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To the fifth hee saith that at the time th … To the fifth hee saith that at the time the said ship ''Warewell''<br />
was bilged as aforesaid, there were two barrells of good Gunpowder<br />
some Match, Paper and other gunners store in her gunnroome and<br />
which was all quite spoyled by reason of the Water which shee<br />
receaved in her upon her said Bilging, And saith that the same<br />
were in his Estimation worth about twelve pounds before<br />
the said Disaster hapepened. And further Cannot depose/.
To the 6th hee saith that by reason of the bilging of the said<br />
ship as aforesaid; it hath Cost the said Clarke and Company<br />
as this deponent berily beleeveth the summe of ffifteene pounds<br />
of Lawfull English money, in hyring men and otherwise<br />
to unlade the said ship, more then it would have Cost the<br />
said Clarke and Company if the said disaster had not<br />
happened, And further cannot depose
To the 7th hee saith that the said ship the ''Warewell'' in her Hull and Tackling by meanes<br />
of the said Bilging, (besides the foresaid Damage) hath sustained<br />
Dammage in this Deponents Judgement to the vallue of one hundred<br />
pounds of Lawfull money of England; And further cannot<br />
depose./
To the 8th hee saith that the said ships Lading of Coales by meanes<br />
of the said Bilging as aforesaid did suffer losse and damage<br />
to the vallue of 15. ld or 16 ld. sterling. And soe much hee saith<br />
hee beleeveth they would have yeilded more than they did if<br />
they had not bin wet and spoyled by the said Bilging, and Otherwise<br />
cannot depose/
To the 9th hee saith that the Anchor whereupon the said ship the ''Warewell''<br />
was bilged as aforesaid, did belong and Appertaine unto a ship<br />
called the ''Susan'' (which lay not farr off the ''Warewell'' and the<br />
Master of the ''Suzan'', hath acknowledged the said Anchor. and saith that<br />
soone after the said Dammage was done the halser of the<br />
''Susan'' was [XXXXXXXXX] from the Browe unto the Ring of the said Anchor<br />
upon which the said ship the ''Warewell'' was bilged as aforesaid<br />
And saith that upon the weighing upp of the said Anchor, one<br />
of the fflookes of the said Anchor was broken off, and the<br />
other fflooke and skanke much bent and wring by the ''Warewells''<br />
bilging upon it, The Premisses hee deposeth for that hee this<br />
deponent was masters mate of the ''Warewell'' did see the said Anchor under runne and weighed<br />
up as aforesaid: And further cannot depose/.
To the 11th and 12th hee saith that the place where the said Anchor lay was<br />
a place very Convenient for shipp to lye and ride at and in; and is not<br />
a place for Anchors to lye in, neither doe masters of ships use to<br />
cast Anchors in such places, for they ought not (according to the<br />
Lawes and Customes used in the River of Thames) soe to doe, And<br />
saith that by the lying of the said Anchor of the ''Susan'' in the said<br />
Place, and without a buoy for the space aforesaid all the foresaid Damages<br />
[?came GUTTER]oresaid Damages<br />
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