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deponents knowledge who was and came one o … deponents knowledge who was and came one of the tidesmen aboard her<br />
from Gravesend, and saw the deliverie of the said goods here. And<br />
this deponent conceiveth and saith that such dammage came and<br />
happened through the wilfulnes of or want of skill in the said master,<br />
who (having a good winde) stemmed the tide and coming from<br />
Gravesend upon the flood of tide of ebb, and soe that it was but<br />
yonge flood when shee came to Blackwall, what the shipps that<br />
rode in the river when shee came against Limehouse, were not<br />
quite wunnd, but lay thwart the River, soe that the by which meanes<br />
the said master (who would needs come up with his vesselle quite<br />
through without stopping contrary to what other shipps use to doe<br />
at that such time of the tide, and contrary to the admonition of this<br />
deponent and his precontest) comming neere the shore, hit or stroke his vessell<br />
upon an anchor, in a dangerous manner, and getting cleere, came<br />
on without stopp to Saint Catherines where hee anchored, and upon<br />
anchoring ran againe upon an anchor, and by such runninge and<br />
striking upon anchors, and comming up in such an undue manner,<br />
hee saith the said shipp having holes broke in her, received<br />
much dam water, whereby the said goods were damnified; And in<br />
this the masters obstinate and disorderly proceeding, this deponent<br />
and his said partener said to one another and concluded that hee was<br />
a most unskilfull young man, and wondered that hee had not a<br />
pilote aboard to bring up his vessell. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 6. 7. and 8 hee cannot depose, saving as aforesaid.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee cometh required by the producent to testifie<br />
the truth in this cause, and saith the said bookes were bales of<br />
bookes were soe very wet when they were hoysted up by the tackle<br />
out of the hold, that they were faine to have things put to them<br />
to strengthen them and keepe them from falling in peeces with<br />
theX hoisting, soe that the if they should have bin opened hee verily<br />
beleeveth they would have torn in peeces, and that hee did not see<br />
them opened, saving one of the bales, wherein was some paper<br />
which that was exceedingly damnified with wet, but saith hee did not<br />
see the said bookes in or before the time of lading, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the second hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid
Repeated with his precontest before<br />
doctor Godolphin.
Thomas L[XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]phin.
Thomas L[XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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