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To the third Article hee saith, That it is … To the third Article hee saith, That it is and ever hath been usuall, since<br />
this deponent first knew what belonged to Navigation, That a Pilott undertakeing the<br />
pilotting of a ship from place, should have the sole ordering direction, and<br />
Command of the said shipp and Companie, and that although the Master<br />
of such shipp bee himselfe aboard. yet hee ought not in any manner to<br />
contradict or apprise the said Pilotts Command in any thing concerning the<br />
sayleing of the said shipp. And so much hee beleeveth to be conforme to the<br />
Sea lawes and Customes in that Case provided and generally received, to<br />
which hee referreth himselfe, And further, cannot depose./
To the 4th Article hee saith, That at or about the time predeposed, the<br />
arlate James Warren did conduct and pilott the said shipp the ''Exchange''<br />
from this Port to Gravesend where shee and her ladeing arrived in safety<br />
upon and being there cleared upon a Saturday, the next morning the<br />
said Wilkinson being himselfe ashore at Gravesend sent to the said Warren<br />
then aboard to sett sayle with the said shipp towards the Downes, the wynd<br />
being then somewhat too high in his judgement conveniently to unmoore the<br />
said shipp which was done with very great difficultie and trouble, and so<br />
shee came in safety to an anchor in the Hope, and the next morning<br />
being the munday morning ensueing, the said Wilkinson comeing aboard<br />
his said shipp commanded the said Warren to sett saile from thense, to<br />
which hee this deponent knoweth not what the said Warren replyed, but saith<br />
hee well knoweth, that severall of the said Dutchmen were then ashoare<br />
at Gravesend and not aboard the said shipp, soe that there was not a<br />
convenient number of men then aboard to mannage her, shee requiring<br />
according to her burthen and intended Marchants Voiage for Virginia<br />
30. or at the least 28. men as aforesaid sufficiently to man her. The<br />
premisses hee declareth upon the grounds predeposed. And further cannot<br />
depose
To the 5th Article hee saith, That upon the said Mr Wilkinsons coming<br />
aboard the said shipp at the Hope, the said James Warren upon his<br />
importunitie sett saile with the same to Lee, shee having then, as this<br />
deponent remembereth (the Dutchmen being returned aboard) her former number<br />
of about 22. men and one boy, And saith the wynd was then very<br />
high at the North-west or neere that point, and the said Warren<br />
was very earnest to have come to an anchor at Lee aforesaid, and to that<br />
purpose had caused to be taken in her foretop saile of the said shipp, but the<br />
said Wilkinson absolutely refused soe to doe or permitt to be done, whereupon<br />
the said Warren was enforeced contrary to his good will and likeing to sayle<br />
to the redd sands. The premisses this deponent well knoweth, for that hee was<br />
Boatswaine of and aboard the said shipp, and saw and observed all the<br />
passages by him predeposed. And further cannot depose:-/:-
To the 6th hee saith, That upon the Tuesday morning next ensueing the<br />
shipp sett sayle to goe over the flatts, and in her passeing over the<br />
same to a place in the Sea called the Narrow, but saith, that hee this<br />
deponent did not nor could not then particularly observe, what Course the said<br />
Warren steared, hee this deponent being then intent upon other buisinesse<br />
in the said shipps fore Castle, neither did this deponent observe at how<br />
many fathoms water shee then was; hee further saith, That during the<br />
said storme of wynd in the said shipps passage over the fflatts aforesayd<br />
hee this deponent heard two contrary commands given, the one by the said<br />
Warren and the other by the said Wilkinson, the one commanding to<br />
putt the helme a port and the other on starboard, but which of them<br />
gave either of the said commands particularly, this deponent saith, That<br />
by reason of the great confusion then aboard, hee this deponent could not<br />
(distinguisheponent could not<br />
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