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To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogate Careswell for these
twenty moneths last past or thereabouts and saith hee hath bin reputed one of
the Owners ever since the voyage in question began, and to the rest of the
Interrogatorie hee cannot answere having not seene any bill of sale made for his
part thereof, but only knoweth as aforesayd that hee was and is comonly reputed
a part owner of her./

To the 2 hee saith hee was not present at any such agreement as is Interrogate nor
knoweth ought thereof And therefor cannot answere to this Interrogatorie/

To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith hee him selfe delivered as hee hath before declared
fifteene chests of sugar and twenty seaven pypes and sixe hogsheads, of oyles, into
lighters which came by order of the sayd Bence to receave them from aboard,
neere Lymehouse, and a Cooper (sent as hee affirmed by the sayd Bence) receaved
them, and went alonge with the lighters but where hee delivered them to the
sayd Bence hee knoweth not, and hee saith hee beleeveth that some of the chests
of sugar at such their delivery were outwardly wett, which happened as
hee beleeveth by the stormie weather aforesayd and not by any defect of the
sayd shipp or fault of her Master and Company And further hee cannot
answere./

To the 4th hee saith the sugars Interrogate when they were laden were as
to outward appeareance drye, but what they were within hee knoweth not/

To the 5th hee saith the sayd shipp had stormie and fowle weather most part
of her voyage from Lisbone to London and made noe port by the way but
stayed in the downes only some short tyme for a pylott, and knoweth of noe
Protest made./

To the 6th and 7th hee saith hee is boatswaine of the sayd shipp and hath receaved all
his wages save about sixe pounds which the Master deteyned till hee
receave his freight, And saith hee did not help to dennage nor stowe the
goods, but knoweth for that hee sawe the denageing after the goods were taken
off that it consisted of ba[?v]ins and ballast to the quantitie of nyne or tenn
Inches above the Keeleson, And for that hee delivered the fifteene
chests of sugar predeposed of and sawe from whence they were taken hee knoweth they
were stowed abaft the mayne mast and upon the dennage of bavins, and other
sugars were stored abo[?ve] them and other chests of sugar, and some other goods were
stored betweene them and the pumpe And further hee cannot answere/

To the 8th hee saith there were none of the shipps Masts or Cables Cutt
nor any of her upper part broken, but by reason of her lyeing on the one side
in the sea and the violence of the weather shee did receave water from
above deck and some of her upper most goods were wett, but the particulers
of them hee remembreth not./

To the 9th hee saith that a shipp though strong and staunch before a storme
by the violence thereof will soe strayne her seames [XXX] that she may receave
much dammage under water as well as above thereby And further
hee cannot answere/

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