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struck her and fastned to her and the rest … struck her and fastned to her and the rest of the harponeeres<br />
made fast to his the sayd Parkers boate to tyre the whale<br />
with toweing them, and after they had soe continued the chase about<br />
sixe houres the sayd harponeers Gosling Manndery Humprey and Bowleing all cut their warpes from the sayd<br />
Parkers boate, and gave over the chase and came aboard the owners<br />
Adventure, and the Master askeing them why they gave over the chase<br />
in regard Parker continued fast to her, they sayd it was impossible<br />
to kill her in such stormie weather, and the master commanding them<br />
to goe out againe to helpe the sayd Parker to kill the sayd whale<br />
they all absolutely refused to goe, and sayd they would not goe, and<br />
and did not goe, and the sayd Parker still continueing fast to her about<br />
the space of an hower at length the whale came neere the shipp ''Owners''<br />
''Adventure'', and Parker fast to her, and the sayd Parker then called<br />
to the sayd damerell and asked him what he should doe whether hee<br />
should cutt loose or noe, And the sayd damerell replyed and sayd<br />
doe what you will or to that effect, whereupon the sayd Parker cutt<br />
off his warpe and left his Iron sticking in the whale and came<br />
aboard the ''Owners Adventure'', the premisses hee deposeth of his<br />
sight and knowledge being aboard the ''Owners Adventure'' and steereing<br />
her up and downe after the boates according as the whale moved, and further<br />
hee cannot depose/
To the 7th hee saith that at the tyme the sayd Gosling soe<br />
discouraged the Company of the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' by<br />
his sayeing as aforesayd if wee doe gett in wee may perhaps be<br />
frozen up and it will bee a great hazard and a question whether ever<br />
wee gett out againe alive, ot to that effect, the sayd shipps were in his<br />
deponents Judgement within five or sixe leagues of shoare<br />
and might in this deponents Judgement with as much<br />
safety have gotten to shoare as they did get back to sea<br />
againe and saith it was farr neerer to shoare then it<br />
was back to sea, and this deponent verily beleeveth the sayd<br />
shipps had passed as much danger in getting soe farr as they<br />
did, as they were to passe if they had made to shoare, And further<br />
to this article hee cannot depose/
To the 8th and 9th articles hee saith that the fower London shipps whereof<br />
Pybus Golding Welch and Childe were Masters did were as is<br />
predeposed in Company of the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' when<br />
they endeavoured to worke to shoare as aforesayd, And hee beleeveth<br />
that after the ''Owners Adventure'' and ''Greyhound'' had lost their Company<br />
at sea by ffoggie and stormie weather they the sayd fower shipps did light of an oportunity<br />
to gett into harbour and did gett into harbour and fish<br />
there, and soe hee beleeveth might the ''Owners Adventure'' and<br />
''Greyhound'' have done if the sayd Gosling had not by his carriage<br />
aforesayd soe discouraged the company from working into shoare<br />
when from working into shoare<br />
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