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To the 5th he saith that by reason of viol … To the 5th he saith that by reason of violent weather in their homweards<br />
voyag, the mast of the said shipp was crackt, and when a day after<br />
was mended notwithstanding which hee saith they kept company with their [?fleete], and<br />
were not thereby anywayes retarded in their voyage. And further he knoweth not
To the last he saith that att the time of the tak[XX] of the said shipp she was laden<br />
(for the most part) with wares and other goods, the particulars whereof or the<br />
worth thereof hee knoweth not, haveing no skill in Merchandizes of that kind, And<br />
otherwise saveing his former depositions, to which hee referreth himselfe, hee saith he cannot<br />
depose./
Repeated before doctor C;larke./
George [?HareXXXs] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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23.d July 1651.
In the behalfe of Edward Wye late}<br />
Captaine of the ship the ''Saphire''}<br />
concerneing John Rub[XXXX] Trumpeter}<br />
of the said shipp}
Examined upon Interrogatories on the behalf of the<br />
said Edward Wye./
'''Rp.'''
'''J.'''
'''Thomas Minor''' of Saint Catherines nere the Tower<br />
London Marriner aged 41 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes<br />
sworne and Examined deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the Interrogatories aforesaid hee saith and deposeth that hee doth very well knowe<br />
the Interrogated John [?RubXXXy], who was Trumpetter of and belonging to the shipp the<br />
''Saphire'' interrogated (whereof the producent Edward Wye was Captaine<br />
or Comander att such time as hee this deponent came aboard the said shipp in the<br />
moneth of March 1649 last past, and from his entranse therein contynued about<br />
a Month, and in that time observed That the said R[XXXXX] behaved himself [XXX XXXX]<br />
and would bee often much distempered with drinke, and was so [XXXXXd], And<br />
hee further saith that he this deponent being ashore at Lisbone about the busines<br />
and affaires of the said Captaine Wye was by force taken as a Prisoner and<br />
carried aboard the shipp under the Comand of Prince Maurice, and not long after<br />
(being at Liberty) went aboard the shipp, wherein Prince Rupert was, and [?governed]<br />
and there found the said Rubert in that particular [XXXX], who tould this deponent that<br />
hee had gott away from Captaine Wye, and being with Prince Rupert would keepe<br />
and abide there, or words to that effect, And there he saith hee left him, so [?soone]<br />
as hee could gett cleare of the shipps then under that imediate Comand All which<br />
hee deposeth and knoweth to beetrue for that hee was Gunner on the shipp the<br />
''Saphire'' dureing the time aforesaid and aboard the Shipps of the said Princes, as<br />
hee hath deposed, Amd otherwise hee cannot depose.
Repetit [XXX] doctor Clarke.
Thomas Ol[XXX] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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'''2dus.'''
'''Rp.'''
'''Thomas Willbrom''' of Limehouse in the parish of Stepney in the<br />
County of Middlesex Marriner aged twenty three yeares or thereabouts sworne<br />
and Examined deposeth.
To the Interrogatories aforesaid hee saith and deposeth that he this deponent being aboard<br />
the said shipp the ''Saphire'' under comand of Captaine Wye and one of<br />
the [?GunXXXX-Crewe] in the said shipp did very well knowe the said [?Ruberry] to bee the<br />
Trumpetter of and belonging to the said shipp who did performe that other imploymet<br />
for about a Month [?together] during which time hee saith that the said [RXXXXy] did [?very XXXX]<br />
[XXXX] him selfe towards the said Captaine Wye, and was often distempered with drinke<br />
whilstdistempered with drinke<br />
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