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HCA 13/70 f.417r Annotate
First transcribed 18 November 2014  +
First transcriber Karen Gunnell  +
Folio 417  +
Parent volume HCA 13/70  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 18/11/2014  +
Transcription shipp being cleere of those sands held on shipp being cleere of those sands held on her course towards Druntam aforesayd<br /> and arriving upon the Coast of Norway there made towards shoare and<br /> being come neere shoare the Master asked the sayd Fare what parte of<br /> Norway that was and the sayd Fare could give noe positive answer thereto<br /> but appeared to be altogether ignorant where hee was, and where the River or<br /> harbour of Druntam was, by reason whereof the Master being desyrous to<br /> be informed in what part of Norway hee was, caused two gunns to be shott<br /> off thereby hoping to get some pilott to come from shoare on board the sayd<br /> shipp but none comeing the said Master and Company thought fitt (the night<br /> beginning to drawe on, to stand off to sea againe for the better preservation<br /> of the said shipp and goods and their owne lives, if any foule weather should happen which they would not to have<br /> done if the sayd Fare had bin skillfull and well experienced in the knowledge<br /> of the Coast whereon they were, as a pilott who undertakes the guiding of a<br /> shipp ought to bee.<br /> for that by the sayd Fares unskillfullnesse of the coast and their<br /> putting out to sea by reason thereof, the sayd shipp was forced to drive<br /> to and againe at sea till till morning and make to shoare againe, and the<br /> Master then againe asking the sayd Fare whether hee yet knew the land<br /> they were neere, the sayd Fare made noe positive answer but named<br /> sometymes one place, and somtymes another, soe that the Master<br /> and Company of the sayd shipp perceiving the sayd Fares unskillfullnesse<br /> of the Coast, did shape their course towards Druntam aforesayd as well<br /> as they could guess (they having some knowledge what<br /> course they were to steere to come towards Druntam though they knew not<br /> the land they were then neere) but were as this deponent believeth<br /> then dayes longer ere they could reach Druntam aforesayd then otherwise<br /> they should have bin if the sayd Fare had bin an experienced pilott in those<br /> parts as (undertakeing the sayd voyage) hee ought to have bin And further<br /> saving his subsequent deposition hee cannot depose.<br /> To the 7th and 8th hee saith that the sayd shipp ''Angell Gabriell'' being at length come<br /> before the River of Druntam the sayd Fare did not know where hee was,<br /> and did not confesse and acknowledge soe much in the presence of this deponent and<br /> divers of the sayd shipps company, so that the sayd Master seeing<br /> his unskillfullness, was forced to hyre two men out of a yawle or fisherboate<br /> which was neere hand to pilott the sayd shipp into the river of Druntam<br /> and use their assistance to finde out convenient place of anchoring<br /> in the sayd river, (the same by reason of the great depth of water therein<br /> affording few places of anchoring and the sayd Fare being as plainely appeared<br /> by his answer to answeres to the master who asked him where the sayd anchoring places were<br /> utterly ignorant of thoses place. And further to the article hee cannot depose saving hee<br /> saith the River of Druntam is a large River many leagues fromDruntam is a large River many leagues from  +
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