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master, And the sayd author was of this de … master, And the sayd author was of this deponents sight [?] to a cable[?]<br />
which did belong to the sayd shipp the supply and was [?] thereunto<br />
And otherwise cannot depose.
To the 10th aticle of the sayd allegtion This deponent saith that of this deponents <br />
sight the sayd Anchor lay in a plate in the River of Thames where<br />
shipps doe usually ride, and often pass, And saith that the sayd Anchor<br />
att the tyme of the building of the ''[?] [?]''. Thereon, as aforesayd<br />
of the certine knowledge of this deponent who sett the sayd anchor<br />
and saw the shippe [?] theron had now buoy or any marke whereby<br />
it might be seene or [?] that any Anchor law there. And otherwise <br />
he cannot depose.
To the [?] he saith it is the Custome of the River of Thames that <br />
every Anchor [?] in the river mast and out to have a buoy to it whereby it may be<br />
discovered and knowne, and that all damages happening by anchors that <br />
wont buoys must and ought to be made good and [?] by the shipps <br />
whereunto such anchors belong and by the [?] of such shipps, which<br />
he knoweth being a mariner and hath belonged to this port of London <br />
and river of Thames for theis 16 yeares now past. And otherwise <br />
referring himself to the law he cannot depose.
To the twelth article of the sayd allegation This deponent saith that by means<br />
of bilging the sayd shipp the Commonwealth hath [?] damages <br />
[?] and besides the particulars aboev mentioned, in the [?]<br />
of part of the [?] of the sayd shipp and in [?] ways [?] <br />
and loss[?] of tyme, and also in being [?] of a Convoy<br />
wherewith the sayd shipp should have gone; to a [?] [?], but<br />
to what value in certayne he knoweth not nor can estimate as he <br />
saith. And otherwise cannot depose
To the Cross Interrogatories
To the .1. he saith he is one of the Company of the ''Abraham'' and comes<br />
to be a witnes by contraint and rder of Captain Kolke an Agent for <br />
this Commonwealth and otherwise negatively.
To the .2. he saith the bilge or damage happened in the fore part of <br />
Lough of the ''Abraham''. And saith he heard the interate James<br />
Lasky and Mr fflint tell Mr Pakes the master of the supply that the anchor<br />
which lay under the bough of their sayd [?] the ''Abraham'' was the<br />
sme which did the damage to the sayd vessall, and heard them desire<br />
the sayd Oakes to doe what he could to remove the sayd Anchor. And <br />
otherwise cannot depose.
To the third he saith that after the shipp ''Abraham'' was weighed upp<br />
[?] the next day after as he remembereth, this deponent did [?]<br />
a small broken anchor with [?] and [?] of a [?] but without [?], but he saith the sayd broken<br />
anchor did not the damage in question, for he saith the sayd broken <br />
anchor lay the distance of 25 shipps breadth from the place where the Abraham[?]<br />
was bilged, and the sayd broken anchor was loose and not tyed to any <br />
ahipp, and the anchor that did the damage was of this deponents<br />
sight and fooling[?] fastened by ropes to the sayd shipp supply, and<br />
moreover saith that the Anchor which did the damage was of the [?]<br />
of the deponent and certane knowlege a whole anchor and not broken and had her [?] and [?] [?]. <br />
And had her [?] and [?] [?]. <br />
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