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Transcription

deserted the sayd shipp all the freighters who had taken tonnage
in the sayd shipp deserted the same and would not imploy the sayd shipp,
where by the sayd shipp after shee had stayed there from June 1655 till
december her following was served to for then thence in her ballast, the the
great dammage of the arlate Edward Bushell and Company which
dammage in this deponents Judgment and estimate did amount to
at least three hundred pounds sterling And further to this article hee
cannot depose./

To the 3 hee saith hee cannot of his certaine knowledge depose of the contents
thereof for that hee was not present and heard the words spoken, but saith
that the sayd shipp had sprung a leake and that this deponent having
severall tymes commanded the sayd Whitfeild being Carpenter to doe his
dutie in stopping the sayd leake the sayd Whitfeild from tyme to tyme
in this deponents absence neglected the stopping thereof And further hee cannot
depose saving hee saith his this deponents mate told him that
the sayd Whitfeild coming from on shoare did speake words to the
effect in this article mentioned.

To the 4th hee saith hee knoweth that while the Negro remayned neere
the Maderas there happened an extraordinary storme to the great
endangering of the sayd shipp and saith this deponent did in generall
give Command to the whole Company to performe their duties
for preservation of her, and further cannot of his certaine knowledge
depose for that hee himselfe heard not the arlate Edwards and Whitfeild speake
any of the words arlate, but saith that Carter one of this deponents
mates told this deponent that the sayd Edwards and Whitfeild did
then speake words to the effect arlate, which this deponent doth and did then
beleeve to be true, yet durst not punish the sayd Edwards and Whitfeild
for the same for feare they would raise a mutinie and
deserte the sayd shipp And further hee cannot depose

To the 5th hee saith hee knoweth that at New England there was a quantitie
of Corne taken in, to bee carred thence to the Maderas, and this deponent
gave order to the arlate Whitfeild being Carpenter to have a
care to make all things strong and firmie that the Corne might come
to noe dammage, and the sayd Whitfeild undertooke to doe soe, and
answered to this deponent that hee would warrant if that all things
should bee strong, and that this deponent need not lacke care thereof,
which notwithstanding the sayd Whitfeild neglected this deponents
Command, and thereby the corne runne downe into the pumps severall
tymes and Choaked them, by meanes whereof the Corne was much
dammaged with wett receaved, and this deponent knoweth that seaven=
teen pounds was abated out of the frieght of the sayd Corne for the
dammage happening thereto by the meanes aforesayd And further
hee cannot depose./

To the 6th hee saith that hee this deponent once seaching the arlate
Whitfeilds Cabbin did finde therein two or three peeces of rawe
Porke which hee had purloyned out of the shipps store And further
to this article hee cannot depose/

To the 7th hee cannot depose saving hee saith hee knoweth there was
some moneys (but how much hee remembereth not) paid to some owners of
wine