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HCA 13/63 ff.222r-225r: Deposition of George Dethick
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30th May 1650. [CENTRE HEADING]
Vassall et alij con Jacket.}
Super lilo in [?hac] causa date examinattus.
Rp. jus.
Georgius Dethick de Poplar in comitatu Middlesex gentleman aetatis 24 annorum
aut [?eo] circiter testis productus et juratus.
Ad primum arlum dicti lili deponit et dicit that hee hath well knowne the shipps
the Mayflower, the Peter and the Benjamin arlate for and during all the time
arlate, of which shipps or vessells the producents Samuel Vassall, Richard
Crandley and company were the said time the true and lawfull owners and
proprietors and of their tackle apparrell and furniture and soe commonly
accompted and reputed, reddens [?XXXXem] scientia sua ut infra. Et alr nescit.
Ad secundum tertium et wuartum arlos dicti lili deponit that within the time aforesaid
the said Samuel Vassall, Richard Crandley and company did fitt and
furnish out the said shipps and vessells the Mayflower, the Peter and
the Benjamin on a trading voyage from this port of London for Ginny
and thence to certaine places and parts in the West Indies and soe
to retourne back againe to this port of London, and did lade and
put on board them for their uses and accompts a cargazon of goods
and merchandizes of severall sorts and qualities of the valewe of
5000 li sterling - (as hee hath heard the same estimated) to be trucked
bartered and traded away upon the said voyage, and constituted and
sent out the arlate William Jacket Captaine and cheife commannder
of all the said vessells, and cheife factor or agent for the trucking away
and disposing of the said cargazon the said voyage for the best
benefitt and advantage of them the said Vassall Crandley and
company, and the said Jacket had and tooke upon him the charge and
governement of the said three shipps or vessells and the disposing
and trucking away of the said goods and merchandizes to the use aforesaid,
All which hee knoweth going out in the said shipp the Mayflower on
the said voyage one of the masters mates, and being one of the company
during the voyage untill the said shipp was seized as hereafter followeth.
alr nescit.
Ad quintum arlum deponit et dicit that within the time aforesaid and
before the said Captaine Jackets proceeding with the said vessells and goods
on the said voyage, they the said Captaine Cranley, Mr Vassall and
company ordered and gave directions unto him that when hee should
come to trade and traffique (the said voyage) in any of the kinges of
Spaines dominions or Territories in the West Indies, hee should
not bringe or suffer any of the said three shipps to be brought within
the Commannd of any fort, castle or garrison, and that hee
should not goe on shore himselfe nor trust any considerable quantitie
of goods, wares or merchandizes or Negro's out of his shipps on shore
amongest the Spaniards, unlesse hee had sufficiencie of retournes
first on board his shipps in lieu thereof, signifying withall unto him
in the said orders, that unlesse hee had and tooke especiall regard and care
both to himselfe and shipps the Spaniards would betray him, and therefore
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willing and requiring him to be very circumspect and carefull therein
or to that effect, which hee knoweth having both heard the said Jacket
acknowledge soe much, and seene the said orders and Instructions in
writing aboard the shipp the Mayflower the said voyage in the said
Captaine Jackets custody. Et alr nescit.
Ad sextum arlum deponit that within the time aforesaid and after the
lading and putting the said cargazon of goods on board the said shipps
the Mayflower, the Peter and the Benjamin, the said Captaine Jacket
sett saile and departed in the said shipp the Mayflower in company
of the Peter and the Benjamin, and had the cheife commannd
thereof as aforesaid, and for commannder in cheife and principall
factor as aforesaid hee was commonly accompted and reputed, which
proceeding or departure hence of the said Jacket with the said
vessells was on or about the 16th day of June 1647, reddens
rationem scientia sua ut supra. Et alr nescit.
Ad septimum arlum deponit et dicit that within the time aforesaid and
after the departure hence of the said Jacket with the said shipps and goods
hee sailed for Ginney and there safely arived with the said shipps
and goods, and there hee and such others as were imployed with and
under him and by his order and directions solde bartered and trucked
away diverse of the said goods wares and merchandizes for Negro's
Ellephants teeth and gold and some provisions for the said Negro's,
which hee knoweth because hee this deponent arived therewith him
and sawe the said marchandizes and goods soe delivered and bartered
away, and helping to keepe the bookes and accompts thereof, Et
alr nescit.
