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and of the sayd lighter soe moored to her … and of the sayd lighter soe moored to her side, which notwithstanding<br />
the Company of the sayd vessell the ''Thomasin and Alice'' gave ill<br />
language to the Company of the sayd shipp the Mary and of the sayd lighter<br />
and called them roagues, and other opprobrious termes and did not<br />
lowre their sayles nor verr to the Southwards nor cast out any anchor, as desyred, but willfully<br />
and forcibly rann upon the sayd lighter and very much caused and<br />
bruised her and brake both her inwards and outwards, workes in soe=<br />
much that the sayd lighter was in great danger of sinkeing downe<br />
right in the River and in case the Carpenter of the ''Mary'' and her<br />
Company had not speedily come on board the sayd lighter and<br />
helped to stopp her leake with okeham and for the present with clay<br />
which they tooke off of barrells of beere which were newly brought<br />
aboard the shipp ''Mary'' and alsoe helped to lighten the lighter by<br />
helpeing to throwe out her ballast in the sayd shipp the sayd lighter<br />
and ladeing out of water which by reason of the premisses the sayd<br />
lighter tooke in shee had undoubtedly sunke downe right, and this<br />
deponents and the other labourers lives aboard her bin exceedingly<br />
endangered, And of this deponents knowledge the labourers aboard<br />
the sayd lighter and amongst them this deponent did worke up to the<br />
Knees in water to heave out the rest of the ballast remayning on<br />
board her after shee had receaved the dammage aforesayd by<br />
the ''Thomasin and Alice'' her running fowle of her as aforesayd,<br />
which dammage was willfully done by the Company of the ''Thomasin<br />
and Alice'' they haveing sufficient and tymely notice to have lowred<br />
their sayles and verred to the Southward and have avoided the doing<br />
thereof if they had pleased And further to these articles hee cannot depose
To the 6th article hee saith that of his this deponents certayne sight and<br />
knowledge the sayd lighter before shee receaved the dammage aforesayd<br />
was a stronge and stanche lighter and in not soe<br />
bin could not choose but have sunke downe right being soe bruised<br />
as shee was by the ''Thomasine and Alice'' and saith what shee cost<br />
in repayre of the breaches and hurt done to her by the meanes<br />
aforesayd hee knoweth not, but beleeveth after shee was repayered<br />
thereof yet by reason of her beeing peeced and mended shee was<br />
the more unfitt for sale, and was lesse worth to be sold (in this deponents<br />
Judgment) by at least fower pounds sterling than shee was before<br />
the sayd dammage receaved And further hee cannot depose/
To the 7th hee cannot depose.
To the 8th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of the<br />
Court and further cannot depose/
To the 9th hee cannot depose/
To the 10th hee saith thee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing<br />
depositione to his foregoeing<br />
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