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a good birth, and lay cleere of danger, An … a good birth, and lay cleere of danger, And hee saith the sayd shipp the<br />
''Imployment'' did safely there ride from the sayd Satterday the 29th of September<br />
last till Wednesday at evening next ensueing in which tyme hee saith the sayd<br />
Master and this deponent and others of the Company of the ''Imployment'' did diligently search for anchors<br />
which might lye in within the compasse of the ''Imployments'' birth, but could discover<br />
none, And hee saith as is predeposed that both before and after the damage<br />
in question happend the arlate shipp the ''James and Martin'' laye without any boye<br />
at her Anchor, and laye partly water shott, by which meanes the ''Imployment''<br />
unexpectedlt rested and satt upon the Anchor of the ''Janes and Martin'', which<br />
they could not avoide, there being noe boy to give notice that an Anchor<br />
lay there, and the sayd Anchor lying deepe in the water about eleven or twelve<br />
foote deepe at lowe water, soe the same happened not by any neglect<br />
or fault of the Master and Company of the ''Imployment'', they having as aforesayd<br />
with their boates searched for Anchors but could finde none, And hee<br />
saith by reason of the sayd Anchor of the ''James and Martin'' soe lyeing<br />
without a boy, the ''Imployment'' did at lowe water sitt upon the<br />
Anchor of the ''James and Martin'', which stuck a hole in the ''Imployments''<br />
bilge, soe that shee continued hitched fast in the flooke of the sayd Anchor<br />
till flood came, And the tyde of floud coming and other shipps beginning<br />
to winde about with the tyde, the Company of the ''Imployment'' perceiving<br />
their shipp did not winde as others did, indeavoured to hawle her about<br />
with the tyde to keepe a cleere halfe, and seeing shee would not winde<br />
they thought her to be on ground still, and told the Master thereof, and<br />
after a while the Master and company of her observing that as the tyde came<br />
in the sayd shipp began to frowe deeper (although some of her ladeing<br />
were before delivered) then shee used to bee when her full ladeing<br />
was aboard, they sounded her pumpe and thereby found that shee<br />
haf receaved sixe foote water in hold, which as afterwards plainely appeared<br />
came in at the hole struck in her bilge by the sayd Anchor of<br />
the ''James and Martin'', And thereupon the Master and company of the<br />
''Imployment'' perceiving what danger they were in, called out for helpe<br />
to other shipps neere, and procured out of other shipps, and from shoare<br />
neere about a hundred men to helpe to pumpe and bayle her and helpe<br />
to get her ashaore soe soone as they could that her leake receaved<br />
by the meanes aforesayd might be stopped, but notwithstanding all their<br />
endeavour five tydes passed (after the dammage receaved) ere shee could be<br />
gotten on ahoare to a Convenient place to be mended, during which five<br />
tydes hee saith hee well knoweth the Master of the ''Imployment'' kept<br />
constantly''Imployment'' kept<br />
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