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To the seaventh hee saith his said father … To the seaventh hee saith his said father bought one of the said new<br />
anchors in Massland sluce, and the other the said mr Baldero furnished to<br />
the said shipp, and this deponent by their order sawe the cable and halser<br />
weighed at the Rope makers and fetcht them aboard, and mr Baldero<br />
afterwards paid for them, and this deponents mother paid the Carpenters<br />
worke which was donne by Peter Mayse shipwright of delft haven, and<br />
for saileworke and other repaires to other persons, and that mr Baldero<br />
and this deponents mother paid the victualling upon her first setting<br />
out, and afterwards this deponent as master paid for what was supplied<br />
abroad, the account of all which hee saith is in Holland or aboard<br />
the said shipp, or in both places. And otherwise hee referreth himselfe<br />
to his foregoeing deposition./
Repeated before doctor Godolphin.
Albert thampse [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 28th of May 1657.<br />
Page and others against Basse}<br />
and others.}<br />
Clements. Smith.}
Exámined upon an allegation given in on the<br />
behalfe of the said Basse and others
'''Rp. .j.'''
'''Henry Carter''' servant and Apprentice to Richard Brian<br />
of the parish of Saint Mary at hill London Wine Cooper<br />
aged 20 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the second and third árticles of the said allegation hee saith and deposeth<br />
that after the arivall of the shipp the ''Samuel'' in this port of London<br />
from the voyage in question this deponent was aboard her in the River of<br />
Thames and found and saw that eight of her pipes wherein there had bin<br />
wine that voyage were every wholly emptie, and<br />
lay with their bungs treveered downwards, the wines that had bin therein<br />
being drawne out. And saith the said eight pipes were very tight<br />
strong and good caske at the time that this deponent soe sawe them<br />
and as firme and good as any other of the caske that had their wines in<br />
them that were, this his view being before any of the wines were there sent<br />
away from the shipps side for the Merchants account. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose. saving there was alsoe halfe another pipe drawne<br />
out and wanting when this deponent tooke the aforesaid notice, and that the<br />
caske of that pipe was alsoe firme and good.
To the fourth hee saith that the lack of the said wines came by being drawne<br />
out and imbeazeld as to this deponent appeared And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the fifth and 6 hee saith that after the arivall of the said shipp to this port<br />
of London this deponent and his contest William ward were imployed on<br />
the behalfe of the producents Basse and company to goe and watch aboard her<br />
to prevent imbeazelment of the wines, and that they watched accordingly,<br />
and that in the night time betwixt twelve and one of the clock or thereabouts<br />
of one of the night that they soe watched, this deponent saw the Gunner<br />
the Cooke, and the Cookes boy embeazaling and taking away a runter of wine<br />
containing about eight gallons through a false scuttle that went out of<br />
the Cooke roome into the shipps hold, this deponent espying it in the instant<br />
as the Cookes boy was handing it from the said false shuttle up to the<br />
Cooke and Gunner who were aloft to receive and did receive it, and<br />
were going to send it away, but this deponent charging them therewith<br />
and telling them that hee should make the Merchant acquainted therewith<br />
and that hee would put ˹it˺ into the same aske againe. And saith that this deponent aske againe. And saith that this deponent +
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