y went into the house[3] for thay Could open
the Locke of the haches when thay plesed and drawed wine of the
Marchantes and soe sate doune to geather to drinke, and I being near,
thay not deming of it, I heard them say that thay would asay[4] it all
at once, and Liquise[5] that thay would Rune away with the ship, soe I
disclosed it to the Master and the Marchant for our Marchant had gone,
another master, which was Capt. haddockes second mate, which was then
Comander of the Engles[6] ship Lying in Lesbone Rever, John Terry by
Name, soe thay tooke three of them and put them in presone at Lesbone.
it was the boatswane and two men more, but by Resone that one willam
forrest which was Aboard that Gave the suprecargo Mr. John Pane fare
words, the suprecargo would not sufer him to be put in to preson, but
that hee should Goe the woage, and because thay Could note Geete
another Carpenter thay would not put the Carpenter in to preson, but
that hee should goe the woage Lyquise, soe the Master John Terry shipd
two men more in there Romes which ware English men, Edmun Cooke and
John Smith, and Afterwards hee shiped 2 Duchmen whose names I know
not, and wee ware bound for newfoundland for a sacke,[7] but when wee
had been about A weake at sea these two men, namly Willam forrest and
John peket the Carpenter, perswaded the other two Engles men, Edmun
Cooke and John Smith, and one other Engles which was a board and the
two Duch men, to surprise the Master, the suprecargo and Mate, a
portungall boy and I, and soe to Rune away with the ship. And waching
thare Oppertunity when the Master and the Marchant was a slepe in the
Roundhouse, the Mate A Riting in the Cabing, and I was at helme, the
Carpenter came into the sterege and cauled the [said?] Edmun Cooke and
John Smith out of thare Cabing whare thay ware aslepe, and soe thay
went forward togeather into the forcasell and immeadly thay Came Aft
agane, the two Duchmen and willam forrest, the Carpenter and Edmun
Cooke, John Smith and the other Engles man. soe the two Duchmen and
the Englesman that is not named came into the sterege. the other fower
wente up upon the Quarterdecke and surprised the Master and the
Marchant where thay ware a slepe in the Round house, and the other
three sayed to me that if I did offer to stere I was a dead man. soe
the Mate hering that in the Cabin where he was a riting salied out of
the Cabing in to the sterege. soe thay tooke hould of him and throed
him upon h