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Transcription

To the 14th hee saith that hee well knoweth that the arlate Shipp
the Margarett (whereof the arlate Robert ffox was Master in the yeare
1654) did returne home from Virginia in the yeare 1655 with dead freight to
the quantitie of some hundreds of hogsheads and after her returne
into England there ariseing a controversie betweene the sayd ffoxe and
some owners of the sayd shipp and severall freighters whose tonnage
in the sayd shipp was not laden touching the freight of the sayd
Tonnage the sayd differences were referred to the arbitration of
this deponent and Mr William Allen and Captaine John Milles and
one Mr Jolly all Merchants to bee ended by them or any three of them
and upon debate of the matter on both sides it was made plainely
appeare to this deponent and the sayd Mr Allen and Mr Miller (the sayd
Jolly being absent) that the sayd shipp came home soe dead freighted
by reason of her late comming to Virginia by meanes whereof most traders had there disposed of their cropps of Tobaccoe before her arrivall and thereupon this
deponent and the sayd Miller and Allen did by their arbitrament
acquitt the sayd freighters from payment of any dead freight
demanded by the sayd ffoxe and the Owners of the sayd shipp the
Margarett And further hee cannot depose./

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee is neither of Kindred nor allegance to the producent
nor concerned in the freight in question nor will it bee either profitt
or preiudice to him which way soe ever this cause bee adiudged
and further cannot answere/

To the 2 hee saith hee is noe Mariner nor had any relation to the shipp
Interrogate and knoweth nothing touching the contentes of this Interrogatorie saving
what hee hath before deposed./

To the 3 hee saith hee hath heard and beleeveth that the Interrogate
Robert ffox with the shipp the Margarett was cleered at Gravesend and
went to Sea bound for Virginia some tyme before the sayd Ewers did
was Cleered from Gravesend and saith that upon the arbitration
the heareing the differences aforesayd betwixt the sayd ffox and
some ffreighters of the sayd shipp it was made appeare to this deponent
that the sayd shipp came not to Virginia till about the beginning of
April 1655 being hindered by a storme which shee mett with upon
the Coast of Virginia which forced her to one of the Caribbee
Ilandes where shee lay some was necessitated to spend much tyme
in repayring the dammage shee had susteyned by the sayd storme
which occasioned her soe late Comming to Virginia
And further to this Interrogatorie saving his foregoeing deposition hee
cannot answere./

To the 4th hee saieth hee cannot answere knowing nothing of the
contentes thereof./

Repeated before doctor Godolphin/

John Jeffreys [SIGNATURE, BOTTOM RH SIDE]