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The 4th of January 1654/5:- [CENTRE HEADIN … The 4th of January 1654/5:- [CENTRE HEADING]
Captaine John Arthur against Pitt et cetera:}
Examined upon the said Allegation:-/
'''Rp. 4tus'''
'''John Diett''' of Limehouse in the parish of Stepney<br />
Mariner aged 50 yeares or thereabouts a Wittnes<br />
sworne and examined saith as followeth, videlicet:
To the first article of the said Allegation, hee saith hee well knoweth the arlate<br />
Thomas Browne, and knew him to be Master of the shipp the ''John''<br />
arlate upon the Voyage in Controversy. And further cannot depose./
To the 11th hee saith, That the said shipp the ''John'' being laden at Porta<br />
Port in Portugall in or about the moneths of ffebruary or March <u>1653.</u> English<br />
stile and bound, (as was there reported for the Barbadoes) was of this<br />
deponents sight and observation for about 3. or 4. weekes after such her lading<br />
constrained to stay and abide there, for that shee could not passe over the barr<br />
and saith that during that time a fflemmish or hamburgher shipp having<br />
also there laden and being of a burthen much inferior to the said shipp the<br />
''John'' yet was not able to passe the said Barr of Porta Port,<br />
The premisses hee knoweth being<br />
att the same time at Porta Port Cooper of and aboard the shipp the<br />
''Porta Port Merchant'' then and there also taking in her lading. And<br />
further hee cannot depose./
To the 12th hee saith hee beleeveth the shipp the ''John'' arlate was and<br />
is of the burthen of one hundred tunns and upwards, and beleeveth<br />
that the same being full laden doeth draw thirteen foot water or<br />
thereabouts, and so much this deponent hath sewerall times heard from divers<br />
of the said shipps Companie. And further cannot depose/
To the 13. hee saith, That hee this examinate was never but once, in<br />
the time predeposed at Porta Port interrate, at which time the said<br />
shipp the ''Porta Port Merchant'' wherein this deponent served was piloted<br />
over the barr allate neere Porta Port by a Pilot or pilotts of and<br />
belonging to that place, And saith hee beleeveth the same is also usually<br />
to be done to and with all forraigne shipps coming to trade there, And<br />
further cannot depose./
To the 14th hee saith, That as this deponent was credibly informed at<br />
Porta Port aforesaid, it was and is there a Custome of that place<br />
that the Pilots there usually knowne by the name of the kings Pilotts<br />
are to determine when the Tyde and height of water is convenient<br />
for all sorts of shipps to passe with securitie over the said barre, and that<br />
they have a salary or allowance for the same out of each shipp so<br />
passing, and are for the preservation of their Creditt and livelihood<br />
observed to bee very carefull in that their undertakeing: And further cannot depose
(To theakeing: And further cannot depose
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