Ad octavum arlum deponit that within the time aforesaid and while the
said vessells were and [?abade] the said voyage at Ginny, the said William
Jacket procured and gained the number of 450 Negro's and upwards
and asmuch gold and Ellephants teeth as would here have yeelded and
produced 3000 li sterling or thereabouts, all which were soe hained and
gotten with the goods and commodities aforesaid soe laden aboard, and
belonging unto and sent out in the said shipps and vessells by the said
Captaine Cranley, Mr Vassall and company, reddens rationem scientia sua ut supra, alr nescit.
Ad 9um arlum depont that after the premisses the said Captaine Jacket
laded and put the said Negro's, Elephants teeth and gold soe gotten and gained
on board the said shipp the Mayflower and the Pinke the Peter and departed therewith for the Barbadas
leaving the said vessell the Benjamin to trade in Ginny, and [?XXX GUTTER]
his departure hee ordered the company of the Benjamin that when they
had there donne trading, they should retourne wuth her and with what
they could produce and get by such trading to the Barnadas to [?XXX GUTTER]
Mr Spensack and deliver them up unto his disposeing, telling them hee [?did GUTTER
order him to receive and dispatch thereof accordingly, which hee did upon
his arrivall there with the said shipp and Pinck the Mayflower and the
Peter, which there safely arived about the beginning of March [?XXX GUTTER
[?XXXX] et cetera reddens rationem, because hee this deponent arived there with him and
hee this deponent being then Purser of the said shipp Mayflower. Et alr [?nescit GUTTER]
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Ad decimum arlum deponit that after the said Jackets said arivall at the
Barbada's hee acquainted the said Mr Spensack with the orders which hee
had given to the Beniamins company as aforesaid, and before his arivall
there hee wrote to him from Cape Lopus to the same effect, this deponent
by his order copying the said letter, Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad undecimum deponit that after the premisses and while the said shipp
the Mayflower was at nova Barcelona there came intelligence by Captaine Phillips
(who there arived from the Barbadas) that the said vessell the Beniamin
was safely come and arived at the Barbadas, and with her lading
brought from Ginny was delivered to the disposall of the said
Mr Spensack, and that hee tooke upon him the ordering and disposing
of the same. El alr nescit deponere.
Ad 12um deponit that after about twelve dayes staye at the Barbada's
(after the arival there of the said Jacket as aforesaid) hee departed
with the shipp the Mayflower and the said pinck and goods and Negro's
aforesaid taken in and brought from Ginny aforesaid and came
and arived therewith about the 26th of March 1648 at a certaine
place in the West Indies called Cuminagata, which is under the
dominion of the kinge of Spaine, and there the said Captaine
Jacket accompanied with one don Louis de Chaves a Portugall
Jewe went ashore to seeke for trade, and retourning the same night
aboard, the said don Lewis went the next day ashore againe, and
after hee had bin at the towne of nova Barcelona (about twelve
English miles up in the land) hee retourned the same night aboard
and in this deponents presence and hearing told the said Captaine
Jacket that the said towne and countrey were inhabited by poore and
rude people, and that hee held it not to be a place for them
to trade in for bartering or vending their Negro's and commodities,
and therefore desired him to beate it up to windeward for Cumana,
or Margareta, or els to goe to Lee ward for Caraccas or Cartagena,
which hee said were places of good trade and vend for his goods and
Negro's and where hee the said don Louis had friends who would
be assistant and faithfull unto him therein, or to the same effect.
Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 13um arlum deponit that after and notwithstanding the premisses the
said Jacket contrary to his orders and commission aforesaid from the said
Merchants (his imployers) and against all reason and discretion and
the advice and exhortation of the said Jewe (who was much concerned
with the welfare of the said vessells and good successe of the voyage
having an hundred Negro's and other commodities aboard) and
notwithstanding that hee had not any license to trade there, landed
at [?Commanagosa] to the number of 300 Negro's and upwards out of the said two vessells
that were for the said imployers accompt besides the said don Lewis
his hundred Negro's, and caused and ordered them to goe up by land
to the Baye of Barcelona to meete the said two vessells there, and
sent a guard of Spaniards to goe alonge with and carry them thither
reddens rationem scientia sua ut supra, Et alr nescit.
