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Sutherne, and seeing him not up, hee the s … Sutherne, and seeing him not up, hee the said Stocke<br />
went under the said Suthernes hammock and lifted<br />
him up against the Deck, whereupon the said<br />
Sutherne said '''O[?!] Lord what doe you''', this deponent seeing<br />
and hearing the same, hee lying in a Cabbin neere<br />
unto the said Sutherne, and once or twice after, hee<br />
this deponent alsoe sawe the said Stocke upon slight occasion<br />
lift the said Sutherne up against the Deck as hee lay<br />
in his said hammock, and the said Sutherne would<br />
cry out to the Effect aforesaid, And saith that<br />
a short time after the said Sutherne took his<br />
bedd, and did much Complaine of his back<br />
and not long after dyed, but what was the<br />
cheife cause of his death hee saith is not abe<br />
to set downe, And further saith hee cannot depose./
[?signum]<br />
Thoma [MARKE] Astin [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
'''4us.'''
'''Richard Plat''' of Blackwall Waterman<br />
aged 20 yeeres or thereabouts sworne as<br />
aforesaid saith as followeth./
That hee this deponent being one of the Company of the<br />
ship the ''Mary'' Robert Clarke Comander with<br />
John Sutherne for severall months before his<br />
death thereby well knoweth that Thomas Stock<br />
the Boatswaines Mate of the said ship did on board the said shipp severall<br />
times strike, and abuse the said Sutherne within<br />
three monthes before his death, and this deponent within that time<br />
hath severall times seene the said Stock come to the<br />
said Sutherne as hee hath laine in his hammock<br />
and (without any occasion given by the said Sutherne that<br />
this deponent knoweth of) strike him with a Ratan, and<br />
thrust him to and fro against the said ships Deck, And<br />
did thereby hurt him, but whether that was the<br />
occasion of his death hee saith hee knoweth not, And<br />
further hee saith hee saith hee cannot depose./
Richard Platt [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''(5us'''
'''Gabriel davies''' of Poplar in the parish of Stepney in the County<br />
of Middlesex Shipwright, aged 50 yeares and upwards sworne as<br />
aforesaid saith and deposeth as followeth
aforesaid saith and deposeth as followeth +
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