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To the 14th hee saith that to the best of … To the 14th hee saith that to the best of his remembrance there could not above six<br />
or seven baggs be layd in one tiere in the sayd shipp. And hee saith that<br />
so many (after the instruments are placed ) may in a short tyme visit in all<br />
houres or hee be tiered by forty four men; but as for the steeving it is<br />
more difficult and requires much tyme in so much as some dayes not above<br />
three baggs were or could be steeved and some tymes but one on a day<br />
notwith standing all diligence was upon and some tymes what was done<br />
was of necessity to be unsteeved againe . howbeit he saith some dayes ten<br />
or twelve baggs were steeved, so as this deponents judgement about<br />
eight baggs a day one day with another may be tiered and steeved<br />
by the number of men interate in a shipp of the burthen aforesayd<br />
And further saving as aforesayd he cannot depose.
To the 15th Interrogatories he saith that on the 23rd day of may interrate before master<br />
Rich and master Bray Chownes baggs were steeved thene was not convienient<br />
roome enough in the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' to have sayd 60. 50. or 40.<br />
sackes of Cotton woolls without steeving of them, unlesse the same were<br />
to be layd in the Craine way which is not usuall or ever knowne to be<br />
done in woolls by reason of the danger of their taking water. And<br />
he beleiveth that not above twenty baggs could then have bene safely<br />
putt on board without steeving. And otherwise he cannot depose.
To the 16th Interrogatories he saith that when the ''Thomas Bonadventure'' came<br />
from Cyprus she could not have carryed thirty tonnes of Cotton woolls<br />
more than were laden in her att that tyme. howbeit hee saith that after<br />
she came to Zant there neere thirty tonnes of Currants laden on board<br />
her in butts, which he saith because [?fezible] by heaving out the ballast<br />
in the hatch way, and thereby making the sayd Currents to forme as<br />
ballast, whereas the Cotton wooll would have required more roome<br />
and would have had need of ballast to be brought safe home. And<br />
otherwise he cannot depose.
Repeated in Court.
WM Hughes [SIGNATURE MIDDLE]
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25th February 1655. [CENTRE HEADING]
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'''Isaac Taylor''' of deptford in the county of Kent mariner aged 44.<br />
yeares or thereabouts, sworne and examined upon the sayd<br />
allegation saith and deposeth as followeth. videlicet
To the fourth article of the sayd allegation he saith that being by Profession a mariner<br />
and having bene master and Commander of shipps for the fifteen years<br />
and having made four severall voyages to Ciprus, he knoweth it expe=<br />
rimentally to be true, That Ciprus woolls are putt in very great<br />
baggs, much bigger than the Cotton woolls of other places, by reason whereof<br />
they are stowed with much labour and difficulty, especially after the vessell<br />
whereon they are laden hath receyved any considerable number of<br />
these baggs. And by like experience he knoweth it to be true, that<br />
forty four men in a shipp of two hundred and eighty tonnes in which<br />
100 baggs of Cotton reeles and 400. and odde baggs of galls are<br />
allready laden will find sufficient labour to receive on board and<br />
steive eight baggs of those woolls a day one day with another, and<br />
indeed judgeth, that if they stow and steeve as they ought they can<br />
scarce possibly exceed that proportion, for he saith he hath often seene<br />
that fifty of this deponents owne men in a shipp of larger tonnage<br />
though they have plyed their worke with great industry have never<br />
benegreat industry have never<br />
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