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there Cast away this deponent then being a … there Cast away this deponent then being aboard the said man of warr and seeing<br />
the same, and saith in this deponents sight, the maine mast of the said shipp ''dope'' was<br />
cutt downe, expressely, as this deponent hath heard and verily beleeveth to make a<br />
Rasse for the preservation of the lives of the said Tresaure, Pylott, and<br />
Companie then aboard the said shipp the ''dope''./
To the 12th hee saith, That from the time that the said man of warr the ''Venture''<br />
departed from Yarmouth upon the Voiage in Controversie till the said shipp ''dope'' was cast<br />
away as aforesaid, shee was not in any Port or harbor except Yarmouth roade<br />
aforesaid, nor any of her Companie ashoare, (this deponent excepted,) as is predeposed<br />
neither did they meet woth any shipp at Sea in all that time, whereby they had<br />
any notice or intelligence of the peace aforesaid. The premisses hee knoweth<br />
for the reasons predeposed, And further cannot depose.
To the 13. and 14th articles hee saith, That the allate John Tresaure of this<br />
deponents observation was and is an able seaman, and, as this deponent hath credibly<br />
heard, hath had Commannd of shipps as Master or Captaine for severall yeares<br />
past, and for and as such the said Tresaure was and is generally reputed.<br />
And beleeveth, the said Tresaure, Pylott and Companie did thenir uttmost<br />
endeavor to preserve the said shipp the ''dope'' both from and after her running<br />
on ground, the said man of warr, wherein this deponent then was, being also<br />
at the same time runn aground as aforesaid, about the distance of one<br />
hundred yards from the ''dope'', as hee conceriveth, And further cannot depose
To the 15th and 16th hee saith, That the said shipp the ''dope'' at the<br />
time of her said seizure was a dutch built shipp belonging to Amsterdam<br />
and bound thither, as the said John Cornelison doope immediately after<br />
the said seizure freely acknowledged to the said Tresaure in this deponents presence<br />
and hearing, And saith, That in Case the said Tresaure and Companie<br />
had not taken and manned the said shipp, after her owne Companie (except<br />
the said Master) had so deserted her, shee and her lading must inevitably have<br />
perished at sea by reason of a very tempetuous wind and weather arising<br />
shortly after the said shipps seizure, Which hee well knoweth for the<br />
reasons aforesaid, And further cannot depose./
To the Crosse Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth, That hee this rendent was one of the<br />
Companie of the shipp ''Venture'' interrate in the Voiage in question, but had<br />
no Office in the same, neither doeth hee in this Cause doe or endeavour any<br />
thing saving the declaration of the trueth, so farr as his knowledge extends<br />
And otherwise negatively/
To the 2d hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing depostion, And otherwise<br />
negatively./
To the third hee saith, the Vessell the ''dope'' interrate came into Yarmouth<br />
roade upon the 11th day of May last last about 10. or 11. of the Clocke in<br />
the night, and that this rendent being the person interrate goeing there ashoare<br />
(asrrate goeing there ashoare<br />
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