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To the 9.th hee saith that the said Ship ' … To the 9.th hee saith that the said Ship ''Consent'' at the time<br />
of her sitting upon the ''Phenix'' her Anchor as aforesaid<br />
was an old, Rotten, Ship, and had layne there (as this<br />
deponent was informed) about Eleaven monethes, and<br />
saith that noe Ship ought to ride moored soo long by her<br />
owne Cables without men sufficient on board her to Veere<br />
and hale her, unlesse the ship ride at a Chaine, or behawld<br />
ashore, And further hee cannot depose:/:
To the 10th hee saith that after the said Ship Consent had sat<br />
upon the said ''Phenix'' her Anchor. the said arlate Swire or some<br />
Imployed by him, did hawle her into a very inconvein<br />
=ent place, which caused her to lye a long, and to make<br />
such a hill that the wight of the water that was in<br />
her was enough to Carry her Bilge out as he beleeveth<br />
And further he saith hee cannot depose:/
To the Interrogatories: [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that Mr Church required him to come<br />
and Testify the truth of his knowledge in this Cause,<br />
And to the rest negatively to every part:/.
To the 2d hee saith hee doth not nowe remember the day<br />
of the moneth or weeke that the Phenix came in to the River<br />
of Thames and Lay at Anchor in the River<br />
nor remembreth howe many Tydes or howere the ''Phenix''<br />
lay there, before the said Damage happened to the ''Consent'',<br />
but as hee thinketh she had lay at Anchor there about six dayes<br />
before the said damage came, and further cannot Answer<br />
saving as aforesaid:.:/
To the third hee saith hee was aboard the ''Phenix'' when<br />
she tooke up her birth in the said place, and to the rest<br />
hee saith hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
and Otherwise negatively:/:
To the fourth hee answereth negatively saving as aforesaid.
To the 5th hee saith that the said Ship the ''Phenix'' her Anchor:?s<br />
lay neerest north and South all the time the ''Phenix'' rode<br />
at the said place, and saith that Captaine Swire did<br />
before the damage happened to his said Ship, Come<br />
to the side of the ''Phenix'', and desired the Company<br />
of her to Carry their Northerne Anchor further<br />
out, but answer was made that it was farr enough<br />
out for the ''Phenix'' to ride by, and that the ''Phenix'' did<br />
and Could winde well enough as it Lay or to that effect<br />
and further cannot answer otherwise than negatively/
To the 6th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
and further cannot Answer:
To the 7.th hee saith that the dammage which happened to the<br />
said ship by her sitting on the said Anchor, happened neere<br />
Wapping, And saith that there is noe Chaine thereabouts<br />
that this deponent knoweth of and further cannot answer saving<br />
as aforesaid:/. answer saving<br />
as aforesaid:/. +
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