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To the 7th hee saith saving his foregoeing … To the 7th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition and answeres hee<br />
cannot more cetainely depose./
To the 8th hee saith that at such tyme as the ''Exeter Merchant'' came<br />
to the ''Mary and ffrancis'' (sic), her company could not then have anchored<br />
her safe in any place but at the lower chayne at Lymehouse by reason<br />
the tyde was spent and would carrie her noe further, and other parts<br />
of the Thames were soe full of shipps at Anchor that<br />
there was not roome for her to Anchor<br />
by them without falling fowle ere her Anchor could take hold, And<br />
further hee cannot answere./
To the 9th hee saith the ''Exeter Merchant'' did come on the<br />
outside of the shipp ''ffrancis and Mary'' And further saving his<br />
foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere./
To the 10th hee saith that it is more usuall for shipps of any considerable burthen that come laden home,<br />
when they come into the River of Thames (and the tyde soe fall out<br />
that they cannot presently fasten to a chayne) to fasten to an other<br />
shipp lying at a chayne, till the tyde bee soe lowe that they can<br />
fasten to the chayne, rather then to goe to mooreings of their<br />
owne, by reason it is more advantagious for them it being a<br />
meanes to preserve their cables from many casualtyes they are<br />
incident to when they lye at perticuler mooreings as alsoe for that there<br />
is usually deepest water where the chaynes lye and therefore<br />
most Commodious for shipps of great burthen to ride there And<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the 11th Interrogatorie hee saith hee beleeveth in case damage be done<br />
to any shipp whatsoever through want of Judgment in the Master<br />
thereof, hee is to make good the damage done and not his company<br />
(as this rendent beleeveth) for that they ought to bee obedient to<br />
his directions and in soe doeing doe but their dutie, And further<br />
hee hee cannot answere./
To the 12th hee answereth negatively./
To 13th hee saith that the quarter of the ''Exeter marchant'' which was<br />
broken downe as is predeposed, is repayred by the order of<br />
the sayd Woodfin her Master, but hee this deponent was not present<br />
at the payment of any money for the same And further hee<br />
cannot answere./d further hee<br />
cannot answere./ +
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