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some of them answered that they would not … some of them answered that they would not hinder him, but would vere<br />
a sterne, or beare off, and doe anything that was fitting soe they might<br />
but be permitted to lye fastned to his sayd shipp the ''ffrancis and Mary'' till<br />
the tyde were spent that they might make faste to the chayne, And further<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 5th hee saith saving his foregoeing deposition and answere hee cannot<br />
depose/
To the 6th saving his foregoeing deposition and his answere to the 4th Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot more fully answere./.
To the 7th Interrogatorie hee answereth that the Company of the Shipp the ''Exeter''<br />
''Marchant'' did twice fasten a hawser to the Cable of the ''ffrancis and''<br />
''Mary'', the first tyme was without the leave of Smith the Master of the sayd<br />
''ffrancis and Mary'', supposeing hee would not denye them soe to doe, it being<br />
a usuall custome for shipps to fasten one to an other in the River of Thames<br />
for one tyde, which hawser that was first fastned being cast of<br />
Mr Woodfin the Master of the ''Exeter Marchant'' went<br />
aboard of the ''ffrancis and Mary'' and desyred of her master (as hee told this deponent) that hee might make fast<br />
a hawser to his sayd shipp or her cable, and this deponent beleeveth<br />
that the master of the ''ffrancis and Mary'' did give him leave to fasten a hawser<br />
to her cable, for that the sayd Woodfin called out from thence to his Company to<br />
bringe a hawser, which accordingly brought one, and the second tyme made the<br />
same fast to the ''ffrancis and Maryes'' Cable and the master of the ''ffrancis and''<br />
''Mary'' seemed to bee content therwith, and suffered the same to continue soe fastned<br />
for the space of halfe an hower or thereabouts and afterwards<br />
caused the same to be cut or lossened as is predeposed and<br />
further hee cannot answere./
To the 8th hee saith that the ''Exeter Marchant'' by reason the tyde was neere<br />
spent could not fall up to a more convenient place then that where<br />
the ''ffrancis and Mary'' laye, there being but two shipps rideing at<br />
that chayne then, and it is usual for three shipps or more to ride at a chayne<br />
for one tyde and further hee cannot answere./.
To the 9th saving his answere to the seaventh Interrogatorie hee cannot answere
To the 10th hee answereth negatively videlicet that it is more usuall for<br />
shipps that come laden home, when they come into the River of Thames<br />
and ups soe high as Lymehouse to fasten aboard other shipps for a<br />
tyde, till they can heave up the chayne and fasten thereto then to moore,<br />
And further hee cannot answere./
To the 11th hee saith hee beleeveth that if the damage in question<br />
had happened through the default of the Master and Company of the<br />
''Exeter Marchant'' the sayd Master and Company ought to beare theiryd Master and Company ought to beare their +
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