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To the 4th hee saith that the said shipp u … To the 4th hee saith that the said shipp under the said Masters Conduct did as<br />
aforesaid sayle to Narmontier aforesaid, and there came to an anchor within<br />
a Canon shott of the said Island in a convement roade where shipps sayleing<br />
for that place doe usually anchor which hee knoweth being a Pilott versed<br />
in those Coasts and voyages, and being as aforesaid aboard the said shipp:
To the 5th and 6th hee saith that the said shipp being come to an anchor as aforesaid<br />
the said Master went shortly after a shore to speake with the said Mr La<br />
Gistiere Gazeau to whom the said shipp was consigned and recommended by the<br />
said de Loney ffardiere and shortly after in the said shipps boate a pilott<br />
came aboard by the direction and order of the said Mr Gazeau to bring the<br />
said shipp neerer to the Land for that there was a man of warr belonging to the<br />
Spaniards neere that place, which might as was conceived surprize and take out<br />
of the said shipp the Aquavites aforesaid or words to that effect And saith that the Custome of that<br />
place is, that when any shipp is to bee brought neerer to Land than usuall and<br />
ordinary place where the said shipp first anchored as aforesaid, then there is usually<br />
employed a Pilott of that place to conduct in and anchor such shipp or shipps<br />
Which hee well knoweth for the reason aforesaid And otherwise cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith, That after the said shipp had been anchored in the usuall and<br />
ordinary roade as aforesaid, for about fower or fiver houres, the said Pilott by the<br />
order and direction as hee said, of the said La Gistiere Gazeau caused the anchor to<br />
bee weighed, and tooke upon him the charge of conducting the said ship to the place<br />
where hee shortly after brought her to anchor beeing as hee said a place<br />
of security, but that it shortly afterwards proved a dangerous and disastrous<br />
pace, being close to the rocks, and sand bancks, and too narrow for such a shipp<br />
conveniently to ride in, which this deponent saith hee knoweth by dangerous<br />
and sadd experience./
To the 8th hee saith that after the said shipp was soe brought to an anchor<br />
by the said Pilotts direction, a tempestuous weather and the night time<br />
shortly ensued, and that the said shipps Companye being then all of them on board<br />
used their utmost endeavours to prevent the shipps disaster which happened<br />
by her bilgeing upon the adjacent rocks, whereby shee became very leaky<br />
and her hould was full of water, and the said vessells of Aquavites floated in<br />
the hould of the said shipp, which hee well knoweth being an Eyewittnesse<br />
thereof And further cannot depose/
To the 9th hee saith that presently after the said disaster the first and great<br />
endeavour of the said Master and Companie was to save the said Aquavites which<br />
accordingly was done with boates and hoyes thereunto hired and employed, they in the<br />
meane time not using any endeavour for the preservation of the said shipps<br />
tackle and furniture. Which hee knoweth being an Eye wittnes of and assistant<br />
in the premisses:-/
To the tenth hee saith, That in the saving of the said goods, a boate that was employed<br />
about the same was lost and perished, which for hee verily beleeveth was worth<br />
about fower pounds sterling which, as hee hath credibly understood, the said Master<br />
was enforced by order of Justice to pay to the Owners of the said boate
To the eleaventh hee saith, That the said Aquavites being soe saved and putt<br />
on board the hoyes thereunto employed, the said Le Marchaut was constrained to<br />
hire men to preserve the same from the Countrey people, who would have seized<br />
upon the same as a wreck or wracked goods, as they called them, and the sayd hoyes<br />
and men were to that purpose necessarily employed and kept in pay by the said<br />
Le Merchaut till such time as the said shipp was weighed up and repayred.<br />
Which the premisses hee knoweth for the reason and by the meanes aforesaid:/
To the 12th and 13th hee saith that the Rudder of the said shipp was broken, and severall<br />
plankes and part of the keele were splitt in pieces, and shee by the meanes aforesaid<br />
became soe much damnified, that thirty daies and upwards were spent in<br />
the weighing up, and repairing of the same, during all which time the said<br />
hoyes and men were necessarily employed for the preservation of the said<br />
Goods, and saith, That hee this examinate to the best of his judgement and<br />
skill being an auntient Mariner, verily beleeveth that the weighing up<br />
the worke of Carpenters and others and materialls in the reparation of the saidd shipp, the hire of the<br />
said men and hoyes besides the Victualls and wages of the said shipps companye<br />
during such her dammage, did really amount in all to one thousand, did really amount in all to one thousand +
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