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1. and a bonnett sayle which hee had borrowed of the sayd Croford and
2. also brought two of the sayd Crofords Company (whereof one was his mate)
3. aboard the Recovery to view the leakes and condition of the sayd shipp,
4. who at the request of the sayd Bartlett did accordingly make a view
5. of her and found her soe leakie and insufficient and soe destitute of
6. tackle and other necessaries that shee was not (as they sayd) in
7. their Judgment fitt to proceede on her voyage to London without being
8. first repayred of her leakes and rigging and other necessaries which
9. shee wanted, and did certifie to that effect under their hands by
10. a certificate in writing which they gave unto the sayd Bartlett, which
11. and alsoe told him that they thought it was best for him to beare
12. up to some of the Islands before hee were gone too farr from them
13. or to that effect, which done the sayd Crofords two men returned
14. aboard their owne shipp and the sayd Bartlett still continueing
15. his resolution to keepe Company with the Gilbert, his Company
16. told him, that they were soe wearied with pumpeing that they were
17. not able to continue it longe, and therefore desyred him that hee would
18. beare up for some of the Islands, as both the sayd Croford and his
19. men had before advised him to doe, whereupon the sayd Bartlett
20. answered thus or the like in effect to his company, well, if you cannot
21. worke any longer in continueing on our Course after the Gilbert, then
22. make a weffe and shoote off a gunne and lett us goe aboard the
23. Gilbert, but the Company being unwilling to leave the shipp and
24. goods to perish in the sea, John Bond the Gunner (since deceased)
25. did lett flye the mayne sheate and an other of the company (whose
26. name hee remembreth not) bore up the helme, and the whole company
27. seeing the danger they were in, did by generall consent, make for
28. Barbados, but could not fetch it, and thereupon made for Antego, and
29. thereupon the sayd Bartlett seemed to bee displeased presently upon
30. the bearing up of the helme and makeing towards the Islands, and went
31. into his Cabin and continued there two or three dayes refusing to
32. neglecting to take upon him any care of the sayd shipp, but
33. the shipps Company having with great labour and Continuall
34. pumpeing brought the sayd shipp within sight of the Islands, the
35. sayd Bartlett came forth of his Cabbin againe, and tooke upon
36. him the charge and government of the sayd shipp as formerly, and
37. helped to sayle her to Antego, whether shee came safe with her
38. ladeing about the fourteenth or fifteenth day of december 1656 which
39. was about five or sixe dayes after shee left the Company of the Gilbert
40. who gave the Recovery one shott Gunne as a farewell at parting,
41. And saith that ˹at the˺ arrivall of the Recoverie at Antegoe provisions were
42. <margin value="Bottom right, under main body of text, as lead to next page">very</margin>
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