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it is the use of all mariners to doe that … it is the use of all mariners to doe that lade oyle, and as the company<br />
of other shipps did that came home in company of the sayd shipp the<br />
''Katherine'' from ffaro, the voyage in question, and that he doth not demannd<br />
any damage for fourtye odd barrells of figgs which were ratt eaten, but the nyne barrells of figgs before<br />
mentioned were wantinge barrells and all and that it did not appeare<br />
by the barrells or by any of the rest of the figgs in the foresayd 39 barrells out of<br />
which was taken the foresayd 653 ''lb'' of figgs, that any of the sayd figgs<br />
were ratt eaten, but it did appeare by those barrells that he heads<br />
of them had bene taken out, and putt in agayne, and<br />
therfore beleiveth that the sayd damage came by the company of the sayd shipp<br />
Et aliter nescit deponere/
Ad 4um affirmat That he hath receaved noe goods out of the sayd shipp<br />
but such as were his owne goods and under his owne marke, exceptinge<br />
twentye two basketts of figgs of Mr John Nusffields and ten butts or<br />
pipes of the foresayd thirtye two pipes of oyle, wherin Mr John Questell was<br />
interessed with this deponent, Et aliter satsfacionem est supra:/
Ad 5um affirmat That he laded abord the sayd shipp at ffaro one hundred<br />
fourtye two dozen of brushes well conditioned and since the arrivall of<br />
the sayd shipp into the port of London he sould the same unto one Mr<br />
Steward dwellinge at Queenhith for 14 ''d'' the dozen, and the sayd<br />
Stewards hath sent his servant five or six tymes abord the sayd shipp<br />
to demannd the same, but could not receive them (as he informeth him<br />
this deponent) and further sayeth that the master of the shipp havinge<br />
broughte home in the sayd shipp a grat quantitye of the like brushes<br />
for his owne accompte, and sould the same heere in the port of London<br />
hath suffred the buyer to choose out his complement aswell out of<br />
this deponents complement as out of the sayd masters, and hath lefte onlye<br />
the worst of the sayd brushes which the sayd Steward refuseth to receive.<br />
Et aliter nescit deponere/
Ad 6um nescit deponere/
Ad 7um affirmat That he beleiveth that the sayd shipp the ''Katherine''<br />
did brringe home in her for the merchants accompte about eighte score<br />
tonnes of goods and noe more, and that there was a good quantitye of<br />
goods broughte home for the master and company but howe much he<br />
knoweth not, and sayeth that he beleiveth there is due to the master and company<br />
of the sayd shipp sixe pence per tonne for primage, but the<br />
average of tHE sayd goods was payd before her cominge from<br />
ffaro.
Robert Craven [SIGNATURE, MIDDLE]
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