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it cost then a very considerable summe, An … it cost then a very considerable summe, And saith that by reason<br />
of the sayd Gosling and Maundry their evill carriage predeposed of and<br />
other the hindrances before before deposed of the sayd vessells brought home<br />
little, videlicet only eighteene tonne And old hogsheads of oyle<br />
which they made of blubber of whales<br />
and sea horses, and a smale quantitie of finne, but what to value them at hee<br />
knoweth not, for that hee knoweth not the goodness of the oyle, nor what price [XX GUTTER]<br />
beards And further hee cannot depose/
To the 11th hee saith that the arlate Batson Beane and Godene (sic) by reason<br />
the voyage in question proved soe insucesessfull, have suffered great<br />
losse and dammage, but what to estimate the same at hee<br />
knoweth not, and saith that the sayd dammage<br />
and insuccessefullnesse of the sayd voyage was in his this deponents<br />
judgement occasionally by the sayd Gosling and Manndrie their co[nduct GUTTER]<br />
and words predeposed of, And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee<br />
cannot depose./
To the12th hee saith hee refereth himselfe to the Registerie of<br />
this Court and further cannot depose/
To the 13th hee saith the arlate Gosling Maundry and humfrey<br />
are subiects of this Commonwealth and subiect to the Jurisdiction of this<br />
Court soe hee beleeveth/
To the last he saith his foregoeing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith that the voyage in question<br />
was in this deponents judgement overthrowne by in manner aforesayd by the sayd Gosling and<br />
Maundrie and not by any default of damerell the master<br />
who was soe farr as this deponent could or did observe)<br />
all waies very forward to further and advance the good of the sayd<br />
voyage but was hindered by the sayd Gosling and Maundry in [manner GUTTER]<br />
predeposed, and further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot depose
To the 2 hee saith hee cometh to testifie in this cause being requested<br />
soe to doe by Mr Batson who well knew this deponent (being in [the GUTTER]<br />
voyage could not be ignorant of the cause of the hinderance [thereof GUTTER]<br />
And saith hee never subscribed any noate to the effect Interrogogate<br />
nor hath received any part of his wages<br />
save a moneths pay which bee receaved (as all the rest of the ''Owners''<br />
''Adventures'' company did) before they went the voyage) which being th[?irty GUTTER]<br />
shillings was paid him by Mr Batsons man, and saith hee is promised<br />
nothing for his testimony nor expecteth any thing therefore./
To the 3 hee saith saveing his foregoeing deposition to which hee refereth
To the 4th hee cannot depose./e refereth
To the 4th hee cannot depose./ +
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