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Company with him they never sawe soe great … Company with him they never sawe soe great a quantitie of Ice upon the<br />
Coast and soe they and the sayd damerell did saye and declare severall tymes<br />
in presence of this deponent and others of their shipps Companies whilst<br />
they were at Greeneland and since And further hee cannot answere/<br />
To the 6th hee saith hee hath heard the sayd damerell say that the<br />
''Owners Adventures'' and ''Greyhound'' were desyned first for the West<br />
Ice which is called commonly Greene land, and there to goe to the Coast<br />
of Greeneland to fish in any place according to his the sayd<br />
Damerells discretion And further hee cannot answere./
To the 7th hee saith when the sayd Gosling and the sayd damerell fell<br />
at varianse as is predeposed about working further in and leaving<br />
the Company of the other 4 shipps, the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Grey<br />
hound'' were then twelve leagues from shoare or thereabouts in this<br />
deponents Judgment, and saith when the words predeposed of happened betwixt<br />
the sayd Maundry and damerell the sayd shipps were in this deponents<br />
Judgement tenn leagues and better from shoare And further to this<br />
Interrogatorie hee cannot answere otherwise than negatively for the<br />
reasons in his foregoing deposition declared./
To the 8th hee saith the Command given by damerell was generall and<br />
as hee beleeveth well heard and understood by the whole Companyes of<br />
the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' who all did yield obedience and<br />
this deponent amongst others did helpe to loose the shipp and launch the boates from off the Ice and fitt<br />
them and make them in readiness to worke the sayd shipps further in, while<br />
the sayd Gosling and the Master were at Variance as aforesayd, which<br />
Variance being ended, the sayd Gosling did yeild obedience alsoe, and<br />
did helpe to paye off Ice and doe other worke necessare in order to the<br />
working the sayd shipps further into the Ice toward shoare, and<br />
saith that all the Company did worke willingly without any perswation.<br />
And further saving his foregoing deposition hee cannot answere/
To the 9th hee cannot answere not knowing what the designes of Pibus<br />
Welch and Golding Interrate were/
To the 10th hee saith hee cannot answere knowing of noe Consultation<br />
to the affect Interrogate
To the 11th hee saith the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' after they<br />
parted from the other shipps as aforesayd wrought in about fower<br />
myeles, and soe having gott soe much further were then in this deponents<br />
Judgment about tenn leagues and better from shoare, And saith hee<br />
verily beleeveth that and is perswaded in his conscience that it<br />
was impossible by reason of the thicknesse of the Ice toward shoare,<br />
to worke in to the harbour, And further saving his foregoing deposition<br />
hee cannot answere./
To the 12th hee saith that hee heard both the sayd damerell<br />
and the sayd Gosling and Maundrie severall tymes after they came<br />
out of the Ice as aforesayd say that they would did beleeve there<br />
would bee noe getting into harbour that yeare or to that effect<br />
And further hee cannot answere saving his foregoing deposition./ answere saving his foregoing deposition./ +
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