason thereof and by any leake beneath<br />
and not from above are there frequently accompted only casualties which<br />
by reason of the sayd ports being drye every tyde of ebb will and and doe often happen<br />
unavoidably and therefore are borne usually by the owners of the sayd goods<br />
as a thing casuall, and are not in such case imputed to the masters or companie<br />
of the sayd shipps as their faulte, And hee saith hee well knoweth that<br />
the sayd shipp the ''Abrahams offering'' after shee had taken in almost all<br />
her ladeing, the tyde goeing out and shee being left on grounds with her ladeing<br />
on board seas with the weit weight thereof seas washed the shipp sprange<br />
leake under water almost by her keele, whereat shee leake in neere upon a foote water<br />
which did dammage to some of her ladeing, but the same being presently<br />
discovered the shipps company pumped her drye againe and having romaged<br />
to see what goods were dammified soo well as with conveniently they could, they did<br />
put out a smale quantitie of goods and leave them at fflushing which was all<br />
they could at present perceive to bee damaged but and then the winde being<br />
fayre and their leake mended and their convoy ready to sett sayle they in company<br />
of the fflortune and other shipps bound thence for london sett sayle for london when<br />
they safely arrived, but saith what dammage happened to any of the goods<br />
in question happened by the meanes aforesayd and was a meere casualty<br />
and not occasioned by any fault or neglect of the master and company<br />
or any insuffinencry of the sayd shipp, And further hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the interrogatorries/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee is not of kindred either by blood or allyance<br />
to the interrogate Roffe, but was one of his shipps Company the voyage<br />
in question and there other voyage next before that, and hath receaved all this<br />
wages due for this and the sayd other voyages and saith hee hath not past or share<br />
in the shipp or voyage interrogate, how will it bee either proffitt or preiudise<br />
to him which parties sooever prevaile in this cause./
To the 2 hee saith hee hath satisfied the contents thereof in his foregoeing<br />
deposition soo farr as hee can and further cannot answer/
To the 3 hee saith hee knoweth not to whome the goods belonged which with<br />
left at fflushing, and saith the reasons why the rest of the sayd shipps ladeing<br />
was not taken out was for that the master and and company did not discover any<br />
more of them to bee damnified, and alsoe for that the winde came fayre for<br />
for this departure and their convoy stayed for them soo that they had not tyme<br />
to rase further what goods were damnified by the meanes aforesayd, And<br />
further hee cannot depose/
To the 4th hee saith that there was two great falts receaved on board the sayd<br />
shipp at fflushing but what they conteyned XX or to whome they belonged hee<br />
knoweth not and saith they were, when they were when they XXXX put on board<br />
to outwards appearance) drye, and were a little wett when they were put on<br />
shoare at Buttolphe wharfe London, but whether any thing in them was damnified<br />
hee knoweth not and further cannot answere/
To the 5th hee saith the sayd shipp after shee became leaked stayed at fflushing<br />
not above three or fower dayes, in which tyme her leake was mended the very<br />
next day after it was discovered and saith that they had some contrary winde<br />
and some boistrous weather in their voyage to London, but not soo stormy as to cause<br />
cause the shipp to take in water , nor did she take in any xxx thereby<br />
was and is still tight staunch and strong and fitt to carrie any Merchandize<br />
And further hee cannot answere./
To the 6th hee saith that the master ffransis Roffe of fflushing and one Bogart of<br />
fflushing and some others that hee knoweth not are Owners of the shipp further<br />
butwners of the shipp further<br />
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