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The same day.
'''2.'''
'''George Morshed … The same day.
'''2.'''
'''George Morshed''' of Milbrooke neere Plimouth in the County<br />
of Devon Sailer, aged 35 yeeres or thereabouts, sworne<br />
and examined as aforesaid, saith and deposeth as followeth<br />
videlicet.
To the first, second and third Interrrogatories hee saith and deposeth that<br />
hee well knew the shipp the ''Expedition'' of Plimouth interrogated<br />
whereof George Mathewes was master at the time of her last being<br />
in the Island of Zant in the Mediterranean seas, and saith that after<br />
shee had staid there about a moneth or six weekes in<br />
expecting and taking in her ladinge of currance, shee departed<br />
thence about eight weekes since in company of the shipp the<br />
''Welfare'' of Plimouth whereof his precontest William<br />
Sowden was and still is master, both bound for this port of London<br />
to dischardge; and saith that in their course of proceedinge from<br />
Zant for this port, comming about fourtie leagues off the<br />
shore of Portugall, the said shipp the ''Expedition'' was<br />
met with set upon at sea and assaulted by an enemie<br />
a man of warr carrying the hollands colours, which endeavoured<br />
by fight to take the ''Expedition'', who made stout defence and<br />
resistance with the aide of the ''Welfare'', and saith the said<br />
man of warr twice or thrice boarded the ''Expedition'', yet with<br />
her owne resistance and the ''welfares'' plying the man of<br />
warr with frequent shott and broad sides, the said man of warr<br />
was beaten off againe, but at length the ''Expedition'' being<br />
extreamely battred and torne, sanck downe with her ladinge<br />
of currance into the sea, and soe the same were and are utterly<br />
lost. The premisses hee deposeth and knoweth to be true for<br />
that hee this deponent was then Quarter master of the ''Welfare''<br />
and in her went out from Plimouth in companie of the ''Expedition''<br />
and staid with her in Zant where this deponent sawe<br />
the ''Expedition'' take in her said lading of currants, and sawe her about<br />
eight weekes since depart the same in company of the said shipp<br />
the ''welfare'' which was alsoe laden with currance and<br />
sawe the said fight and the sinking of the ''Expedition'' and lading<br />
hee being as aforesaid Quarter master of the ''Welfare'' and active<br />
in the said fight against the said enemie the man of warr, which<br />
was alsoe very much battered, and as this deponent beleeveth<br />
afterwards perished by sinking, but this deponent could not see<br />
what became of her by reason of the night which was come on<br />
and was darke. and saith the said fight and sinking of the<br />
said shipp ''Expedition'' and lading happened about eight and<br />
twenty dayes since, And otherwise hee cannot depose.
'''GM''' [MARKE, RH SIDE] cannot depose.
'''GM''' [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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