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To the second hee saith that hee veryly be … To the second hee saith that hee veryly believeth that the said<br />
ship ''ffalcon'' might have rode in at good Condition and safety<br />
halfe a mile from the peere head, as shee did in the<br />
place where shee rode and otherwise cannot answer saving<br />
as aforesaid./.
To the third hee saith hee cannot Judge in how many foote<br />
water a ship may ride in security in the said Roade nor<br />
how many foote water the ''ffalcon'' drew, nor in how many<br />
shee lay, And further cannot Answer:
To the fourth hee saith that hee doth not knowe that either the<br />
said boate, Lighter, or Scute were watched to keepe them or any<br />
of them from sinking. And saith that the<br />
Companys of the ''ffalcon'', and the ''ffortune'' helped to weigh the said<br />
as aforesaid for their occasion and the said Dearsley furnished<br />
her with some Ropes, and a saile and the master of the ffortune furnished her with another saile and some ropes and there was the said time<br />
severall Scutes and small vessells taking in<br />
Corne in the said Roade; and saith that the said Lighter<br />
was sometimes Imployed to carry corne and some wood on board<br />
some of the said Scutes and small vessells. And saith that all the<br />
said Scutes and Vessells lay above the ffalcon about halfe<br />
a mile. but saith that none of them were soe big as the ffalcon<br />
and saith hee doth not remember whether hee ever sawe<br />
any ships in the said Rode soe bigg as the ffalcon or not, And further<br />
cannot Answer./.
To the 5th. hee cannot Answer thereto.
To the 6th. hee saith that hee this Deponent did cleere the said<br />
Dearsly and give him order to goe away out of the said Rode<br />
before hee went there, and the next morning after this Deponent<br />
had cleered him, and ordered him to make all hast hee<br />
could away, because the winter came on, the said Dearsly<br />
sent a noate to this Deponent (which was on shore at Kock) to acquaint<br />
him that if hee would send another boate Lading of Corne<br />
onboard hee would take it in, or to that effect, which this<br />
Deponent could not then doe, because hee was just goeing into<br />
a waggon. for Elsonore, where hee met with both the said ships.<br />
And further cannot Answer./.
to the 7th. hee saith that the said Dearsly did affirme that the<br />
said ship ''ffalcon'' was of the burthen of 100 Lasts. and saith that<br />
thirty last was put on board her, soe that hee Judgeth<br />
that shee came home about ten Lasts dead ffreighted. And<br />
saith that hee cannot speake any thing against the Carefull<br />
Industry or honesty of the said Dearsly, saving his refusall to<br />
come up with his Laid Ship as aforesaid. And saith that this Deponent<br />
paid for weighting the foresaid frute, and doth not beleeve that<br />
the said Dearsley expended any money thereabout, And further<br />
cannot Answer/:
To: XXX [RIGHT HEADING]
XXX[GUTTER] before Dr. Walker. [LEFT HEADING][GUTTER] before Dr. Walker. [LEFT HEADING] +
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