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three hundred and fiftye tonnes is well wo … three hundred and fiftye tonnes is well worth to be lett to fraighte on a<br />
voyage from London to the East Indies, the somme of one<br />
hundred and sixtie pounds per moneth onlye for the weare<br />
and teare of the sayd shipp tackle and furniture and munition, reddens<br />
racionem scien sue: hee sayeth a shipp which goeth to the East Indies<br />
must be double provided of Cables sayles ropes and other tackle<br />
and furniture, and likewise oughte to be double sheathed and<br />
have a farr greater charges bestowed uppon her then a shipp that goeth<br />
on shorter voyages on this side of the lyne, and that he this deponent for theise ten yeares last or therabouts hath<br />
bene part owner of a shipp called the ''Scipio'' of London of<br />
the burthen of foure hundred tonnes or thereabouts, which shipp <br />
hath for all the same tyme bene usually lett to fraighte<br />
to severall places within the Straights and this deponent and the rest of<br />
the owners have never had lesse than nynetie pound sterling per<br />
moneth and that voyage on which she is nowe at sea they have and are to have one hundred for the hull of the sayd shipp and weare and teare of the sayd<br />
shipp tackle furniture and munition, and the fraighters have victualled<br />
and manned the sayd shipp and are to paye the marriners wages, and that the<br />
last yeare a shipp called the ''Hercules'' of the burthen of foure hundred<br />
tonnes or thereabouts, whereof this deponent was Captaine was lett<br />
to fraighte to his Majestye on a voyage from London to Sallye for one<br />
hundred and sixtye pounds per moneth only for the ware and teare<br />
of the sayd shipp, being double provided in all points, and that if shee<br />
had gone to the East Indyes shee must have bene better provided, and<br />
the owners would have expected a greater fraight then 160 pounds<br />
per moneth for her and that according to the rate aforesayd shipps of the like burthen are<br />
commonly lett to fraighte, which he knoweth<br />
to be true havinge bene master and part owner of divers shipps for these<br />
twenty yeares last past Et alr nescit deponere./
Super reliquis arlis non examinat ex directione [?XX ?XXX]
Ideam super Interrogatoria
Ad primum rendet That hee favoureth the partyes litigant indifferently<br />
and desireth that iustice may take place Et alr rendet negative./
Ad 2um rendet That he was warned to come to be examined in this<br />
cause by David Spicer one of the officers of this Court, and the sayd<br />
Spicer tould him that he was to give his iudgement about a shipp<br />
that was lett to fraighte by Charter partye to goe to any<br />
port or ports within and without the Straaights of Gilbraltar which went<br />
afterwards to the East Indyes, and this rendent tould him that he could<br />
saye nothinge to it unlesse he sawe the Charter partye made for<br />
he sayd voyage, or knewe the effecte of it, and that he this deponent<br />
since he was warned as aforesayd meeting with severall masters of shipps<br />
did propound the same unto them and asked their opinions and iudgements<br />
in it. Et alr rendet negative
Ad 3um rendet That if merchants doe desire to take a shipp to<br />
fraighte by the moneth to any port or place within or without the<br />
Straights, they doe usually acquainte the<br />
owners with their designe, but if they have a desire to keepe the<br />
deigne secrett and will not acquainte the owners therwith<br />
yet they are usually limited to Charter partye to returne the shipp<br />
within six or twelve m,onethes or eighte or sixteene monethes at<br />
the most and never for any longer tyme at the first lettinge of a shipp but afterwards<br />
to any port where his majestye hath league and amitye, and that the sayd<br />
clause of saylinge to any port or ports within and without the Straights<br />
of Gibraltar is comonly inserted because the freighters doe <br />
purpose
[IN LH MARGIN]<br />
They may come to a newe agreement<br />
with the owners for a<br />
longer tyme if occasion<br />
require/nger tyme if occasion<br />
require/ +
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