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shee were before of this deponents knowled … shee were before of this deponents knowledge a tight and stronge lighter yet shee was in very<br />
great danger of sinkeing downe right in the River had not the carpenter<br />
and some other of the Company of the ''Mary'' aforesayd presently came<br />
aboard the lighter and helped to stopp her leakes with Oakham, and<br />
Clay which they tooke off some barrells of new beere brought aboard<br />
the ''Mary'' which not with standing this deponent and the sayd other labourers<br />
wrought about the [XXXX XXX] almost up to the middle in water to heave out the rest of her ballast<br />
into the ''Mary'' thereby to lighten the sayd lighter and keepe her from<br />
sinking, all which hee saith was occasioned by the willfullnesse of<br />
the Company of the ''Thomasin and Alice'' in not lowering their sayles and<br />
bearing southward as they were desyred, they habing tymely notice soo to<br />
doe, and well hearing such notice as by their obstinate answere<br />
aforesayd plainely appreared, and saith that the sayd shipp ''Thomasin''<br />
''and Alice'' her Company ought having such tymely notice to have<br />
taken care not to fall fowle of the sayd lighter and might easily have<br />
avoided the same if they would habe endeavoured soo to doe, And<br />
further to those articles hee cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith hee well knoweth that imediately before the sayd<br />
shipp ''Thomasin and Alice'' fell fowle of the sayd lighter the ''Ellen and Anne'',<br />
shee was a very strong and staunch lighter, and in deede had shee<br />
not bin soe, shee bin without doubt sunke downe right by the<br />
meanes aforesayd, And what the repaire of the dammage done her<br />
rest hee knoweth not, but saith when she was repayered yet by<br />
reason it doth appeare shee is patched and preserved hee beleeveth<br />
shee will not yeild soe much by five pound sterling in the price<br />
of her as shee would have done before the dammage receaved<br />
And further hee cannot depose/
To the 7th and 8th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of this<br />
Court and further cannot depose
To the 9th he cannot depose/
To the 10th hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition and to the<br />
lawe and further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to bee examined at the<br />
request of the producent and hath receaved of her two shillings sixe pense<br />
toward his hinderance of his labour by comming and attending to bee sworne and examined<br />
and expecteth that the same shall bee made up two shillings a day beeing only<br />
soo much as hee could earne by his dayly labour) for soo long tyme as hee shall<br />
bee enforced to attend thereabout hee having all ready spent<br />
fower dayes tyme thereabout and saith hee was one of the labourers aboard<br />
the sayd lighter when the dammage happened and to the rest of the<br />
interrogatories hee answereth negatively well knowing that the ''Thomasin and''<br />
''Alice'' was not thrust on by any other Smack./e'' was not thrust on by any other Smack./ +
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