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hath knowne the arlate Pybus Welch Gouldin … hath knowne the arlate Pybus Welch Goulding and Child and saith<br />
hee knoweth they have bin severall tymes imployed in voyages to Greeneland<br />
and are commonly reputed experienced men in the Greeneland fishing<br />
And saith after the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' were gotten out of the<br />
Ice to sea againe and in Company of the shipps of the sayd Golding Welch<br />
Pybus and Child, hee heard divers seamen of the Companyes of the sayd<br />
shipp saye, that it was a very indiscreete part (in their Judgment) of<br />
the sayd damerell to adventure into the Ice soe farr as hee did, and<br />
that they conceived him to bee in great danger in goeing soe farr, And<br />
hee saith the sayd Pybus his shipp by her goeing into the Ice (though not soe<br />
farr as the sayd damerell) or in her workeing in againe, had a hole struck<br />
in her Larboard Bowe with a tongue of Ice whereby shee received tenn<br />
foote water in hold, and was in greate danger of sinkeing and had<br />
undoubtedly perished had not the Companyes of the sayd Golding<br />
Welch and Child their shipps and the Companyes of the ''Owners Adven=''<br />
''ture'' and ''Greyhound'' (after they gott out of the Ice and came up to her) helped<br />
to stoppe her leake and pumpe and bayle to cleere her of water<br />
And hee saith in his deponents Judgment the ''Owners Adventure'' and<br />
''Greyhound'' when they were gone the sayd ffower myle byeyond the other shipps<br />
and turned about to come out to sea, were about thirteene or twelve leagues<br />
at least from shoare when they turned back, and in this deponents Judgment<br />
the Ice was soe thicke towards shoare when they soe turned back, that in outwards<br />
appearance there was farr greater danger to worke in tooward<br />
shoare then to turne back and make out to sea againe, And further<br />
saveing his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/
To the 10th and 11th hee saith that the sayd damerell after hee had<br />
helped as aforesayd to preserve the sayd Pybus his shipp, did loose the<br />
Company of the sayd Pybus Welch Golding and Child by stresse of<br />
weather and foggues, and after hee had lost their Company did<br />
keepe company and consorte him selfe with severall dutch shiipps and<br />
goe on board of them and tooke presents of them as sea horse teeth and a holland cheese and went with them to the Eastward and never<br />
endeavoured for a harbour, only hee went severall tymes to the edge<br />
of the Ice, but seeing it thick returned back to sea againe, And saith that<br />
after the sayd damerell had soe lost the company of the sayd fower English<br />
shipps, the sayd Maundrey did advise the sayd damerell<br />
to goe to the Northwards and to make for Greene harbour, but the sayd damerell<br />
did not followe this advice but went to the Eastward with the fflemings<br />
as aforesayd, and not getting into harbour there, the Company of<br />
the ''Owners Adventure'' divers of them fell sick of the scurvie, and<br />
some of the ''Greyhouns'' Company dyed thereof, which was occasioned<br />
as hee this deponent beleeveth by reason of their not getting to some<br />
harbour, and want of refreshment on shoare, all which the sayd Maundry and Gosling and the Company<br />
of the sayd shipp patiently endured without disobeying the sayd<br />
damerells Commands, And saith the sayd damerell<br />
not mindeing (for ought appeared to this deponent) to make<br />
for any harbour, went with two or three dutch shipps to a place<br />
calleddutch shipps to a place<br />
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