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one of her co[XX]ses out And the master and Company of the Isaack seeing
the Saint Jacob ready to come fowle of them did call out to the Jacobs company
and give them tymely notice to beare up under the sterne of the Isaack
thereby to avoide comming fowle of her, which if they had then done, as
well they might, they had without doubt gone cleere of the Isaack,
and this deponent is well assured that the Jacobs Company could not
choose but heare what was soe sayd to them, which notwithstanding
they neglected to doe as they were desyred, and kept on their course
and by that meanes willfully or negligently came fowle of the Isaack
and sanke her and her ladeing in the sea and drowned twelve of her
passengers as aforesayd And further hee cannot answere./

To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith that after the Isaacks Company which were
eight whereof the master was one and the three passengers were gott aboard the Saint Jacob
they did all of them begg and entreate of the Master and Company
of the Jacob to fyre a gunne to give notice to the English Convoy
that the sayd shipp the Isaack was in distresse and told them that
the Convoy had ordered them upon any distresse either by [?marking]
a yard or by leake or otherwise to fyre a gunne and that hee would
thereupon come to them, but the Master and Company of the Jacob
utterly refused soe to doe and the Isaacks company seeing they [?c]ould
not prevaile with them to doe soe desyred the Jacobs Master and
Company to stay by the Isaack till morning to see what became
of her and to save the passengers which continued aboar her
but they refused alsoe to doe that and Carried away the Isaacks
Master and Company (whereof this deponent was one) and the three passengers aforesayd which were gotten
into the Jacob and sayled away and left the Isaack and her ladeing
and the twelve passengers left in her to perish in the sea And further
saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 6th Interrogatorie hee saith that the Interrogant Robert Sanders, and one John
Jobe and John downeing and others Merchants of Plymouth were the Owners and Proprietors of the Isaack
and her tackle and furniture and saith shee was of the burthen of nynty
tonnes and shee and her tackle and furniture at the tyme shee was lost as
aforesayd were well worth in this deponents Judgment sixe hundred
pounds sterling shee being a shipp but of two yeares old
And hee verily beleeveth and is perswaded in his conscience that
her ladeing was worth sixe thousand pounds of like money or
thereabouts And further hee cannot answere/

To the last Interrogatorie hee saith that while hee as aboard the Saint Jacob hee heard the
Company of the Saint Jacob wrangle one with an other and rayle against
him that was at the Saint Jacobs helme and tell him S[?kellXm] and seeme to bee very angrie
with him And heard one Christopher [XXle] a passenger of the Isaack who escaped aboard the
Saint Jacob saye that they
the