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To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
T … To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he cometh<br />
to bee now a wittnes at the procurement of Robert<br />
Yaxley one of the producents, and that the damage interrate<br />
was done a bout noone, and that he was then upon the<br />
decke of the ''Mary'', And to the rest he hath satisfied [XXX GUTTER]
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that the shipp the<br />
''Mary'' her rigging was as good as new, and that it was<br />
allmost all cutt and spoylt, and that but a very little<br />
of all the shipps rigging was or could be made use of<br />
againe And otherwise he knoweth not to answere./
The marke of<br />
Samuel '''X''' Browne [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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On the same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Rp. 3'''
'''Edward knights''' of Alborough in the County of<br />
Suffolke Shippwright aged about 28 yeares<br />
a wittnes produced and sworne and being examined<br />
deposeth as followeth./
To the first and second articles he deposeth and saith that<br />
he the deponent chanced to be in a shipp named the [?''Ro??se'' GUTTER]<br />
of Alborough in Galliards reach nigh Woolwich when<br />
the damage arlate happened to the ''Mary'' arlate, and he saith<br />
that the sayd Galliards reach is a very spatious and broad<br />
place and that by his then being in the sayd reach he<br />
did see the arlate shipp the ''Mary'' steering towards the<br />
South shore and coming up the River, and that the shipp<br />
the ''ffreeman'' was going downe with the wind, and that<br />
the ''Mary'' to avoyde the ''ffreeman'' had left all the<br />
channell and steerd as nigh the shore as possibly [?shee GUTTER]<br />
could with safety, and that this was soone enough<br />
the shipp the ''ffreeman'' and more shipps to have passed GUTTER]<br />
by the ''Mary'' without doing any damage, if shee had<br />
pleased, And he saith that it cannot be iudged in reason<br />
that there was any thing in it, but willfullnes in the<br />
''ffreemans'' Company in the ''ffreemans'' falling foule of<br />
the sayd ''Mary'', And he saith that being a Neighbour [of GUTTER]<br />
Robert Yaxley one of the producents he went aboard [the GUTTER]<br />
arlate shipp the ''Mary'' after she was damaged, and [XXX GUTTER]<br />
find that her Mast was broke in three peices and her<br />
shrowdes and sayles torne and spoylt, and the side of<br />
the shipp broke downe allmost to the water, And<br />
further he cannot depose saving that there were [?severall GUTTER]<br />
shipps in the sayd reach when the ''Mary'' was damaged<br />
and that they did all cry out upon and blame the<br />
shipp the ''ffreeman'' for what she had done./
To the third and fourth articles he cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the fifth Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to be GUTTER]<br />
a wittnes by the meanes of Robert Yaxley the producent<br />
and that he was none of the ''Marys'' Company interrate<br />
the time interrate And otherwise he cannot answere
To the last Interrogatory he answereth that he being [?not GUTTER]<br />
of the shipp interrate her Company he knoweth not [XXX GUTTER]<br />
her rigging or things were And further he knoweth not [XXX GUTTER]
Edward [?knights GUTTER] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated with his two precontests before the<br />
two Judges in Court.efore the<br />
two Judges in Court. +
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