HCA 13/70 f.522v Annotate

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and others to stay on board for endeavour the preservation of her and
if they could preserve her to carry her to the first first port they could
make or to that effect in obedience to which command the sayd Gough
as Commander and this deponent and the sayd 45 men of the Lyon's company
did staye on board though with great hazard of their lives and with
continuall labour of two hand pumps continually goeing and divers
bayling water continually with bucketts ad belye of a spritsayle
they had of the Lyon which they nade verve for a foresayle for the shipp
Interrogate he at length brought her to Briegsham Key in Tourbay
which was the first port they could make the winde blowing hard to the
Southwards shere after she was arrived her leakes were stopped.
Andd this deponent there left her being ordered by the vice Admiral
to returne to his sipp Lyon which hee accordingly did And therefore.
cannot further answere to this Interr.
To the second Interr he there was no living thing aboard the sayd
shipp when shee was soe found driving as aforesayd save a dogg
and catts and suchlike vermin and saith shee had then aboard for a and
some bread which was all spoiled with wett received as touching upon
condicion the vessel itselfe was then in hee hath answered to it before
for much as hee can And further hee cannot answere/
To the third hee siath hee knoweth not the name of the shipp Interr. nor
who had bin Master of her nor whence she came, but conceiveth by her
lading shee came from Greenland, nor knoweth hee whether shee was
bound And further to this interr. he cannot answere/
To the 4th hee saith that shen the shipps the Lyon was a great distance
off there were fower or five shipps neere the shipp interrogate but