able to gett it from him I went to accquaynte the Master and in that
tyme he had given it to a negro, whoe called the said Burdett Master,
and then I gott it from him the said negro this is all that I knowe and
further sayth not William Hill
Jurat coram me Edw: LLoyd :
The Deposicon of Thomas Barrett
Thomas Barrett aged 14 yeares or thereabouts sworne before
Edward LLoyd Esqr the 13th of February 1660 Sayth That when
the Ship was at Patuxent the Master Mr Henry Coursey Mr William
Coursey and Thomas Burdett was in the Round house together and
the Master Mr Henry and Mr William Coursey went out of the
Round howse to goe away, and Burdett stayed behind in the
Round howse and I followed the Master and both the Courseys to
the waste of the Ship with a bottle of Sack in my hand for the
Master to drinke to both Mr Courseys as they went over the side of
the Ship, and Burdett comeing downe the Ladder and I goeing vp
the Ladder to the Quarter deck did see a bottle of sack in Burdetts
pocckett and goeing to putt that bottle into the case that I had in my
hand I missed a bottle forth of the case which was in the case when
the Master and both Mr Courseys went forth of the Round howse
and when I came againe out of the Round howse I saw William
Hill take the bottle of sack from a negro whoe called Burdett Master,
and the Negro sayd his Master gaue it him and further sayth not
Jur. coram me Ed LLoyd: Thomas Barrett
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