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Ad 14um arlum deponit that after the premisses and arivall of the said shipps
and lading in the Baye of Barcelona, the said Captaine Jacket not having
obtained any leave to goe and traffique there ashore, and contrary to the
order and Commission of his imployers (the producents) went againe
on shore, and after hee had gonne severall times ashore and retourned
the said don Louis in this deponents presence and hearing told and [?advertized]
him on board the said shipp the Mayflower that hee the said don
Louis having bin that day ashore in the towne of Barcelona had
understood and was certainly informed that the Governour of
Commana had sent to and advised the Governour of Barcelona
to seize and make sure of the said shipps or vessells the
Mayflower and the Peter and lading and Negro's in and
belonging unto them and to clap the said Captaine in prison, and
not to permit or suffer them to trade there or to that effect, Et
alr nescit deponere, salvis subscript[?s]
Ad 15 arlum deponit et dicit that {upon} the said don Lewis return
hee warned the said Captaine Jacket of the said conspiracie
and designe of the said Governours, admonished and perswaded
him to get his Negro's on board againe, and not to suffer any
goods to be there landed, and to have a care to keepe out of
commannd and to hasten away to some of the places aforesaid
where hee might trade with more securitie and to better advantage
and not longer to trust himselfe or shipp and goods in the Baye
of Barcelona or to that effect, which the said Jacket omitted
and plainly refused to doe, but on the contrary caused goods there
to be landed, his Negro's being there ashore, Et alr nescit
deponere.
Ad 16um deponit that after and notwithstanding the premisses the
said Captaine Jacket went againe ashore to the Governour of
Barcelona to obtaine leave to trade there, but the said Governour
told him (as the said Captaine said when hee came againe aboard)
that hee could not permit him there to trade without license from
the Vice Roy of Sant[?o] domingo, and advised him to send his
said Pinke thither to obtaine the said License, whereupon the said
Jacket contrary to the Commission and orders aforesaid of the said
Mr Vassall, Captaine Crandley and company sent the said Pinck
the Saint Peter under the command of a Spanish Captaine, and
to the number of 16 or 17 other Spaniards, and not above six or seaven
English to saile to Santo domingo and there to procure
license from the Vice Roy to trade at Barcelona, and withall
hee put on board her 31 Negro's which came from Ginny, and diverse packs
of goods belonging to the said Imployers to a greate valewe, and
sent them alonge in the said shipp the Saint Peter thither, Reddens
rationem scientia sua ut supra, Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 17 et 18 arles deponit that about two monethes after the departure
of the said Pinke for Santo domingo there came a letter aboard the
said shipp the Mayflower (still remayning in the Baye of Barcelona)
from the arlate Michael de [?Verwese] from Barcelona [?XX GUTTER]
written and
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written and directed to the said Captaine Jacket, whereby hee was given
to understand that the said Pincke and goods and the Negro's aboard jher
were seized and confiscated at Santo domingo, and that sll the English
that were in her were there put into prison, and the said Michael Vervese
thereby exhorted and advised him to get all his Negro's againe on board
and not to permit them any more to come ashore, nor to send or suffer
any more goods to be sent ashore, but to keepe out of commannd
and with what speede hee cpuld to be gonne thence, for (as hee wrote)
there was noe trade there to be had, and that the Governour had
given order for the seizure of his said Negro's soe ashore, whereby
they would be lost or to that effect, which letter the said Captaine
Jacket received, and read, and then came upon the deck[?e] and
acquainted the company (whereof this deponent was one) therewith
Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 19um arlum deponit et dicit that upon the said intelligence, the said Captaine
Jacket got all his Negro's which were on shore at Barcelona, onboard
againe, and after hee had them there in safetie, hee giving credit to and being
deluded by the false reporte of the Spaniards, (who to betray him gave out
and informed him that the said Pinck was well received by the Vice Roy at
Santo domingo and had her dispatch for trade, and that there was
a vessell arived at Caraccas, from Santo domingo, which came from
Santo domingo in her company, and had lost her at sea in fowle weather
