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To the 14th hee saith hee beleeveth the In … To the 14th hee saith hee beleeveth the Interrogate damerell to<br />
bee an able and experienced seaman for Greeneland voyages and to have bin there<br />
severall voyages and to understand well what it is to goe thither, And<br />
further hee cannot answere/
To the 15th Interrogatorie hee hath knowne the Interrogate Kirton for<br />
about these tenn yeares last past, and first sawe him aboard the ''Elizabeth''<br />
aforesayd whereof Captaine hare was Commander, the sayd Kirton then<br />
going with this deponent in that shipp to Greeneland, And saith the rest<br />
of the parties Interrogate hee hath knowne only during the voyage in<br />
question and since, and sawe them first on board the ''Owners Adventure''<br />
And saith the sayd Kirton hath of this deponents knowledge bin two voyages<br />
at Greeneland the one in the sayd shipp the ''Elizabeth'' and the other the<br />
voyage in question, and whether the rest of the parties Interrogate were ever<br />
at Greeneland before the voyage in question hee knoweth not, And<br />
as touching their honesty hee saith hee knoweth not of what repute<br />
they are, And therefore cannot further answere./
To the 16th hee saith hee hath observed in those voyages that hee hath<br />
made to Greeneland, that the Ice there doth use to open and shutt<br />
according as the winde or Current of the stream drives and<br />
forces it, and therefore beleeveth that those who make voyages thither<br />
must for the better and more safe getting to harbour observe and<br />
watch their oportunitie of the opening thereof and soe get in accordingly
To the seaventh hee saith hee verily beleeveth and is perswaded in<br />
his conscience that in case damerell after hee was come out from<br />
the Ice as aforesayd had commanded his Company in againe to<br />
make a Port they would not have disobeyed him but have<br />
readily performed their duty and have endeavoured soe much as<br />
they could to gaine the same And saith the Ice soe farr as hee<br />
observed was noe better to passe through in such places where<br />
the sayd damerell went with his shipp the ''Owners Adventure''<br />
after her comming out of the Ice, then it was while shee was in<br />
the Ice as aforesayd, And alsoe saith that hee heard the sayd Maundrie<br />
Councell and advise the sayd damerell to goe to the Northwards<br />
And further saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
Jeremiah Jolley [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repeated before doctor Godolphin
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The 28th of ffebruary 1656/
Examined on the sayd allegation./
'''6us'''
'''John Pibus''' of Greenwich in the County of Kent<br />
Mariner Master of the shipp The ''Adventure'' of hull<br />
aged forty fower yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse<br />
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet
To the 3 article of the sayd allegation hee saith and deposeth of his this<br />
deponentsdeposeth of his this<br />
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