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To the eighth negatively referring himself to his forgoing deposition. To the nineth hee saith it is not possible for a shipp to saile in a direct line from Salina Roade to the Streights mouth by reason of the shooting out of lands in the way, and saith that when the winde was contrary a shipp is likely to saile out while neere the Christian and another neere the Barbary shoare, as this deponent hath donne, and goe from one to the other, especially between Cape Bono and Sicilia where the sea is narrow, and in the Streights mouth and in some places those shoares are nearer and some other places further off and where shipps so traverse, it is to get ground through but a little sometimes is severall days. And otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose. To the tenth hee saith it is usuall for merchants and factors to protest against a master (hired by the month) for not obeying their orders and saith a charterpartie may evince breach of contract by neglect of them where especially where a shipp is hired by the moneth for shee may sometimes come to places where there is neither factor nor merchants to pass upon or look to her managing her voyage, and otherwise he cannot answer. To the eleventh hee saith it is usuall for factors of freighters who have not goods enough of their principalls to lade aboard, to suffer other men to supplie their tonnage, and the master is bound to take the same in aswell as the freighter goods unless he have order or covenant to the contrary, his orders and covenant herein being to his [XXXXX] .and otherwise hee cannot depose. To the 12th hee saith that a shipp may and must staye a longer or shorter time before shee begin to steeve or take in woolls according to winde and weather and according to the readiness or unreadiness of her goods; and in case shee doe not very good provision for steeving she may stay as longe againe as shee and need otherwise to do about her [?weeke] yet oftentimes something may breake or faile and cause delay and otherwise hee cannot answer. To the 13th that sometimes some galls came not good from Aleppo, namely there will be some badd amongst the good sometimes, but this deponent had alwaies those that were good, and this deponent never took in nor know any galls or cottons taken in inor either the places Interrate without weight and the master or purser or some other for the master is bound to see to the weight, for hee must deliver them by weight and otherwise he cannot depose. To the 14th hee saith the bagge will breake and teare as steeving and lading and unlading of cottons and gawles and the gaweles well [?must] in weight in starting, which the owners must make good, and the masters or owners of shipps must now adayes mend or cause the sacke to be mended, which in this deponents time of sailing was donne by the merchants, And further he cannot answer. To the 15th hee saith hee was never at Porto fferara, and therefore cannot answer to this Interrogatorie To the 16th negatively, for the weighers are bound to weigh indifferently and the masters or some for their use to see that they doe soe. To
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