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To the 17th hee saith that the said Luke W … To the 17th hee saith that the said Luke Wood did Severall times<br />
in this deponents Hearing call the said Thomas Grove yong Roague)<br />
and Knave and such like names. And to the rest he referreth himselfe<br />
to his foregoeing deposition:/:
To the 18th. hee Referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition and further<br />
cannot Answer:/:
To the 19th. hee saith that the said Thomas Grove was and is<br />
an Able, and Experienced Seaman, And further doth<br />
not Answer:/:
To the 20th. hee saith that during all the Voyage in question<br />
the said Thomas Grove did endeavour to make the mariners<br />
of the said Ship doe their dutyes And upon Carlesse neglects<br />
of their said Dutyes the said Grove did moderatly Corect them<br />
therefore, And saith that hee this deponent, (being the Interrate<br />
Richard Blake) did receive of the said Luke Wood<br />
five pound at Plymouth, which. the said Wood gave to this Deponent<br />
here in London, upon Condition that hee this Deponent should<br />
subscribe to the note which most of the Company had subscribed<br />
The effect whereof was that this Deponent and Company should<br />
take only twelve monthes pay in full for their service in the<br />
said ship the said voyage And further cannot Answer, saving negatively<br />
for part:
To the 21th Negatively:/.
To the 22th hee saith that hee hath heard that the Interrate Thomas<br />
Capell that was Cooper of the said ship the said voyage, did<br />
say that hee would be revenged on the said Thomas Grove<br />
though hee went to the Devill. himselfe; and that if hee the said<br />
Capell could entrap the said Grove any manner of way hee<br />
would send him to the Divell, or to the same effect and further<br />
Cannot Answer:/:
Richard Blake [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 3 of May 1659
Examined on the says libell
'''7.'''
'''William Best''' of Corfe in the County of Dorset<br />
Mariner Gunners Mate of the shipp ''Peace'' aged twenty<br />
two yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and<br />
examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the first article of the sayd libell hee saith that in the moneth of<br />
March 1656 English style and during all the rest of the tyme arlate<br />
the arlate Thomas Grove was Master and Commander of the arlate<br />
shipp the ''Pease'' and had the charge and government of her as Master and<br />
for such was Commonly reputed this hee the better knoweth for<br />
that hee this deponent was about the tenth day of the sayd moneth of March<br />
1656 hyred and shipped aboard the sayd shipp to goe and did from that tyme<br />
goe gunners Mate of the sayd shipp during the whole voyage in<br />
question and beleeveth that the sayed Grove was soe made Master<br />
by and went Master of her with the consent of the arlate Vincent<br />
Delabarr and Thomas de la Vall and other the Owners of the sayd shipp<br />
And further to this article hee cannot depose/
To/er to this article hee cannot depose/
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