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and other goods which shee had on board, t … and other goods which shee had on board, the said Ship was fully<br />
laden, And saith that the foresaid Salt which the said Grove<br />
as aforesaid refused to take on board, could not without preiudice<br />
have bin taken on board her. and saith the said Ship was laden above<br />
her Lading markes which is not usuall, specially upon dangerous<br />
Coasts, and Saith shee then drew about 13 foot and three inches a Sterne<br />
and about Eleaven foote and a halfe a head, And had the said<br />
Grove taken in the foresaid two Boates Lading of Salt. which the<br />
said Grove refused to take on board. it would have much endangered<br />
the ship and Lading, and Company in her, in regard<br />
that those parts were then Stormy, And further cannot Answer
To the 4th hee saith that the said Luke Woods did<br />
at Newfound Land in Rainy Weather, Lade some ffish onboard<br />
the said Ship. and did lade some Early in the mornings and late<br />
at Nights when the Dew was on the ground and which hee should not have<br />
done, And some of the said ffish which hee there Laded was Ill Conditioned<br />
and refuse ffish at the time of the Lading thereof; which did prejudice the rest that was<br />
good and further saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot<br />
Answer.
To the 5th hee saith that at the time interrate all the said ships<br />
provisions, Tackling, and Cables were betweene Decks. And the<br />
said Wood did then Imploy most of the Ships Company on shore<br />
about his occasions and did send boates soe fast for salt that the<br />
said Grove had not with the Company hee had on board time<br />
enough to fetch stones to stiffen the said Ship, and saving as aforesaid<br />
cannot further Answer:/:
To the 6th hee saith that the reason why the said Grove soe refused<br />
to deliver the foresaid ropes, was in regard hee knew not the<br />
weight thereof and further saving as a foresaid hee cannot answer
To the 7th: hee saith that the said Ship in her Course from the<br />
Newfoundland. to the Barbadoes. did meete with<br />
variable Winds and Calmes. and bad weather in the Long reach<br />
And saith that the foresaid William Tizard Cannot write nor<br />
read, and had onely one Instrument onboard which was a forestaffe<br />
And saith that hee beleeveth that the said Variable Windes. and bad<br />
weather was the Cheife occasion of the said Groves missing the<br />
Barbadoes, and further cannot Answer./
To the 8.th hee saith that hee hath heard some of the said Ships<br />
Company say, that they heard the said Luke Woods order the said<br />
Grove when hee had missed the Barbadoes to saile to Martinico<br />
and soe to Nevis, and the said Grove did soe accordingly, And after the said<br />
Ship had bin at Nevis about a Moneth or six weekes. the said<br />
Thomas Grove was very Earnest to goe to the Barbadoes, and<br />
the said Wood Consented thereunto and caused Noates to<br />
be set up in the remarkable places in Nevis and Saint Christophers<br />
that the ship the ''Peace'' was goeing to the Barbadoes, but<br />
when the Ship was ready, and Grove willing to goe the said<br />
Woods refused to goe to the Barbadoes, and would not suffer<br />
the said Grove to goe; for that (as the said Wood said) the market<br />
was at Barbadoes very bad and dead, and sugar there very sca?rced<br />
And further cannot Answer./.d<br />
And further cannot Answer./. +
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