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hatches where upon their bringing in they … hatches where upon their bringing in they were first laid, and brought<br />
and laid under the scuttle, a very badd and unusuall place to st[owe]<br />
such goods in, and where the same frequently received sea water that<br />
was shipt in foule weather and the dripping of beere and<br />
water, that came downe there, the said scuttle being of ne[cessity]<br />
kept open for comming from time to time at the shipps provisions,<br />
all which hee knoweth because hee sawe the same. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seaventh article he deposeth and saith that of his this<br />
deponents certaine knowledge there were taken aboard the<br />
sayd shipp the ''Goldene ffortune'' at Palma at her be[ing]<br />
there in May last for the accompt of the arlate
'''1 M''' [MARKE IN MARGIN]
'''2 AP''' MARKE IN MARGIN]
Cowse seaventy seaven pipes of wine, whereof 71 were<br />
of the first marke in the margent and sixe of the<br />
second marke, Amd he saith that the sayd shipp did with<br />
the sayd goods goe unto the Barbadoes and did there<br />
deliver unto one Mr Say ffactor there for the sayd<br />
Cowse seaventy three pipes and noe more of the 37<br />
pipes of wine she soe receaved at Palma for the account<br />
of the sayd Cowse, and that he the sayd Jones detayned<br />
a shipp board the other fower pipes and what he had<br />
done with them hee the deponent knoweth not And otherwise<br />
he cannot depose./
'''Rp.'''
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to testify<br />
his knowledge in this cause at the request of Mr James<br />
Cowes, that he was Masters Mate in the Voyage interrate<br />
and hath bin master and Masters Mate five or sixe Voyages before<br />
And otherwise he cannot answere.
To the second he answereth that he hath received all his<br />
wages for the voyage interrate according to the accompt which<br />
the interrate Jones made up, and of the said James Co[wes]<br />
to the rest negatively.
To the third he answereth that it must be either [the]<br />
carelessnes or ignorance in the interrate Jones that he did<br />
soe frequently mistake in his observations of the Sunne and<br />
moone, yet he beleiveth that the most experienced of Sea<br />
man sometimes over shoot his port, when neither Sunn or<br />
Starr appeareth, or when his instrument is not right,<br />
but he saith that when either Sunn or North Starr app[eareth]<br />
and the instrument is right, that then if a shipp shall<br />
over shoot her port he much doubts the Mans experience<br />
And further he cannot answere.
To the fourth he answereth negatively.
To the fifth he answereth that the goods interrate were t[here]<br />
stowed by the expresse order (of this deponents hearing) of the [master]<br />
Jones And further he knoweth not to answere/
To the sixth he referreth himselfe to his former deposition and<br />
further he cannot answere./
Repeated before<br />
Doctor Godolphin
Gilles Bayley [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]olphin
Gilles Bayley [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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