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there till the seaventh day of the said mo … there till the seaventh day of the said moneth, and then and there the Master<br />
and Companie of the said ship or Vessell the ''William and James''<br />
did unrig the fore-topman of their said ship, and putt on a new capp<br />
upon it, and in the afternoon of the same day, the said ship ''William''<br />
''and James'', and the ''Dove'' as aforesaid with some other English Vessells<br />
sett saile from Winterton roade aforesaid, and that night passed the<br />
place called the Well, but this deponent saith, That in such their passage he did not [?there] see nor heare of any damage done by the sayd Vessell<br />
the ''dove'' to the ship ''Successe'' arlate, neither indeed did hee this deponent<br />
then see the said ship ''Successe'', nor hath hee ever knowne her<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the 10th hee saith, hee never heard any words proceed from the<br />
arlate Cable or Companie to the effect arlate. And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the rest of the articles hee deposeth not by the producents direction./
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith, hee cometh to be a Wittnesse of what he knoweth<br />
in this Cause by the procurement and at the request of the late Master of<br />
the said Vessell ''Successe'', who hath given him twelve pence for his<br />
paines, and that hee is not promised, nor expecteth any more. And<br />
otherwise then negatively hee cannot further depose./
To the second hee saith, hee referreth himself to his foregoeing deposition, And<br />
otherwise cannot depose./
To the third hee saith, hee knoweth not how farr over the place the<br />
Well interrate is, but saith the night in question when they passed the<br />
same was neither very darke nor very light, as hee remembreth
To the 4th hee saith hee hath not so deposed./
To the 5th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, And further<br />
cannot depose saving that this deponent observed that the said Vessell the<br />
''dove'' had the picture or resemblance of an Angell in her head and<br />
of a dove in her sterne/:-
To the 6th hee saith hee hath not so deposed./
To the 7th hee answereth, That hee never heard of any other shipp or<br />
Vessell taxed or accused for the dammage in Controversie, save the<br />
said Vessell the ''dove''./
To the 8th hee saith hee cannot write nor reade but toke notice of<br />
the time interrate by hearing the Master and Companie of the said<br />
ship ''William and James'' wherein hee then served take notice<br />
and speake thereof. And further cannot depose/
Repeated before doctor Clerke./
the marke of<br />
Thomas [MARKE] Beardswell [MARKE, RH SIDE]Thomas [MARKE] Beardswell [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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