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deliver the bills of sale dated the said f … deliver the bills of sale dated the said foure and twentieth day of this instant<br />
ffebruaru, by the [?one] whereof hee sold and transported one moitie or<br />
halfe part of the good shipp or vessell called the ''Barker'' whereof [?XXXX]<br />
Barker is master of the burthen of two hundred and sixtie tonnes or thereabouts<br />
unto Peter delislagher of London Marchant for the summe of two hundred<br />
twenty seaven pounds and tenn shillings lawfull English money, and<br />
by the other hee the said Shipton sold and transported the other halfe part<br />
or moitie of the said shipp to John Bra[?nyninck] of London Merchant<br />
for the like summe, and the said sealing and deliverey being soe donne<br />
this deponent together with henry Lobery and James henkes as witnesses set their names<br />
on the back of each of the said bills as now appeareth. And saith hee<br />
saw moneys told and paid by the said delislagher and the sauid [?Bruyninck]<br />
then and there respectively oi the said Shipton, being as hee beleeveth<br />
the summes predeposed.
Fred: Ixem [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The first of March 1658. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Henry Lowder''' of horsey downe Sailer, aged twenty one yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne before the right Worshippfull John Godolphin doctor of Lawes<br />
one of the Judges of the high Court of the Admiraltie saith and deposeth by<br />
vertue of his oath That hee was one of the Company of the shipp the<br />
''diligence'' of London (henry Wasey Commannder) in this her last voyage to and<br />
from the Canaries, and present at and seeing the lading of her cargo of<br />
wines (now brought home) at Oratavo, and saith that in such lading there<br />
was one pipe of Canarie Wines, which being in the shipps tackle and<br />
was hoysted aboard to be laded, jolted or hit (in such hoysting) against the<br />
said shipps side, by meanes whereof the head gave way, and the wine<br />
ran out abundantly, and being thereupon taken and set up and long in<br />
hold, and the said head taken out, this deponent saw that the said pipe was<br />
halfe run out and lost by the said jolt or fault in lading. And saith the said<br />
master taking notice thereof, asked his mate (James dickson) if hee knew<br />
how to whip the devill (meaning as this deponent understood, if he knew<br />
how to fill up the said pipe with water) to which the said mate answered and<br />
said; yes, aswell as you know how to whip your boy, and afterwards<br />
the said mate filled up the said pipe with salt water, this deponent seeing<br />
the water handed downe to that end. And being soe filled up, it was<br />
stowed against the maine mast on the starboard side of the said shipp.
The marke of '''fm''' henry<br />
[?Lo?Xder]. [MARKE, RH SIDE]y<br />
[?Lo?Xder]. [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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