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served in the sayd shipp the sayd voyage A … served in the sayd shipp the sayd voyage And further saith that hee<br />
hath heard and verily beleeveth that the sayd Thomas Grove the Master<br />
and the Mariners of the sayd shipp were to observe and obey the orders of<br />
the sayd Luke Woods as sole supracargo of the sayd shipp as to what places<br />
she was to sayle to for the accomplishing of her voyage and as touching<br />
the ladeing unladeing and reladeing of the sayd shipp, and to sayle the sayd<br />
shipp and goe with the boate thereof from tyme to tyme and place to place<br />
as the sayd Woods for the better conveniencie of negotiating his busines<br />
as Supracargo of the sayd shipp should order and divert And further to<br />
this article and the schedule therein mentioned hee cannot depose not being<br />
privie to the makeing or signeing of the sayd schedule./
To the 5th and 6th articles of the sayd libell hee saith that the sayd shipp<br />
''Peace'' being departed from Gravesend and in her course towards ffrance was<br />
by Contrary windes put into ffalmouth where shee lay winde bound<br />
about twelve or thirteene dayes and about the seaventeenth of Aprill<br />
1657 the winde came fayre and the arlate Woods and Thomas Grove and this<br />
deponent and others of the sayd shipps company being then on shoare<br />
the sayd Woods in presence of this deponent as hee remembreth of and others of the shipps company<br />
did speake to the sayd Thomas Grove and desyre him to goe presently aboard<br />
for that the winde was then fayre to sett sayle and the season of the yeare<br />
somewhat spent the shipp being to stay in ffrance to take in her ladeing<br />
of salt and therefore desyred the sayd Grove to make haste aboard and<br />
sett sayle and prosecute the shipps intended voyage And saith hee well<br />
knoweth the sayd Grove and Wood did about two a clock in the afternoone<br />
that day goe aboard the sayd shipp togeather, and as soon as they<br />
came aboard sent the sayd shipps boate ashoare with some of her<br />
Company in it to cleere the sayd shipp at the Castle, and in the<br />
meane tyme brought the sayd shipp to sayle, And saith that this being<br />
done and a Country boate lyeing by the sayd shipps side, the sayd<br />
Thomas Grove the Master would needes goe againe on shoare<br />
therein, and Commanded his Mastes that when they came neere the<br />
Castle they should bring the sayd shipp to an Anchor againe, And<br />
hee ffurther saith that the sayd Woods being given to understand by<br />
some of the shipp that the sayd Master was goeing on shoare againe<br />
did come out upon the deck and in presence of this deponent and most<br />
of the sayd shipps company did earnestly entreat and perswade the<br />
sayd Master not to goe on shoare againe, and told him that his<br />
goeing ashoare would be a great hinderance to the sayd shipps voyage<br />
being bound upon a fishing designe, all which entreaties not<br />
withstanding the sayd Thomas Grove (hee saith) did goe on shoare<br />
in the sayd Country boate, and there stayed on shoare most part<br />
of that night (the winde being still fayre) and<br />
about two a clock in the morning came againe aboard, being<br />
then (in this deponents Judgement and observation) much [?overtaken] in<br />
drinken) much [?overtaken] in<br />
drinke +
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