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the rest of his fellow Labourers in that w … the rest of his fellow Labourers in that worke were forced to breake<br />
it up with Crowes of Iron and other ike instrument, and it rose<br />
up matted and baked together in great large flakes, and the<br />
heat thereof was so excessive and stench so noysome and stifling<br />
that this deponent and his sayd Companions were forced to pull<br />
off their Cloathes and worke naked, and saith notwithstanding<br />
the stifling heat and stench of the sayd Corne was so great<br />
that one of the sayd workmen gott his [?bame] and death therby<br />
and others very ill and dangerous distempers, and this deponent<br />
amongst the rest was so overprest and overcome with the noyso[?XX]<br />
that though he were then an able and lusty person and used<br />
to the mealing of Corne, and such like hard labour for theise<br />
12 yeares last past yet could not hold out to the finishing of<br />
the sayd worke, but was forced to retire himselfe to worke<br />
upon the lighter in the aire, and continued ill att ease by the<br />
distemper he then gott for many weekes after. And saith<br />
that the sayd shipp had taken in wett att her ballast port holes<br />
and the corne that lay neere to the sayd port holes and the mast of<br />
the shipp ws rotten and so fowle and nuyson that it was not<br />
for any use nor fitt for hogs. And saith by the knowledge this<br />
deponent hath in that sort of Commodity and grayne having<br />
bene a Corne Meter for 12 yeares as aforesayd, the sayd wheat<br />
in case it had continued in the sayd shipp unremoved by the space<br />
of 16 or 20 dayes longer would have become wholly perished<br />
and unfitt for use and would have bene in some short tyme<br />
more in danger to have taken fire through its owne heat<br />
and thereby have consumed it selfe and endangered the shipp<br />
and other shippes neere it. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the wighth and nynth articles of the sayd allegation This deponent saith<br />
that good diligence was used of this deponents knowledge by the<br />
foresaydd Commissioners, to recover the sayd wheat into as good a<br />
plight as it was capable to be, And saith one Mr Vincent bought<br />
a good part of it of the sayd Commissioners, And this deponent hath credibly<br />
heard by severall Cornemasters that he gave more for it than<br />
any man would and thatindeed he over bought it and is like to be<br />
a great looser by it; And this deponent for his part saith that by<br />
reason of the great plenty of good sound corne in England<br />
att this tyme very little of the foresayd wheat will be for any<br />
other use in England except for making of starch. as hee<br />
beleiveth. And further cannot depose.
To the tenth article he saith It is notorious that by reason of the<br />
present plenty Corne is very Cheape in England, and good sound<br />
merchantable English wheat of the better sort is usually bought and sold<br />
about London for 22 ''s'' the quarter. and good sound English<br />
wheat of the ordinary sort for 20 ''s'' the quarter and under. And<br />
the like sorte of wheat att other place in this Nation are he<br />
hath heard and beleiveth bought and sold att easyer rates bye 4 ''d'' a quarter And<br />
further cannot depose.
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