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when they saw they should bee surprised, a … when they saw they should bee surprised, and the sayd Viber and<br />
his mate being brought back and aboard the shipp some<br />
goods by him the sayd Viber imbezelled from on board the sayd<br />
shipp was found about him, and search being made by the shipps<br />
Company by order of Captaine Totty, the boxe out of which<br />
the goods were imbezelled was found in his the sayd Vibers Cabin<br />
and the goods found about the sayd Viber and those found floating<br />
upon the streame [?ownne] by one Mr Browning a passenger in the<br />
sayd shipp (who had goods aboard) to bee this goods, And hee saith the<br />
sayd shipps company brought the sayd Viber to the sayd<br />
Totty and this deponent desyred him that hee would take such [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
with the sayd Viber and his mate that the shipps Company might<br />
not bee damnified for any thing that was missing or had<br />
bin pillfered away by them the sayd Viber and his Mate the whole<br />
charge of the ladeing being committed to the sayd Viber as boatswaine<br />
but the sayd Tottie only caused the sayd Viber and his Mate to have<br />
shackles put upon their hands for an hower or two, and to bee<br />
tyed a while to the Capsterne, and afterwards discharged<br />
Viber of his boatswaine place and put an other thereinto, and [?made GUTTER]<br />
Viber Quarter Master and in that qualitie continued him aboard<br />
the sayd shipp till her arrivall at the Barbadoes and there<br />
suffered him to departe without prosecuting the lawe against<br />
him, or causing him to make satisfaction for the goods so<br />
Imbezelled And, hee this deponent verily beleeveth that if<br />
any lead, deale bords or aother commodities laden aboard the sayd<br />
shipp for accompt of the arlate Maior Chamberlayne are imbezelled and wanting the same<br />
were soe imbezelled by the sayd Viber and not by the arlate [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
and Company Mariners of the sayd shipp And further to<br />
this article hee cannot depose/
To the 4th hee saith that at Gravesend fower servants did make<br />
an escape away in an other shipps boate, and the sayd [XXXX GUTTER]<br />
being ashoare with the ''Edward and Johns'' [?boate GUTTER]<br />
her company had noe boate to make after [?them GUTTER]<br />
and the shipps company acquainteing the sayd Captaine Totty [?of GUTTER]<br />
the manner of their escape and defying that noe dammage<br />
happen to them they being not then entered into [?whole GUTTER]<br />
pay (as in truth they were not) and soe having noe charge of [?her GUTTER]<br />
but the charge of them resting wholly upon the boatswaine,<br />
the sayd Captaine thereupon promised before this deponent [??and GUTTER]<br />
of the shipps Company, that noe dammage should happen to the<br />
shipps company by reason of their escape, for hee would<br />
hee sayd) make them good to their Master with other servants hee<br />
had on board which had noe Master, And saith that hee<br />
heard the sayd Tottie longe after sayd that hee had a noate from<br />
Generall Sedgewick to showe that these fower men who<br />
camme away as aforesayd, were under the sayd Generalls [XXX GUTTER]<br />
in service of this Commonwealth and that hee would and did deteyyne them<br />
[?for GUTTER]id deteyyne them<br />
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