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And being come aboard, and finding her fit … And being come aboard, and finding her fitted to<br />
saile to take in ballast, this deponent<br />
and the said other fower watermen by order of the said<br />
Tailor, with the help of the said Currall carried or sailed her over the water<br />
and brought her to Redriffwall neere the Cherry garden<br />
and there having made her fast, they by his further order<br />
unrigged her taking away her sailes from her yards and<br />
all her running ropes, and carried the said sailes to the<br />
ffountaine taverne that was situat neare the said place. And saith that upon their<br />
said coming aboard, the said Tailor saying that<br />
hee sized her as belonging to mr Pickering, the master that was aboard her, told him that shee was none<br />
of mr Pickering's, but was bought by and belonging to a<br />
mr Splitt, and asking withall him hee came to make<br />
such seizure without mr Browne the officer of the<br />
Admiraltie, the said Tailor answere that his warrant<br />
was beyond mr Browne and the Judges of the Admiraltie<br />
too, and soe carried her awar.
'''RP''' The marke of<br />
Roger Phillip [marke]
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The same day.
'''Rp. 2.'''
'''William Eves''' of the parish of Saint Olaves in<br />
Southwarke Waterman, aged 26 yeares or therabouts<br />
sworne as aforesaid saith and deposeth,
To that about three of the clocke afternoone of thursday<br />
last this deponent plying at Saint Saviours Mill in<br />
Southwarke as a waterman sawe a person to take<br />
Water (whose name hee afterwards understood to be Tailor<br />
and heard him called Captaine Tailor) and although this<br />
deponent plied him, yet because his precontest Roger<br />
Phillips his boate was the first in turne, this deponent<br />
let him goe into his boate, and presently the said Phillips came<br />
and called this deponent and three more, and told them<br />
that that gentleman would have them goe over with<br />
him and fetch a shipp of his from the other side to<br />
that side of the water, whereupon they went, and<br />
were by him ordered to goe aboard a shipp that was<br />
theere lying a little below the hermitage staires<br />
into which they entred, the said Tailor going first<br />
into her; and saith that one mr Currall comming<br />
in another boate, and asking the said Tailor, saying<br />
Captaine will you beare mee out, and hee answering [XXX GUTTER]<br />
hee would beare him out, and bidding him come aboard<br />
toand bidding him come aboard<br />
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