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have receaved their whole ladeing accordin … have receaved their whole ladeing according to Charterparty in all which<br />
tyme there were laden aboard the sayd shipp the ''William'' for Accompt of<br />
the sayd Watts only fifteene hogsheads of Tobaccoe, whereupon the sayd<br />
Phillip Ewers after hee had stayed much above forty five days in the<br />
sayd River expecting his ladeing according to Charterparty and the same<br />
not coming did (as this deponent hath heard and beleeveth) about six day[?es GUTTER]<br />
before his departure with his sayd shipp out of the sayd River (videlicet upon or<br />
about the 24th of July 1655) make a protest to the effect in the Sch[?edule GUTTER]<br />
in the 4th article of the libell mentioned before the arlate William Clay[?bourne GUTTER]<br />
the Secretary of State in Virginia and others, in the house of the sayd<br />
Claybourne, and saith that by meanes aforesayd the sayd shipp<br />
''William'' came home for England with only fifteene hogsheads of tobaccoe laden<br />
on board her for Accompt of the sayd Watts, soe that the sayd Phillipp<br />
Ewers hath suffered losse and dammage by his lying soe longe in Virginia<br />
and being disappointed of this ladeing as aforesayd and in expense of vic[?tualls GUTTER]<br />
and mens wages, (over and besides the losse of this freight due according [?to GUTTER]<br />
Charterparty) at the least two hundred pounds sterling And further to<br />
these articles hee cannot depose he of this certaine knowledge, hee not being<br />
present at the signeing and sealing of the Charterparty, nor at the makeing<br />
of the protest aforesayd but being only in another roome of the sayd<br />
Claybornes house where the sayd protest was made./
To the 6th hee cannot depose./
To the 7th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registry of this Court<br />
and further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first he saith he was Masters Mate of the ''William'' the voyage<br />
in question and hath receaved his wages due for the sayd voyage And to the<br />
rest of the Interrogatorie hee answereth negatively./
To the 2 hee saith he was Masters Mate as aforesayd and entered into<br />
halfe pay for the sayd voyage in October 1654 about the beginning of the sayd month and into whole pay the 12th of<br />
december 1654 at which tyme the sayd shipp set sayle from Gravesend And<br />
further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/
To the 3 hee saith the sayd shipp sett sayle from Gravesend on the sayd 12th of<br />
december 1654 and arrived safely in James River the 22th of Aprill 1655 and<br />
saith it is accompted among Seamen 3 months voyage from Gravesend to James River in<br />
Virginia and sometymes it takes a longer and sometymes a shorter tyme<br />
to performe the same according as the winde or weather favoureth And<br />
further hee cannot answere/
To the 5th hee saith that the Interrogate Ewers and company made only<br />
one port the voyage in question betweene Gravesend and James River in<br />
Virginia, which Port was ffalmouth, into which they were driven by stresse<br />
of weather And further to this Interrogatorie he cannot answere/
Tothis Interrogatorie he cannot answere/
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