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shee came into deeper water, about 6 fadom … shee came into deeper water, about 6 fadoms as; about this deponent remembreth<br />
where shee came to Anchor with 2. Anchors, haveing her sailes furled<br />
and had also her yards and Topmaste shanks, notwithstandinge which<br />
Anchors did give way and came home, And the sayd shipp strucke<br />
on the Sands And therefore were forced to cutt her Cables, and could not<br />
fflatt the shipp by reason the Rudder was gone before after which they<br />
came to án Anchor which warren lett fall to soone else the shipp had<br />
run into deeper water and might in this deponents Judgment have bin save from such danger<br />
that Anchor had not bin dropt to soone; And saith the said shipp did<br />
ground in low water uppon the edge of á Sand, And saith that alsoe<br />
the premisses the weather grewe stormy, insoe mućh that the company and<br />
passengers for the safetyes of theire lives, did intend to betake carefely<br />
to theire boate, ánd when the boat was full, they in the Boat would<br />
suffer noe more to come downe to them (the Skiffe beinge formerly<br />
away with 6. men in her) And soe went on shoare leaving the Master<br />
and ábout halfe á dozen more in the ship; But saith that by Gods<br />
great Providence about, 12 â clocke that night the Shipp being floated<br />
the Cable was Cutt and shee fell off the sands, into deeper water<br />
the Master and company takeing advantage of Ran her áshoare<br />
for the safetys of theire lives. And hee saith that all those inconvieniances<br />
interrogate were occasioned by the wilfullnes or Carlessnes of James Waren<br />
the Pilot, all the men in the shipp being obedient to him neither<br />
did the master contradict him in anythinge concerninge the Piloting<br />
of the said shipp. And further to this Interrogatory cannot answer.
Edw Alsopp [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The sixth of ffebruary 1655.
John Baker and Company owners of}<br />
the shipp the ''ffortune'' (Jacob hast key}<br />
Master) against Thomas Corbet.}
Exámined upon an allegation given<br />
on the behalfe of the said Baker<br />
28 January last.
'''Rp. .j.'''
'''Jurian Maes''' of dantzicke sailer, aged 37<br />
yeeres or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the first ánd second árticles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that in or about the moneth of August last past the said shipp the<br />
''ffortune'' did at or neere Dantzicke take in and receive of her lading of<br />
Merchandizes namely clapboard, wainscot and packs of linnen, which hee saith<br />
were well and carefully stowed in the said shipps hold, and were alsoe<br />
dennaged for the better preservation of the same, and were to be transported<br />
to this port of London, towards which shee sett saile with the said goods<br />
from Dantzike in or about the said moneth of August last, and on or about<br />
the five and twentieth of the said moneth (old stile) being in her course<br />
for London, and alsoe on or about the first and eighth twentieth<br />
of September and eleaventh of October shee met with very fowle<br />
stormieee met with very fowle<br />
stormie +
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