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The 27th of September 1655
Examined upon the sayd libell
George Watts of Butterwick in the County of Lincolnshire
Mariner aged 21yeares or thereabouts a witnesse sworn and examined saith and deposeth as followeth. Videlicit.
To the first article he saith that the arlate George Huntington in? and during the month of September arlate and befour was and is Master of the arlate ship the William this hee knoweth being one of the sayde shipp’s company and saith hee was and is commonly accompted part Owner of her during the sayd tyme and further hee cannot depose.

To the second third 4th and 5th articles of the sayd libell hee saith hee this deponent being one of the company thereofand on board well knoweth that the shipp William arlate was upon Tuesday the eighteenth of this instant September safely moored at Tower Wharfe outermost of two other shipps videlicit a Shipp called the Sarah an other vessel whose name he knoweth not soe that they lay all three a brest and of an other saith it is not usuall for shipps to lye there more than three a brest which notwithstanding hee saith the arlate Nicholas Constant and his Company did in the night tyme next after the eighteenth day come with his ship the Waterhound arlate and lay her alsoe a brest on the outside of the William aforesaid soe that then there were fower shipps there lying abrest which the company of the William perceiving ffrancis Thxerat? And William Smith hee? of her Company did as the custome in such case? To put out their fenders to preserve the William as much as might be from any damage which might happen to her by the meanes of the Waterhound, the William being then a floate and empty and but a small vessel of about forty tonnes and the Waterhound being a larger vessel of about three scere? tonnes or better and ( as afterwards appeared ) then laden with Coins? And he alsoe saith the sayde Master of the Waterhound and his Company did in the night tyme next after the sayd Tuesday on the 18th of that instant September and without any notice given to the Master and Company of the William aforesayde luft his sayde Shipp the Waterhound inward towards the William soe that the William’s Company could not use any meanes to keepe her cleare Of the Waterhound, by which means as the tyde fell away the Waterhound leaned in forcibly upon the William, and forced her soe upon the vessel that laye on the inside of her that the William hunge above water betweene the Waterhound and the sayd inside vessel, by meanes whereof the sides Of the William were sore? Bruised and crushed? and the scare of her binde started and driven in about half an inche, and three of her mayne tymbers broken and her seeleings broken up , and five of her butt heads started and indeede soe crushed and bruised thereby that had not her mayne beame and knees Bin very stronge she had bin crushed ( as the deponent beleeveth ) both sides together.
And further saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose.

To the 6th hee saith that the next morning after the sayd damage done in the manner aforesaid the arlate George Huntington perceiving And seeing what damage was done to his ship the William aforesaid by the meanes aforesaid did in the presence and hearing of this deponent and his contest ffrancis ThXXX and Thomas Reedman of XX the arlate Nicholas Constant which Hee had lufted? His Shipp Waterhound and leaned her upon the William and told him hee had done her much dammage and XXXXX thereby, or to that effect to which the sayd Constant theylged in presence and hearing of this deponent and the sayd wittnesses that hee came thither purposely with intente to lay his Shipp the Waterhound there and to give her a luft inwards, and alsoe sayde hee cared not though hee had sunke the William, and that hee would not give him hee XXXXX satisfaction if he had sunke her or