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her owne Anchor and twisted and wrung the shanke thereof and
alsoe wrung upon the grounds the tyde coming in strongly upon thee
flood, by which meanes the sayd shipp (whereas she was before that
a strong tight stanch shipp and was usually pumped but [?XXXX GUTTE
twice in a fortnight) was thereby soe damnified in her hull and
otherwayes that shee tooke in much water and her ladeing (being [?xXX GUTTER]
was of this deponents sight and knowledge who saivethe unladeing [?there]
much damnified thereby, And her Company of this deponents knowledge
after such dammage receaved were forced to pump her continually
to preserve her from sinking And in his this deponents judgement the
damage which the sayd shipp receaved in her hull and otherwise by the
meanes aforesayd and the dammage thereby done to her ladeing did
amount to three hundred and fifty pounds sterling and upwards
All which hee saith had bin prevented if the sayd shipp and her ladeing
had not bin removed from her place where shee was neere Embden
but suffered to contineu there And further to this article hee cannot depose

To the 6th hee saith that the Redd Rose by the meanes aforesayd became
soe leakie that the sayd Lemmon and Company after shee was restored
to them and by them brought back to her first place neere Embden could
not take in soe much goods by at least thirty tonnes as otherwise
hee might there have taken and was for want of the sayd tonnage
damnified (in this deponents judgement) at the least one hundred
and thirty pounds sterling for freight thereof, all which shee might
there have well taken in had not the sayd shipp bin made leakie in
manner aforesayd And further to this article hee cannot depose./

To the 7th article hee saith that hee being on board the Redd Rose at
delfe isle being taken in her and carried thither knoweth that severall
of the Company of the sayd shipp (who were on shoare with the sayd
Lemmon the Master at Embden at the tyme of her seizure) did come
after her to Delfes Isle and offered there to come aboard her
but were hindered from soe doeing by the soulders and mariners
of the said Wigarts and Drewes who were in possession of her who
told them that if they offered to come aboard her they would shoote
them and soe kept them from coming aboard and kept the sayd shipp
in their possession two dayes or better which hindered the sayd
shipps company sixe dayes tyme
in getting their sayd shipp back to her place of ladeing neere
Embden to the great preiudice of the sayd Lemmon and Company
And further to this article hee cannot depose

To the 8th article and the schedule annexed therein mentioned and
now shewed to him at the tyme of this his examination hee saith
hee referreth him selfe to the sayd schedule which hee beleeveth
to be the protest made by the sayd Lemmon before the two Notaries
therein mentioned and that he beleeveth the contents thereof are
true And further hee cannot depose./

To the 9th article hee saith that hee being present aboard the Redd Rose
with other of her company who were seized aboard her knoweth that [?which GUTTER]
shee remayned under the seizure of the sayd Wygarts and Drewes and
their confederates the forenamed Peter Wilkinson and of the masters
of the sayd shipp came to her side at delfe Isle and entreated [?lias of GUTTER]
them to come aboard her and fetch his Cloathes whereto the sayd
souldiers and mariners of the sayd Wygarts and drewes replyed with [?XX GUTTER]
oath saying by Gods sacrament you shall not come aboard the [?stacke]
the