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of the ''Owners Adventures'' Company the s … of the ''Owners Adventures'' Company the sayd voyage, which was (as hee<br />
beleeveth and hath heard the sayd Damerell also Mr Batson one of the Imployers<br />
saye and affirme) was for any Port or place in Greenleand the sayd damarell thought most convenient and fitt<br />
to goe to, and could best gett to And saith the sayd shipps being soe fitted and furnished with<br />
all things necessary the sayd shipps and the sayd damarell Gosling Maundry humphreys and this<br />
deponent and others of their Companyes did depart from this Port of London upon the sayd<br />
voyage and arrived safely in company togeather neere the Coast of Greeneland And<br />
further saving his foregoeing subsequent deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 4th and 5th articles of the sayd Libell hee saith that the sayd shipps ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' being<br />
arrived upon the Coast of Greeneland they happened into Company with fower other shipps of London whereof Mr Pibus Mr Child Mr Golding and Mr Welch were<br />
Masters which shipps after they had bin in Company togeather some dayes began<br />
all of them to worke into the Ice togeather, and did worke in about eight or<br />
seaven or eight leagues toward shoare and sayd shipps companies being weary<br />
with working and the Ice proveing thick and troublesome to gett through, all<br />
the sayd shipps made fast to the Ice and the sayd Welches and Goldings shipp<br />
made fast togeather with the ''Greyhound'' and ''Owners Adventure'' and lashed fast<br />
one of an other and layd board and board of each other for about sixteene howers<br />
in which the sayd damerell went on board the sayd Goldings shipp and<br />
after hee had stayed there some tyme the sayd damerell called out from on<br />
board the sayd Goldings shipp and Commanded the Boatswaine of the ''Owners''<br />
''Adventure'' to call up the Company of the sayd shipp<br />
and and to goe to<br />
dinner and then to loose their shipps and make ready their boates to<br />
worke further into the Ice towards harbour, whereupon the sayd damerell came<br />
aboard the ''Owners Adventure'' and the ''Greyhounds'' Companies went to<br />
dinner, and after dinner ended the sayd damerell commanded the Companyes of<br />
both the sayd shipps to make ready their boates and loose their shipps and prepare<br />
to worke further in toward harbour which Command all the Companyes of<br />
the sayd two shipps well heard and all of them (except the sayd Golding) obeyed<br />
and began to hawle their boates off of the Ice and make them in a readines<br />
according to Command, which the sayd Gosling seeing spake<br />
to the sayd damerell and sayd thus or the like in effect whether will you<br />
goe, wee will will not loose the shipp nor goe from the Company of the rest<br />
of the shipps (meaning the fowesayd fower London shipps) and the sayd damerell<br />
thereupon answering sayd to this effect the shipps (meaning the ''Owners Adventure''<br />
and ''Greyhound'') were solely at Command and to bee disposed of and ordered<br />
by him the sayd damerell and that they should bee loosed and wrought further<br />
in, whereupon the sayd Gosling replyed and sayd hee the sayd damerell was<br />
to doe nothing of consernement touching the sayd voyage without the Advice<br />
of him the sayd Gosling and the arlate Maundrie and that if it had not bin for<br />
him the sayd Gosling the sayd damerell had never bin Master, and the sayd Master<br />
still continueing his Command to loose the shipps and worke them further in as<br />
aforesayd the sayd Gosling still refused to obey the sayd Command, and sayd that<br />
hee the sayd damerell was a foole and pimpeing knave and might goe a<br />
pimpeing and pandering when hee come home if hee did not make a good<br />
voyage, and that hee scorned to be commanded by such a pimpeing foole as<br />
the sayd damerell, or words to that effect all which word or others to that effect soe happened and were spoken<br />
by theappened and were spoken<br />
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