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subscribed thereto being present and savin … subscribed thereto being present and saving the same soe compared, and for saith th[?o]se [premisses GUTTER]<br />
were done aboard the ''Richard'' aforesayd And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere
To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith hee came in to the Roade Interrogate upon the thirteenth of<br />
October last (old stile) and went thense to the Maderas upon the 19th or 20th of the same (old stile)<br />
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere otherwise then negatively [XXX GUTTER]<br />
knowing nothing nor haveing hearde anything from the sayd Smith or any other<br />
touching such order as is Interrogate./
To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith the generall letter predeposed was receaved upon the<br />
day of the date thereof which was the 27th of October last (new style) and IXth thereof old<br />
style, and saith to the best of the deponents now remembrance because the same was delivered<br />
to Captaine Russell aboaad his shipp the ''Catherine'', and the sayd Russell having presently<br />
sent it to the foresayd Mr Sheeres Commander of the shipp ''Richard'', and Smith and other[?s GUTTER]<br />
being aboard the ''Richard'' then, the sayd Sheeres communicated the same to them all,<br />
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere otherwise then negatively<br />
having never heard the sayd Smith speake any words to the effect Interrogate/
To the 6th Interrogatorie hee saith<br />
all the other English shipps which came as aforesayd from the Maderas to the [XXX GUTTER]<br />
at the same tyme the ''Prosperous'' came, and stayed there for long as shee did, were<br />
laden and saith hee beleeved that some other English shipps which came [?not GUTTER]<br />
to the Canaries at the same tyme the ''Prosperous'' did, Returned home empty by which<br />
as hee hath heard their Marchants or factors who were to have laden them were<br />
gone off of the Island of Teneriff before the sayd shipps came there, but saith<br />
the sayd shipps names hee remembreth not, but remembreth two of the Masters<br />
names were Mr Stweard and Mr Browning, and saith they came not in with dutch or other strangers<br />
colours as hee beleeveth And further to this Interrogatories hee cannot answer
To the 7th Interrogatorie hee saith hee beleveth the passes and papers by virtue of which<br />
the ''Richard'' was laden were procured on shoare at Teneriff by the Marchants or<br />
ffactors who cause the sayd shipp to be laden, and hath heard the Master of her [?Mr GUTTER]<br />
Sheeres saye soe much, but whether they were delievered to the sayd Sheeres, or by<br />
whome, or where they are hee knoweth not, And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the 8th Interrogatories hee saith hee knoweth that Arthur Ingram aforesayd<br />
did send some butts of wine home for England the voyage in question in the<br />
''Richard'' aforesayd And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
To the 9th Interrogatorie hee saith hee cannot answere./
To the 10th hee saith the ''Richard'' went not in Company with Smith out of the [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
nor knoweth hee what other shipps did goe thense in Company with him, the<br />
''Richard'' goeing first from London to the Isle of Wight and thense to the Canaries<br />
and saith the ''Richard'' sett sayle from the Isle of Wight towards the Canaries<br />
The 20th of September 1655 and saith that day the winde blew Northarly<br />
at the Isle of Wight and saith till that day the winds continued<br />
Westerly for 12 or 14 dayes togeather for that till then it did not well s[XXX GUTTER]<br />
to sayle a shipp either from the downes or the Isle of wight to the Canaries<br />
And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/
Repeated that day before doctor Godolphin
John withers [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]dolphin
John withers [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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