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from thence with the first good winde whic … from thence with the first good winde which should happen that the sayd shipp<br />
wsa then of this deponents sight a strong and staunch shipp and hath heard the sayd shipp ''John'' had bin in the sayd Port and fitted with all things necessary to proceede on her intended voyage [#]
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from the 20th of december 1653 or thereabouts
The premisses hee<br />
knoweth for that hee this deponent att the same tyme was as aforesayd at the Port<br />
of Weymouth a Mariner and one of the Company of a vessell called the ''Saint John''<br />
''Baptist'' (which laye alsoe at the sayd Port and was to goe from thence to Saint Malloes in<br />
ffrance,) and was often aboard the sayd shipp the ''John''<br />
and sawe that shee was fitted as aforesayd when this deponent came soe to Weymouth with all things<br />
ready to sett sayle and was a tyte vessell, And further to this article hee cannot<br />
depose saving his subsequent deposition.
To the 6th and 7th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee knoweth that on<br />
the sayd 20th day of december 1653 and for some tyme before and after the same the<br />
winde stoode contrary videlicet South South West soe that it served not for a shipp to sayle out of the Port of<br />
WEymouthj westwards and soe continued till about a weeke after this deponents arivall in the ''Saint John Baptist'' at Weymouth and saith that before the winde served for a shipp to sayle from<br />
that Port westwards there came a generall impresse for sea men in the westerne parts of<br />
England to serve in the shipps of this Commonwealth and there laye before<br />
the Port of Weymouth on the 2 or 3 of January 1653 when this deponent arrived there and soe had done as this deponent heard on the sayd 20th of december 1653 and before divers shipps in<br />
the omediate service of this Commonwealth as the ''hector'', the ''hound'', the [?''old''<br />
''Warwick'', the ''Guinney ffrigott'', the ''Speaker'' and others And saith of his knowledge<br />
the officers of the sayd shipps did after this deponents sayd arrivall at Weymouth impresse diverse sea men both on<br />
shoare and in Merchants shipps to serve the Commonwealth and soe had done before this deponents sayd comming thither as hee heard which presse<br />
continued till about the eighteenth of January 1653 old style during which<br />
tyme the sayd Commonwealths shipps continued in Weymouth Roade) by reason<br />
whereof mist sea men belongeing to shipps lying in that Roade, did forsake<br />
their shipps and leave only two or three of their company on board their shipps and<br />
the rest hidd them selves where they could to avoide pressing, and amongst the rest<br />
the Company of the sayd shipp the ''John'' did of this deponents sight and knowledge all but the boatswaine and an other<br />
forsake her and goe a shoare to hide them selves from being pressed, and this<br />
deponent for his part was pressed by the Officers of the sayd shipps of this Commonwealth<br />
three severall tymes betweene the sayd 20th of december 1653 and 18th of January next<br />
following, but by mediation of grfreinds gott cleare thereof And therefore hee this<br />
deponent well knoweth that a shipp could not have sett out of the Port of Weymouth<br />
from the tyme this deponent arrived there (as hee hath heard not from the sayd 20th of december 1653) till the 18th or 19th of January next after without great<br />
hazard and danger to have all or most of her men taken out of her to serve in the<br />
sayd shipps of this Commonwealth, and saith that the shipp the ''Saint''<br />
''John Baptist'' of whose company this deponent was one durst not nor did stirr out<br />
from the sayd Port of Weymouth by reason of all the sayd presse untill the 19th day of<br />
January 1653 old style, neither did any other shipps sett sayle out of the sayd<br />
Roade before the sayd 19th day of January (that this deponent knoweth of or<br />
hath heard) by reason of the sayd presse And further to these articles hee cannot<br />
depose
Upon the rest of the articles hee is not examined by direction of the producent/
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Examined the same day upon the sayd allegation [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Robert Pilton''' of Burton neere Bredport in<br />
the County of dorset Mariner aged 52 yeares or<br />
thereabouts a witnes sworne and examined saith and<br />
deposeth as followeth videlicet./
To the 5th 6th and 7th articles of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeththe sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth +
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