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come to the side of the shipp the arlate Croford and Company did refuse to take it aboard for that the shipp was fully laden and soe full of goods that shee could not with any conveniencie carrie more whereupon the sayd sugars lay by the shipp side two dayes and a night and then the sayd Bellinger came him selfe aboard and asked the shipps Company why the sayd eight hogsheads of sugar were not taken aboard and some of the Company replyed in presence of this deponent and others of the shipps company that the shipp was allready soe incumbered with goods that they were faine to stowe their provisions and alsoe some goods betweene decks and that therefore they could not take them in or to that effect and told him that if they should take it a board they should clogg up their gunnes soe that they could not make use of them if they were sett upon by an enymye or if they mett with tempest at sea in their passage they must bee foreced to heave them over board which notwithstanding the sayd Bellinger desyred to speake with the Captaine the sayd Croford, and did speake with him, and earnestly pressed him to take them aboard and told him hee had promised him to carry them for him and the sayd Croford answered and sayd hee the sayd bellinger should then have sent them sooner for his shipp was soe full now that hee could not well take them in and that if hee did take them and that any stormie weather came or that hee should meete with an enymye hee must bee forced to heave them over board to cleere his gunnes for his necessary defence or in case of tempest to lighten his shipp they being last laden and next hand and easiest to be come at, to preserve his shipp and the rest of his ladeing and the sayd Bellinger answered and sayd lett them bee taken aboard and if yow bee by storme or enymyes necessitated to heave thm overboard I will beare the dammage or words to that effect And this discourse happened upon the deck and upon the quarter deck of the sayd shipp in presence of this deponent and his Contests Woodfall and Ceeley and of Nicholas Allen John Gillett William Jepson and others of the sayd shipps Company, upon which promise of the sayd Bellinger the sayd eight hogsheads were taken aboard and stowed betweene decks abaft the mast this hee knoweth for that hee helped alsoe to stowe the sayd hogsheads And further hee cannot depose/. To the 6th 7th and 8th hee saith that the sayd eight hogsheads being upon the promise and condition aforesayd shipped aboard the ''Gilbert'' shee departed therewith from the Barbados bound for London and in her course thither mett with extreame tempestious weather which began upon Christmas Eve at night Anno 1656 and continmued for three or fower dayes after with exceeding great violence in soe much that the shipp and their lives and ladeing would perish and thereupon by advise of the Master and his Mates and other the officers of the sayd shipp it was concluded that the shipp must of necessitie be lightned by casting over board some of the goods to preserve the rest and their lives, whereupon the sayd eight hogsheads of sugar being last laden and neerest hand to come by were throwne over board and they being cleered other goods as fustick and Cotton and other sugars which were alsoe stowed betweene decks were alsoe throwne overboard for the necessary preservation of the shipp and the rest of her ladeing and the lives of her Company and passengers [?And]
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