HCA 13/71 f.171r Annotate
| Volume | HCA 13/71 |
|---|---|
| Folio | 171 |
| Side | Recto |
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| First cut transcription started and finished by Colin Greenstreet, 15/09/12 | |
| First transcriber | |
| Colin Greenstreet | |
| First transcribed | |
| 12/09/15 | |
| Editorial history | |
| Created 04/04/14, by CSG | |
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1. To the 6th article of the sayd Allon hee saith, that the sayd Maynard Johnson
2. did severall tymes carry ACCENT OVER "c" himselfe unfavourably and disrespectively to the
3. Master of the sayd shipp whereof he continued in her the sayde voyage
4. and more particularly once in a certayne ACCENT OVER "c" storme that befell the sayd
5. shipp in which the sayd Master calling him upp, hee in this deponents
6. hearing refused to come upp and swore he would not come. And ano=
7. ther tyme att Newcastle where the sayd Master bidding him to call
8. upp the Company to assist the Caroenters in removing their stages,
9. he the sayd Johnson in this deponents hearing refused so to doe, and
10. sayd it was not worke belonging to the Mariners, and that they were
11. fooles if they gave assistance. And the sayd then bidding him
12. to give his helping hand he the sayd Johnson swore hee would not
13. this deponent being present. And the truth is he the sayd Johnson was
14. much given to, and did often use swearing and cursing on board
15. the sayd shipp. And otherwise he cannot depose.
16. To the seventh artice he saith, that he doth verily beleive that in case
17. the sayd stanchions had bene strong enough as they ought and might
18. have bene the sayd horses had not bene lost, but had bene preserved.
19. for he saith the sayd stanchions were made onely of deale boards
20. whereas the sayd Robert Cooke and his Mariners whom the stowage did
21. concerne might have had backs and sparrs to have made them
22. strong and sufficient if they had pleased the same being in this
23. deponents hearing offered them att Gottenburgs aforesayd. so as
24. in this deponents judgements the weaknes of the sayd stanchions (of
25. the making whereof the sayd James Cooke and Maynard Johnson
26. should have had care as Mate and Boatswayne) were ˹as˺ the cause
27. of the losse of the sayd horses in manner as aforesayd. And otherwise
28. he cannot depose.
29. To the 8th, article of the sayd allon he saith, that he hath made ˹two˺ severall
30. voyages to the Barbadoes, and by what he hath there seene and
31. observed he doth beleive that the sayd horses would there, had they
32. safely arrived, have yeilded fifty pounds sterling or thereabouts
33. p horse. and beleiveth, that the sayd Batson and Company have otherwise
34. by the meanes aforesayd bene endammaged besides the losse of the
35. sayd horses and proffitt that might have bene made of them, but
36. how much he is not able to say. And otherwise he cannot depose.
37. To the .9th. article hee saith the sayd James Cooke was and is a youngman and not
38. above twenty two yeares of age as he beleiveth. and is reputed to be
39. his mate. And otherwise he cannot depose.
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin
Nicholas Hammond: [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
