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went thereupon to the masters mate and des … went thereupon to the masters mate and desired him to make fast the said<br />
scuttle to prevent further imbeazelment, but hee refused and would not<br />
nor did fasten the same. And otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the seavanth hee saith that while hee soe watched and was aboard<br />
hee heard some of the shipps company bragg and say that they had sold a<br />
greate deale of wine out of the said shipp in the west countrey. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the 8 and 9 hee saith hee cannot depose.
To the tenth hee saith that wines of the fellowes of the said wines pipes whereout<br />
the wines were soe embeazeld, were sold for thirtie pounds per pipe<br />
and with another or therabouts, and therefore the said eight pipes would have yeelded<br />
after that rate and the halfe pipe proportionably. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee was not in the shipp the voyage in question, nor<br />
till her said arivall in the River of Thames as aforesaid.
To the second hee saith hee heard the seamen aboard say that the said<br />
shipp the said voyage had met with very greate stormes and tempest,<br />
And otherwise negatively. saving they said they thought they should<br />
never have got well home.
To the last hee saith that hee heard the Cooke upon this deponents<br />
reproving him for the said rundet, confesse that they had drawne it out<br />
of, and of mr Bakers caskes, marked '''R.B.''' and that it was very ill donne of them<br />
in regard mr Baker had such losse before.
henry Carter [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day. [CENTRE HEADING]
Exámined upon the said allegation.
'''2'''
'''William Ward''' servant and apprentice of Samuel Page<br />
of the parish of Saint Dunstans in the East London Wine Cooper<br />
aged 19 yeares or thereabouts sworne and exámined.
To the second and third articles of the said allegation hee saith and<br />
the deposeth that hee heard there were eight pipes of the wines laden<br />
aboard the shipp Samuell arlate drawne out and end for end and wanting<br />
and otherwise hee cannot depose, saving they were said to be mr Bakers<br />
pipes.
To the fourth hee cannot depose.
To the fifth and sixth articles of the said allegation hee saith that after<br />
the arivall of the said shipp in the River of Thames from the voyage<br />
in question hee this exáminate being imployed to watch wines that<br />
came home in her went aboard and watched, and during such his<br />
watching, hee saith his precontest henry Carter (who alsoe watched there)<br />
called him in the night time into the Cooke roome of the said shipp<br />
whether this deponent comming, hee showed this deponent a rundlet<br />
of wine of about eight gallons all slabberd and wet and<br />
lying by a false scuttle that went out of the said Cooke-roome<br />
into the hold, which scuttle was likewise wet, and told this deponent<br />
that hee had catched the Gunner, the Cooke and the Cookes boy<br />
of the said shipp handing and endeavouring to convey the same away<br />
and had prevented it, whereupon this deponent charging them therewith<br />
they confessed that they had drawne the same out of a pipe that was<br />
in the hold, and that the said that they had rather given this deponent<br />
and the said Carter tenn shillings, than they should make the<br />
merchant they should make the<br />
merchant +
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