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towards shore or harbour and the winde blo … towards shore or harbour and the winde bloweing off shoare And<br />
further to this article hee cannot depose
To the 6th article hee saith that hee did observe that the sayd Gosling while<br />
the shipps were working in company to geather into the Ice as aforesayd to<br />
the place where they all made fast did readily assiste in workeing<br />
the ''Owners Adventure'' in; but what they did afterwards when shee left<br />
the Company of Golding and Welch (for that hee laye at a distance) hee<br />
knoweth not) but saith the sayd shipp ''Owners Adventure'' was wrought<br />
further into the Ice then the other shipps were about three myles in this deponents<br />
Judgment, And further to this article hee cannot by reason hee lay at a distance<br />
as aforesayd depose/
To the 8th article hee saith hee knoweth that the ''Owners Adventure'' after shee<br />
was wrought soe much further into the Ice towards shoare then this deponents<br />
and the other shipps were, did turne about againe and follow this deponents<br />
shipp and the others shipps out to Sea, but, but by whose order or command<br />
hee knoweth not, and further to this article hee cannot depose<br />
seeing hee beleeveth that it was a thing impossible for the ''Owners<br />
Adventure'' then to gett into harbour or shoare by reason of the<br />
thicknesse of the Ice towards shoare and the Contrariety of the winde as<br />
aforesayd./
To the 9th hee saith that this deponent (being the arlate Pybus) hath<br />
bin Master of shipps for these nyne yeares last past and during that tyme<br />
used the Greeneland voyage for fishing and made many voyages thither<br />
And saith hee well knoweth the arlate Mr Welch Mr Child and Mr<br />
Golding and saith they are able Masters of shipps and well experienced<br />
in the Greeneland ffishing And further saving his deposition to the 8th article<br />
to which hee referreth hee cannot depose. saving hee saith his<br />
this deponents shipp in her workeing out of the Ice to sea wards, did receave<br />
a blow in her bowe with a peece of Ice which made a hole therein at which<br />
shee tooke much water into hold, and was almost ready to sinke before<br />
it was perceived, and had perished thereby had not this<br />
deponent by good fortune stoppe the hole with a rugg till some of the ''Owners''<br />
''Adventures'' Company and her carpenter (they being alsoe gotten out of the Ice)<br />
came aboard and helped to stopp the leake and some of the Company of<br />
every of the other three s shipp came alsoe aboard and helped to bale out and<br />
pumpe and cleere her of the water received/
To the 11th article hee saith it was about the eighteenth day of June when<br />
the ''Owners Adventure'' did worke out of the Ice, and saith hee this<br />
deponent knoweth noe opportunitie that was offered to gett into harbour till<br />
about the 12th of July 1656 (before which tyme videlicet about the third of July aforesayd the ''Owners Adventure''<br />
and ''Greyhound'' were parted from this deponent and the other shipps by<br />
foggie and stormy weather) and what the sayd damerell and company<br />
did after the sayd third of July or what attempts hee made to gett in<br />
to harbour hee knoweth not, for that hee sawe the sayd shipp ''Owners''<br />
''Adventure''shipp ''Owners''<br />
''Adventure'' +
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