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from the Saint Jacob aboard the ''Mary'' a … from the Saint Jacob aboard the ''Mary'' and this deponent fastening<br />
the bight of the sayd roape about his middle, and<br />
under his Armes, the sayd Somerland having both ends of the<br />
roape in his hands aboard the ''Saint Jacob'', draged this deponent<br />
from on board the ''Mary'' into the Sea, and soe hawled this deponent<br />
up out of the sea into the ''Saint Jacob'', and the ''Saint Jacob'' soone after<br />
sheereing aboard the ''Mary'' the boy which remayned<br />
behinde gott also by that meanes aboard the ''Saint Jacob'' and saith<br />
by reason of the ''Saint Jacobs'' soe falling fowle of the ''Mary'' the ''Maryes''<br />
provisions and apparell were all or the most part of them lost togeather<br />
with the shipps stock of money all save about three pound thereof<br />
which one of the ''Maries'' Company saved and brought aboard the Saint<br />
Jacob And further saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 5th hee saith that at the tyme when the dammage aforesayd<br />
happened the ''Mary'' lay close by the winde and stood to the<br />
Northwards upon a tack, and that at the same tyme the rest of<br />
the shipps in Company of the ''Mary'' and ''Saint Jacob'' who were alsoe<br />
all bound to the Northward did steere and stand to the Northwards and<br />
soe ought the ''Saint Jacob'' to have done being alsoe bound to the Northwards<br />
if shee had steered her right course which notwithstanding the Master and Company of the ''Saint Jacob''<br />
the tyme when the dammage aforesayd happened steered South<br />
wards and stood Southwards which was contrary to the course steered<br />
by all the rest of the ffleete and in this deponents Judgment noe<br />
way necessarie, and saith that the next day after the dammage aforesayd<br />
all or the most of the ffleete except the ''Saint Jacob'' and the ''Mary'' aforesayd did as hee hath<br />
credibly heard recover humber, and soe might the ''Saint Jacob'' if her Master and Company had steered and stood Northwards as the other shipps did [#]
[LH MARGIN] [# GUTTER XXX] steering<br />
notwithstandinge South<br />
wards XXXXX a<br />
[GUTTER XXXX] to his proceeding<br />
[XX]voyage to New<br />
castle directly contrary
and<br />
also the ''Mary'' if shee had not bin disabled by the sayd dammage to<br />
proceede on the sayd voyage might alsoe have recovered humber the<br />
next day And further to this article hee cannot depose./
To the 6th hee saith hee well knoweth being on board the ''Mary'' and at<br />
her helme that the sayd Kennett and Company with the ''Jacob'', about an<br />
hower before the dammage aforesayd happened, with her sayles abroad<br />
sayled by the ''Mary'', and went a head of her, and steered and<br />
stood Northwards, and afterwards without any cause that this<br />
deponent can conceive (hee knowing it to bee contrary to the course<br />
which ought to have bin steered) the sayd Kennet and Company did<br />
steere and stand southwards with the ''Saint Jacob'', and by that meanes<br />
ranne her fowle of the ''Mary'', which they might have avoided if<br />
they had bin carefull as they ought to have bin, And further to<br />
this article hee cannot depose./
To the 7th hee saith hee heard his precontest Thomas Summerland<br />
sayecontest Thomas Summerland<br />
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