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did stand, and whether they wrought in aft … did stand, and whether they wrought in after him, or out to sea, and being<br />
told by them that went up into the shrowdes that the sayd shipps stood with their<br />
heads to sea wards, and were workeing out to sea the sayd damerell went up into<br />
the shrowdes him selfe to take a view what the sayd other shipps did and how the Ice lay which was to shoare and having<br />
viewed it and then, sayd thus or the like in effect, I see the other shipps (meaneing the<br />
fower shipps aforesayd) are workeing out to sea, therefore lett us worke out alsoe<br />
and thereupon the sayd shipps Company by the Command of the<br />
sayd Damerell<br />
did worke the sayd shipp ''Owners Adventure'' out of the Ice to sea to followe the<br />
other fower shipps, And saith that nothing spoken or done by the saydd Gosling<br />
or Maundry or either of them were any cause why the shipp ''Owners Adventure''<br />
gott not then or at any time after to Port, they allwaies acting and doeing<br />
their part and dutie soe farr as this deponent could observe to have gained a Port (if it could have bin gained)<br />
but the extreamity of Ice<br />
was such that it afforded not any oportunitie to the shipp ''Owners Adventure''<br />
and her Company to gett to any harbour, And alsoe saith that the sayd shipp<br />
being gott cleere out of the Ice to sea the sayd damerell did openly upon<br />
the shipps deck before this deponent and divers others of the sayd shipps company<br />
saye thus of the like in effect, I am glad the shipp is out (meaning the<br />
''Owners Adventure'') and would not have her in againe (meaning<br />
where she was when hee commanded her to be wrought ot to sea.)<br />
for five hundred pounds: And further to those articles hee cannot depose
To the 9th hee saith hee knoweth the arlate Pybus Welch Child and Goulding<br />
and saith they are all accompted able sea men, and men that have used<br />
the Greeneland trade of fishing for many yeares, and accompted to bee well<br />
experienced therein, And saith hee hath heard the sayd Pybus and Childe<br />
since their returne to London from the voyage in question saye, that they<br />
marvailed that the sayd damerell would worke his shipp soe farr into<br />
the Ice as hee did, being there was (in their judgment) noe probability to<br />
gett to harbour, And hee this deponent well knoweth that the sayd Pybus<br />
his shipp by her goeing into the Ice at the same tyme and place (though not<br />
soe farr as the ''Owners Adventure'' did) was soe much damnified and hurt<br />
thereby and by breaking through the Ice againe to sea, that when shee was<br />
gott cleere to Sea she was ready to sinke by reason of a hole the Ice<br />
had staved in her bowe, at which shee tooke five or sixe feete water in<br />
hold, and her company were ready to forsake her had not shee had<br />
the helpe of the Companyes of the sayd Golding Welch and Child their<br />
shipps, and of the Company of the ''Owners Adventure'' to helpe to<br />
pumpe her and stopp her leake, And saith that at such tyme as the ''Owners''<br />
''Adventure'' did begin to worke out of the Ice toward sea, Bell Point did<br />
then beare East south East of the sayd shipp and was (in this deponents Judgment<br />
about eight of tenn leagures distant from her, and hee this deponent did<br />
observe that the Ice did beate and drive soe against the Rudder of the ''Owners Ad=''<br />
''venture'' as shee was while shee laye fast to the Ice before shee begann<br />
to worke out againe, that hee much feared it would have staved her<br />
Rudder And further to this article hee cannot depose/
Toher to this article hee cannot depose/
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