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arlate shipp the ''Alexander'' did ride by … arlate shipp the ''Alexander'' did ride by a myle distamce and<br />
better nor at any tyme make fast to any of her cables Anchors or<br />
bouy roapes nor cut or cause to be cut and carried away any of the bouyes buoy-<br />
roapes or Anchors of the ''Alexander'' or any other shipp, nor<br />
cut and carry away any boyes bouy ropes Cables or Anchors but what did properly<br />
belonge to and were the sayd shipp the ''desyres'' owne, And further hee deposeth not/
To the 2 article of the sayd allegation hee sith that in the moneths and<br />
tyme arlate (the tyme more certaynely hee doth not now remember)<br />
the sayd shipp ''desyre'' was by stresse of wether driven out to sea and<br />
her Master and company forced to lett their Anchors slipp and goe away<br />
to sea for their better preservation, and leave them five tymes, and did<br />
when they soe went away, leave bouyes to theirAnchors intending to<br />
returne and come to their owne Anchors againe by assistance of<br />
the sayd bouyes but by reason that divers tymes the bouyes soe left<br />
are by violence of the sea or otherwise broken off and lost, the Anchors<br />
they are left fastned to cannot be found, And saith that the sayd<br />
Colquite by reason hee was soe driven out had his bouyes broken<br />
off or othewise taken off and thereby lost three Anchors the sayd<br />
voyage though hee used all diligence to finde them<br />
this hee knoweth being boatswaine<br />
aboard her as aforesayd And further cannot depose./
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent<br />
being Boatswaine of, and aboard the ''desyre'' as aforesayd the voyage<br />
in question well knoweth that the sayd Colquite did once upon his<br />
returne into the Roade arlate after hee had bin driven out thence<br />
make the sayd shipp ''desyre'' fast to a shipp Roape or bouy and<br />
ridd by it and an other anchor of the ''desyres'' for a tyme, and at<br />
his goeing away weighed his owne Anchor belonging<br />
to the ''desyre'', but could not loosen his roape from the slipp<br />
roape aforesayd and notwithstanding hee endeavoured soe to doe<br />
was at length forced to cut and did cutt his the sayd Colquites owne roape<br />
which was made fast to the sayd slipp bouy roape, and left about<br />
a fathome and a halfe of the sayd Colquites owne roape fastned to<br />
the sayd slipp bouy roape, and left alsoe the sayd bouy and<br />
bouye roape and his the sayd Colquites owne peece of roape<br />
fastned togeather without doeing [?any] the least preiudice to the sayd<br />
bouy and slipp bouy roape this hee deposeth of certayne knowledge<br />
seeing the same soe done And further hee deposeth not./
To the 4th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this deponent<br />
being boatswaine as aforesayd and aboard thereby knoweth that the<br />
sayd henry Colquite had the voyage aforesayd some dutch men<br />
aboard the ''desyre'' aforesayd and amongst others the arlate<br />
Peter Smith, hance or Nance Peterson, and Peter hannc[XX] which<br />
hee knowether hannc[XX] which<br />
hee knoweth +
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