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put upon the ''Waterhound'' by her Company … put upon the ''Waterhound'' by her Company hee knoweth not nor hath heard<br />
and further saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot answere
To the 3 hee saith the ''William'' laye at Tower wharfe empty the tyme Interrogate And<br />
saith hee knoweth not nor hath heard that the Wharfinger commanded the ''William'' to<br />
be gone before the ''Waterhound'' came, nor whether the wharfinger gave any order for<br />
the ''Waterhound'' to come thither to unlade, And saith the ''Waterhound'' was then a laden<br />
shipp and the ''William'' empty and beleeveth by the Custome of the River the Company<br />
of the ''William'' ( if it had bin day tyme or if it was not and that the Company of the ''Waterhound''<br />
had given them sufficient notice and tyme and liberty soe to doe which hee saith they did not )<br />
ought to have brought their empty shipp outermost and saith his Contest William<br />
Smith did call to the Company of the ''Waterhound'', before they lusted their sayd shipp<br />
inwards upon the ''William'' and bid them have a care and not lust their sayd shipp<br />
inwards for if they did it would squeese the ''William'' to peeces or words to that effect<br />
And further saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot answere.
To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith the ''William'' after her rideing fower shipps a brest<br />
did on the Wednesday the 19th of this September goe away, but spake not that hee<br />
knoweth or hath heard of to Constant and his Company to helpe them out, but<br />
that the shipp on the inside of the ''William'' being goeing out the ''William'' alsoe went<br />
out with her , and saith that Constant in vereing his hawser to let them out did receive<br />
a small blow on his hand with his own hawser but not soe as any way to endanger<br />
any part of his hand And to the rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively<br />
referring him selfe to his deposition to the sixth article of the libell wherein hee<br />
hath truly and as fully as hee can answered the rest of the Interrogatories And further cannot answere/
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
The mark of the sayd<br />
Thomas '''T''' Reedman [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]
The sayd '''William Smith''' upon Interrogatories./
'''d: Suckley'''
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth of his knowledge in this<br />
cause being soe required to doe by the Interrogate huntington and was and is pylott of<br />
the ''William'' and hath three pounds due to him for wages which hee expecteth to receive<br />
of the sayd huntington and other Owners of the ''William'', and saith hee hath used the sea as<br />
Master and pylott of shipps for these thirty yeares last or thereabouts and hath observed that<br />
it is a usuall custome at Tower wharfe and other wharfes on the River of Thames for<br />
three shipps and not above to ryde a brest one of an other and saith hee well remembereth<br />
that within the sayd tyme hee transgressing and making a fowerth a brest at<br />
Porters Key London was for such his offence arrested by James Gyes an official of<br />
the Admiralty and was faine to compound for the same And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith the ''William'' was empty when the ''Waterhound'' came to<br />
her side and saith it was the duty of the ''Williams'' Company to put out fenders, and<br />
hee this deponent and ffrancis Everett and George Watts did accordingly put out fenders<br />
about an hower after the ''Waterhound'' came to her side, and before the ''Waterhound'' lusted<br />
inwards upon her, and saith notwithstanding her fenders the ''William'' being<br />
a smaler ship and empty might and was damnified in manner predeposed as the<br />
tyde forsooke her by reason of the ''Waterhound'' lufting inwards and leaning upon<br />
her as aforesayd, And saith there was an Anchor boie hunge over the syde<br />
of the ''Waterhound'' by some of her Company for a fender, but the same did more<br />
hurt than good to the ''Water hound'' being laden and lufting inward and leaning upon the ''William''<br />
which was empty And further hee cannot answere/
To the 3 hee saith the tyme Interrogate the ''William'' lay at Tower wharfe empty but<br />
noe order or command was given by the wharfinger ( that this deponent ever<br />
heard of) for her departure before the ''Waterhound'' came nor after neither knoweth hee<br />
or hath heard that the wharfinger gave any order for the ''Waterhound'' to come<br />
thither''Waterhound'' to come<br />
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