returned to Liverpoole finding it impossible to proceed the
sd. Voyage & at nine in the Morning of the twelfth of the sd.
Month of March Beanmaris bow South South West about
four Leagues distant the Wind being then South South East
& it continuing to blow so hard & contrary they could not by
any means get to Liverpoole & about eleven in the Morning
of the same day bore away for the Isle of Man thinking it the
most proper place to get into & at two in the Afternoon the Wind
abating it came on very thick Weather & about four of the
Clock it came on to blow very hard at North West to that they
could not got the sd. Vessell to the Isle of Man & then stood off
to the westward & about six of the Clock in the Evening of the sd.
twelfth of March the sd. Vessell all of a sudden made a great
Quantity of Water so that they could not get the Pump to suck
& on sounding found about two foot water in the Hold upon
which they continued Pumping the sd. Vessell for an Hour &
then thinking the water increased they sounded the sd. Vessell
again & there was then four foot of water at her Hold & the
water coming in so fast them they thought it was
impossible to save the sd. Vessell from sinking & for the
preservation of then Lives got the boat out of the sd. Vessell &
the Compass & some other [..] necessarys for Subsistance &
about twelve of the Clock in the night of the same day they found
that the water was up to the Steerege floor of the sd. Vessell &
then there Deponents & the other Mariners on board the
Vessell took to the Boat & veered a stern to see if the said
Vessell would sink & about one in the Morning of the thirteenth
day of the same Month seeing the sd. Vessell sinking they reced
the Boat a small distance from her & the sd: Vessell sunk
imediately under water then these Deponents & the sd. other
Mariner made the best of their Way in the sd: Boat in order to
Preserve their Lives & about three of the Clock of the same
Morning they were taken up by a Vessell from Dublin bound for
Liverpoole