with much other newes of the like nature tending to inveigle him ashore) went
againe on shore himselfe, and then retourned on board and tould his
company that the said Michael de Vervese was a lying knave and
a roague in reporting that the said Pinck the Saint Peter was seized
and confiscated, relating what good newes hee had touching the Pinck and
otherwise to the effect aforesaid, and then going ashore againe hee sent
for all the Negro's out of the shipp the Mayflower being 200 and
upwards for the said Imployers accompt, which being accordingly sent him,
hee the said Captaine Jacket there sold and disposed thereof,
and conveyed them away, besides hee caused to be arried and put
ashore and disposed of all the said other goods, wares and merchandizes
which were brought thither in the said shipp the Mayflower and there
sold and disposed thereof, at least suffered and was the cause
of such disposall of them, soe that the said Captaine Cranley
Samuel Vassall and company utterly lost and were deprived of them
all which hee knoweth to be true being then and there in the said shipp
and seeing and noting his management and cariage in the premisses,
this deponent being then Purser of the said shipp Mayflower. Et
alr nescit deponere.
Ad 20um deponit that while the premisses mentioned in his deposition to the
next precedent article were soe acting, Mr Allen the Chirurgeon of the
said shipp having bin at Barcelona, some women (as hee said) that were
there, favouring him for some cares that hee had donne in the said towne,
imparted and discovered unto him there was a designe in the Governour
and other Spaniards to betray the said Captaine, shipp and goods and to
get the possession and make seizure thereof, and that they understood soe
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much from their husbands, and that all those reports about the faire
reception of the Pincke at Santo domingo, and giving her dispatch for
trade and the like were meare pretenses and purposely given out to
intice the said Captaine ashore and drawe him to trade with them
and land his Negro's and goods that soe they might the better seize
them, which when the said Allen (retourning aboard) had made
knowne to the rest of the Company, diverse of them seeing the
said Captaine Jacket cause the said Negro's and goods to be put
ashore, and nothing retourned aboard in lieu thereof
(as in truck and trading there ought to have bin) to prevent the
said treacharie of the Spaniards, petitioned the said Captaine
Jacket in writing, and besought him that hee would be more
wary and circumspect, and that hee would not suffer or cause any
more negro's or goods to be landed, untill hee had received aboard some
retournes for what were already sent ashore, telling him that
if hee delivered and put ashore the remainder, and tooke nothing
aboard in truck for the same, there would be nothing left to pay
them their wages, acquainting hin withall, with what they heard
and iustly suspected touching the Spaniards said designe upon him,
them and the said shipp and lading, or to that effect, whereat
the said Captaine Jacket being much enraged, tould them in
greate passion, that hee would spend five thousand pounds
rather than they should have a penny wages, and that hee
would make their bellies cleare to their backs, in case they went
about to hinder him in what hee did and intended or to the
same effect, and soe neither would nor did desist, but still
proceeded to send the rest of the Negro's and goods ashore
without receiving ought on board in lieu thereof, Reddens
rationem scientia sua ut supra. Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 21um arlum deponit that besides the landing of all the said
Negro's and goods out of the said shipp the Mayflower, hee
the said Captaine Jacket as if hee had conspired with the
Spaniards for the betraying up of the shipp, company and goods into
their hands, caused all the caske wherein the waster was for the
companies use and drinking, to be alsoe taken out and carried
ashore, and put into a condition of being captivated and
made a proxy to the Spaniards together with shipps and goods, [?as GUTTER]
it afterwards happened. Et alr nescit.
Ad 22um arlum deponit et dicit that forthwith after the premisses there [?XXX GUTTER]
the Alcalde of Barcelona and another Spanish officer on board the
shipp and treated with her company about delivering her up, which they were [?XXX GUTTER]
to doe having neither water nor sufficiencie of other provisions to sustaine [?them GUTTER]
or bringe her away, and soe the said shipp and goods were utterly lost to her
said imployers and merchants, and that by the fault or miscariage of the said
Jacket, Reddens rationem ut supra. alr nescit.
