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To the first position hee saith and depose … To the first position hee saith and deposeth that hee well<br />
Knoweth the ship the ''Orange Tree'', Lilbellate and alsoe Knoweth<br />
the Libellate Engle ffrith, who hee saith was for and<br />
during all the moneths of. September and October<br />
last past Master of her, and soe accounted This Deponent<br />
having in the said time bin onboard the said ship<br />
and seeing him execute the said place, of Master<br />
and further cannot depose, saving hee hath heard<br />
that the said Engle ffrith had been Master of the said<br />
ship for some monethes before ./:
To the second position and schedule therein mentioned<br />
hee saith and Deposeth that, hee this Deponent coming [?hX GUTTER]<br />
be Journiman to the Libellate Daniell Atkins on<br />
or about the latter end of August or begining of<br />
September last, was credibly Informed that the said<br />
Daniel Atkins had caused to be Delivered at the<br />
request of the said Engle ffrith, for the use of the<br />
said ship, severall goods and materialls, And saith<br />
that after this Deponents coming to the said Adkins<br />
hee did by the order of the said Adkins at severall<br />
times deliver parcells of Goods into the XX ships boate [broXX GUTTER] the said Engle<br />
ffriths Brother the Boatswaine of the said ship to receive [?tXX GUTTER] for<br />
her use, and this Deponent<br />
himselfe did carry on board the said ship some Hamborow Lines<br />
and did deliver the same to the said Boatswaine<br />
and this Deponent then sawe new Cordage In[?place GUTTER]<br />
about her Rigging, and the said Boatswaine did<br />
then and there acknowledge to this Deponent that the<br />
same came from the said Adkins, And saith that<br />
in the foresaid moneths new cordage was well worth<br />
forty shillings a hundred, spunyarne Twenty shillings<br />
a hundred. Hamborough Lines Eighteene pence a<br />
peece, a Dipsey Lyne Eight Shillings, ffine Marlin<br />
Eight pence a pound, and English Marlin and<br />
Howsein six pence a pound. The said prices being<br />
the said time the Usuall and ordinary prices for the<br />
said Goods and materialls. This Deponent being a<br />
Ropemaker and having served an Apprenticeship to<br />
that Trade, and thereby Knowing the worth and [xxx GUTTER]<br />
of the said Goods and materialls And further cannot<br />
depose ./:
To the 3d hee referreth himselfe to the registry of this Court
To the 4th he sayth that the said Adkins in Regard<br />
hath not receaved his money for the materialls in question [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
suffered losse and damage, but how much, hee cannot Estimate damage, but how much, hee cannot Estimate +
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