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6th die decembris 1660 [CENTRE HEADING]
S … 6th die decembris 1660 [CENTRE HEADING]
Sup Allone produ[?i]t Exam[?inate]
'''Rp. 3.us'''
'''Thomas Miles''' de Sandwitch Nauta annos<br />
agens 32 aut do [?circiter] testis productus et<br />
Juratus deponit dicit prout Seg[XX]./
Ad ju nescit deponere
Ad 2.u et 3.u arlos dicit that a little before his Majesties happy arrivall in this<br />
Nation the time otherwise hee cannnot call to minde the ship<br />
the ''Swanne'' John A[?bsolon] Master weighed Anchor to come downe the River of Newcastle with<br />
her Lading of Coales, and a ship said to be [?from] Brighthampson<br />
and called the ''Prosperous'', did at or about the same time also<br />
weigh Anchor to [XXXX] thence, and shee came next<br />
after the said Ship ''Swanne'', and as the said Ship ''Swan''<br />
was turning about the bill point shee being becalmed,<br />
some of her Company called out earnestly<br />
to the Master and Company of the said ship called the ''Prosperous'' shee being then very neere the ''Swanne'' to lower their sailes,<br />
saying that if they did not they would be aboard them or to that effect.<br />
which words hee saith they heard, but notwithstanding they did<br />
not lower their sailes but presently after runne their boultsprit<br />
betweene the ''Swannes'' mizen mast and [?some] part of her<br />
Rigging and forced the ''Swanns'' Anchor [XXXXX] soe that it could not bring the ''Swanne'' [?up] and by that meanes put her ashore and then the ''Prosperous'' went<br />
into the middle of the River, or thereabouts where shee staid till the next tyde, but none of her Company somuch<br />
as came to helpe to get the ''Swanne'' off. And shee being<br />
soe onshore John fforwood Master of the ''John and Mary'' pinke of<br />
Sandwitch sent all his Company whereof this deponent was one (saving a boy) to helpe the saud<br />
Absolon and Company to get the said ship ''Swanne'' off, and they<br />
used their utmost endeavour soe to doe, and carried her<br />
best bower Anchor and a small Anchor ashore, and there made them<br />
fast, and lashed Cable and hawser to the mainemast<br />
but notwithstanding such their endeavours the tyde of Ebb<br />
coming and the ground being shelving shee was bilged on<br />
a Rock which lay under her and there sunke with her Lading of Coales which hee saith came and happened<br />
through the carelesseness (as hee verily beleeveth) of the Master and<br />
Company of the said Ship called the ''Prosperous'' for had they<br />
lowered their Sailes as they were desired to doe or lett goe any Anchor [?the] same would<br />
not have happened in all probability, And the<br />
master and Company of the said ship called the ''Prosperous'' might have gone<br />
with their ship on either side of the ''Swanne'' with safety The Premisses hee deposeth<br />
being one of the Company of the said Sandwitch Pinke, (which came<br />
next after the said ship called the ''Prosperous'') and an Eye and Eare<br />
witnes of the Premisses:/
Ad 6.us et .7. dicit that the next tide this deponent came away in the said Pinke<br />
leaving the ''Swanne'' suncke as aforesaid, but hee hath heard that shee<br />
was afterwards weighed, but howe shee was disposed of hee knoweth not<br />
but saith that imediately before the said disaster the said<br />
ship was worth about 200. ''li'' and her Coales which shee had the said time<br />
in her were worth about Eighty pounds as hee beleeveth./.
Ad 8 re[XXXt] [se ad Refrum huij Curice]
Ad ult. dicit [?predeposuta per ?omnesse vera]./
sig[?um] [MARKE] Thomas<br />
Miles [MARKE, RH SIDE]
XXXas<br />
Miles [MARKE, RH SIDE]
XXX +
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