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To the sixteenth he deposeth that for such … To the sixteenth he deposeth that for such a voyage<br />
the voyage in question the arlate John Upson was very<br />
uncapable and insufficient, having never gone before a<br />
Mate to the Southward And further he cannot depose
To the last he saith his former deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he comes voluntarily<br />
to speak the truth, and saith that he must beare his<br />
share of the charges of this suite, And to the rest negatively
To the 2d he answereth that by his being Mate during all the<br />
voyage he well knoweth all the Mariners; to whom he<br />
saith their wages are truly due for the sayd voyage, and therefore<br />
he desires they showld prevayle in this suite.
To the third he answereth that upon the repayring of the<br />
said shipp at Bristoll this Rendent Cabbin being with<br />
others pulld downe, he lay ashore about 2 months space<br />
but he sayth that all that time he belonged to the sayd<br />
shipp And otherwise he knoweth not to answere./
To the fourth he answereth that this Rendent for his part and<br />
the arlate Jenings came from Bristoll hither, and that<br />
John Upson senior, as alsoe one Pa[X]sley and harbottle and<br />
one Nalke (and others, whom he cannot now<br />
remember) did not come in her to this port of London<br />
And further he cannot answere./
To the fifth he answereth that he is a Seaman by pr[ofession GUTTER]<br />
having served an Apprentice=shipp unto it, and he<br />
saith that a new shipp (if over=burdened with goods<br />
may and will give way in her sides in a great and violent<br />
storme, and if not well bound will in such a storme<br />
prove leaky, And further he cannot answer./
To the sixth he answereth that he can write and read<br />
written hand./
To the seaventh he referreth himselfe to his former<br />
deposition And further he cannot answere./
To the eighth Interrogatory he answereth that the weather was<br />
thick and misty when she arrivd at Aberdey, and that<br />
the mistines of weather and mistake of land were<br />
together the occasions of the sayd shipps missing this channell<br />
and that had she not mist the channell, she had certainly<br />
have made some good port in the West=Country, which was<br />
the full intent of the sayd Croford and Company And<br />
further he cannot answer./
To the ninth Interrogatory he answereth that the say after the<br />
sayd shipp was arrived at Aberdee the sayd Croford gave<br />
order to the shipps Company to weigh anchors, and he saith<br />
that the Company had a mind to have gone for Milford<br />
In regard that there they might have bin supplyed with<br />
such occasions as they then wanted And further he<br />
doth not answer, referring himselfe to his former depositioneferring himselfe to his former deposition +
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