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To the 4th he saith hee hath not so depose … To the 4th he saith hee hath not so deposed//
To the 5th hee saith hee hath not do deposed/
To the 6th hee saith hee came into the shipp the ''Mayflower'' in March 1648<br />
being then att the Barbadaos and contynued in her 8 Monthes, And that hee<br />
the said Hickman was in the ''Peter'' when this rendent entred into [?the] service, And<br />
otherwise saveing his former depositions, hee saith hee cannot depose./
To the 7th hee saith that hee hath heard that the said Hickman was nailed to the Mast of the shipp the ''Mayflower''<br />
before this rendent came aboard with a knife through his hand, for stabbing one of<br />
the said Shipps Company And otherwise hee saith hee cannot depose/
To the 8th hee saith that the said Hickman being abord the ''Peter'' as aforesaid was<br />
sent in the said shipp by order of the producent Jackett (as hee beleeveth and hath<br />
heard) to Santa domingo interrogate And further hee cannot depose./
To the 9th hee saith hee cannot answare/
To the 10th hee saith hee hath used to goe to Sea for the space of theise 16<br />
yeares last past, and saveing the orders and rules interrogated hath not [??perused] any<br />
of the like nature., but hath heard that they ordinarily use to sett upp such like<br />
orders in Shipps which are Men of warre, And otherwise (saveing his foregoeing<br />
depositions to which hee refereth himself) hee saith hee cannot depose./
Repeated before doctor Stevens./
Peter Steward [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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14th of July 1651.
On the behalf of Raph}<br />
Pa[?pe] Chirurgeon touching his losse in}<br />
the shipp the ''Barnestable Merchant''}<br />
of London}
'''Rp. jus'''
'''Archila[X]s Cooper''' of Radcliffe in the parish<br />
of Stepney in the County of Middlesex Marriner aged<br />
26. yeares or thereabouts sworne before the right<br />
worshipfull William Clark doctor of the lawes one of the Judges<br />
of the high Court of the Admiraltie, and examined touching the<br />
losse of the said Page Chirurgeon of the said shipp saith and deposeth<br />
as followeth videlicet.
That the said Shipp the ''Barnestable Merchant'' of London (John Wether[XXX]<br />
Master) was bound out from London upon a Merchandizeing and tradeing voyage<br />
and did sett saile from this port of London upon the 25th day of May 1648 Att<br />
which time the said Raph Page was imployed as a Chirurgeon in the said Shipp for<br />
the intended voyage, and did goe and saile therewith and in that service unto<br />
the Nerwfound land, and from thence to Lisbone in Portugall where hee saith<br />
the said shipp and Company were freighted by the king of Portugall to saile to<br />
Brazeela, and there delivered her goods, and returned to Lisbon[?a] againe with another<br />
freight in the service of the said king of Portugall, att which time Prince Ruperts<br />
Shipps were then Rideing att Anchor in the R[?oad] of Lisbone, and the Parliaments<br />
shipps rideing before the Harbour; And hee saith that not long after upon<br />
difference betweene the king of Portugall, and, the Generalls of the Parliaments ffleete<br />
The said Shipp the ''Barnstable Merchant'' upon the 7th of June 1650 was seised<br />
upon by the king of Portugall, and the said Raph Page, and all his Goods aboard were<br />
plunderedis Goods aboard were<br />
plundered +
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