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HCA 13/71 f.259v Annotate
First transcribed 1 November 2012  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 259  +
Parent volume HCA 13/71  +
Side Verso  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 01/11/2012  +
Transcription To the 5th hee saith hee knoweth the InterTo the 5th hee saith hee knoweth the Interrogate Mathew Plowman<br /> and saith the sayd Plowman was at such tyme as the stormes aforesayd<br /> happened a sickly man and soe had bin for three or fower dayes before<br /> and kept his Cabbin and came not out by reason of his sickness And<br /> saith hee well observed and knoweth that the sayd Plowman did not come<br /> forth of his cabbin in the sayd stormes untill after the sayd shipps<br /> mayne mast and shrowdes and tackle aforesayd were downe and blowne<br /> over board and gone and when hee did come the reason thereof<br /> was for that a great sea came into the sayd shipp and<br /> part thereof went into his Cabbin soe that the sayd Plowman fearing<br /> as this deponent beleeveth that hee should bee drowned in the Cabbin<br /> thereupon came forth thereof and hee this deponent well knowing<br /> the sayd Plowmans Cabbin is well assured that the same being<br /> within the great Cabbin and obscured and hidd by the bulke heads of the sayd<br /> shipp It was impossible for him from out the sayd Cabbin to see<br /> and discover what was done in the sayd shipp by others of her company<br /> in any part thereof And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose/ Repeated before doctor Godolphin the marke of the sayd [MARKE, RH SIDE] John '''‡''' Smith. [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ****************************** The same day [XX] [CENTRE HEADING] Examined on the sayd Interrogatories/ '''d Smith''' '''2''' '''John Sutton''' of Wapping in the parish of Saint Mary Matsellon<br /> alias Whitechappell and County of Middlesex Mariner Boatswaine<br /> of the shipp the ''Saphir'' aged twenty sixe yeares or there<br /> abouts a wittnes sworne and examined saith and<br /> deposeth as followeth videlicet./ To the first and second Interrogatories hee saith that hee well knoweth<br /> the Interrogate Shipp the ''Saphir'' and went Boatswaine of and in her the voyage<br /> in question being her last voyage from London and saith that in the sayd<br /> voyage the sayd shipp about forescore leagues to the Southwest of Scilly<br /> mett with an exceeding great storme and tempest which continued<br /> with great force for five or sixe howers togeather in soe much that<br /> the sayd shipp and her ladeing and alsoe the lives of her company on board<br /> her were in extreame perill and danger of being utterly lost and the<br /> sayd Master and Company seeing the great danger they and the sayd shipp<br /> were in did conclude that the safest way to preserve the sayd shipp and<br /> ladeing from sinkeing and perishing in and by the sayd storme was to<br /> cutt the mayne mast and other her tacke over board, and according to<br /> the sayd conclusion and agreement the sayd shipps Company by order of the<br /> Master began to Cutt the mayne mast and then cutt the shroudes<br /> and stays of the mayne mast and the says shroudes and stay being cutt<br /> then and not before the mayne mast (although it were a new stronge and<br /> substantiall maste) brake in peeces a good way above the place where it was<br /> begunne to bee cutt (wanting the sayd shroudes and staye to guide, and<br /> uphold it) and were togeather with the topp mast and all the yardes and sayles [?XXXXX] and tossed over board and lost in the Sea which hee verily beleeveth it would not have done if the [?sayd GUTTER]<br /> shroudesif the [?sayd GUTTER]<br /> shroudes  +
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