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To the 7th Interrogatorie hee saith hee ca … To the 7th Interrogatorie hee saith hee cannot answere for the reasons<br />
aforesayd./.
To the 8th Interrogatorie hee cannot answere saving his foregoeing deposition
To the 9th hee saith hee breing an Inhabitant of Nevis knoweth that<br />
Nevis Sugar is Better than Barbados sugar, hee having seene both<br />
Answer hee cannot answere/
To the 10th hee cannot answere/
To the 11th hee saith hee knoweth nothing of any treaty betwixt<br />
the Interrate Woods and Evans And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot<br />
answere saving his foregoing deposition./
To the 12th hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof./
To the 13th hee cannot answere/
To the 14th hee cannot answere
To the 15th hee cannot answere/
To the 16th hee cannot answere/
To the 17th hee saith saving his foregoing deposition hee<br />
cannot answere./
To the 18th hee saith hee hath heard and beleeveth that the Interrogate<br />
Wood was part ffreighter and went Supracargoe, and the Interrate Grove<br />
Master of the shipp ''Peace'' the voyage in question And further<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the 19th hee saith hee is noe seaman and therefore cannot Judge<br />
of the sayd Groves abilities And further saving his foregoeing<br />
deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 20th hee saith hee was none of the ''Peace'' his Company<br />
nor can answere to this Interrogatorie saving his foregoeing deposition/
To the 21th hee answereth negatively to every part thereof./
To the last hee saith hee cannot answere having heard nothing<br />
to the effect Interrogatorie./
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin
Lau: Broadbolt [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The Answer of the foresaid '''Richard Blake'''<br />
To the Interrogatories. brought in the 28th of<br />
March 1659:/:
'''See his Deposition upon the Allegation<br />
in 2: Act:/:'''
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that Mr Browne warned this<br />
deponent to come and be Examined upon this Cause on the behalfe of the ?said<br />
Luke Wood. that hee was Boatswaine of the ''Peace'' the Voyage in question<br />
and hath receavd twelve monethes pay in full for his service in the said<br />
Ship: And saith that Mrs Wood at her house gave this deponents wife foure shillings<br />
for this Deponents Coming to be Examined in this Cause, and saith hee favoureth<br />
both the partyes litigant alike. and wisheth right may take place in<br />
this Busines, and otherwise negatively./:
To the 2d hee saith that hee hath heard the said Luke Woods and<br />
others in the Voyage say that the said Ship ''Peace'' was bound<br />
from the Newfoundland to the Leeward Islands as<br />
well as the Barbadoes, and to the rest hee referreth himselfe<br />
to his foregoeing deposition: and otherwise cannot Answer./.
To the 3d hee saith that at such time as the said Ship received<br />
her foresaid Salt onboard at Saint Leserus the said Luke Wood<br />
had then on board the said Ship ''Peace'', (for his owne private<br />
Account as this deponent hath heard 26 Coyles of Ropes two Truncks [?of XXX GUTTER]<br />
Nine Quarter Caske, 19 Hogsheads of Mault, 3 barrells of [XXXXX GUTTER] and, Nineteene of [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
of Strong water, And saith that with the said Woods Goods,<br />
and the said Salt which was laden on board the said Ship at Saint Leserus<br />
(aforesaidip at Saint Leserus<br />
(aforesaid +
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