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628) Betweene the said Complts and Defend.t That if the person to whome the said Low had hired the said Sloope last had noe further Service for her (as he beleived he had not) that then he should have her at the rate of five pounds P moneth pportionably for soe long or shorte a time as he should have occasion to make use of her or Employ the said Sloope in his Service Assureing him she was a good and sufficient Sloope Every way well furnished with Anchors Cables Sailes and boat fitt and necessary for such a Vessell to Trade with any where within the bay of Chesepeake and the Complt in some small tyme after such agreement Accidentally meeting w.th one Anthony Rumball at the house of one William Scott in Miles river he the said Rumball told the Complt that he had the Sloope or vessell in possession and that the person to whome the said Low had formerly hired her had no further service for her And that Complt upon M.r Lows order should have the said Sloope delivered to him which was accordingly done And the Complt in order to Transport the goods hired two Saylors who upon theire goeing aboard the said Vessell in order to fitt and Equipp her for the Transporting the goods aforesaid could find neither Anchor nor Cables nor boat nor Sayles any way fitt for service soe that the Complt meeting with such an unexpected disappointm.t was Constrained to use all possible meanes to gett such things as was requisite and necessary for the said Vessell for Transporting the goods aforesd But soe it was that upon putting of some goods on board and pceeding to Transport them to the plantacon afd the said Vesell proved soe unsufficient and unfitt for service That the said goods soe put on board were all damnifyed and the lives of such as was on board her hazarded to the great Damage and disappointment of the Complt soe that he was necessitated to dispatch the delivery of such goods As had beene put on board her And at length the Complt through his Earnest request and Considerable rewards perswaded such as he had hired for Transporting the sd goods to carry the sd Vessell to the place from whence the Complts had her the which they did and gave Notice of the same And of her insufficiency for service To the said Low As the Complts will make appeare to this Hono.ble Court But in as much as the said Sloope or Vessell in some small tyme after |
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