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most of her ladeing brought thither, was l … most of her ladeing brought thither, was lett to freight (but by whome hee<br />
knoweth not) to goe to Grand Mallega to lade wines and fruite and from there to goe<br />
to Veales Mallega to lade fruite nd returne with the same to this Port of London<br />
And saith in persuance of the sayd voyage the sayd Thomas Browneing<br />
(having first taken in a new Pilott at Cales) went first to Grand Mallega<br />
and there tooke in wines and fruite, and thense going towards Vales<br />
Mallega the sayd shipp ''ffortune'' did by the unskillfulnes of the sayd<br />
pylott overshoote her port and make for Almonecha supposeing it to be<br />
Vales Mallega, where being come the sayd Thomas Browneing caused<br />
an anchor to be cast out intending to Anchor there, but the same not takeing hold<br />
the sayd shipp fell fowle of a holland shipp rideing in the roade there,<br />
and being gott cleere thereof the sayd Thomas Browneing lett fall<br />
an other Anchor, and that not takeing hold the sayd shipp was (a stiff gale of<br />
winde then bloweing) forced and runne betweene two rocks neere Almonica where shee<br />
lost her foremast and bolspritt, and passing betweene the sayd rocks into a<br />
sandy bay neere thereto shee was there splitt in peeces and both shipp and<br />
goods all lost (saving about 25 butts of Malega wines) And as<br />
to the sayd Thomas Browneings being distempered with drinke the tyme Interrogated hee<br />
answereth negatively, well knowing hee was not then distempered with<br />
drinke the premisses hee deposeth for the reasons aforesayd And top the rest of the Interrogatorie hee cannot answere./
To the 7th hee saith that the night before the sayd shipp was soe cast<br />
away she was then at Anchor in Grand Mallega Road and the Masters mate about two of<br />
the clock in the morneing of the same day called to the Boatswaine to<br />
rise and weigh Anchor to depart for Veles Mallega, and the Boateswaine<br />
not riseing the Master came to the Cabbin and called him<br />
himselfe, and when hee cae out brake his head for not riseing when<br />
hee was first called the premisses hee deposeth for the reasons aforesayd And further hee cannot answere otherwise then<br />
negatively for that hee well observed that the sayd master was then noe<br />
way distempered with drinke./
To the 8th hee saith the Interrogated Thomas and Robert Browneing brought out from<br />
the port of London gunnes pistolls firkins of nayles and tobaccoes to<br />
the severall quantities Interrogate or thereabouts but the value of them hee<br />
knoweth not, and noe other goods that hee thsi rendent knoweth of, And saith<br />
there were five butts of Mallega wine and some other goods lost when the sayd shipp was cast away which the<br />
sayd Master affirmed were his and for his owne Accompt And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answereerrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answere +
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