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To the 7th hee saith hee well knoweth that … To the 7th hee saith hee well knoweth that what damage happened<br />
to the ''Exeter Merchant'', or to the ''Pilgrim'' aforesayd or their ladeing by reason of their<br />
being driven fowle as aforesayd, or their being driven a ground as<br />
aforesayd, was occasioned meerely by the sayd Smith and his<br />
Companyes wilfullnes in cutting the sayd ''Exeter Merchants'' hawser<br />
which was as aforesayd fastned to their cable, and hee is well assured<br />
the sayd damage had not hapenedif the sayd Smith had not caused<br />
his Company willfully to cut the sayd hawser of the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
And further hee cannot depose./
To the 8th hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of this Court and<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Crosse Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
'''d ffrancklin'''
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee was boatswaine of the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
the tyme Interrogated./
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee was present and on board the ''Exeter Merchant''<br />
at the tyme Interrogated and saith the premisses predeposed of in this deponents deposition<br />
to the second third and 4th articles of the allegation were soe done in the afternoone<br />
of the day (the tyme more certainly hee remembreth not) and saith there<br />
were other persons present the tyme Interrogated besides the Company of the<br />
''Exeter Merchant'', but hee knoweth the names of none of them, save one<br />
Merritt a waterman, which was alsoe then aboard the ''Exeter Merchant'' And<br />
further hee cannot answere./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith he is of the age of 33 yeares or thereabouts, and<br />
hath bin a mariner these 17 or 18 yeares last past and doth certainely knowe<br />
the Customes by him predeposed of, and hath often andfrequently since hee was a mariner seene<br />
shipps fasten one to an other in the River of Thames for one tyde, and<br />
when they were laden, (as the ''Exeter Marchant'' was) and therefore<br />
can certaynly depose the same/
Too the 4th Interrogatorie hee answereth and saith that at the tyme Interrogate<br />
the shipp the ''ffrancis and Mary'' lay at the lower chayne at Lymehouse outward<br />
bound, but was not then in the acte of receiving goods aboard, And saith<br />
hee well remembreth that the Interrate Smith or sme of his Company did<br />
tell the Interrate Woodfin that there was some Caske to come on<br />
board the ''Mary and ffrancis'' (sic), and this deponent well remembreth that<br />
the sayd Woodfin replyed to the effect following that hee would be noe<br />
hinderance to their takeing in of any caske or other goods during<br />
their lying there for that hee would vere off his shipp the ''Exeter Merchant'' if occasion<br />
required, soe that the sayd Smith might take a board his shipp the<br />
''Mary'' (sic) whatsoever should be brought this hee knoweth being aboard the ''Exeter Marchant'' and plainely hearing the sayd words or the like in effect spoken And further hee cannot answere/
Tospoken And further hee cannot answere/
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