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To the 8th hee saith hee stowed none of th … To the 8th hee saith hee stowed none of the goods Interrogated (being none of the<br />
shipps company) nor knoweth how they were stowed./
To the 9th hee answereth negatively for his part and further cannot answere
To the last hee saith hee hath satisfied the contents thereof in his foregoeing<br />
deposition soe farr as hee can./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin/
Richard Morris [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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17th of December 1657.
On the behalfe of Nicholas holway}<br />
of Bristoll, Merchant.}
'''Rp.'''
'''Israel Dennis''' of Bristol Mariner late masters mate<br />
of the shipp the ''Recovery'' of Bristoll, aged 33 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right worshipfull John Godolphin doctor<br />
of lawes one of the Judges of the Admiraltie, saith as followeth.
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee well knew and was masters<br />
mate of the shipp the ''Recovery'' interogate at such time as shee<br />
was last at the Barbadás namely in November last was a<br />
twelve moneth, and saith shee departed from the said Iland of the Barbadás<br />
the said voyage homewards in the said moneth of November 1656 for Bristoll, and was at<br />
the time of such her setting saile and departure strong, staunch and in good<br />
condition, which hee knoweth being then in her and masters mate of her.
To the second hee saith there were the said voyage at the Barbadás laden<br />
aboard the said shipp for the account of the producent Nicholas holway<br />
of Bristol merchant a greate quantitie of sugars and tobaccoes, but<br />
the weight of either hee soth not know, and saith hee saw the lading<br />
of the said sugars and tobaccoes, and did help to stow them, and<br />
knew them to be for the said Holways account, and that they were bought<br />
and obtained with the efforts of the said Mr holwey, and the master<br />
of the said shipp (James Smith) acknowledged them to be for his account<br />
and to [XX XXXX] hee had signed bills accordingly; besides hee saith that<br />
hee this deponent (in the absence of the said master who went for<br />
New England) was imployed ashore to receive the said goods at<br />
the Barbadás.
To the third hee saith that after the said shipps departure as aforesaid<br />
from the Iland of Barbadas for Bristol and as shee was in her<br />
course of proceeding for Bristoll, namely on the 25th of december<br />
1656 in the night time shee was surprized by a furious storme<br />
which then arose, and that the said storme thense continewed sometimes<br />
very violent and sometimes lesse for the space of eight dayes, and<br />
that by meanes thereof her master and company were constrained<br />
on the 26th day of the said moneth for the preservation of their<br />
shipp and lives to cutt the her maine mast by the board, and on<br />
the first of January next following the winde blew soe furiously<br />
that it carried away her foremast and boltspritt into the sea<br />
and further that by meanes of the said storme shee received and<br />
tooke in soe much sea water that her butts of sugar that were<br />
in the bottome of the shipp (amongst which hee saith the said mr<br />
halways sugars lay) were and lay neare quarter [hXXX] deep in the<br />
water by reason whereof the sugars were soe damaged and<br />
sea water had such free course thereinto, that upon baling that<br />
the sea water came up very sweet to the hoyste, as if it were not sea water<br />
but sweet water, And saith the said tobaccoes were alsoe much<br />
dammagedccoes were alsoe much<br />
dammaged +
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