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A.4.

The six and twentieth of May 1657.

Betts and Company ágainst Davies}
and company. Smith. Cheeke.}

Exámined upon an allegation given in on the behalfe of
the said Davies and others.

7. <margin value="Left">dt. Cheeke. .j:</margin>

Thomas Johnson of Rotterdam Mariner, aged 40 yeeres
or thereabouts sworne and exámined.

10. To the first árticle hee saith that hee this deponent was aboard the
11. shipp the Prinse arlate and was boatswaine of her when shee came to an anchor
12. neere the chaine against Saint Catherines about eight weekes since, at which
13. time her master and company moored her in a safe and convenient place
14. (where shipps are usually moored and lie at anchor) free and cleare of the
15. moorings of the shipp the White Lilly, soe that the Prinse remained fast
16. and well moored, never touching the White lilly in tenn or twelve dayes
17. space after such her first comming to an anchor there, which hee knoweth being
18. continually aboard her the said shipp Prinse.

19. To the second árticle hee saith that in the River of Thames it is usuall
20. for shipps comming to anchor to moore and lie with their cables crosse and
21. athwart each other, and that such cables by soe lying crosse or athwart
22. doe not use to receive any dammage thereby, but the shipps lie notwithstanding
23. safe and free from hurt, which hee knoweth having frequented the said River
24. as a Mariner.

25. To the third árticle hee saith that when there are very many shipps
26. at once in the River of Thames, they are necessitated to ride and lie neere
27. each other, whereby they are alsoe necessitated to lie with their cables frequently
28. athwart or crosse each others cables, any by that meanes upon turning of
29. the tide they are apt to come aboard each other, in which cases the companies
30. ought to be watchfull and diligent to cleare their shipps, and prevent such
31. dammage as might befall their shipps by such comming aboard each other.

32. To the fourth hee saith that in all the time that the said shipps the
33. Prinse and the White lilly lay together, they never came fowle of or
34. touched each other but once, (and that was about tenn or twelve dayes
35. after the Prinses first comming there to an anchor, and that when they
36. soe touched each other, it was only that the bolt spritt of the white
37. lilly came against the steme of the Prinse, wherein hee saith the white
38. lilly received noe hurt, save only the breaking of her Jack staffe, which
39. in his estimation was not worth above six pence, and saith that when the
40. bolt spritt of the white lilly came against the Prinses sterne, the Prinses
41. company hasted to her sterne, and with their hands, put off the said bolt spritt
42. without hurting the same, which hee knoweth being all the while aboard the
43. Prinse, and seeing the premisses, and helping soe to cleare the said bolt spritt.

44. To the fifth hee saith that it was upon the turning of the tide when the
45. White lillies bolt spritt came against the sterne of the Prinse, and was alsoe
46. upon the turning of the shipps, at which times shipps companies ought to
47. be carefull and diligent in veering their cables to shift their shipps shipps
48. and prevent comming fowle of each other; And saith that when the bolt spritt
49. of the Lilly came against the sterne of the Prinse, the white
50. Lillies companie might easily in his iudgement have prevented the
51. same, with beering two or three fathom of their cable, which they might
52. and ought to have donne, and further that it was not the fault of the
53. shipp Prinse or company that the lillies bolt spritt came against her sterne, And
54. otherwise hee deposeth not.

55. To the 6th hee saith it is usuall for shipps riding at anchor in the river on
56. weeke dayes to take downe their Jack staves, because the same are apt to
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