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carry the sayd shipp to Bristoll, to the h … carry the sayd shipp to Bristoll, to the hreat discontent<br />
of him, the said Croford, And further he cannot<br />
depose.
To the rest of the articles he is not examined<br />
by direction of the producents.
To the third interrogatory he answereth that he did heare the shipps<br />
Carpenter say in a storme that happened in her passage<br />
before she came to Aberday, that the iron chaine pumpe<br />
interrate was fitted, though there was noe use made of it,<br />
for in the said storme they made use of the two hand pumps<br />
And further he ćannot answeare./
To the fourth interrogatory he answereth that the storme interrate was<br />
very great and terrible, and that the Long boate of the<br />
sayd shipp was broken to peices, And otherwise he knoweth not<br />
to answere./
To the ffifth interrogatory he answereth that by reason of the sayd<br />
storme the shipp was leaky, and two hand pumps were kept<br />
going to preserve the said shipp, and that in the sayd<br />
storme all the shipps company did faithfully discharge their<br />
dutyes in doing their utmost for the shipps preservation And<br />
further he cannot answere./
To the sixth Interrogatory he answereth that when the sayd shipp<br />
came first in to Aberdee, the weather being then very foggy<br />
the Master and Company were ignorant where they were<br />
but he saith the next morning the Master did know where he<br />
was, namely, neere Aberdee in Wales And otherwise he<br />
knoweth not to answeare./
To the seaventh he answereth that he knoweth nothing thereof
To the eighth he answereth that there were shott off many<br />
peeces of Ordnance to the end of having some body come<br />
aboard the sayd shipp as she lay nigh Abderdee, and that<br />
át last one William Spencer did come aboard her, who was<br />
hyred by the interrate Croford to carry her to Penarth interrate<br />
but he saith it was after such time as the sayd shipps mariners<br />
had obstinately refused the said Croford to carry the sayd<br />
shipp to London, And further he knoweth not to answere.
To the ninth he answereth that some of the sayd shipps Company<br />
made a boate of boards, and would (as they sayd) venture to [shoare GUTTER]<br />
in he, but he saith that noe body did venture, nor was there<br />
any use made of the said boarded boate.
To the 10. 11. 12. 13 and 14th Interrogatories he cannot answeare, for that<br />
he quite forsooke the shipp at Penarth.
To the 15th he knoweth not to answeare
To the 16th and 17th he cannot answeare
To the 18th and 19th he answereth that there were about 50ty persons of<br />
the sayd shipp when she went into Aberdee, and that by reason of<br />
the storme that happened the allowance was for a while some what<br />
h[?a]rd And otherwise he knoweth not to answere./
To the 20th 21th 22 and 23d interrogatories he answereth negatively<br />
that he knoweth not to answeare
Repeated before<br />
Doctor Godolphin./
Jn ffrankland [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
On./
Jn ffrankland [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
On +
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