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That the said shipp in her late homewards … That the said shipp in her late homewards voyage from Surat for<br />
this port of London, coming to the East of and neere Cap Bone<br />
Esperance there happened many violent stormes and tempests of winde [?and GUTTER]<br />
weather which continewed from the twelvth of Aprill last to the twelveth<br />
of May last past, with which stormes and tempests the said shipp and<br />
her ladeing were [XXXX]prized, and soe shee was with diverse other<br />
stormes and tempests which afterwards befell her and in particular on the<br />
fourth day of december now last past shee was taken with another<br />
greate storme, and theysay that by meanes of the said respective<br />
stormes the said shipp tooke in and shipped much water, whereby<br />
probably the goods in the said shipp may have received dammage, And<br />
they further depose that if any dammage hath befallen any of the said<br />
shipps lading, they since came and happened mearly by meanes and<br />
occasion of the said stormes and tempests and not by any defects in the<br />
shipp or default of or in the master or any of the company. And<br />
this affidavit they make by way of provision and to satisfie their<br />
marchants before any bulke broken, not well knowing whether [XXX GUTTER]<br />
dammage hath befallen the goods or any of them or not.
John Carter [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]<br />
Richard: Harris [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]<br />
D[?ennell [XXXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]<br />
Piam Browne [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 9th of January 1657.
Affidavit touching the}<br />
''Joseph and<br />
Jessent''./:}
'''Rp.'''
'''Barnaby Paine''' of Wapping Mariner, master of the good shipp<br />
the ''Joseph and Jessent'' of London, aged 40 yeeres or thereabouts,<br />
'''Tristram kirton''' of Limehouse Mariner Masters Mate of the said<br />
shipp aged 40 yeares or thereabouts, and '''William higgs''' of<br />
Shadwell, Carpenter of the said shipp, aged 21 yeares or thereabouts sworne before the<br />
right Worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes one<br />
of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie sayth and<br />
deposeth respectively by vertue of their oathes.
That on Satturday the 21th of November last past theise deponents with the<br />
rest of the said shipps company set saile with her from the Iland of M[XXXX GUTTER]<br />
[?India] for the most part with wines and suckets bound directly for this port<br />
of London, And that in the said shipps course of proceeding comming about<br />
twenty leagues to the westward of the Iles of Scilly namely on Satturday<br />
the fifth of december last past there aropse and happened a furious and<br />
[?violent] storme, the winde blowing stiffly at East North East, by [XXX GUTTER]<br />
meanes whereof theise deponents and company, not being able to lye<br />
with the said shipp by the T[XXXXde], were inforced for severall houres time<br />
to saile back before the d[XXXX] to the Westwards. which storme<br />
thehe Westwards. which storme<br />
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