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Ad 23um deponit that the said shipp the Mayflower and the said pinck the Saint
Peter at the time of their arivall at Comminagata, had on board
them the number of 250 Negro's and upwards for the use and accompt of the
said Captaine Crandley, Mr Vassall and company, and that every of the said
Negro's were there worth the summe of 130 li sterling one with another, and at
that rate the same might there have bin solde, saying tha Captaine harris at
Cartagena in the West Indies sold Negro's bought from Ginny at that
rate and some dearer about three monethes after the losse aforesaid of the
said shipp Mayflower, Et alr nescit.
Ad 24 deponit that at the arivall of the said shipps the Mayflower and
the Peter at Commanagata and Barcelona and places thereabouts
as aforesaid there were on board them goods and merchandizes consisting in
Elephants teeth and Golde belonging to the said Vassall, Crandley and company
to the valewe of 1000 li sterlinge at the least besides the other
peece goods which were exported hence and then on board to the valewe of
4000 li sterlinge and upwards, all which were there disposed of
by the said Jacket and lost by his miscarriage aforesaid together with the said
Negro's, and soe the said Captaine Cranley and company were and are
verily deprived thereof and of the profit they would have produced, Reddens rationem ut supra, alr nescit.
Ad 25 deponit that the said shipp the Mayflower and the said Pincke
Peter were the time aforesaid of their losse well worth the summe of
2500 li sterlinge, Et alr nescit.
Ad 26 arlum deponit that the said Mr Vassall, Captaine Cranley and
company by reason of the premisses in losse of the said shipps, Negro's
and goods,
have and doe sustaine losse and dammage to the valewe
of 40000 li sterlinge, at the least for soe much the said shipps, Negros
and goods and merchandizes aforesaid were there worth. Et alr nescit deponere
saving the said losse happened by the fault or miscariage aforesaid of the said Jacket.
Ad 27 arlum deponit that the said Jacket in the said voyage and while the
said shipp and Pincke were at Cape Lopez aforesaid solde to one Mr
Wyat Commannder of a frigot in the service of the Ginney Company
and there riding, certaine goods (as longe beads like affots) which came
out of and were of the goods of the said shipp the Mayflower (and were
belonging to the said Captaine Cranley and company) for the summe of
a hundred and 20 odd pounds sterling, which the said Wyat upon sight
of a bill of exchange by him then and there subscribed was to pay to the
said Jackets wife here in London, whither the said frigot was then bound,
which hee knoweth seeing the said goods delivered unto him and because hee
this examinate by the said Jackets order wrote the bills of exchange for ther
said money as alsoe a bill of lading for the said goods. alr nescit.
Ad 28 arlum deponit that during all the while the said shipp and Pinke were and remained
in the places arlate there were at Commanagota and Barcelona and (as hee
hath heard and beleeveth) at Santo domingo garrisons or guards of souldiers
there kept by the Spaniards soe as noe goods merchandizes or Negro's could
be carried or put on shore out of or brought from shore into the said
shipp a Pincke without their leave and permission, and this was then well
knowne to the said Jacket, Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 29 referet [?sead] predeposita, alr nescit.
George Dethick [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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Ad 4 rendet that there were about 60 tonnes of tobaccco pipe
clay aboard the said shipp the hope both at the time of [?her] said first seizure
and of the said rescue, and noefullers earth or other goods that hee
knoweth of, and saith the said tobacco pipe clay was laden and
received aboard the said shipp the hope at Poole in Dorsetshire
to be carried for Rotterdam, whither the said shipp hope was designed
therewith when shee was soe taken by the said pyrate, alr nescit
Ad ult nescit.
X [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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13th die July 1650./ [CENTRE HEADING]
Hickman con Jacket.}
et. Hickmans}
Sup lilo ex parte dei Hickman in hac causa dat
examinatus.
1us.
