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The 14th of May 1657
Betts and others aga … The 14th of May 1657
Betts and others against the ''Prince''}<br />
Smith Cheeke.}
Exámined upon the libell.
'''Rp. .j.'''
'''Thomas Sinnet''' of the parish of Saint Buttolphs<br />
Algate Mariner, aged 40 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and exámined.
To the first hee saith hee well knoweth the shipp the ''White lilly''<br />
arlate and alsoe the producents Patrick Betts and Anthony ffernandez<br />
who (with their company) were the time arlate and commonly accounted the<br />
owners and proprietors of the said shipp, tackle and furniture, whereof<br />
the said Betts was the said time master and commander of this deponents<br />
knowledge who was then one of her company.
To the second, third and fourth and 5th articles hee saith that the said shipp that<br />
''White lilly'' was in the said time namely in Aprill now last past well<br />
and sufficiently moored in a safe and convenient place neare horsey downe<br />
where shipps doe usually and ordinarily ride, and then lay and remained<br />
moored two dayes space or thereabouts before the shipp the ''Prince'' arlate<br />
came and arived there, in all which time the shipp ''white lilly'' had<br />
neither donne or received hurt or dammage for or from any other shipp<br />
or vessell; but after shee had soe ridd and bin moored for the said<br />
space the said shipp the ''Prince'' came and was by her master and company<br />
brought to an anchor very neere and fowle of the ''White lillies''<br />
moorings, and soe that shee grounded upon the ''White lillies'' cable<br />
and upon the tide of flood drove aboard her, and put her from her<br />
moorings and drove her athwart the chaine, and thereby<br />
necessitated the master and company of the ''White lilly'' to cut their<br />
cable, to get her cleare of the Anchor of the ''Prince''. All which<br />
hee knoweth being one of the ''lillies'' company and then on board her<br />
And saith the premisses being soe happened and the master and company<br />
of the ''white'' lilly having moored or fastened her to the said chaine, the said shipp<br />
''Prince'' came there of her againe soe dangerously on, whereupon that shee shee loosed thense<br />
and came to her former moorings againe, yet still the ''Prince'' being moored in<br />
an undue manner, came fowle of her, and put her ashore<br />
and lay upon her cable a tide or two, and this shee did notwithstatnding<br />
that the said Betts master of the ''White lilly'' (while shee was<br />
fastened to the said chaine) went aboard the ''Prince'' and admonished<br />
her master and company of the danger and of the wrong they did<br />
his shipp by theirs driving up and downe every tide in an unfitt[?ing]<br />
manner; And saith that upon such last comming of the ''Prince'' fowle of the<br />
''White lilly'', the ''White lillyes'' company were forced (to avoide greater<br />
dammage) to neere a shore, in which their shipp grating ashore shee broke a peece<br />
of her false keele, and their shipp ''Prince'' then lay upon her the<br />
''lillies'' cable and much damnified the same, and the said shipp<br />
''lillie'' was much damnified by the said comming fowle of the ''Prince''<br />
upon her anchor cable, all which hee knoweth being present and seeing<br />
the same soe happen. And saith this deponent asked one of the ''Princes'' company<br />
why they did not make fast their shipp, had said they had noe anchors to fasten her with
To the sixth hee saith the said Patrick Betts was f[XXXX] and forced to<br />
hire men to assist his company to moore his shipp from time to<br />
[time] his shipp from time to<br />
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