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To the second hee cannot answer for hee ca … To the second hee cannot answer for hee came not into the shipp before<br />
her coming to New England as aforesaid.
To the third and 4 hee cannot answer, seeing negatively for his part
To the 5th hee saith hee well knew her the said Edwards and whitfeild<br />
from New England the said voyage for 6 only monethes or thereabouts<br />
during which space Edwards was Gunner and Whitfield carpenter of the<br />
said shipp; And saith 50 ''s'' is usuall wages for a Carpenter in such<br />
a voyage, and the like for a Gunner. And otherwise hee cannot answer, saving<br />
as aforesaid.
To the 6 hee saith hee cometh requested by mr Bushell and mr [?how]<br />
to testifie the tenth in their cause, and otherwise negatively for his part
To the 7th negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot answer
To the 8th hee saith hee expecteth his full wages due to him for the<br />
said voyage, and by the said Captaine was promised his full wages<br />
but hath had noe treatie with other thereabouts, and otherwise saving<br />
as aforesaid hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories in the second place [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first it concerneth him not./
To the second hee saith hee hath served about seaven monethes in<br />
the said shipp the said voyage, and saith that at Jamaica about a yeare<br />
serve hee this examinate hung up by the wrists at the yard [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
of the shipp ''Talent'', for buying eleaven barralls of powder,<br />
And otherwise negatively.
Repeated before the two Judge in Cort
James Carter [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 11th of March 1656/ [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined on the sayd allegation
'''dt.'''
'''3.'''
'''Thomas Wetherall''' of Ratcliffe in the parish of Stepney<br />
and County of Middlesex late steward of the shipp the ''Negro''<br />
aged fifty nyne yeares or thereabouts a witnesse sworne<br />
and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlict.
To the first article the sayd allegation hee saith hee this deponent went<br />
Steward of the shipp the ''Negro'' the voyage in question and thereby very well<br />
observed that the arlate Samuell Edwards and Roger Whitfeild the voyage<br />
in question were much given to drinkeing and tippling<br />
and often laye on shoare drinkeing and tippling at Alehouses and this<br />
deponent hath often seene them come from on shore drunk or distempered<br />
and overtaken with drinke in such a measure that they were not able nor<br />
fitt to performe their dutyes on board the said shipp In which drunken<br />
humours saith they did very frequently give evell language to the<br />
Captaine of the sayd shipp and otheres of her company and did for the most part<br />
whether drunke or sober (of this deponents knowledge) behave them selves very<br />
stubbornly and disobediently towards the sayd Captaine and refuse to<br />
obey the sayd Captaines Commands in their places and imployments, and this<br />
deponent hath observed that when the Captaine hath Commanded the sayd<br />
Edwards and Whitfeild to doe worke according to their places about the says shipp<br />
they (especially the sayd Whitfeild) have soe soone as ever the Captaine was<br />
gone upon his necessary occasions given over their work and fallen to drinking<br />
(winek and fallen to drinking<br />
(wine +
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