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To the second article hee saith and depose … To the second article hee saith and deposeth that in or neere about the<br />
end of November and beginning of the moneth of december last<br />
past one hance Marleare at Gottenburgh as factor or agent to and for<br />
the arlate Anthony Phillips and William Smith of this citie merchants<br />
laded the said vessell the ''Wheele of ffortune'' with three and twenty lasts<br />
and halfe of tarr, and halfe a last of pitch, to be thence transported<br />
to this port of London for the proper accompt and adventure of the said<br />
Anthony Phillips and William Smith and here to be delivered unto them,<br />
and saith that on or about the 21th of this instant moneth of december<br />
(newe stile) the said shipp the ''Wheele of ffortune'' having received her said<br />
lading aboard, departed from Gottenburgh for London her port of<br />
dischardge, and on or about the 28th of the same moneth (newe stile)<br />
towards evening comming (as this deponent and company guessed)<br />
within three leagues of the North fforeland, and fearing in the darke<br />
to be too much ingaged upon the coast they shortened their sailes and lay<br />
a [?trie] with a [?course] of the maine saile, soe to drive till<br />
day light came on that they might come in with more securitie, and<br />
that assoone as the night came on they put out their light in the<br />
sterne, which continued constantly up and giving a good light, till<br />
eight of the clock at night at which time hee saith a<br />
certaine shipp of fflushing named the ''Yonge Prince William'',<br />
whereof Claus double[?yope] was master, came from fflushing ward<br />
bound for Biscay and came right before the winde, without<br />
any light and ran right upon the ''Wheele of ffortune'' which had then<br />
her light out upon her sterne, (soe that the company of the<br />
''Yonge Prince William'' might easily have seene her and passed by her)<br />
and sailed her and sunck her downe in the sea with the foresaid goods<br />
soe laden aboard her for the accompt of the said Anthony Phillips<br />
and William Smith, and one halfe last of tarr for this deponents<br />
accompt, and all his companies clothes, saving what they had<br />
on their backs, and soe the said shipp and goods perished and were<br />
cast away together with one of this deponents company named<br />
[?Laurence] Williamson who was drowned in the said shipp<br />
and all by meanes of the said shipp the ''Yonge Prince William'' soe<br />
running upon the ''Wheele of ffortune'', which might have bin avoided<br />
if the company of the ''Yonge Prince'' had looked out and taken care<br />
the ''Wheele of ffortune'' having her light out as<br />
aforesaid. And this deponent and the rest of his company had<br />
much adoe to save themselves and get into the ''Yonge Prince'', And<br />
this hee saith was and is true and publique, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the third hee saith the said shipp the ''wheele of ffortune'' with her<br />
tackle and furniture at and to the said time of her being cast away as aforesaid<br />
were worth the summe of three and twenty hundred gilders, and that the mariners<br />
clothes and instruments were worth the summe of three hundred gilders<br />
and the said tarr was worth thirteene pounds sterling per last, and<br />
the halfe last of pitch nine pounds sterling, and soe much the said<br />
pitch and tarr (according to the common report and estimation) would have<br />
yeelded at this port. And otherwise hee cannot depose
Repeated before doctor Clerke and doctor Godolphin.
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