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'''A.20'''
The 3 of July 1656/
Beniamin … '''A.20'''
The 3 of July 1656/
Beniamin dymock John Godden Christopher}<br />
Neck Richard Brooke and Henry denbe against}<br />
George ffarrington:: Cheeke ffrancklin}
Examined upon an allegation given in and<br />
admitted on the behalfe of the sayd George<br />
ffarington./
'''Rp. 2'''
'''Thomas Dykes''' of the parish of Saint Martine in the<br />
Vintrey, London Chirugion of the shipp the ''George Bonad=''<br />
''venture'' aged twenty two yeares or thereabouts a wittnes<br />
sworne and examonied saith and deposeth as followeth<br />
videlict./
To the first article of the sayd allegation hee saith that<br />
in the outwards voyage of the arlate shipp the ''George Bonadven=''<br />
''ture'' and in the moneth of ffebruary 1654 divers of the Company<br />
of the sayd shipp did in a tumultous manner denye to doe<br />
their duty in the sayd shipp and to trim the sayes unlesse they<br />
might have two pounds of butter a weeke to a messe whereupon<br />
the master and purser of her to prevent the tumult which was<br />
among the sayd shipps Company did allowe them during the<br />
sayd outwards voyage two pounds of butter a weeke to a messe<br />
but what the arlate ffarington was damnified thereby hee cannot<br />
say for that hee remembreth not for how many weekes the sayd<br />
allowance continued, and whether the arlate Neck Godden dandy<br />
and Brookes were any of those who refused to doe their duty unlesse<br />
they might have the sayd allowance hee cannot depose And further<br />
to this article hee cannot depose/
To the 5th article of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee this<br />
deponent was not any way prive to the letting of the sayd shipp to<br />
freight to goe a voyage from Zant to Cassandra and thence to Zant<br />
againe, nor knoweth of whome shee was hired to freight, nor who<br />
hyred her, but saith hee was present with the Master and Purser of<br />
the sayd shipp before the Governor or Providore of Zant and heard<br />
him by Mr Dobson one of the allegate George ffaringtons ffactors who interpreted for<br />
them the Providore speaking in Italian<br />
aske them whether they were willing to goe that voyage or not and<br />
heard the sayd master and Purser in English answere the Providore and sayd they<br />
were willing to goe the sayd voyage, but that the Company of the<br />
sayd shipp were unwilling to goe whereto the Governour replyed<br />
by his sayd Interpreter and sayd if they bee willing to goe, give mee a noate of the names of<br />
such of the Company as are unwilling to goe and I take a course<br />
to make them goe, or hee spake words to that effect whereupon the<br />
sayd Master and purser of the sayd shipp and this<br />
deponent went aboard, and the Master moved the Company to goe<br />
the sayd voyage, and they all of them except the sayd Brookes the<br />
Cooper, and this deponent denyed to goe the sayd voyage saying it wasenyed to goe the sayd voyage saying it was +
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