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aforenamed and all except one Tanira Sevin … aforenamed and all except one Tanira Sevinian, and the sayd Paramore and higgs were<br />
soe active that they brought the shipp to an Anchor neere Cormantine for<br />
some tyme, contrary to the sayd hyatt their Master his expresse command, and<br />
refused to proceede on the sayd voyage till hee the sayd hyatt had subscribed and<br />
sealed the sayd bond, And this deponent knoweth that after the arrivall of the sayd<br />
shipp at the Barbados the sayd Towers Trigg and ffrost and other the mariners<br />
aforenamed did convey away and dispose of two of the Negros which were<br />
brought in the sayd shipp at their owne will and pleasure, And hee saith that<br />
after such their arrivall at the Barbados and after the sayd bond was soe sued<br />
they all except the sayd Sevinian Parramore and higgs neglected and refused<br />
to worke about the sayd shipps busines, and the sayd Towers utterly forsooke<br />
the service of the sayd shipp, and shipped him selfe and his boy aboard a shipp<br />
called the ''West India Merchant'' (Richard Greeeneleafe Master)<br />
and refused to give any Accompt of his charge as Boatswaine of the ''ffreindshipp'' aboard which shipp<br />
the ''East (sic) India Merchant'' as this deponent hath heard the sayd Towers dyed, and the rest of the sayd shipps company<br />
except the sayd Sevinian Paramore and higgs kept the sayd shipp the ''ffreindshipp'' by<br />
violence for the space of about sixe weekes soe that nothing could bee laden aboard her and thereby wasted<br />
the provisions of the sayd shipp and exposed her hull and tackle to much<br />
hurt and dammage and the sayd hyatt the Master by such their mutinous and<br />
rebellious actions and their sueing and molesting of him as aforesayd<br />
was soe troubled and perplexed that hee vereily beleeveth it was the cause of<br />
his distraction, and hee this deponent seeing such his distraction and<br />
unfittnesse thereby to continue his charge of Master did (soe soone as hee<br />
could recover possession of the sayd shipp out of the hands of the Mariners<br />
who kept the same and still refused to proceede for London to accomplish<br />
their voyage though hee severall tymes offered them to lade goods<br />
of the Owners of the sayd shipp sufficient to secure all their wages which<br />
they pretended might be due unto them, when the sayd voyage was finished and to provide them with all necessaries fitt for their voyage)<br />
appointe one Richard harwood Master of the said shipp for the remaynder of<br />
the sayd voyage, and was faine to provide new Mariners to sayle the sayd<br />
shipp home (all the rest except the sayd Sevinian Paramore and higgs refusing<br />
to goe home in her) though they confessed as aforesayd that by their first<br />
agreement they were not to have their wages till their returne to London<br />
And further hee cannot depose saving hee saith the sayd mariners above named<br />
(except above excepted) did in the tyme they kept violent possession of the sayd shipp<br />
as aforesayd saye to this deponent that if they were by any power compelled<br />
to returne homeward in the sayd shipp, when they were at sea they would<br />
doe well enough with her, and that the owners should bee little the better for her<br />
or words to that effect purporting and meaning as hee beleeveth that<br />
if they were forced to returne in her they would runne away with the sayd<br />
shipp./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
Edw: Barton [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
[XXXX.] [LH MARGIN]
To the Interrogatories brought in the 24th of ffebruary 1657 English style
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith the Interrogate Barton is his this respondents<br />
Uncle And to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively./
To the second and 3 Interrogatories hee saith hee this respondent was factor as aforesayd to the foresayd<br />
Isaac Barton Samuell Pixley Richard Pixley and Captaine Wills at the Barbados and<br />
sawe not the shipp ''ffreindshipp'' till her coming to the Barbados nor was present at the hyreing<br />
of any of her company but saith the sayd Towers was Boatswaine of her at her arrivall<br />
ataine of her at her arrivall<br />
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