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To the 9th and 10th hee saith hee knoweth … To the 9th and 10th hee saith hee knoweth nothing thereof./
To the 11th hee referreth himself to the Acts and proceedings of this Court:-/:-
To the 12th hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true:-/
To the Crosse Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]
'''Dt: Smith./'''
To the first hee saith hee cometh to declare the trueth of his knowledge in<br />
this Cause at the instance of Mr de hare and Abraham Stocke<br />
and that hee was an ordinary marriner aboard the ''Successe'' interrate at the<br />
time of the hurt received as predeposed, and was then at the helme of the<br />
said shipp ''Successe'' And further cannot depose:-/
To the second hee saith, hee hath seene the shipp the ''dove'' interrate about 12.<br />
yeares since at harwich, and since at the time of the hurt done as<br />
predeposed and shortly after at Newcastle, and saith hee hath knowne the<br />
interrate Cable for about 3. or 4. yeares last past./
To the third hee saith, That the place called the Well interrate is<br />
about 20. leagues over, and that usually all shipps passing from London<br />
or parts hereabouts to Newcastle doe passe over the same, and saith at the<br />
time of the hurt done as aforesaid the weather was something [?harie]<br />
and duske, but not very darke, and this rendent was then at the helme<br />
of the said Vessell ''Successe''./
To the 4th hee referreth himselfe to his precedent deposition, And further<br />
cannot depose:-/
To the 5th hee saith, That hee this rendent and the rest of the Company<br />
of the said shipp ''Successe'' did at the time of the disaster aforesaid<br />
perceive and declare one to another that the Vessell which did the injurie<br />
predeposed had the figure or forme of an Angell in her head.
To the 6th hee saith hee hath not deposed of any such Confession as is<br />
interrate, And otherwise negatively:-/
To the 7th negatively, referring to his foregoeing deposition:-/
To the 8th hee saith hee can write and reade, and saith hee did not<br />
take any note in writing of the time when the disaster aforesaid<br />
happened, but very well remembreth it, as hee hath great reason to<br />
doe, And further referreth to his precedent deposition:-/
Repeated before Doctor Clerke/
James halls [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] Clerke/
James halls [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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