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To the 9th article of the sayd allegation … To the 9th article of the sayd allegation hee saith hee well knoweth that<br />
after such tyme as hee this deponent the arlate Court, and the Barnes came<br />
on board the ''dope'' at Yarmouth as aforesayd the arlate John Cornelison<br />
dope was not on shoare or spake with any one except him this deponent and the sayd<br />
shipps company, and that none but the sayd Barnes and this deponent came on<br />
board the ''dope'' at Yarmouth nor any tyme after till her being cast away And<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the 10th article of the sayd alleagtion hee saith that soe soone as hee this<br />
deponent (being the arlate david cant) came on board the sayd shipp<br />
''dope'' in yarmouth Roade hee had the sole piloting of the sayd shipp for<br />
London committed by the sayd Tresaure to hin this deponent And saith<br />
the arlate Cornelius Johnson dope was then on board her and soe<br />
continued to the tyme of the sayd shipps Casting away, and had his<br />
liberty to doe what hee could as to the safe sayling the same for London and did when shee was by misfortune<br />
runne on ground assiste and doe his utmost endeavour for the preser=<br />
vation of her and her ladeing And further to this article hee cannot depose
To the 11th article hee saith the sayd shipp the ''dope'' in her passage<br />
from Yarmouth towards London was togeather with fower other<br />
shipps (whereof the arlate Tresaures man of warr called the ''Venter''<br />
was one) by misfortune runne a ground upon a sand called<br />
the Middle ground and there notwithstanding this deponent and<br />
the sayd Cornelius Johnson dope and the sayd Tresaure, and the whole<br />
shipps company did their utmost endeavour to have preserved<br />
her and her ladeing, shee was there cast away and perished in the sea<br />
and the sayd Tresaure and all the Company of the sayd Shipp were in<br />
great danger to have lost their lives, there being noe ship boate<br />
belonging wither to the sayd shipp the ''dope'' or the sayd shipp ''Venter'', which<br />
was a great cause why the shipp ''dope'' could not be gotten off and<br />
preserved, soe that the sayd Tresaure and Company and this deponent perceiving the eminent<br />
danger they were all in were forced for the preservation of their<br />
lives to make a raffe of the maynemast of the shipp the ''dope''<br />
and with the helpe thereof to floate up and downe till they were taken up<br />
by one of the shipps that had bin runne aground as aforesayd and had<br />
gotten of, who had a boate belonging to her, and soe seny out the same<br />
and thereby preserved the sayd Tresaure and Company and this deponent and the<br />
sayd dutch Master from drowneingm wich the sayd man of Warr the<br />
''Venter'' though she were gott off fron Ground could not doe for that<br />
shee had noe boate, nor could therefore yeild any assistance to preserve the shipp ''dope''<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 12th saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/
To the 13th hee saith hee cannot depose for that hee bever knew the sayd Trasaure<br />
till such tyme as hee this deponent was imployed by him to pilot the shipp ''dope'' from<br />
yarmouth to Londondope'' from<br />
yarmouth to London +
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