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Purser halfe a peece of eight a day, and hath bin allowed the same ag[?aine GUTTER]
upon Accompt by the Owners And further saveing his foregoeing
deposition hee cannot depose

To the third article hee saith that where shipps goe dangerous voyages
such as Brazeele voyages, Masters are at extraordinary charge
at their table for such victualls as well for their companyes as them
selves, and for other resfreshments and extraordinaries either by sic[?knes GUTTER]
of them oor their Company, or the necessary entertaynement of m[?erchants GUTTER]
and others with whome they negotiate wherein they spend much m[?oney GUTTER]
which expense is usually allowed (as hee beleeveth) and hee
knoweth that his Owners in severall voyages have allowed him
expenses of that nature And hee knoweth that the sayd Mr dobbins
was bery dangerously sick at Lisbon after his comeing from the
Brazeele and beleeveth that the sayd dobbins was at extraordinary
charge for fresh dyett and other necessaries in the voyage to Brazeele
and during his stay there, but what to value them at hee knoweth not
nor whether hee brought it to Accompt hee knoweth not but referreth
to the sayd dobbins his Accompt. And further hee cannot depose/

To the 4th hee cannot depose knowing nothing thereof./

To the 5th hee cannot depose knowing nothing thereof

To the 6th hee cannot depose for that hee was not privie to the
Charterparty arlate nor knoweth what the freight thereby was/

To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true./

To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge
in this cause only upon request of the producent Mr dobbins./

To the 2 and 3 Interrogatories hee answereth negatively./

To the 4th hee saith it concerneth him not to answere to this Interrogatorie
having not deposed any thing touchingany such confession as is
Interrogate./

To the 5th hee saith hee for ?his part had noe other or greater
wages for the voyage hee went to Brazeele then hee had for other
voyages to other places which was sixe pounds a moneth and saith
hee heard the sayd dobbins saye that the average which hee was to
have by Charterparty for the voyage in question was seaventy Rees
upon a Roove, but whether hee have receaved the same or not hee
knoweth not nor hath heard And further saving his foregoeing
deposition hee cannot answere/

ffran hurdidge [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The thirtieth day of Aprill 1658/

Pitt and Company against Mayer)
Cheeke ffrancklin)

Examined on an allegation given in on the behalfe of the sayd
Pitt and Company./

dt, Cheeke

1

Gregory Westcombe of London Merchant aged thirty five
yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and sxamined saith and
deposeth as followeth videlicet./

To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that at the tyme of the s[XXX GUTTER]
and confirmation of the arlate shipp the Guifte of Topsham, which was in [XX GUTTER]
[XXXX GUTTER ]