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hunt the Boateswaines Mate with others of … hunt the Boateswaines Mate with others of his boates crue went with<br />
them to carrie them on shoare All this hee deposeth of his Owne sight<br />
and knowledge And saith hee hearde Turpin saye that hee gave order to<br />
John ho[?u]ie Cornelius Symonson and others to carrie them to the place<br />
where the horses formerly delivered were carried which was a howell<br />
with rack and manger neere the Indian bridge and there make them fast<br />
and leave them and returne to the boate and they and the sayd<br />
Turpin came that night all aboard the shipp together And further<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the 3 hee saith hee knoweth that in the shipps outward bound voyage<br />
the arlate John Viber was (by the appointment of the Captaine John<br />
Totty) Boatswaine of the sayd shipp, and continued for a while<br />
and had the care of the goods laden aboard the sayd shipp committed to him<br />
as boatswaine, And saith that the while the sayd shipp remayned in the<br />
downes outward bound, the sayd Viber and his Mate Abraham [?Jordain GUTTER]<br />
having (as afterwards appeared) imbezelled some goods which were<br />
stowed in a box in his Cabbin, did cut the shipps skiff from her<br />
sterne in the evening, and rann away therewith, but being discovered<br />
by this Contest John Watson and others of the shipps company, the<br />
some of the Company presently manned the longe boate and made<br />
after them and overtooke them and brought them backe and they<br />
being brought on board and searched, in presence of this deponent<br />
and others, divers goods were found about them the sayd Viber and his<br />
Mate, as gloves, Taffatie hoods, hatbands and other things, and<br />
some of the sayd shipps company that came back from the persuite<br />
brought alsoe some taffaty hoods and other things which they<br />
found floating on the water, which the said Viber confessed they<br />
threw over board seeing them selves so closely persued, and the<br />
goods were owned by the lader of them who was then on board, and<br />
the sayd Vibers Cabbin being searched by the Captaines order,<br />
the boxe out of which the sayd goods and manye more were imbezelled<br />
was found broken open and standing under Vibers bedd, this hee<br />
deposeth of his sight and knowledge And saith the said Vibers and<br />
his Mate being brought before the Captaine Tolty for this fact<br />
the sayd Captaine only discharged Viber of his boatswaines place<br />
and put an other thereinto, and afterwards made Viber Quarter master<br />
and soe continued him aboard till after the shipps arrivall in the<br />
Barbados and there suffered him to goe away without prosecuting<br />
the lawe against him, and without making any satisfaction<br />
for the goods imbezelled soe farr as this deponent could or did<br />
heare, And saith that while the sayd Viber was at the Barbados<br />
and before his forsakeing the shipp<br />
the ''Edward and John'', the sayd Captaine Tottie spake to this<br />
deponent and bid him speake to the sayd Viber, and bid him the said Viber take his<br />
cloathes and leave the shipp ''Edward and John'' or to that effect,<br />
and withall sayd to this deponent that hee the sayd Captaine Tolty would<br />
not bee seene therein, or could not be seene to knowe of him<br />
goeing or words to that effect, And further to this article hee<br />
cannot depose/his article hee<br />
cannot depose/ +
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