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To the Crosse Interrogatories.
To the .1. … To the Crosse Interrogatories.
To the .1. he saith he well knoweth and considereth the danger of periury and<br />
saith the ''Hopewell'' arrived att Antegoe upon a thursday being as he taketh<br />
it the 14. of October. and continued there 16 dayes before she was taken<br />
by Prince Rupert. which he knoweth being one of her Company, and otherwise<br />
cannot depose.
To the .2. he saith that the sayd Henry Powell and the Mariners of the ''Hopewell''<br />
in case they had constantly wrought and done their dutyes might have<br />
laden the ''Recoveries'' goods aboard the ''Hopewell'' in .12.<br />
dayes as he beleiveth. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the .3. he saith that about 12 of the ''Hopewells'' Company spent two<br />
dayes and noe more in cutting of wood being a necessary worke. And<br />
saith that the sayd Powell went severall tymes to haule turtles but how<br />
often he knoweth not, and about 2 or three of the shipps Company spent<br />
as he taketh it after the three first dayes, and hower or two every day<br />
and not more in hawling the sayd turtles and therein spent during<br />
the tyme they stayd att Antego summing upp all the howres together<br />
about one day or 24 howres and not more as he beleiveth and as for<br />
any other fishing or hunting he knoweth not. and knoweth the premisses<br />
being one of the sayd shipps Company and otherwise cannot depose.
To the 4 he saith that on or about the 28th day of October 1652 and in the night<br />
of the same day the interrate Powell tooke four men of the ''Hopewells'' Company<br />
in a small shallop of five tonnes and went with them as this Rendent hath<br />
heard to the Barbiidas, and returned not agayne to the ''Hopewell'' till about<br />
the third or 4th day of November following having bene so absent from<br />
his shipp five or six dayes or thereabouts. And otherwise cannot depose<br />
saving he knoweth the premisses for the reasons aforesayd.
To the .5. he saith that in case there had bene more men aboard the ''Hopewell''<br />
to worke if that the sayd Powell and the 4 men that went with him to the Barboodas<br />
had stayed aboard the ''Hopewell'' she might have taken in her lading in<br />
lesse tyme than she did, or could doe without them, but not before the<br />
comeing of Prince Rupert as he beleiveth without extraordinary<br />
helpe, and saith that men were very scanty att Antegoe, and it being<br />
then the planting tyme there, he doth not know whether the sayd Powell<br />
could have procured any helpe and assistance of men or noe. and<br />
otherwise negatively and further cannot depose.
To the .6. he saith that the sayd shipp ''Hopewell'' and her ladeing was seized<br />
by Prince Rupert upon a Saturday being the 31th day of October 1652<br />
and att that tyme the sayd Powell was absent from her and she destitute<br />
of a Master. which he knoweth being then att Antegoe. And otherwise<br />
cannot depose.
To the .7. he saith he doth not beleive in his conscience that in case the sayd<br />
Powell with all the Company belonging to the sayd shipp had continued<br />
aboard her and done their dutyes in her as they hought to have done, she<br />
had or could probably have bene laden and goen from Antegoe before<br />
the tyme she was seized by Prince Rupert, referring himselfe to the<br />
Reasons aforesayd. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the .8. he referrs himselfe to his foregoeing depositions and the reasons<br />
therein deduced, and otherwise negatively.therein deduced, and otherwise negatively. +
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