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The same day,
The foresayd '''John N[?u]t … The same day,
The foresayd '''John N[?u]tting''' examined upon<br />
the sayd Interrogatoryes saith.
To the first Interrogatory he saith hee comes to be a witnesse by the meanes of the<br />
sayd Boys; and that he was Carpenter of the sayd shipp as aforesayd, and<br />
hath thirty pounds of his wages deteyned from him by an attachment<br />
procured by the sayd Boyes, but under what pretence knoweth not. And<br />
otherwise cannot depose.
To the 2d hee saith the sayd sugars were not all dry and well conditioned<br />
after the sayd hurricano but were damnifyed (as aforesayd) thereby, howbeit<br />
some of them as he conceyveth did remain dry. And saith that the<br />
sayd shipp was not tight after the say hurrican (sic), but was leaky, and that<br />
after she [?struk] upon the Rockes she became much more leaky<br />
And saith she struck upon the Rockes not by or through any want of<br />
skill or care in the sayd Pilot but by a Gust of wind that fell<br />
suddenly athwart her, and brought her former wind scanting upon<br />
her. And otherwise he cannot answer
To the last hee saith he knoweth not in what condition the sayd goods or<br />
sugars were laden. nor how much of them damnifyed or spoyled upon their<br />
arrivall att this Port. And further or otherwise cannot answere.
Repeated with his precontests before Doctor Godlphin./.
John Nutting[?e] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The xxvth day of March 1656.
Ashurst against Hubbart and one Barrell}<br />
of bever brought from Boston in}<br />
New=England to this Port of London}<br />
in the shipp ''John Adventure'' of}<br />
New=England whereof John Cutting}<br />
was Master}<br />
Smith Clements.}
Examined upon an allon on the behalfe of the<br />
sayd Hubbert/.
'''Emanuel Springfeild''' of Billerica in the County<br />
of Essex Draper aged one and twenty yeares<br />
or thereabouts, a witnesse sworne and examined<br />
saith as followeth. videlicet.
'''Rp. .J.'''
To the sayd allegation and severall Articles thereof, and to the Bill of lading<br />
thereto annexed, and now shewne him, he saith, That in the month of december<br />
last past he came as a Passenger together with his Contest in this cause<br />
and the arlate Robert hubbard from Boston in New=England in the<br />
shipp ''John Adventure'' aforesayd, whereof<br />
upon which shipp the sayd hubbart had (as appeared to this deponent by<br />
Bills of lading which hee saw signed as hereafter is sett forth, laden<br />
a barrall of Bever. And he saith that the<br />
sayd shipp having sayled from Boston upon her voyage for this Port<br />
of London, [#] [INSERTION MARK]
[#] [LH MARGIN] arrived safely about<br />
five weekes after her<br />
departure from Boston<br />
upon the English<br />
Coast neare to or not<br />
far from the Duijnes<br />
over against the County<br />
of Kent, and then and<br />
there<br />
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the sayd Hubbart did offer to the sayd Cutting three bills<br />
of lading all of one tenour for the sayd barrell of Bever and other<br />
goods laden by him the sayd Hubbard, and the sayd Cutting perused the<br />
same in this deponents presence, but refused to signe the same till<br />
the words alleged videlicet. '''[the Bever four pounds per tonn]''' were interlined,<br />
And tonn]''' were interlined,<br />
And +
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