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moneths arlate happening in the yeare 1649 and during the moneths of March Aprill May June July August September October November December Januaray ffebruary and March 1650 and untill Aprill 1651 the arlate Thomas Ewen was Master and Commander of the arlate shipp the ''Scipio'' and had the care and charge of her as Master committed unto him by her Owners this hee the better knoweth for that hee was the sayd Ewens his Mate during the voyage in question./ To the second hee saith that in the moneths of September October November December and January 1648 the sayd shipp ''Scipio'' was lying in the River of Thames takeing in goods for a tradeing voyage for which shee was bound from this Port of London to be made to the Straights or the places neere there about and soe to returne and thence to this port of London and for such a tradeing voyage from London to the streights and back againe the sayd Edward hyred this deponent at London to goe his mate, and the sayd shipp at her goeing from this port of London which was in the moneth of January 1648 had then noe designe of goeing to Brazeele or any other parts of the West Indies that this deponent knoweth of the sayd Ewens not hyring this deponent to goe any other voyage to and from London to the streights and back againe for London And further to this article hee cannot depose not being privie to the hyreing of any other of the Mariners of the sayd shipp nor knowing upon what rates or conditions they were hyred./ To the 3: 4th and 5th articles hee saith that before the goeing forth of the sayd shipp the arlate Humfrey ffosse was hyred to goe Boatswaine and the arlate John Tucker Quartermaster and the arlate Charles Howgate a fore mast man of the sayd shipp ''Scipio'' the voyage in question, and saith hee this deponent was hyred at fifty shillings a month which is the usuall rate or rates lesse than usually Mates of shipps who goe a voyage to the Streights and thence back to London have, And further for the reason in his foregoeing deposition declared hee cannot depose saving hee saith hee knoweth the sayd ffosse Tucker and Howgate with the rest of the sayd shipp ''Scipio'' her company proceeded upon her voyage from London to Genoa in the Streights and there discharged her ladeing and tooke in some goods there and went with them to Ligorne where fayling of their designe they landed the goods brought from Genoa and went from Ligorne to Allecant and there laded goods and went therewith to Lisbon and there unladed them And further saving his subsequent Deposition hee cannot depose./ To the 6th and 7th articles of the allegation hee saith that after the sayd shipp ''Scipio'' had at Lisbone discharged her Ladeing brought from Allecant the sayd Thomas Ewans her Master did take upon him a new Voyage to be made from Lisbon to Brazeele and thence back to Lisbon and having contracted with her ffreighters about the same then made the same knowne to his Company who not being hyred when they came from England to goe any such voyage the most of them disliked the sayd voyage and refused to goe that voyage it being beyond the Lyne and an unhealthyfull voyage unlesse they might have an encrease of
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