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steeve Cotton woolls, to stay two or three … steeve Cotton woolls, to stay two or three dayes is fitting and making<br />
saith her steeving geare and otherwise before shee begin to lade and<br />
steeve,and often times some of the steeving geare or matenialls<br />
are broken with the working and force used in steeving, soe as<br />
sometimes they are hindred in there worke and delayed. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 13th hee saith hee saith that Gaulls at Aleppo and<br />
Cottons at Cyprus are usually taken in without weighing<br />
and hee beleeveth that a master of a shipp is not bound<br />
to deliver out Cotton galls by weight, in case hee doe not<br />
so take them in, as to make good the weight which hee did<br />
not be or cause others to take notice of and otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the 14th hee saith that galls bagge of gauls are not steeved,<br />
and them baggs of cotton woolls will break in steeving lading<br />
and unlading, and otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 15th hee saith hee hath bin at Porte of fferrana,<br />
where hee saith there was in lazaretto, and that all goods<br />
comming out of Turkey are there into first unladen,<br />
and saith that hee never seene any goods weighed there, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 16th hee cannot depose.
To the 17th hee saith that hee would not go with the<br />
Convoy out of his way (without having speciall order from<br />
his principalls or ˹of˺ the Generall having permet over him for<br />
to ˹goe ˺doe,)the principalls as and otherwise negatively.
To the 18th negatively for his part, and otherwise hee cannot<br />
answer.
To the 19th hee saith hee knoweth the act interrate George Hughes<br />
and otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the 20th hee cannot depose, saving negatively for his part
To the 21th hee saith that all convoyes are to secure the shipps<br />
under their charge from taking as much as in them lies and Gutter,<br />
otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregeoing deposition, and<br />
saving the same cannot depose
Repeated before Doctor Godolphin.
Ben gurson [SIGNATURE RH SIDE]
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The sixth of March 1655 [CENTRE HEADING]
Examined upon the fore said allegation.
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'''Thomas Ashley''' of the parish of st. Olaves in<br />
Southwarke mariner aged 56 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the first article of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that the direct way of sailing to come from Salina Roade of Cyprus for<br />
London is to come to the Streights mouth which hee saith is<br />
publique and notorious to all mariners using these parts<br />
as this deponent hath donne
Tot;br />
as this deponent hath donne
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