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saving his foregoing deposition hee answer … saving his foregoing deposition hee answereth negatively well<br />
knowing and observing that the sayd Jeggles was and shewed him selfe<br />
in his actions to bee an able sea man./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith that when the sayd Jeggles had gained Oport<br />
this deponent sawe there a shipp called by the name of the ''John'' of Plymouth<br />
whereof one Lumpe a dutch man was Master, which shipp had (as hee heard<br />
severall of her company saye) had layne there five moneths)<br />
and saith the sayd shipp was laden with wine oyle<br />
and some salte and earthen ware, as the ''Anne'' alsoe was, but went not out<br />
of Oport therewith till the ''Anne'' went thence, and went in company with the<br />
''Anne'' to Barbados and arrived not there before her, and therefore could not<br />
by such meanes as is Interrogate glutt the markett there And further to<br />
this Interrogatorie he cannot answere./
To the 4th hee cannot answere knowing nothing nor having heard<br />
anything to the effect Interrogate/
To the 5th hee saith the shipp ''Anne'' is accompted to bee of the burthen of<br />
two hundred and odd tonns, And further saving his foregoing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the last hee saith of his certayne knowledge and observation the<br />
winde was not fayre for the downes when the shipp ''Anne'' aforesayd<br />
putt into Plymouth, and saith shee did not stay for any Convoy, but only<br />
stayed there about eight or tenn dayes for a fayre winde, And further<br />
hee cannot answere saving his foregoing deposition./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
John Mansfelld [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 24th of February 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined on the sayd allegation./
'''Rp. 2us'''
'''John Swifte''' of Rederiff in the County of Surrey Mariner<br />
aged fiftie sixe yeares or thereabouts a witnesse sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth that hee hath knowne the<br />
articulate daniell Jeggles from the Childhood of him the sayd Jeggles and<br />
saith that within these sixe or seaven yeares last past hee hath bin severall<br />
voyages with the sayd Jeggles wherein the sayd Jeggles went Master and<br />
Commander of shipps, videlicet three voyages to Barbadoes two to Virginia<br />
and two to New England, the voyage now in question which voyage is to be accounted, wherein this<br />
deponent alsoe went as one of the Company of the ''Anne'' whereof the sayd<br />
Jeggles was Master, and saith in all the sayd voyages the sayd daniell<br />
Jeggles behaved him selfe like an able and expert seaman and one fitt<br />
to bee a Master or Commander of a shipp, and hee is of this deponents<br />
knowledge an able expert seaman and fitt to goe Commander of any shipp,<br />
and soe commonly reputed and taken to bee among sea men and<br />
Masters of shipps and such as are skilled in Navigation./
To the 2 article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee knoweth the port of Porto Port<br />
in Portugall and saith it is of this deponent knowledge a barrd port<br />
and not to be entered into but about three quarter flood by reason<br />
ofree quarter flood by reason<br />
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