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asterne and close aboard her, and rode by … asterne and close aboard her, and rode by her sheate anchor till<br />
the said wednesday after noone, at which time shee weighed and stood in<br />
for Portsmouth, and on the thursday night next following about seaven<br />
or eight of the clock at night shee came to an anchor under Saint hellens<br />
point, whether (being in the condition of a wreck) shee<br />
was necessitated to goe for releif and supplie, and to preserve the shipp,<br />
goods and mens lives. And saith that the said shipp by meanes of the<br />
said storme lost as aforesaid her foremast, fore top mast, maine mast<br />
maine top mast, and here fore saile fore top saile and sprit saile, together with her rigging<br />
which her company were forsed to cutt away for safegard of their lives and<br />
of shipp and goods in the said storme, as alsoe shee lost two anchors, and<br />
cables, one whereof they were forsed to cutt away to cleare the wreck<br />
of her maste and yards which were fowle thereof, All which hee<br />
knoweth being aboard the said shipp whereof hee went merchant<br />
and seeing the premisses soe donne and happen. And saith that the necessarie<br />
repairing and supplying the said losses and defects of the said masts<br />
anchors, sailes, and other worke and materialls cost at<br />
Portsmouth and amounted to - two hundred ninetie three pounds thirteene<br />
shillings and tenn pense, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent disbursed<br />
the moneys for the same and kept the account thereof. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the third Interrogatorie hee saith and deposeth that the Interrogated<br />
John Elliot at the time of the proceeding of the said shipp on the said voyage<br />
from this port was (as this deponent beleeveth and hath heard) owner of<br />
fifteene sixteenth parts of her and of her stock and soe continued to the<br />
time of her said disaster. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the fourth hee saith that the lading of the said shipp consisted<br />
of linnen cloth, peeces of stuff, beere, and some peeces of eight<br />
amounting in all to the valew of two hundred pounds sterling<br />
or thereabouts. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Is: Warren [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 20th of March 1655.
Wright and company}<br />
against Lenthall and others.}
Examined upon the fore said allegation.
'''5us'''
'''George Phillips''' of Shadwell in the County<br />
of Middlesex Mariner, aged 52 yeeres or<br />
thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the fifth árticle of the said allegation which alone hee is by direction<br />
of the producent exámined hee saith and deposeth that while the<br />
shipp the ''ffriendshipp'' arlate was and remained the voyage in question<br />
in Mallega roade, this deponent who had bin prisoner in Spaine<br />
came aboard her to get his passage home in her, and after such this<br />
deponents comming aboard her namely on the three and twentieth or<br />
foure and twentieth of October last past or neare about one of those<br />
dayes, Mr Whitby factor of the said shipp came aboard her lying<br />
about two miles or betweene two and three miles out in the roade and<br />
outmiles out in the roade and<br />
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