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for these eight or 9 yeares last past hath … for these eight or 9 yeares last past hath observed that shipps (though<br />
otherwise light and stronge) if they be forsed to beare over much sayle<br />
in fowle weather to keepe company with convoyes, as the shipp ''Willing''<br />
''Minde'' was, doe often prove leakie by being streined with bearing<br />
sayle, and that the same is not to bee prevented by their Masters or Company<br />
nor their ladeing preserved from damage otherwise than by pumping or<br />
bearing lesse sayle and she looseing the company of their Convoyes And<br />
further to these articles hee cannot depose/
To the 5th hee saith that by the sayd shipp the ''Willing mynde'' her bearing<br />
sayle as a foresayd shee did keepe company with her sayd Convoyes<br />
and thereby avoided being taken by enymyes and arrived safe with her ladeing<br />
in the Port of London and saith if shee had not for done shee had bin in<br />
danger of being taken both shee and her ladeing by the enymyes men<br />
of warr And further hee cannot depose/
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories given on behalfe of Culling Kirby [CENTRE HEADING]<br />
and Arthur./
To the first hee sayth hee cometh to testifie the truth being for required to<br />
doe by the producent Robert Pearson and hath receaved noe part of his<br />
wages nor hath demanded the same it not being yet due for that the<br />
sayd shipp is not delivered And otherwise saving this foregoeing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere otherwise than negatively./
To the 2 hee saith the ''Willing Mynde'' was forsed to beare sayle as<br />
aforesayd to keepe company with her sayd Convoyes, or else to<br />
loose the benefit thereof and thereby incurr the danger of her and her ladeing<br />
being taken by enymies, and he beleeveth if they shee had not borne sayle<br />
soe to keepe company shee had not proves leakie nor receaved damage<br />
in her ladeing by water, shee being light before as is predeposed/
To the 3 hee saith there was some losse in vineger and brandy wyne<br />
which [?{ca}me ]up at the pumpe as was easy to bee smelt and was smelt<br />
by this deponent and (as hee beleveeth) by others of the shipps Company, and<br />
alsoe saith some salt was dammified by water which came into the<br />
sayd shipps hold, and saith the paper was not stowed upon the salt<br />
but before and abaft the salt, and saith hee beleveeth paper will receive<br />
dammage if salt bee stowed upon it And further hee cannot answere/
To the 4th hee saith the shipp Interrogate did not meete with any<br />
storme but such as is ordinary for other shipps to meete with And<br />
further hee cannot answere/
To the Interrogatories given in on behalfe of Carbonnell<br />
and Seawards/ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith if the goods bee adiudged to be dammified by<br />
default of goods stowage hee beleveeth hee ought to board his share<br />
of the damage and further saving his foregoeing depostion hee<br />
cannot more fully answere/
To the 2 hee saith there were fiftie one bayles of paper brought in the sayd<br />
shipp for accompt of the Interrogate Carbonell and Seawards, and saith<br />
saltl and Seawards, and saith<br />
salt +
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