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River of Quinsborowe, all the rest of the … River of Quinsborowe, all the rest of the Company having<br />
(as aforesaid) unjustly deserted and left her, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot Answer saving as aforesaid./.
To the 7th hee knoweth nothing thereof:
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin:/:
The marke of the said<br />
John '''I WW''' Wiley [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The 8:th day of December 1657
'''2.us'''
'''John Makins''' of Dantzick Mariner aged 43 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne and Examined as aforesaid
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knewe the ship Interrate<br />
whereof the Interrate Thomas Dunn<br />
was Master at sućh time as shee was at Quinborowe; And saith that<br />
the said Thomas Dunn, did there repaire and Amend his said ship, And<br />
did Imploy two or three men, (besides himselfe) about the same,<br />
And saith that while the said shipp Lay at Quinsborowe all or most<br />
of the said Company did Desert and leave her, and<br />
went into the Duke of Brandenburgh his Service, and never came<br />
againe into the Service of the said ship, And that a short time<br />
after their Running away into the said Dukes Service, they or<br />
some other seamen, or Souldiers of the Generall of the said Duke of<br />
Brandenburghes ships, came aboard the said ship, and tooke<br />
and carryed away out of her, one Anchor and Cable, And<br />
that soone after their soe taking away the said Anchor and Cable<br />
they did (as this Deponent hath Credibly heard, and verily beleeveth)<br />
did basely abuse the said Dunn<br />
and give him very bad Language, The Premisses hee deposeth<br />
being of Quinsborowe; And otherwise hee cannot Answer not<br />
knowing further thereof:/:
To the 2d hee saith that hee this Deponent goeing from Quinsborowe<br />
in or about the moneth of August last for Dantzick, and afterwards<br />
ariving at Quinsborowe in the latter end of September did there<br />
finde and see the said ship sunck, and wholy under water,<br />
all saving her Masts, but by what Meanes, hee knoweth not,<br />
but well knoweth that the said Thomas Dunn did use his<br />
best endeavour to preserve and save the said ship but seeing<br />
it was but in vane for to weigh her, hee gave her over, she<br />
noter, hee gave her over, she<br />
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