Christopherus Delay de Lymehouse infra parochiam
de Stepney in comitatu Middlesex nauta aetatis sua 34
annorum aut eo circiter testis productus et juratus./
Ad primum et secundum arlos dei lili depomit et dicit that
within the time arlate the arlate William Jackett was Captaine and
cheife Commander of the shipps the May Flower. the Benjamin and
the Peeter arlate and (during all the tearme of the last voyage made
by him with the same) for such was comonly accompted reputed
and taken, and did take upon him to governe and comand the
said three ships. Et ulterius deponit tha at such tyke as the said
ships were to sett saile from thjis Port of London upon the said
voyage in question the producent Humphrey Hickman was by the
said William Jacket heere shipped and hired to goe out steward
of the said ship the May Flower as is arlate which place the said
Hickman did undertake and execute abord the said ship in her voyage
from this Port of London to Ginney, which hee knoweth to bee true
hee this deponent being one that was hired and shipped by the
said William Jacket to serve abord the said ship the May Flower
from this Port and did goe and continued abord her untill
such tyme as shee was lost at Nova Barcelona to the Spaniards. Et
alr salvis subscript[?is] nescit deponere./
Ad 3. et 4um arlos dei lili deponit et dicit That dureing the tyme
arlate and whilest the Mayflower att Ginny arlate and thereabouts the said Captaine
Jacket (in a most [?XXewell] barbarous and inhuman manner
and without any iust or lawfull occasion or cause that ever this
deponent could heare of,) did cause the said Hickman to put into
the Bilboes, and in shackles with a great boult of Iron that
did locke him upon the fforecastle of the said ship where hee
continued from about 5. of the clocke in the evening till about tenn
the next day followeing dureing which tyme it did continually raine
Thunder and lighten in a most fearrfull manner and even as in
heaven and earth were comeing together, the said Hickman in all this
while haveing nothing to cover him but a wastcoate and a thinne paire
of linnen drawers, as is arlate. And saith that dureing all this
while the said Jacket gave a strickt order and charge in this deponents heareing
unto the rest of the said ships Companie that he should not give
the said Hickman any meat drincke Cloaths or any sustenance
[?resa] whatsoever, soe that the said Hickman by reason of such cruell
useage
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usage did suffer much affliction and punishment reddens rationem
scientia For hee this deponent being then abord teh said ship the May=
Flower and seeing the said Hickman se causelessly abased as is
predeposed, and heareing the said Jacket give order that the said
Hickman should not be releived which said comand of his was accordingly
obeyed and observed. Et alr nescit deponere.
Ad 5. 6. 7. 8. rt 9um. arlos dicti lili deponit et dicit that after the premisses
the said William Jackett still continueing his malice against the said Hickman
did (as this deponent hath bin credibly informed, by the said shipps
Companie generally.) cause him to bee loosed from the forecastle and
to bee brought to the Maine Mast of the said ship the Mayflower where hee
caused his hand to bee made fast unto the maine halliars as is arlate and
then called for a Carpenters Mallett, which being brought, hee tooke the
same and a knife and delivered them to the arlate William Loader and
(in a most barbarous and cruell and inhumane manner as ever was heard on) did
comand the said Loader to take the said knife and with the Mallet to drive
it through the said Hickmans hand into the mainemast amidest his
bones and sinnewes as is aarlate up to the very heft thereof, which the
said Loader refuseing, and in regard hee neither understood nor heard of any reason
for such his the said Jacketts barbarous useage of the said Hickman, hee did refuse to doe the same
and to obey sich his unlawfull commands, whereupon the said Jacket
did threaten the said Loader that in case hee would not doe as hee had willed
hee should bee nailed to the mainemast himselfe through his eare;
And soe hee saith the said Loader (as hee himselfe hath since tould this deponent)
mearely out of feare of affliction upon himselfe and full sorely against
his will) at the instance and Comand of the said Jacket did drive
the said knife through the back of the said Hickmans hand into the maine=
mast as is arlate, the said Jacket standing by and seeing the same soe done
with the rest of the said ships Companie perceaveing they did supplicate and
beg of the said Jackett that hee might bee taken downe and not soe
