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to see whether there were any defect or fa … to see whether there were any defect or fault in the stowage of the sayd casks<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 6th article hee saith that hee knoweth that the ''Pilgrim'' was put into the<br />
dock to be repaired and ameded of the hurt shee received by the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
falling fowle of her and forcing her on ground and thereby wringeing her as<br />
aforesayd, and hee this deponent helped to put her into the sayd dock being the<br />
dock of one Mr Graves beere dicks shoare by the order of James Watkins<br />
the Master and one of the Owners of the ''Pilgrim'' And hee beleeveth that the repaires<br />
of the damage done to the ''Pilgrim'' by reason of her head boltspritt and cables being<br />
broke by the ''Exeter Merchant'', and her being runne on ground and wrunge as<br />
aforesayd did cost the arlate Bland and Company a very considerable summe<br />
of money but how much hee knoweth not And further cannot depose/
To the 7th hee saith hee hath credibly heard and beleeveth that the ''Pilgrim'' arlate before<br />
shee wass hurt as is predeposed by th ''Exeter Merchant'' was lett out to freight by<br />
the moneth videlicet hee hath heard and beleeveth that shee was at the tyme of her<br />
setting out from London upon her last voyage hyred for the moneth to<br />
goe to severall Ports videlicet to Cales and Saint Lucar and Virginia and thence back to Saint<br />
Lucar and thence to London, and was hyred for 14 moneths and more as hee hath<br />
heard and beleeveth, of which 14 moneths hee knoweth there were about eight moneths to<br />
come when the damage aforesayd happened, for that hee knoweth shee was out<br />
in her last voyage aforesayd only about 6 moneths, And further hee cannot depose<br />
for that hee knoweth not whether her receiving the samage were the cause of her<br />
owners altering or giving over the imployment shee was before designed<br />
upon./
To the 8th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court and<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 9th hee knoweth the sayd Woodfin and his habitation and therefore knoweth<br />
him to be a subiect of this Commonwealth, and as hee beleeveth, subiect to<br />
the Jurisdiction of this Court and further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee cometh to be a witnes in this Cause being<br />
soe required by James Watkins on behalfe of him selfe and sayd<br />
John Bland, and saith hee this rendent was masters Mate of the ''Pilgrim''<br />
and hyred by the moneth for soe longe tyme as shee should continue upon<br />
the voyage without expressing how many moneths the same should bee, And<br />
saith his wages due is paid And further<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath heard that the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
was cut loose from an other ship<br />
whereto shee lay fastned but the shipps name shee was fastned to or<br />
the name of her captaine hee knoweth not nor hath heard<br />
nor who cut hre loose,<br />
And further saving his foregoeing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere/deposition<br />
hee cannot answere/ +
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