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''Rose'' weighed, and saith that the ''Joh … ''Rose'' weighed, and saith that the ''John'' and ''Mary Rose''<br />
weighed about one and the same time, and ''John'' hee saith<br />
was ahead of the ''Mary Rose'', and after the said two<br />
ships had for a small space sailed directly forward<br />
the ''John'' sheered to the Southward and the ''Mary''<br />
''Rose'' steered on her course Course directly forward and the<br />
''John'' sheered from the Southward againe, to the<br />
Nothward, and came aboard the ''Mary Rose'' as [?shee GUTTER]<br />
was sailing directly forward as aforesaid and<br />
the foreshrowd of the ''John'' came foule of<br />
the bolspritt of the ''Mary Rose'' and one of the<br />
Lanyards was Catched by the Anchor of the ''Mary''<br />
''Rose'', the Premisses hee Deposeth seeing the [?same GUTTER]<br />
being a foremast man of and aboard the ''Mary''<br />
''Rose'', And further cannot depose./:
To the 3rd hee saith that the Boate of the ''Mary Rose''<br />
was not Towing of her when the ''John'' came foule<br />
of her as aforesaid, neither did her boate Towe [GUTTER]<br />
of this Deponents Knowledge till shee was Cleered [?of GUTTER]<br />
the ''John'', neither were the sailes of the ''Mary Rose''<br />
full and the Master and Company of the ''Mary Rose''<br />
seeing the ''John'' steering from the Southward as aforesaid<br />
and fearing shee would be foule of the ''Mary Rose''<br />
did what they could to prevent the ''John'' coming<br />
foule of them and lowered her foretop saile and<br />
hauled up her fore saile in the [?Bintlins] and Cl[?ewes GUTTER]<br />
and her maintop saile hee saith was not hoysed<br />
neither was her mainesaile set, And saith that<br />
for his part hee did not heare any of the Company<br />
of the ''John'' call to the Company of the ''Mary''<br />
''Rose'' to Slacken there sailes (the same being [?XXX GUTTER]<br />
as aforesaid) nor to let goe an Anchor And further<br />
cannot depose./
To the 4th and 5th hee saith that the ''Mary Rose''<br />
did not come or fall foule of the ''John'' but the<br />
''John'' of her, as aforesaid, neither did the ''Mary Rose''<br />
take away the winde of the ''John'' and sai[XX GUTTER]<br />
soone after the ''John'' came foule of the ''Mary Rose''<br />
her Laniard was Cut, and the ''Mary Rose'' was<br />
thereby Cleered and sailed on her Course and<br />
left the ''John'' Ryding in safety, at Anchor in about [?foure GUTTER]<br />
or five fathoms water, and the ''Mary Rose'' never<br />
(touchede ''Mary Rose'' never<br />
(touched +
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