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Transcription

to see whether there were any defect or fault in the stowage of the sayd casks
And further hee cannot depose./

To the 6th article hee saith that hee knoweth that the Pilgrim was put into the
dock to be repaired and ameded of the hurt shee received by the Exeter Merchant
falling fowle of her and forcing her on ground and thereby wringeing her as
aforesayd, and hee this deponent helped to put her into the sayd dock being the
dock of one Mr Graves beere dicks shoare by the order of James Watkins
the Master and one of the Owners of the Pilgrim And hee beleeveth that the repaires
of the damage done to the Pilgrim by reason of her head boltspritt and cables being
broke by the Exeter Merchant, and her being runne on ground and wrunge as
aforesayd did cost the arlate Bland and Company a very considerable summe
of money but how much hee knoweth not And further cannot depose/

To the 7th hee saith hee hath credibly heard and beleeveth that the Pilgrim arlate before
shee wass hurt as is predeposed by th Exeter Merchant was lett out to freight by
the moneth videlicet hee hath heard and beleeveth that shee was at the tyme of her
setting out from London upon her last voyage hyred for the moneth to
goe to severall Ports videlicet to Cales and Saint Lucar and Virginia and thence back to Saint
Lucar and thence to London, and was hyred for 14 moneths and more as hee hath
heard and beleeveth, of which 14 moneths hee knoweth there were about eight moneths to
come when the damage aforesayd happened, for that hee knoweth shee was out
in her last voyage aforesayd only about 6 moneths, And further hee cannot depose
for that hee knoweth not whether her receiving the samage were the cause of her
owners altering or giving over the imployment shee was before designed
upon./

To the 8th hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court and
further cannot depose./

To the 9th hee knoweth the sayd Woodfin and his habitation and therefore knoweth
him to be a subiect of this Commonwealth, and as hee beleeveth, subiect to
the Jurisdiction of this Court and further hee cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./

To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee cometh to be a witnes in this Cause being
soe required by James Watkins on behalfe of him selfe and sayd
John Bland, and saith hee this rendent was masters Mate of the Pilgrim
and hyred by the moneth for soe longe tyme as shee should continue upon
the voyage without expressing how many moneths the same should bee, And
saith his wages due is paid And further
hee cannot answere/

To the second Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath heard that the Exeter Merchant
was cut loose from an other ship
whereto shee lay fastned but the shipps name shee was fastned to or
the name of her captaine hee knoweth not nor hath heard
nor who cut hre loose,
And further saving his foregoeing deposition
hee cannot answere/