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HCA 13/71 f.216r Annotate
First transcribed 22 October 2012  +
First transcriber Alexis Truax  +
Folio 216  +
Parent volume HCA 13/71  +
Side Recto  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 22/10/2012  +
Transcription belonged to her in former voyages and wellbelonged to her in former voyages and well knoweth that during the<br /> sayd voyage she was a stronge tight and stanch shipp saving he saith that after<br /> her taking in her ladeing at Saint Martines arlate (whense shee came in<br /> company of severall other Merchants shipps about the 25th of March last<br /> under Convoy of the ''Saphire ffrigott'' and ''Constant Warwick'' who convoyed<br /> there till they came upon into the Channel upon the Coast<br /> of England to avoide the danger of dunkirke men of warr and other<br /> shipps of warr enimies to this Commonwealth) the weather proved<br /> very windie and somewhat stormie and the sayd Convoyes making haste to get upon<br /> the Coast of England the shipp ''willing Mynde'' being desyrous to keepe<br /> company with the sayd Convoyes to avoide danger of surprizall by<br /> enymyes the Company of the sayd shipp desyred the Convoys to slacken<br /> their sayles somewhat, that they might might the better keepe Company with them<br /> but the Convoyes being shorte of victualls (as they sayd) and desyrous<br /> to come as soone as they could upon the English Coast, did not slack their<br /> sayles, soe that the shipp ''Willing mynde'' was forced to beare sayle<br /> more then ordinary to enioye the benefit of their convoy and company,<br /> and by that meanes of soe having sayles hee saith the sayd shipp ''willing''<br /> ''minde'' was soe streyned that shee thereby proved leakie and looke in or<br /> made much water, which the sayd shipps company could in noe<br /> wise prevent though they did their true endeavour at the pumpe to keepe<br /> her as drye as possible they could, and plyed the pumps constantly of<br /> this deponents sight and knowledge, soe that in case any damage did happen<br /> to any of her lading the same was not occasioned by any defect<br /> or insufficiencie in the sayd ship or fault or neglect of her Company but meerely by her soe bearing<br /> sayle to keep company with the sayd Convoyes and avoide the danger of<br /> surprizall as aforesayd And he saith it is usuall that laden shipps<br /> if they bee forced to brace more sayle then ordinary to keepe company as the ''Willing Minde'' then was (though otherwise they<br /> bee tight) doe prove leakie with over bearing of sayle and the same cannot<br /> bee by their Masters and Companyes avoided And further to these articles hee<br /> cannot depose./ To the 5th hee saith that being Masters mate aboard as aforesaid the voyage<br /> in question hee well knoweth the sayd shipp ''Willing mynde'' by such her<br /> bearing sayle more then ordinary did keepe with the sayd Companyes till<br /> shee came in the Channell by which meanes she was freed from<br /> danger of men of warr and arrived in safety in this port of London saving<br /> for what harme happened to her or her ladeing by bearing sayle as aforesayd,<br /> and saith if shee had not soe borne sayle and by that meanes<br /> kept company with the sayd Convoyes shee had bin in great danger to<br /> have bin surprized by men of warr of dunkirke and other places and to have<br /> bin wholly lost shee and her lading And further hee cannot depose/ To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true To the Interrogatories given in by Mr Smith on behalfe of the<br /> sayd Culling Kirby and daniell Arthur [CENTRE HEADING] To the first hee saith hee cometh to testifie the truth at the request of the<br /> producentt the request of the<br /> producent  +
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