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To the seventh article hee saith that the … To the seventh article hee saith that the losse of the sayd horses was caused by<br />
and through the weakness and insufficiency of the sayd stanctions which<br />
were, not made so strong and sufficient as they ought to have<br />
bene, as as this deponent for the reasons aforesayd knoweth they<br />
might have bene; and the oversight or care of making the<br />
sayd stanctions strong did properly belong to the sayd James Cooke as<br />
mate, and sayd Johnson as Boatswayne. And he doth verily beleive<br />
that in case the sayd stanctions had bene made so strong as they<br />
ought and might have bene the sayd horses had not perished, but had<br />
bene preserved. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 8th article of the sayd allegation, this deponent saith hee doth verily<br />
beleive by what he hath seene and observed being a planter in<br />
the Barbadoes as aforesayd that the sayd horses so lost in case they<br />
had come safe to the Barbadoes would have yeilded a thousand<br />
pounds Sterling. And that the sayd Batson and Company over<br />
and besides what might have bene made of the sayd horses have<br />
suffered losse, and dammage by the means aforesayd to a good value, but how much in<br />
certayne he ćannot sett forth. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the ninth article hee saith the sayd James Cooke was and is a young<br />
man of the age of twenty yeares or thereabouts, and is by repute<br />
the sonn of the sayd Robert Cooke the master, by whom hee was<br />
imployed as mate. But this deponent doth beleive by what hee saw<br />
and observed that the sayd James was not fitt and able enough<br />
for the imployment of a mate in a shipp for such a voyage. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
William [?Looe] [SIGNATURE RH SIDE]
Repeated with his precontest<br />
before doctor Godolphin.
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The same day. Examined upon the sayd allegation [CENTRE HEADING]
'''[?dt.]. Rp.'''
'''3.'''
'''Nicholas Hamond''' of Saint Michaels Cornhill London Barber<br />
Chirurgion of and belonging to the sayd shipp ''Tankervale''<br />
aged thirty yeares or thereabouts a witnesse sworne and<br />
examined deposeth and saith as followeth. videlicet
To the first article of the sayd allogation, This deponent saith that the sayd shipp the<br />
''Tankervale'' Robert Cooke master was imployed by the say Richard Batson<br />
and Company upon a voyage from this port to Gottenburran in Norway<br />
have to take in horses, and thence to transport them to the Barbadoes<br />
and so to returne for England, which hee knoweth for that he was shipped<br />
as Barber Chirurgion on board the sayd shipp for that voyage. And<br />
he severall tymes heard the Mariners of the sayd shipp and thee<br />
sayd James Cooke and Maynard Johnson in particular say and affirme<br />
that they were hired and had agreed to receive their wages for the<br />
sayd voyage att the Barbadoes in Muscavadas Sugars att the rate<br />
of four pence and pound, and that the sayd agreement was drawne up<br />
in writing to which most the sayd Mariners had sett their names, and<br />
hes had sett their names, and<br />
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