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had bin conveyed there into by one Thomas … had bin conveyed there into by one Thomas Richards the Gunners<br />
Mate of the sayd shipp through the Gunne roome port of the sayd shipp,<br />
and hee this deponent being then on shoare when the same was by<br />
the sayd hutchinson soe taken, the sayd hutchinson did when this<br />
deponent returned from shoare deliver the sayd Corne<br />
soe taken in the sayd Greekes boate to this deponent who kept the same<br />
by it selfe and found by enquirie that the same had bin conveyed<br />
out of the sayd shipp by the sayd Richards, and this deponent and<br />
the Master of the sayd shipp calling the sayd Richards to accompt<br />
for the same hee the sayd Richards before the Master, this deponent<br />
and divers others of the sayd shipps Company confessed that hee had<br />
soe conveyed the sayd Corne out of the sayd shipp and that the<br />
pillowbere wherein it was taken was his the sayd Thomas Richards,<br />
and hee this deponent verily beleeveth that severall other quantities<br />
of the sayd Corne was by the sayd shipps Company conveied<br />
away from on board the sayd shipp and otherwise imbezelled after her arrivall at Zant<br />
for that the same being measured at<br />
Zant on shoare there was a great quantitie of it found to bee wanting<br />
to the quantitie of three hundred bushells of Corne or thereabout all<br />
as this deponent beleeveth having seene the Accompt taken by the factors of the sayd ffarrington at<br />
Zant whereby it appeared to this deponent that soe much of the quantitie of Corne taken in at [#]
[#] London was wanting<br />
[GUTTER XXX XX] unladeing the<br />
sayd Corne at Zant all
which was left to the sayd ffarrington the lader and Owner<br />
all the sayd Corne soe laden aboard the sayd shipp at<br />
London that voyage, And hee alsoe saith that hee this deponent<br />
well knowing it to bee the Custome at Ligorne (where this<br />
deponent hath severall tymes unladen Corne) when Corne is there<br />
unladen, to send some one of the Company of such shipp as<br />
unladeth the sayd Corne, with the same a shoare to see the same<br />
safely delivered and measured and take Accompt of the measure<br />
thereof thereby to prevent imbeazelling and stealing thereof, did<br />
thereupon advise the Master of the sayd shipp the ''George Bonadventure''<br />
that some of the sayd shipps Company might to the end aforesayd<br />
goe a shoare with every boate load of the sayd Corne and see the same<br />
measured and safely delivered with which advise of this<br />
deponent the arlate Beniamin Dimock the Masters Mate and<br />
the arlate Neck the Boatswaine were displeased and sayd<br />
there should none of the sayd Company goe on shoare<br />
with the sayd Corne to see it measured nor take any<br />
Accompt of the measure thereof, and none of the sayd shipps<br />
Company thereupon did take Accompt<br />
of the sayd Corne but only went in the boates with it to the<br />
shoare side and there delivered the same without measuring it<br />
and saith that by the factors Accompt aforesayd it did<br />
appear that the sayd Corne being measured there wanted about<br />
threesured there wanted about<br />
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