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of her knees gave way and most of her beam … of her knees gave way and most of her beames wrought to and from<br />
and the oakeham wrought out of her seames all which notwithstanding<br />
the sayd Moulson being desyrous to gaine Virginia if possible still<br />
continued his course thitherwards although the Mariners and alsoe<br />
the passengers did advise him to alter his course and steere<br />
for the next land hee could get to for preservation of the shipp<br />
and goods and his and their lives and their advise not prevaileing with him<br />
but hee still continueing his course for Virginia they at length<br />
seeing their eminent danger they were in, both seamen and passengers<br />
threatened the sayd Moulson to nayle him in his Cabbin and to<br />
carry the shipp to the next convenient Port they could make to in<br />
order to preserve the shipp and such goods as were not allready utterly<br />
spoiled, and their lives, from persihing, whereupon the sayd Moulson<br />
seeing that the storme still continewed and the great danger the shipp<br />
and goods and their lives were in did cause the shipps helme to bee<br />
borne up right before the winde and sea, in order to make for land<br />
and caused the foresayle to be hoysed but before the same was<br />
hoysed cleare up the violense of the winde blew it cleare away<br />
And hee saith that by violense of the sayd storme and the store<br />
of water that brake into the sayd shipp the sayd shipp<br />
had at least five foote water in hold and the Company and passengers<br />
wrought continually at the chayne pumpe to cleere her and with<br />
much paines and difficulty brought her about the tenth of Janu=<br />
ary 1654 English style to Antegoe which was the most convenient place they could<br />
arrive at to save the sayd shipp and such goods as were not<br />
utterly spoiled and their lives and saith that after they were soe come to<br />
Antegoe the Company of the shipp did by reason of the leakiness of<br />
the shipp occasioned by the stormie weather pumpe often, to preserve<br />
as much as they could what goods was on board from further dammage<br />
than what they had receaved at Sea this hee deposeth of his owne sight and<br />
knowledge being aboard and one of the Company of the sayd shipp
To the 16th hee cannot depose not being present when the protest<br />
arlate was made./
To the 17th hee saith that shortly after the arrivall of the sayd<br />
shipp ''Unitie'' at Antego the sayd shipp was viewed by Captaine J[olley GUTTER]<br />
and Captaine ffountayne Masters of shipps then there and by some<br />
shipp Carpenters whose names hee remembreath not, and hee well<br />
remembreth that hee heard some of them who soe viewed her saye<br />
that shee was soe battered and spoiled that shee was not able<br />
or fitt to goe to Sea nor to performe her voyage to Virginia<br />
And saith hee beleevth the sayd view was made by the procurance<br />
of the sayd Moulson and by authority from the Governour of Ante[go GUTTER]<br />
but what certificate was made in writing thereupon hee knoweth<br />
not, And further hee cannot depose,//>
not, And further hee cannot depose,/ +
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