inhumanely dealt withall, but the said Jackett wholley refused the same
and swore that he should either hang there whilest hee had torne his hand
through or else hee should perishe; as is arlate; Et ulterius deponit
that the said Jackett the more to afflict the said Hickman did cause
one of his hands to bee loosed and soe lett him hang a great while by
that hand only which the knife was driven through as is arlate
in a most miserable and lamentable condition; And saith that in all
the tye of his being used to goe to sea which hath bin by the space of
this 12. or 13. yeares hee never heard of the like inhumane punishment
inflicted upon any man by a master of a ship, for, that in all; hee the said
Hickman soe hung by the space of above an hower as this deponent hath
bin informed, The premisses hee saith hee sawe not soe done, being then
gone out in a shallop to buy Negroes, but att his retourne
was tould of the same by the said Loader and the rest of the said ships
Companie and sawe the said Hickmans hand to be wounded and
torne as is predeposed. All which was done by the said Jackett (as
the said shipps Companie likewise tould this deponent) without any iust
cause or offence att all given unto him by the said Hickman. Et
alr nescit deponere./
Ad 10um 11um et 12um arlos deponit et dicit that the Arme of the said Hickman
by reason of the premisses was (as this deponent was credibly informed)
soe swelled that it was ready to burst, the same being soe fast tyed
to the Mainemast of the said ship; which the Companie perceaveing and
seeing the said Hick,an allmost ready to perishe and fawl, they did
againe beg att and entreat the said Jacket that the knife might bee
taken
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taken out of his hand to which the said Jacket would not at first
hearken but at length being still importuned thereto
and seeing the said Hickman allmost [?quited ?thereat] hee did condescend
thereunto. Et ulterius deponit that by reason of the said misuseage
the said Hickman was constrained to lye under the Chirurgeons
hands for the cureing thereof, for 5 or 6. weekes together, during
all which tyme hee lay in much [?XXX] and torment, and hath
thereby suffered soe much affliction as this deponent (nor anye
man else (as hee beleeveth) would endure or undergoe the like
torture for a 1000 li sterling. And soe much damage this deponent
conceaveth the said Hickman hath susteyned [?XXXXX]
depoXXX hee thsi deponent comeing and retourneing againe abord the
Mayfflower within 2 dayes space after the said Hickman was loosed
from the mainemast, and seeing his Arme the said Hickmans
Arme soe swelled, and heareing of him then and since that,
grievously complaine of the paine which hee endured thereby
Et alr nescit deponere./
Ad 13um 14um et 15um deponit et dicit that diverse tymes dureing
the voyage in question the said Jackett would very often take an
occasion to quarrell with the producent and without any cause
would beate and abuse him after a most cruell and barbarous
manner sometimes with a Cane and a billet as is arlate, and
would knock him downe for dead and soe much brusied and
spoyled his body and limbs that hee did thereby susteyne much
damage and hurt and soe much as this deponent would not
undergoe the like for 200 li sterlinge and soe much damage
the said Hickman hath thereby susteyned Et ulterius
deponit that whilest the said ship was and remained upon the Coast
of Ginney the said Jacket haveinge a minde to put some abuse
upon the said producent and knoweing how to doe it without
some colourable pretence of the said Hickmans committing,
some heynous crime, hee the said Kacket did send for this deponent
and would habe had testified an untruth against him, which
when this deponent came hee would not doe, whereupon the said
Jackett out of meere malice and spite did forthwith in this
deponents presence fall upon and stricke the said Hickman with
his hand spike in such a cruell and barbarous manner that
hee desisted not till hee had [?wellingh] killed him, knocking
him downe and beating his body all black and blew and in manye
places and useing of him as this deponent saith hee never
sawe nor heard of the like barbar[?isance] and cruely in all
his dayes, without any offence at all comitted. Et alr nescit
deponere saveing that by reason thereof the said Hickman
was [?feine] to his under the chirurgeons hands for diverse
weekes together, and his body cannot choose but bee much
weakened and impaired thereby, and soe much this deponent
saith hee doeth [?adXXX] that [?XXX XXX XXX and TXXXXXX the same]
Sup reliquis non examinatr ex directione producent.
Ch delay [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
