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árlate, taking a boate (as his said shipp … árlate, taking a boate (as his said shipp was comming up the River of<br />
Thames) and comming before to London to speake with his Merchant, and<br />
returning to goe aboard, this deponent on a morning happening about six<br />
monethes since, carried him and Mr Shipton a broker in this deponents boate<br />
aboard his said shipp the ''wildeman'' then lying at anchor right before Greenwich<br />
a little above the bridge, where (as her company said) shee had come to<br />
an anchor that night, And coming soe aboard this deponent sawe<br />
a Pilote aboard her that had come to her about Dover or Deale; and<br />
saith the place where the said shipp then rode at anchor was in the middle<br />
of the River where shipps doe usually ride, and alsoe sawe fishermen<br />
busie with two boates, one on one side and the other on the other side of<br />
the shipp pulling up and cutting their weales, to whom this deponent<br />
spake and asked them what they meant to cut their weeles in that manner<br />
seeing the said shipps company were going to weigh their anchor, the tide<br />
then serving, and that the said weales would have little or noe dammage./<br />
But for any of the company of the ''wildeman'' hee saith they did not<br />
meddle with the said weales to doe them any hurt, nor could they help<br />
the dammage if any happened to the said weales, comming to anchor<br />
in an usuall place where shipps bound for London, and loosing their<br />
tide use to stop and expect the next tide; And saith the said company<br />
and the pilote then averred that till that morning they knew nothing<br />
of the said weales being there nor did this deponent see any buoy or<br />
[?mar]ke whereby the company of the ''wildeman'' should or might take<br />
any notion of any weales or other thing being there. And otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith that ffishermen use to laye weales, wilchins and lamprills<br />
in the river of Thames before Greenwich neare the shore, and<br />
otherwise hee cannot answer, for hee came not thither till the next<br />
morning after the said shipps soe comming to an anchor.
To the second hee saith hee hath noe relation to the said shipp or the<br />
master, and that hee is an Englishman, and otherwise negatively, saying<br />
hee understandeth English and noe other language.
To the third negatively.
Repeated before Collonel Cock
The marke of<br />
Roger '''W''' Warner [MARKE, RH SIDE]
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The same day
examined upon the said allegation
'''Rp. 4us.'''
'''Nicholas Cooper''' servant and apprentice of the<br />
said Roger Warner his precontest, aged 20 yeeres<br />
or thereabouts sworne and examined.
To the first, second, third and fourth árticles of the said allegation<br />
hee saith and deposeth that on a sunday morning happening<br />
about halfe a yeere since (the time otherwise hee remembreth not<br />
Thiserwise hee remembreth not<br />
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