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who went accordingly, and shortky after th … who went accordingly, and shortky after the said boy comming downe againe<br />
into the hold, and being asked wherefore the master sent for the Gunner<br />
hee answered that the master had ordered him to make a gun cleare and<br />
readie, in regard of some friends (English) that were with him, and<br />
after, as this deponent and Jacob Johnson his contest and others of the<br />
company were still at worke in the hold, they heard a gunn goe off<br />
on board the said shipp, and forthwith they heard a crie from ashore<br />
and presently aloft in the shipp, whereupon running up, they saw the<br />
master in greate distraction, and heard that the said Gunner had<br />
shott off a gunn without the masters order, and that<br />
hee knew not that it was laden, and that there was a man killed<br />
by the said shott; and saith the said Gunner was fledd out of the said<br />
shipp on shore before this deponent came aloft or knew what the<br />
matter was; And further that as hee was informed the said master had<br />
ordered him to make readie the aftermost gunn, but hee through<br />
mistake or neglect of his order made readie one by the maine mast, and<br />
that the same was fired or went off before any order given by<br />
the master for firing:/
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Jacob Johnson''' of hamborough Mariner, one of the<br />
Company of the said shipp the ''hope'' aged 27 yeares<br />
or thereabouts, sworne and examined as aforesaid saith<br />
and deposeth by vertue of his oath.
That on satturday last was a fortnight the said shipp the ''hope''<br />
riding at anchor in the River of Thames neare Saint Catharins, and<br />
this deponent and the Gunner hance Bartles and his precontest<br />
Martin harrow and others of the company being at worke in the<br />
hold, the masters boy came and called the said Gunner to come<br />
abaft to the master, and that the Gunner thereupon went up, and<br />
shortly after the boy comming downe againe, hee said that the master<br />
having some friends with him had ordered the Gunner to make readie<br />
a gun, and saith within a wile after a Gunn went off<br />
in the said shipp, and forthwith after the going off of the same<br />
this deponent heard a great crie and heard some say that there<br />
was a man killed, and hearing alsoe a crie aloft they ran up, and<br />
there found the master almost out of his witts, and mightily<br />
distressedwitts, and mightily<br />
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