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Transcription

And on the said morning, the Abigail (having all her
sailes hoysed upp) fetched upp the Agreement and
came foule of her by the Carelessenes or willfullnes
of her Company as this Deponent hath oftentimes
Credibly heard and soe hee verily beleeveth And saith that
the Abigail a little before shee fetched upp the Agreement
had like to have fallen foule of the ship the Blessing
of Maningtree. by the Carelessenesse of her Company
to which ship this Deponent and his precontest (Thomas feild)
belonged the sayd time and were Eye witnesses of
the premisses, And further he cannot depose./.

To the 4th 5th 6th and 7th hee saith that hee this Deponent
hath heard many Mariners that were in the sayd
ffleete the said time say and affirme that the Abigail came foule
of the Agreement and not the Agreement of her, And
they likewise affirmed that the Agreement was the said
time to Leeward of the Abigail, And this Deponent verily
beleeveth this to be true, And saith that of his
Knowledge (being a seaman of many yeeres standing)
it is an vnusuall thing for ships that are to Leeward
to come foule of Ships that are to windward, and
further hee saith hee cannot depose./:

To the Interrogatories./. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath noe Relation to this busines
and was none of the Agreements Company but belonged to the
Blessing as aforesaid and saith hee doth desire the Agreement
may be cleered herein, and useth his endeavor therefore
in speaking the truth herein and not otherwise./.

To the second hee saith the wind was the sayd time at
west South west, and further cannot answer saving as
aforesaid./:

To the third hee saith that hee beleeveth that the Agreement
could saile much better then the Abigaile could doe
and further cannot answer./:

To the 4th hee saith hee hath Credibly heard that the
Abigail is Sunke and further cannot Answer./:

To the 5th hee cannot Answer./:

Repeated with his precontest before
[xxxx] York

The marke X of the said
John Godfrey./. [MARK, RH SIDE]