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To the 2 article of the sayd allegation he … To the 2 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee goeing gunner as<br />
aforesayd the voyage in question. knoweth that in the moneths of August<br />
September or October 1657 there were laden aboard the sayd shipp the<br />
''Oporto Merchant'' at Lisbone divers pipes and hogsheads of oyle and<br />
, many chests of sugar to bee thence transported for London this hee knoweth<br />
for that hee helped to stowe them, but for whose Accompt they were laden or<br />
the certayne number of them or who was to pay the freight and average of them<br />
or what rates were to be paid for the freight and average of then hee<br />
knoweth not it being now part of his office as gunner to take any Accompt<br />
of them And further to this article hee cannot depose/.
To the 3 article hee saith that the sayd shipp the ''Oporto Merchant'' at the tyme<br />
when shee receaved the sugars and oyles aforesayd aboard her was in this<br />
deponents Judgment and as hee verily beleeveth a good shipp and fitt to<br />
carrie Merchants goods from one port to an other, and this deponent helping<br />
to stowe and as hee beleeveth alsoe to dennage the sayd Oyles and sugars knoweth that they were well and<br />
carefully stowed and dennaged, but saith that in the sayd shipps passage from<br />
Portugall to London hee well knoweth that shee mett with very strong<br />
and tempestious weather in soe much that her company were in great<br />
feare that by the violence thereof their masts would have bin carried<br />
by the board and the shipp and her ladeing might have perished, and her ompany<br />
for the better safegard of her and her ladeing were faine sometymes to<br />
beare up before the winde with only the spritt sayle, and sometymes to<br />
beare only the Mizen sayle and Mizen A[X]ye sayle, by reason of which<br />
stormie weather the sayd shipp did as hee beleeveth receave much<br />
water, and hee beleeveth that the water then receaved was the only<br />
cause of whatsoever dammage is happened to any of the sayd shipps<br />
ladeing and verily beleeveth that had not the sayd shipp mett with<br />
such fowle weather shee had brought home her ladeing well conditioned<br />
And further to this article hee cannot depose/
To the 4th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of this<br />
court And further cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogate Joseph<br />
Careswell only since his being shipped in or about the latter end of August or September 1656<br />
to goe the voyage in question, at which tyme hee was reputed one of the Owners<br />
of her, but what part hee was Owner of hee knoweth not, and saith shee<br />
is as by her mould hee Judgeth a fflemish built shipp, and therefore beleeveth<br />
hee did not build but bought what part hee had of her, and saith hee never<br />
sawe any bill of sale for his part of her And further cannot answere
To the 2 hee saith hee as not present at any such agreement as is Interrogated<br />
nor can depose any thing touching the matters Interrogate/
To the 3 hee saith hee sawe most of the ladeing of the sayd shipp delivered<br />
but tooke noe notice to whome they were delivered nor what dammage<br />
happened thereto And therefore cannot further answere to this Interrogatorienot further answere to this Interrogatorie +
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