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The 28th day of Aprill <u>1655:-< … The 28th day of Aprill <u>1655:-</u> [CENTRE HEADING]
Michael de hare against Cable/
Examined upon the said Allegation:
'''Cable)<br />
[?Blancart]) dt'''
'''10'''
'''James Hales''' of dover Mariner aged 57 yeares<br />
or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne and examined<br />
saith as followeth videlicet
To the first article of the said Allegation hee saith, That hee this deponent hath<br />
well knowne the Vessell the ''Successe'' arlate for about 2. yeares last<br />
past during all which time shee was generally esteemed to belong<br />
unto Michael de hare and Abraham Stock arlate as being the true<br />
and lawfull Owners and Proprietors of the same and of her tackle<br />
apparrell and furniture, the said Vessell in that time belonging to the<br />
Port of dover the settled place of this deponents residence, wherey and by<br />
his saileing and serving in and aboard the said shipp the Voiage now<br />
in Controversy hee hath bin informed and is well assured of the propriety<br />
predeposed And further cannot depose:/
To the second hee saith, That in or about the moneths of July or<br />
August <u>1654.</u> last past, the said Vessell the ''Successe'' was at or<br />
neere New Castle upon Tyne, where the same was laden with<br />
Seacoales for the accompt of the said Michael de hare and<br />
Abraham Stocke, Which hee knoweth for that hee was one of the<br />
said shipps Companie at and within the time aforesaid. And further hee<br />
cannot depose:-/
To the third hee saith, That in the moneth of August<br />
aforesaid the said Vessell the ''Successe'' with her lading of coales<br />
departed from Newcastle bound for dover, and being in her<br />
Course thitherwards about one or two of the Clock in the morning<br />
in the 9th day of August the wind then at South, and<br />
a pretty stiffe gale, and the said Vessell being then at a place<br />
called the Well; about 10. or 11. fathoms water, the aster of the<br />
said Vessell ''Successe'' did espie and discover to his Companie a<br />
Vessell coming right downe before the wind steering directly upon<br />
the said shipp whereupon the said Master and Companie called abd<br />
cryed out to the Company of the said shipp (which this deponent hath<br />
since understood to be Vessell the ''dove'' arlate) to keepe cleare of<br />
the said Vessell ''Successe'', which they might easily have done beinge<br />
before the wynd and unladen, but the said Vessell the ''dove'' did by<br />
the carelessnesse or willfullnesse of her Master and Companie<br />
runn directly on board the said shipp ''Successe'' and broake her downe<br />
in her larboard bow, so that shee and her lading presentl;y after<br />
suncke and perished in the Seas together withall her [?appuretenances]eas together withall her [?appuretenances] +
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