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To the 6th 7th and 8th articles, hee saith … To the 6th 7th and 8th articles, hee saith and Deposeth that the said ship<br />
''Richard and Martha'' sailed the said voyage to the Coast of<br />
China in the East Indias, and presently after her arrivall there, there<br />
there (sic) happened an Extraordinary storme and Tempest, soe that the<br />
said shipp, and all her Lading on board her and alsoe her<br />
Company were in very great danger of sinking and perishing<br />
in the sea, And thereupon this Deponent (who was then<br />
the Master of her), called his Officers together, and it was<br />
Concluded and agreed by them that one new sheat Cable<br />
one Anchor and two hauses belonging to the said shipp should<br />
be slipped for preservation of her and her Lading and their<br />
owne Lives, and accordingly her Company did let slip one<br />
sheat Cable Anchor and two hawsers belonging to<br />
the said ship, which were utterly lost in the sea and another Anchor belonging to the ship was then alsoe by reason of the violence of the said storme And saith<br />
that hee verily beleeveth that if the said Cable Anchor[?X]<br />
and hawsers had not bin so slipped the said ship, and<br />
her Lading and Company would have bin lost and<br />
perished in the sea, And saith that the said sheate Cable<br />
two Anchors and two hausers, soe slippe, and lost as<br />
aforesaid, were then and there well worth the summe of Three hundred<br />
Pounds sterling, or thereabouts, And saith that this Deponent<br />
was then forced to buy others in the Indias, and saith hee paid<br />
for a New Cable 170 ''li'' sterling or thereabouts, for two Anchors 100 ''li'' sterling<br />
or thereabouts, and for two hausers about 48 ''li'' sterling, And<br />
saith that at the time when the foresaid Cable Anchors<br />
and hawsers were shipped and lost the said ffreighters<br />
had on board the said ship Goods Merchandizes and<br />
money to the Vallue of 10000 ''li'' or thereabouts.<br />
And further cannot depose.
To the 9th hee saith that after the said storme the said ship<br />
sailed upon the said ffreighters account<br />
about a League off of Mucco in China,<br />
Intending to trade there, but after her arrivall there<br />
A Difference happened betweene the Inhabitants of Mucco<br />
and the foresaid Jeremy Carter who went the said voyage<br />
in the said shipp, and a hsort time after the said Difference<br />
happened the said Carter, sent the ships boate to shoare<br />
with about Nine men therein, which said Boate yogether with the<br />
men were seized upon by the said Inhabitants of Mucco<br />
and neither the men or the said ships boate were ever<br />
restored againe, which said boate was then worth about seabven<br />
or Eight pounds sterling And further cannot depose./
To the 10th and 11th hee saith that by the use and Custome<br />
practised amongst Merchants and Mariners and al others trading<br />
to the East Indias, all ships which are there trading and are to come<br />
(from trading and are to come<br />
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