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have very much endangered the founding and … have very much endangered the founding and sinking<br />
of the said Ship, and the losse of her lading, and men on<br />
board her: And saith that on the said Ship Passage from<br />
ffrance with her said Lading of salt to Newfoundland hee<br />
this deponent did heare the said Wood say and declare that<br />
the said Ship was Laden Deep Enough, The Premisses<br />
hee deposeth being Cheife Mate of the said Shipp<br />
and helping to take in and lade the said salt, and tooke notice<br />
of the Premisses: And further hee cannot depose:/:
To the 4.th hee saith that at all the times that the said Ship<br />
was receiving and taking in her lading of ffish at<br />
Newfound Land the said Luke Wood had all the<br />
Mariners of the said Ship (but three or foure.) on shore:<br />
and saith that those which were kept on board by the said Grove<br />
at the severall times of the sending fish on board at Newfound<br />
-land were kept to looke to the said Ship and to receive and<br />
stowe the said ffish on board the said Ship, and to Deliver out<br />
the Salt from on board the said Ship, And saith that this<br />
deponent (when hee was on shore with the said Luke Wood)<br />
did see and hear many of the Inhabitants, of Newfoundland<br />
laugh and mock at this deponent and the said Luke Wood<br />
and the rest of the shipps Crewe that were on shore; for<br />
being soe many of them on shore to make up and<br />
send ffish on board the said Ship; and leaveing their ship<br />
with soe few men on board her: And saith that the said<br />
Luke Wood did send some fish on board the said ship in the<br />
mornings before the sunne rysinge and in the Evenings when the dewe was<br />
on the Ground, which hee should not have done, and saith<br />
that some of the fish which the said Wood sent on board<br />
was soe rotten that it fell and broke into peeces, as<br />
the same was handed into the said Ship; which said Rotten<br />
ffish, and that which was sent on board when the Dewe<br />
was on the Ground, did very much prejudice, and damage<br />
the other which was laden in the said Ship; And<br />
further hee cannot depose:/.
To the ffifth hee saith that on or about the 21th of August<br />
1657: in the morning the said Luke Wood did come on board<br />
the said Ship, and saith that this deponent was on board the<br />
said Ship, when the said Luke Wood came on board<br />
her, and did not heare the said Grove Threaten<br />
the said Wood to hoyse him upp with the Tackling, or doe<br />
any Mischeife to him: neither did hee heare the said<br />
Grove threatened to sinke the boate wherein the said<br />
Wood came to the said Ships side, but saith that the said<br />
Grove did refuse to let the said Salt goe out of the said<br />
Ship at that present time; telling the said Wood. that if the<br />
(samee said Wood. that if the<br />
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