| First transcribed
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17 January 2015 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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514 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/70 +
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| Side
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Recto +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 17/01/2015 +
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| Transcription
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of the ''Mary'' braced their mayne topsayl … of the ''Mary'' braced their mayne topsayle amd shivered it in the winde and<br />
hawled up their mizen and put their helme a weather and boare up<br />
which was the directe course to runne on thwarte the''ffreeman'' by which<br />
meanes the Master and Company pf the ''Mary'' did wilfully runne athwart the<br />
''ffreemans'' hawse whereby the Maynemast of the ''Mary'' was by<br />
the ''ffreemans'' boltspritt broken downe by the board, which damage hee saith<br />
happened meerely by the wilfullnesse and fault of the Master and Company of<br />
the ''Mary'' and by their not putting their shipp a stayes as they were desyred and<br />
by steereing their course in manner before expressed, and not through<br />
any default of the Master and Company of the ''ffreeman'' who did their<br />
utmost endeavour to have avoided the sayd ''Maryes'' falling fowle of her<br />
and in order to avoide the same did goe as neere to the shoare as shee durst<br />
without endangering her self and ladeing, shee being a shipp of great burthen<br />
videlicet about five hundred tonnes burthen and drew about sixteene foote<br />
water the premisses hee deposeth being an<br />
eye witnesse and one of those wh called to the Company of the ''Mary'' to the<br />
effecy aforesayd And further hee cannot to those articles depose saving hee<br />
saith the ''Mary'' was a smale vessell and might have shoared or gone<br />
any course then that shee did without any hazard or danger if her<br />
Master and Company had pleased./
To the 4th hee saith hee knoweth not that any of the Company of the ''ffreeman''<br />
did cutt any of the tackle of the ''Mary'' but beleeveth if any of them did soe cutt it<br />
the same was done out of necessitie in order to the preservation of the ''ffreeman''<br />
and her ladeing from being runne ashoare by the ''Mary'' And further to this<br />
article hee cannot depose./
To the last hee referreth to his foregoeing deposition to the 1: 2: and 3 articles And<br />
further cannot depose/
To the Interrogatories/
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth in this cause<br />
being soe required by Captaine John Whitty Commander of the ''ffreeman''<br />
and saith hee this rendent was boatswaine of the ''ffreeman'' the tyme Interrate and<br />
saith the ''Mary'' came fowle of the ''ffreeman'' in the forenoone of the say and when<br />
it was above two quarters ffludd and neere a high water And further hee cannot<br />
answere saving hee saith as hee remembreth one of the quarter masters<br />
of the ''ffreeman'' (but which of them hee remembreth not) was at the<br />
''ffreemans'' helme the tyme Interrate And further hee cannot answere/
To the second hee saith hee hath receaved all his wages for the voyage Interrate<br />
save thirty shillings which is stopped. as alsoe the like summe is stopped out of the<br />
wages of others of the ''ffreemans'' company for tobaccoes missing which were<br />
entred in this deponents booke as laden in Virginia, but in truth were not laden but<br />
remayne there still, and not for the damage Interrogate neither knoweth hee [?never]<br />
hath heard of any such resolution or declaration as is Interrate./esolution or declaration as is Interrate./ +
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