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and sold it to one of the officers (speaki … and sold it to one of the officers (speaking of and meaning the said<br />
Lemmon and the said other man) that came from London, and from<br />
the time this deponent did not see the said bedd, nor knoweth hee<br />
the valew thereof. And otherwise hee cannot depose, not knowing<br />
ought of any Tortois shells conveyed or taken away.
To the fifth hee cannot depose.
To the 6th and seventh hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories here ministred<br />
upon which alone hee is exámined by direction of the<br />
procter ministrant.
the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh ordered by mr<br />
Goodwin of dover to this citie to be examined in this busines, and was<br />
by him directed to mr desborow, who directed him to this Court, and<br />
saith the said Mr Goodwin (telling this rendent that hee was ordered<br />
to agree with this deponent for his charges and time in comming up<br />
they agreed that this deponent should have fourtie shillings<br />
for his charges in going up and downe and losse of his time, and<br />
two shillings a day for the time hee should stay here about this<br />
busines to be examined, and that mr desborow was to pay him<br />
at the prize office, to whom this rendent had a lettre from mr<br />
Goodwin, and saith hee never knew the said Lemmon and Tuffn[ulls GUTTER]<br />
or either of them saving the time aforesaid, wherein they and hee<br />
were about six dayes aboard the said prize together, and at Graves=<br />
end this deponent went off her, and otherwise hee cannot answer<br />
saving as aforesaid.
To the second hee saith that mr Goodwin of Dover or hee with others<br />
came aboard and sealed up the hatches and scuttles of the said shipp<br />
the ''Virgin Mary'', and to his remembrance the said Lemmon<br />
and that other man called Tufulls or Tufudt (sor some such name)<br />
were then aboard, but whether they came aboard with mr Goodwin<br />
or were aboard before hee knoweth not, and saith the said seales<br />
were firme and unbroken up for ought hee<br />
knoweth to the contrary when hee this deponent soe left the said<br />
shipp at Gravesend, only hee saith that the same day next<br />
proceeding the night wherein the said boate carried away the foresaid<br />
goods as hee hath predeposed, namely about one or two of the clock<br />
in the after noone, this deponent having bin asleepe on the forcastle<br />
and being awaked with a noise of knocking, saw some of<br />
the seamen opening of coker nuts by knocking, whereupon hee<br />
asked them where they had them, and was answered by them that<br />
they had bin below for powder and that the scuttle was opened<br />
and unlocked for such their going downe by the Commissioner<br />
(speaking of and meaning the said Lemmon or Tufnell or Tufudt<br />
and that they saw Powder that was fetcht from below, and<br />
saith the said mr Lemmon had the keyes as hee was informed from the<br />
hands of mr Goodwin.
To the third hee saith there were many men of Captaine Markes<br />
companymen of Captaine Markes<br />
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