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Vessell the ''Mary'' (which used all endea … Vessell the ''Mary'' (which used all endeavours possible for a shipp so heavy laden<br />
to have avoyded the imminent danger) And thereupon the said shipp ''freeman'' did<br />
spoyle and indammage the ''Mary'' as followeth videlicet shgee broake her maine<br />
mast maine topps, maine yard foreyard her maine shrowds two of her<br />
foreshrowds her misen toppmast, and cracked her missen mast, spoyled her<br />
maine stay in two places, and broake one side of the said shipp ''Mary'' downe<br />
to the water and rent her foresaile and maine topsaile, and spoyled her mainesaile<br />
and very much damnified all the small rigging, and some of the Company of<br />
the said shipp the ''freeman'' coming on board the said shipp ''Mary'' did at their<br />
owne pleasure hack and cutt the said shipp and furniture very much spoyleing and<br />
endemmageing the same, and particularly one of the said ''freemans'' Companie<br />
whom this deponent taketh to have been her boateswaine, being aboard the ''Mary'',<br />
and desired by Robert Yaxley the Master not to doe such spoyle upon the shipp and<br />
tackle, the said boateswaine tooke up a handspike, and threatned to beat the Master<br />
who being overpowered was constrained to submitt to such their violences, which<br />
this deponent is firmly assured were committed and done by the order and<br />
direction, at least with the wilfull connivance of the said John Whitty, who<br />
during the premisses comeing upon the forecastle of his said shipp ''ffreeman'', did<br />
in the hearing of this deponent and his precontests, call the Master and Companie of<br />
the ''Mary'' Collierly doggs and rogues, sayeing hee did not care if hee had<br />
sunke her, meaning the said shipp ''Mary'', if it had not beene for the mens<br />
lives, or words to that effect. hee further saith, That to the best of this<br />
deponents Judgement and estimation, the dammage done to the said shipp ''Mary''<br />
did and doeth really amount to the valew of two hundred pounds sterling and<br />
upwards, and that the said shipp at a lesser valew cannot be restored to so<br />
good a Condition as shee was in before shee mett with the ''freeman'', and was<br />
runn aboard and spoyled by her in manner as is predeposed. And further<br />
cannot depose:-/
To the third hee saith, hee verily beleeveth that the shipp the ''Mary'' being<br />
a Vessell of about sixescore tunns and constantly employed in the Newcastle<br />
trade, might very well, (if the miscarriage predeposed had not happened<br />
whereby shee hath been necessitated to stay to be repayred) have cleared upon<br />
an employment to Newcastle and back to London with coales in the time of her<br />
stay here about 60 ''li'' sterling to the Owners besides the benefitt of about 10 ''li'' sterling to the Master which<br />
hee saith the said Master and owners have lost and are damnified by the meanes<br />
aforesaid, Which hee knoweth being a person long accustomed to those voyage sand seeing and knowing the said shipp ''Mary'' to have bin hindred from such<br />
the intended voyage by the disaster predeposed. And further cannot depose:-
To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to the Acts and proceedings in this Court<br />
And further cannot depose./
To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true./
To the Interrogatories:- [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee answereth, hee cometh to be a Wittnes in this Cause<br />
at the request of Robert Yaxley Master and part Owner of the said shipp ''Mary''<br />
wherein hee was an ordinary Mariner and saith the dammage in question<br />
(happened dammage in question<br />
(happened +
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