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Company had done what they could for housi … Company had done what they could for housing the sayd whale<br />
did call out to one Richard Parker who was Boateswaine of the<br />
sayd shipp and bidd him cutt the warpe and lett her goe and come<br />
on board for they had done as much as they could do whereupon the sayd Parker according to the sayd dammarells<br />
order did cut the warpe and lett the whale goe And further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose further to the sayd damarell<br />
after (in manifestation that (as the deponent beleeveth) that hee was<br />
well satisfied with what the sayd shipps Company had done in<br />
the pusuite of and endeavouring to take the sayd whale) did Command<br />
this deponent being Quartermaster and Steward of the sayd shipp to d[?eliver GUTTER]<br />
to every boate (being six which pursued (being six in number) a b[?eaker GUTTER]<br />
of brandie wine to drink which hee this deponent accordingly did<br />
And further saving his forgoeing deposition hee cannot depose./
To the 14th hee saith knoweth all the parties the arlate Reynolds<br />
Chauntrie Ashmore Kirton and fford and saith that Reynolds was Cooper<br />
and Chauntrie his mate of the shipp ''Owners Adventure'', and that all there<br />
of them were persons to bee imployed on land in boyleing of whales when<br />
catched, they being noo sea men nor having any skill in sayleing of<br />
a shipp and manageing of it at sea nor knowing ought when it is fitte<br />
to carry her in or out of a harbour And further to this article hee<br />
cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the rest of the articles hee is not examined by direction of the producent
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Smith dt.'''
To the first interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to be a<br />
wittnesse in this cause by the procurement of Goslin and Maundrie<br />
who caused Mr Browne the Marshall of this Court to serve him with><br />
a warrant to that effect And to the rest of the Interrogatorrie hee<br />
answereth negatively to every part thereof./
To the second Interrogatorie hee saith hee knoweth off not Mr Golderne one<br />
of the parties litigant and Mr Batson and Mr Beane two other of them<br />
only by sight, and well knoweth the producent Maundries and Goslin<br />
but is nothing of kinne nor indebted to either of them nor they the<br />
sayd Gosling and Maundrie to him, and favoureth, all the parties litigants<br />
in this cause alike and desyreth right may prevaile therein./
To the 3 hee saith hee was one of the ''Owners Adventure'', and Quarter<br />
Master and Steward of her the voyage in question and saith hee hath at<br />
present nor suite against the sayd Batson, but did since hee came home<br />
arrest the sayd Batson for his wages for the voyage in question, by<br />
virtue of an Action in the Poultry Counter, but hath since lett fall<br />
the sayd action for want of moneys to prosecute the same but<br />
hath intende to commence a suite against him<br />
againe for the same soo soone as God shall enable him with money<br />
to do it./
To him with money<br />
to do it./
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