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The 8th day of ffebruary 1658./.
Clarke c … The 8th day of ffebruary 1658./.
Clarke con Scattergood)<br />
aforesaid)
Examined on the said Libell./
'''Rp. 6:'''
'''Thomas Douglas''' of New Gravel Lane in Wapping<br />
Mariner aged 39 yeeres or thereabouts sworne and<br />
Examined:/:
To the first and second Positions of the said Libell hee saith, that for<br />
and during all the time Libellate Robert Clarke<br />
was Master and Partowner of the ship the ''Warewell'' Libellate, and<br />
the said Clarke and Company were the said time the True<br />
and Lawfull owners, and Proprietors of the said ship, and of<br />
her tackle, Apparrell and furniture and soe Commonly<br />
accounted: And saith that on or about the second day of August<br />
last the said ship the ''Warewell'' arived in the River of Thames<br />
(from Newcastle) with her Lading of Coales. which did belong<br />
to the said Clarke and Company, and saith she came to an<br />
Anchor att [?XXXX] in the said River betwixt Wapping Dock and Execution dock, and there<br />
moored in a very good and Convenient birth where ships<br />
doe Usuall ride and lye at Anchor, in which place hee saith<br />
the said ship rode in safety One ffloud , and two Ebbs. during<br />
all which time there was noe Appearance of any buoy or Anchor<br />
neere to the said Place where the said ship soe lay Moored as<br />
aforesaid: The Premisses hee deposeth having knowne the said Clarke<br />
and the said ship ''Warewell'' for about three yeeres last, and<br />
was one of the said shipps Company at the said time that shee<br />
soe lay at Anchor as aforesaid: and further cannot<br />
depose./.
To the third hee saith that after the said ship the ''Warewell''<br />
had laine at Anchor in the Place aforesaid, for, the space of one<br />
floud and two Ebbs as aforesaid the said ship happened to be bilged<br />
upon an Anchor which did lye with in the said ships birth<br />
having noe buoy fastned to it. and the said ship ''Warewell''<br />
tooke in about five foote water in her hould, before her Master<br />
and Company Espied the same, and soe soone as ever the Master and Company<br />
had espyed and discovered the same they did Imediate Plye her two<br />
Pumpes. and procured other Mariners to assiste them therein, and<br />
alsoe to helpe to hale the said ship to shore, And the Master and<br />
Company of the said ship the ''Warewell'' and the said other Mariners<br />
did use their Uttmost Endeavour in hastening to get the said ship<br />
to the shore Yet Notwithstanding the said ship was filled with<br />
Water. before they could get her to shore, This hee deposeth being<br />
aboard and helping and assisting in the premisses And further cannot<br />
depose/:
To the 4th hee saith that after the said ship the ''Warewell'' was haled<br />
neere to shore the Said Clarke, for securing her did cause her<br />
Company and others that hee hired forthwith to fall to Worke in<br />
(heavinge to fall to Worke in<br />
(heavinge +
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