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