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all her ladeing of ffish taken in as afore … all her ladeing of ffish taken in as aforesayd at Bristoll at her<br />
goeing out from thence and the same being soe unladen the sayd shipp<br />
''Thomas and Lucie'' was by one Mr Bayley and one Mr Tayler and others<br />
Master Shipp Carpenters viewed, who upon such their view found [?that GUTTER]<br />
diver of her beames were broken and shee unserviceable and not fitt to<br />
goe to sea upon a tradeing voyage And this deponent heard the sayd<br />
Mr Bayley and Mr Tayler both sayd that the sayd shipp ''Thomas and<br />
Lucie'' would cost at least three hundred poounds to repayre her and<br />
make her fitt to goe to sea to performe a tradeing voyage or to that effect and that shee could not bee<br />
repayred under tenn or twelve weekes tyme And further to these articles<br />
hee cannot depose./
To the 10th article of the libell hee saith that the arlate William Maples<br />
after the second arrivall of the shipp ''Thomas and Lucie'' and discharge of<br />
her goods there as aforesayd, did not (that this deponent at any tyme heard<br />
or knoweth of) propose to the Company if the sayd shipp to goe therewith<br />
to Naples Lepra and soe back for England as they were hyred to doe at<br />
their going from London, but did in this deponents presence and of others of<br />
the sayd shipps company propound to them to goe with the sayd shipp<br />
when shee was repayred and reladen to some parts of Spaine or Portugall<br />
and further hee cannot of his certayne knowledge depose but saith hee hath<br />
heard Peter Bartlet one of the sayd shipps Company and Carpente<br />
of her saye that the Broderick and halton did confesse and say to<br />
him lately at Mr hHaltons huse in seething lane in London that they had sold the shipp ''Thomas and Lucie'' aforesayd since her<br />
first comming into Bristoll and that shee was to bee delivered to the buyers<br />
of her at Lisbon in Portugall, which induceth him to beleeve that when<br />
shee departed from Bristoll shee is to goe thither./
To the 11th hee saith hee this deponent and the rest of the company of the ''Thomas and''<br />
''Lucy'' at such tyme as the sayd Master thereof did as aforesayd make a<br />
proposition to them to proceede with the sayd shipp and her ladeing (when shee was<br />
repayred and laden) on a new voyage for Spaine or Portugall, did desyre<br />
him that in regard the had lost their adventure of ffish by the storme<br />
as aforesayd and spoiled and worne out most of their cloathes in the sayd former<br />
voyage and wanted money to supply them with new to keepe them warme<br />
it being winter season and supply them with other necessaries they wanted<br />
to fitt them to proceede on any voyage, and wanted freinds in Bristoll to [?credit]<br />
them with money, hee would pay them some part of their wages due to them that they might<br />
supplie them selves with such necessaries as they wanted but hee utterly<br />
refused to pay them anything, by which meanes the arlate Bartlet, hamblyn,<br />
and the resrt of the sayd shipps company for releife of their necessities were<br />
constreyned to leave the sayd shipp and come to London to their freinds to bee<br />
supplyed with cloathes and other necessaries they stood neede of the premisses hee<br />
deposeth being present thereat and one of those that then demanded pay and was refused<br />
as aforesayd And further hee cannot depose/
To the 12th hee saith hee hath often bin both at the ports of London and Bristoll<br />
and hath observed that mariners maybe and are hyred at cheaper rates to goe<br />
any voyage from Bristoll then they are usually hyred at to goe the like<br />
voyages from London And further hee cannot depose not knowing whetherther hee cannot depose not knowing whether +
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