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To the 6th article of the sayd Allegation … To the 6th article of the sayd Allegation hee saith, that the sayd Maynard Johnson<br />
did severall tymes carry himselfe untowardly and disrespectively to the<br />
Master of the sayd shipp whereof he continued in her the sayd voyage<br />
and more particularly once in a certayne storme that befell the sayd<br />
shipp in which the sayd Master calling him upp, hee in this deponents<br />
hearing refused to come upp and swore he would not come. And ano=<br />
ther tyme att Newcastle where the sayd Master bidding him to call<br />
upp the Company to assist the Carpenters in removing their stages,<br />
he the sayd Johnson in this deponents hearing refused so to doe, and<br />
sayd it was not worke belonging to the Mariners, and that they were<br />
fooles if they gave assistance. And the sayd then bidding him<br />
to give his helping hand he the sayd Johnson swore hee would not<br />
this deponent being present. And the truth is he the sayd Johnson was<br />
much given to, and did often use swearing and cursing on board<br />
the sayd shipp. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the seventh artice he saith, that he doth verily beleive that in case<br />
the sayd stanchions had bene strong enough as they ought and might<br />
have bene the sayd horses had not bene lost, but had bene preserved.<br />
for he saith the sayd stanchions were made onely of deale boards<br />
whereas the sayd Robert Cooke and his Mariners whom the stowage did<br />
concerne might have had backs and sparrs to have made them<br />
strong and sufficient if they had pleased the same being in this<br />
deponents hearing offered them att Gottenburgs aforesayd. so as<br />
in this deponents judgements the weaknes of the sayd stanchions (of<br />
the making whereof the sayd James Cooke and Maynard Johnson<br />
should have had care as Mate and Boatswayne) as the cause<br />
of the losse of the sayd horses in manner as aforesayd. And otherwise<br />
he cannot depose.
To the 8th article of the sayd allegation he saith, that he hath made two severall<br />
voyages to the Barbadoes, and by what he hath there seene and<br />
observed he doth beleive that the sayd horses would there, had they<br />
safely arrived, have yeilded fifty pounds sterling or thereabouts<br />
per horse. and beleiveth, that the sayd Batson and Company have otherwise<br />
by the meanes aforesayd bene endammaged besides the losse of the<br />
sayd horses and proffitt that might have bene made of them, but<br />
how much he is not able to say. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the .9th. article hee saith the sayd James Cooke was and is a youngman and not<br />
above twenty two yeares of age as he beleiveth. and is reputed to be<br />
his mate. And otherwise he cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
Nicholas Hammond: [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]in
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