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this deponent whether the sayd Lucie prevaile or be overthrowne in
this suite./

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith that the shipp the hope arrived
first at the Canaries the voyage in question about the sixth or
seaventh of december 1657 and saith that at such tyme as
this deponent and company did as in his foregoeing deposition
is declared cut their cable and thereby loose the same and their Anchor
and boy roape which was on or about the twenty fowerth of
the same moneth of december, a good quantitie of the sayd shipps
outward goods were then on board her the rest being delivered
before the same happened, an dthe goods then on board her were s[oone]
after, all put on shoare, And further saving his foregoeing
deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 3 hee saith hee sawe the first cable cut and the two others lett
slipp and saith they were soe done meerely for the preservation of
the shipp hope and her ladeing without which doeing shee and her
ladeing could not have bin preserved and further saving his
foregoeing deposition and answeres hee cannot depose/

To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith that the Cables predeposed
were the one of them cut away and the other two lett slipp
meerely for the safeguards of the shipp and her goods And saith [?it is]
frequentin the Canaries for masters of shipps for preservation
of their shipps and ladeing to lett slipp their cables, tying boys
to the same for markes to find them again by, and to goe
back and endeavour the getting of them if their boyes bee
not either by the storme broken off and carriedd away, or
by some of the Spaniards (as oft tymes they are in hope
after the shipps who lost them are departed thence to use
some meanes to get them to them selves) cut and stolne away,
And saith that his boyes of his Anchors were either
broken away by storme or some such meanes as a foresayd
cut away while this deponent was absent at sea in order
to the better safety of his shipps and goods, and saith that hee did
pay to two spanish boates which hee imployed to
seeke up and downe in the Roade of Oratava for his Anchor
there lost, a hundred Royall plate, and did agree to give
them a hundred more in case they had dound any of them which
they did not, And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee
cannot answere/