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and others of the shipps crewe keeping the … and others of the shipps crewe keeping them company in their debaucherie<br />
this deponent heard some of them that retourned say that such their<br />
extravagancie was through the allurement and persuasion of the said ffrisbie<br />
and Archer, And saith that the said ffrisby and Archer with five<br />
others of the ships company haveing run farr on the score at a badd house in<br />
Ligorne, the master of the house who was a souldier got his fellow souldiers<br />
to take them into custodie and detaine them for his pay, whereof the said<br />
Captaine Hunt making complaint to the English Consul, and hee<br />
threatning the said houskeeper, hee set them at libertie, and forthwith<br />
three of them came aboard, but the said ffrisby and Archer and two<br />
others staid finally ashore, albeit then they came to the waterside with<br />
the three that came aboard, and might aswell have come aboard<br />
and they in the shipps boate which was ashore, but they refused, and<br />
so deserted the said shipp and her service to her greate preiudice, and<br />
putting her in danger by manner of enemies dutch and ffrench that<br />
were in hand, and being so deprived of his Carpenter, the said Captaine<br />
Hunt was necessitated to hire and did hire another in his stead, and<br />
offered the Kings pay to other mariners then to come aboard and serve in the<br />
said homewards voyage, but could get none, which offer the said ffrisby and<br />
Archer were aware of, and yet they deserted her as aforesaid, Et alr nescit.
Ad Interrria [CENTRE HEADING]
Ad primum rendet that hee liveth cheifely by maintenance from his<br />
father who is deputie Vice Admirall of the West, and upon his<br />
father, howbeit hee hath 15 ''li'' of his owne, and is of noe relation<br />
or kinne to the said [?XXXX] having bin cleared off the shipp theise<br />
three monthes.
Ad 2 rendet that the said ffrisby and Archer did not behave themselves<br />
and performe their duties as they ought, referring himselfe to his forgoing<br />
deposition, besides the said Archer using to prate to others when the shipp<br />
hath bin in delivering and thereby both neglecting his owne dutie and<br />
hindering others, and being reprehended therefore by the Masters mate,<br />
said, hold your peace you old rogue or I will knock your brains out,<br />
or words to the same effect, and saith hee saw most of the foresaid moneys<br />
paid to them.
Ad 3 et 4 refert se ad predepoita, alr nescit.
Ad 5 rendet that as hee heard they the said persons were run twenty shillings<br />
a peece on the score in the said house at Ligorna, and the said man of the<br />
house importuned the said Captaine Hunt to discharge their said reckoning<br />
for them, which hee refused, telling him hat hee according to the<br />
duke of fflorence his orders ought not to detaine them, which hee<br />
promised hee would not, and soe they might have come aboard if they<br />
had pleased. Et alr nescit salvis predepoita
Lewis Tremay [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repetit coram [?diu] [?hXXX] SurrogatoE]
Repetit coram [?diu] [?hXXX] Surrogato +
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