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heaving her Coales out of her Portholes. i … heaving her Coales out of her Portholes. into Lighters<br />
being very much wet, and damnifyed, And saith they soe heaved<br />
about a hundred Chaldron of Coales out of the said ship<br />
which did very much ease and Lighten her, and thereby did<br />
prevent further damage which might come and happen by the said<br />
Bilging: And further cannot depose:/:
To the 5th hee saith that at the time of the said bilging and receiving<br />
the water aforesaid there was aboard the said ship the ''Warewell''<br />
two barrells of good and Merchandtable Gunnpowder<br />
some Match Paper, and other Gunners Store in her<br />
Gunneroom, which was very much damnifyed<br />
which damage amounted to about tenn pounds sterling<br />
And further cannot depose./:
To the .6th hee saith that by reason of the said Bilging upon the<br />
said Anchor the said Clarke was to great Charges in<br />
hiring Labourers, and workemen to hale the said ship ashore:<br />
and unlading her, the summe of fifteene pounds more than the<br />
Charge of Unlading her in the River of Thames had not the said damage<br />
happened would have amounted unto. And further deposeth not:/:
To the .7th. hee saith that the said ship the ''Warewell'', and<br />
her Tackle and furniture, by reason of her said bilging<br />
hath sustained dammage. (in this deponents Judgement) to the<br />
summe or vallue of 100: li sterling besides the foresaid dammage<br />
And further deposeth not
To the 8th hee saith that the said ships lading of Coales<br />
by reason of the said bilging, and the wett thereby received:<br />
were damnified to the somme or Vallue of ffifteene pounds<br />
sterling as hee beleeveth. and soe much the same would<br />
(as hee beleeveth) have yeilded more, than they did had<br />
not the said bilging and damage happened, and further<br />
cannot depose/
To the 9th hee saith that the Anchor whereupon the said ship<br />
was bilged did belong unto a Dutch ship. there ryding called<br />
the ''Susan'', as this deponent remembers her name whereof one Rankis or<br />
Rankin was Master, and the said Rankis, or Rankin, hath<br />
since avered the said Anchor to be his Anchor, and belonging<br />
to his said ship, And saith that presently after the said bilging<br />
of the said ship the ''Warewell'' halfe of the said Dutch ship was under<br />
runne from the bowe of the said ship to the ring of the<br />
said Anchor whereunto the same was fastened, And saith<br />
that upon the weighing of the said Anchor this deponent sawe that<br />
one of the fflookes of the sayd Anchor was broke off<br />
and the other fflooke and shanke bent, which was soe done<br />
(as this deponent beleeveth) by the winding of the said ship ''Warewell''<br />
after her bilging on the said Anchor: and further cannot depose
(Toaid Anchor: and further cannot depose
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