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nor pumpe=[?ha]tches nor pumpe=nayles on b … nor pumpe=[?ha]tches nor pumpe=nayles on board<br />
the sayd shipp then was at that present in use<br />
and that there were then two pumpes kept constantly<br />
going, And this deponent saith that according to the<br />
sayd Crofords order the Company of the sayd shipp<br />
did weigh their anchor, and stood off for the<br />
Sea, untill such time as that the sayd Croford saw<br />
the apparent danger the shipp and goods were in by<br />
reason of his not knowing (as yet) where he was<br />
and did therupon cause them to come to anchor againe and hee saith that afterwards were the gunns arlate<br />
fired and shott off to have called some body to have<br />
come to their releife; And he saith that this is the truth<br />
of soe much as is conteyned in theise two articles concerning Aberdey and<br />
that as the matter is therin deduced, it is mistaken<br />
And further he cannot depose Saving that upon the<br />
arlate Croford his order to weigh anchor and stand<br />
off to Sea, and the Mariners acquainting him with<br />
what provisions and necessaryes were wanting, they<br />
the sayd Mariners proffered themselves willing and<br />
ready to goe for Milford where they might be<br />
accomodated with such things as they stood in extreame need<br />
of, as pumpe=boxes and pumpe=leather, he the sayd<br />
Croford swore a great oath, What showld he<br />
doe at Milford where a pumpe box had not bin made<br />
since Christ was borne./
To the sixth article he deposeth, that when Captaine Croford<br />
would have sett sayle from Abderdee there were aboard<br />
the sayd shipp, Mariners and passengers to the number of<br />
55 or 56, and that there were but very small provisions<br />
both of bread and beefe and fish for such a number and<br />
(he saith) without doubt had the sayd shipp have sayled for<br />
London and if shee had mett with contrary weather in her<br />
course and had bin putt off to sea the sayd shipps Company<br />
would have perished and famished, And he further<br />
saith that the said Company did in her homeward voyage<br />
indure great hardshipp, and were much pinched in their<br />
allowance (of his certaine knowledge) during a great<br />
part of the sayd homeward bound voyage every Mariner<br />
had but three pound of bread for his allowance for<br />
the space of tenne dayes And further he cannot<br />
depose./
To the 7th and 8th articles he deposeth that whiles the sayd<br />
shipp was at Aberdee some of her Mariners made a<br />
boate of boards, wherof use was never made And he<br />
saith that on or about the nineteenth day of January 1656,<br />
one William Spencer a Pilott came aboard the said<br />
shipp as she lay at Aberdee , and that the arlate Croford<br />
did hire and order the sayd Spencer to conduct and carry<br />
the sayd shipp to Pennarth, and that accordingly the<br />
sayd shipp did arrive upon or about the 20th of January<br />
1656 at Pennarth, and that presently upon the shipps<br />
arrivall there and she being come to an anchor the sayd<br />
Croford went ashoare And further he cannot depose.
To ashoare And further he cannot depose.
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