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To the fifth hee saith that hee hath heard the master Evert Peining complaine
of the merchants travelling with him about the dammage who hee could not
help, and especially of Mr Vely huisen, and say that for quitnesse and dispatch
sake, hee would be content to abate them an hundred dollers out of the
freight towards the said dammage happened to the goods soe they would
quietly and speedily pay him the rest or to the same effect. And otherwise
hee cannot answer.

To the 6th hee cannot answer for hee did not as hee saith see the delivery
of any of the said linnens; but in the shipp hee saith they were stowd betweene
the windles and the maine hatches, in the middle of the shipp with wood on both
sides, being the safest place and manner that could be. And otherwise hee
cannot answer saving as aforesaid.

To the 7th hee saith that all the linnens which were laded in the said shipp
were all stowed together, in the said part of the said shipp, where
(though it was the safest place of the shipp) they might and in
probabilitie did get wet through the said stormes, and soe might come
to be delivered ill conditioned not withstanding that the shipp was very staunch
and tight, as hee saith shee was.

To the 8th negatively for his part, and otherwise hee cannot answer.

To the 9th hee answereth negatively for his part, and otherwise hee cannot
answer, for hee was not then on board.

Repeated before the two Judges in Court./:-

[?mechall] Norman [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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The 28th of January 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined upon the foresaid allegation.

3.

Charles Woodgate of Bromley in the County of Middlesex
Merchant aged 26 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined.

To the first hee saith that in the moneth of September last past the shipp the
Saint Jacob arlate was and remained in the port of Lieba arlate, andwhilest
shee soe remained there, there happened a greate and violent storme (which
was of longe continuance) with the winde at West Norewest, which tooke
away the boate of the said shipp soe that the same was lost and the shipp herselfe
and company aboard her put in greate danger of perishing, which hee
knoweth because hee this deponent was then at Lieba, whether hee came
in the said shipp from the Roade of dantzicke. And otherwise hee cannot
depose.

To the second hee saith that the said shipp being out at sea to come for
London (her intended port from Lieba) and comming off the Nose of
Norway namely on or about the second of October last shee met with another
very greate and violent storme (the windes still at West Norwest and
thereabouts) by the force of which storme and in the same shee shipped abundance
of water fore and aft and both shipp and company againe in extreame
danger