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into the ''Hopes'' boate, and being soe go … into the ''Hopes'' boate, and being soe got in and the ''hares'' boate put back,<br />
the said foure men prayed the master and company of the ''hope'' to put<br />
off with their boate, saying that if the ''hares'' men came againe<br />
they would take away the ''hopes'' boate, and then they should all<br />
perish meaning the company of the ''Hope'' and those foure men<br />
with them And saith that the master and company of the ''Hope'' with<br />
those foure men, rowed their boate ashore (being about three leagues)<br />
to get aide to help off their shipp, intending a speedie retourne,<br />
but soone after they were gonne, the tide increasing, their said shipp<br />
gott off her selfe, and soe did the said hoy, And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the fifth hee saith that the said company of the ''Hope'' being<br />
with the said boate got ashore, they there understood that thei vessell<br />
was got off and carried away by some fishermen towards London,<br />
whereupon they desisted from getting help from shore, and went after<br />
their said shipp, And otherwise cannot depose, being out of sight<br />
of the ''hope'' at the time of such boarding and plundering her by the<br />
''Hares'' men as is arlate
To the 6th hee saith that the said fishermen carried the said shipp ''Hope''<br />
to Graies, which is about 30 miles from the place where shee sate aground<br />
as aforesaid, and saith that if they had let her alone, the said master<br />
and company with help from shore might have taken and brought<br />
her (in all probabilitie) up to Grayes in two or three tides, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the 7th hee cannot depose for hee hath not bin aboard the ''Hope'' since<br />
such his rowing ashore.
To the 8th hee saith that two or three of the fishing ketches might<br />
have brought up the ''Hope'' without assistance of any other, And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose
To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that the said shipp the ''Hope'' then belonged<br />
to Coninsbergh where the said Thomas Benson and John Cotton dwell,<br />
but the said Thomas and Andrew Tailer dwell at Yorke, And otherwise<br />
hee cannot answer saving his foregoeing deposition to which hee referreth himselfe
To the second hee saith that Martin Barnehilde master of the ''Hope''<br />
dwells at Conincksbergh, but was borne at Lubeck. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the third hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition, and to the bills<br />
of lading which are said to be remayning in this Court.
To the fourth hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
The marke of William<br />
'''R''' Cock [MARKE, RH SIDE]<br />
'''R''' Cock [MARKE, RH SIDE] +
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