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he the say Johnson say hee had sett his ma … he the say Johnson say hee had sett his marke to the same. And hee<br />
beleiveth that the Schedule to the allegation annexed and now shewne him<br />
is the sayd written A{X}coont And otherwise cannot depose, saving<br />
that the sayd Captaine or Master Robert Cooke showed the sayd Schedule to this deponent and sayd it was the sayd [?Agreement GUTTER]
To the second article of the sayd allegation hee saith that the sayd shipp in prosecu=<br />
tion of the sayd voyage arrived safely att Gottenburgh, and<br />
putt on board the sayd shipp about forty five horses to be from<br />
thence transported to the Barbadoes, which hee knoweth seeing<br />
the sayd horses to putt on board. And saith that the care for<br />
stowage and providing and making sufficient stancheons to place<br />
the sayd horses in did belong to the sayd James Cookes as mate, and<br />
Maynard Johnson as Boatswayne of the sayd shipp; And hee<br />
saith that there were boards and materialls enough to have made<br />
the sayd stanctions strong and sufficient and they might have had<br />
the same for that and in case they had pleased, which hee knoweth<br />
for that he heard one of the sayd Batsons and Companies Agents<br />
offer them such materialls of att sorts as were fitt and sufficient.<br />
And otherwise hee cannot depose
To the third article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that within a small<br />
tyme after the sayd shipp was putt out to Sea from Gottenburgh<br />
with the sayd horses, the stancheons in which they were placed did<br />
all or most of them breake, being made, as then appeared too weake,<br />
and thereupon upon the working and rolling of the sayd shipp<br />
in the Sea the sayd horses fell one upon another and beat and<br />
killed one another so as all of them dyed and were left, one onely<br />
escaped, which he knoweth to be true being then on board the<br />
sayd shipp in the quality aforesayd. And afterwards the sayd Cooke<br />
the Master and Company brought the sayd shipp to Newcastle leaving<br />
the direct course for the Barbadoes without the order or knowledge.<br />
of the sayd Batson and Company as hee beleiveth. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the 4th article hee saith that whilst the sayd shipp lay att Newscastle notice<br />
was given to the sayd Batson and Company of the losse of the sayd horses.<br />
and order came to them to bring the sayd shipp into this River<br />
neer to Gravesend. And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 5th article hee saith that after the sayd shipp came into this River<br />
the sayd James Cooke and Maynard Johnson were in prested into the<br />
Service of the Commonwealth and the sayd Johnson as seemed to this<br />
deponent and as he beleiveth did like well thereof and used<br />
noe meanes to be freed from the same, which he conceyveth he might<br />
have bene if he had made knowne to them that pressed him that<br />
he was Boatswayne of the sayd shipp and that she was upon<br />
a voyage, it being usuall for such to be freed in that case And<br />
saith that both the sayd James Cooke and Johnson had bene formerly<br />
prest and gott both off agayne upon making knowne their<br />
quality and imployment, on board the ''Tankervale'', which he<br />
knoweth being on board the sayd shipp att both the sayd tymes of impressing.<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.
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