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To the 10th article of the said Libell thi … To the 10th article of the said Libell this deponent referreth himselfe<br />
to the law. and otherwise cannot depose. Saving hee beleeveth that<br />
James Wareinge is án Englishman./
To the 11th hee saith that all and singular the premisses by him deposed<br />
were and are true. And further cannot depose./
Edw Alsopp: [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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'''Rp.'''
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory hee answereth ánd saith that hee this deponent<br />
hath knowne the Interrogate James Waren these 7. yeares. who is accounted<br />
á very able Pilot to take charge and carry á shipp out of the Thames<br />
into the downes, and doth frequently take charge and care of shipps<br />
between London and the downes. And further cannot answere./
To the second Interrogatory hee answereth and saith that the shipp ''Exchange'' was<br />
safely brought by the arlate Waren first to gravesend and there shee was<br />
cleared uppon a' Satturdy (sic), and from thense safely to the hope:<br />
But concerneinge any words between the Master and the said warren mentioned in<br />
this Interrogatory hee knoweth not. And further cannot answere./
To the third Interrogatory hee answereth ánd saith that on the day Interrogate there<br />
was verry good weather to Pilot the said shipp, and there was then on board<br />
the said shipp above twenty men of the shipps company as this deponent<br />
remembreth, And hee further saith that hee heard the said Mr Wilkinson<br />
say that Waren endeavored to make á mutiny in the shipp. And further<br />
to this Interrogatory or any parte thereof hee cannot depose./
To the fourth Interrogatory hee saith and deposeth that the Master did aske Warren<br />
whether hee would breed a mutiny in the shipp or noe. And saith the shipp<br />
interrogate was well and sufficiently mannd (sic) for the voyage in question, And<br />
saith that (the next morninge as is interrogate) the shipp ''Exchange'' by the order<br />
and direction of the arlate warren did sett saile to goe over the flatts, and<br />
saith in the goeinge over it was á full gale of wind but noe Storme, the wind<br />
being att North west, And saith there was att the same tyme 2 or 3 other<br />
shipps that went over the Narrow in safely, and hee saith<br />
that the said warren steered away East and by South and East South East but did not<br />
Edge in as is interrogate But rather stood off. And further saith<br />
That the said warren did not edge in as is interrogate, neither did hee put the<br />
helme á port is arlate interrogate although this Examinate being Masters mate did<br />
perswade him thereto; And hee saith the said wilkinson did not as is<br />
interrogate put the helme on Starboard; And saith hee knoweth not<br />
how deep the water was when the ''Exchange'' stucke on the same and lost<br />
her Rudder as is interrogate. And further to this article hee cannot answer./
To the fifth Interrogatory hee answereth and saith that after such hee the said shipps<br />
strikeinge and goeinge of from the place where shee lost her Rudder from the place where shee lost her Rudder +
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