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HCA 13/73 f.128v Annotate
First transcribed 14 August 2013  +
First transcriber Colin Greenstreet  +
Folio 128  +
Parent volume HCA 13/73  +
Side Verso  +
Status Uploaded image; transcribed on 14/08/2013  +
Transcription To the 12th hee saith that hee hath bin atTo the 12th hee saith that hee hath bin at Mevis, and thereby<br /> knoweth that the Planters and and others there doe make<br /> Agreements and Promisses to lade goods on board ship. and<br /> yet breake their premisses, and sometimes they breake the [X GUTTER]<br /> Agreements in that kind, which they have made<br /> in writing And this Deponent hath knowne severall Masters<br /> deceived by them in trusting to their promises And<br /> further cannot depose./: To the 13th hee saith that hee was at the Island Nevis when the<br /> said ship the ''Peace'' was there the Voyage in question<br /> and then hee saith that the hurricanoes (which as aforesaid<br /> were then very great in those parts). had blowne<br /> downe some of the houses on Nevis and spoyled the<br /> Sugar Canes and Tobaccoe Plants and Indicoes, and had<br /> much Impoverished the said Island of nevis, and (as this<br /> deponent hath bin certainely informed) the said Hurricanoes<br /> had likewise spoiled the sugar Canes and Tobaccoe Plants<br /> and Indicoes on the other Leeward Islands, And by reason of the said Hurricanoes<br /> many English ships were foreced to come away from<br /> those Islands dead ffreighted, And further hee cannot<br /> depose: To the 16th and 17th hee saith that after this Deponents comming to Nevis<br /> hee there found the Arlate Luke Wood, and this Deponent<br /> saying to him, what you have missed the Barbadoes<br /> as well as I; and asking him why hee did not beate it<br /> up againe, as this Deponent had done hee made answer and told this<br /> deponent saying, Wee did endeavour it but wee could not,<br /> therefore I gave order to beare up to the Leeward<br /> Islands or to that effect, and this Deponent then told him,<br /> that fish was very plentifull at the Barbadoes, and was<br /> and there sold at a Lowe rate or to that effect To which hee the said Wood made Answer, that hee hoped<br /> hee should make as good a Market heere (meaning<br /> Nevis) as if hee had gone to the Barbadoes, and said<br /> that Nevis sugar is generally better than Barbadoes<br /> sugar, And further Deposeth that While the ''Peace'' lay<br /> at Nevis severall vessells Loaden with Provisions<br /> did arrive at Barbadoes, and did there glutt the market<br /> And further cannot Depose./. To the 23th hee saith that hee hath knowne the said<br /> Thomas Grove, for about theise ffifteene yeeres last during<br /> all which space hee hath bin a seaman, and well [knowe GUTTER]<br /> [(him GUTTER]l [knowe GUTTER]<br /> [(him GUTTER]  +
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