To the honourable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament Captain George St. Lo his proceedings against me, for my fidelity to my king and my country : together with the mast material consequences of them, whilst I was store keeper of His Majesty's dock-yard near Plymouth, under him, and acted in that employment.

To the honourable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament Captain George St. Lo his proceedings against me, for my fidelity to my king and my country : together with the mast material consequences of them, whilst I was store keeper of His Majesty's dock-yard near Plymouth, under him, and acted in that employment.

Table of contents

Captain GEORGE ST. LO his Proceedings against Me, for my Fidelity to my KING and my COUNTRY; Together with the mast Material Consequences of them, whilst I was Store keeper of His Majesty's Dock-Yard near Plymouth, under him, and Acted in that Employment.

Copy of Captain St. Lo his Complaint against Me to the Navy-Board, Dated the 18th. of February 1695.

Copy of an Order from the Navy-Board to Me, Dated the 21st of February 1695.

Copy of my Letter to the Navy-Board, Dated the 25th. of February 1695.

The Complaint.

The Answer.

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To the Honourable The COMMONS of England Assembled in PARLIAMENT.

Captain GEORGE ST. LO his Proceedings against Me, for my Fidelity to my KING and my COUNTRY; Together with the mast Material Consequences of them, whilst I was Store keeper of His Majesty's Dock-Yard near Plymouth, under him, and Acted in that Employment.

ON the 16th. of April 1695, Captain George St. Lo came to reside at Plymouth as Commissioner of his Majesty's Navy for that Port, and within a Fortnight after, a Store-Ship arrived there from Deptford for Our Yard; whilst she was Unlading, Captain St. Lo came to the Store-house sometimes to view the Stores, and found great fault with them, particularly the Hammacocs, Cordage and Shovels; For the Hammacocs he swore, (as the Master Attendant, Master Shipwright, Clerk of the Survey and I were attending him up and down the Store-house) they were the very same that Captain Willshaw and He had lately refused to receive into Deptford Stores upon a Survey of them, therefore Mr. Hosier was a Knave, and deserved to be Turned out of his Employment for Receiving them; then Captain St. Lo ordered me to send up a Complaint of tbose Stores to the Navy-Board; I told him, 'twas more proper for him to Represent this Matter to the Navy-Board than my self, and that I wou'd advise Mr. Hosier how much he was Displeased with him for sending Us the worst Stores he cou'd pick out; Which I thought was the Utmost he cou'd expect from me; Yet because he Urged me extreamly for five or six Weeks together to Comply with his aforesaid Commands, I consulted my Brother Officers thereon (it being more their Duty than mine to inspect the Quality of the Stores that were from time to time receiv'd by me) but after they had considered this Matter, they told me, 'twas not Our Business to make any Complaint of the Stores that were sent Us from another Yard, and that they wou'd not Concern themselves in any such Thing; I cou'd not possibly comply with Capt. St. Lo his Commands any further, however, he took Occasion from thence to six a Prejudice against me, and in such a time of Action 'twas very easie for him to improve it.

At Midsummer 1695, Captain St. Lo removed from Plymouth to the New Dock-Yard to live, and some of the Officers at Michaelmas, (their Business being wholly Removed thither) then Captain St. Lo gave me Verbal Orders at Plymouth, to Remove all the Stores form thence to the New Dock-Yard, I answer'd him, that the Removal of the King's Stores was an Important Concern, and did require Our serious Considerations before We undertook it; he said positively, all the Stores should be Removed, so I desired his Warrant to Remove such Stores only as he foresaw wou'd be absolutely Necessary to carry on the Service for the present; Upon which, Captain St. Lo fell into Violent Passion, and I did not say any thing more to increase it, but the next Morning early, I went to the New Dock-Yard to wait on him at his House, and acquainted him that I was much Concerned at his Passion with me last Night, and hoped he wou'd now be pleased to hear me patiently what I had to offer to him concerning his Commands to me for Removing the Stores from Plymouth to the New Dock-Yard. Capt. St. Lo said, he wou'd not hear me, and swore by his Maker, the Stores shou'd be Removed. He went from me down Stairs into his Kitchin, I followed him, and after I perceived his Passion was somewhat over, I said to him, Lord, Sir, what, do you design to Ruin me, that you expect such Impossibilities from me? Pray do you consider, Sir, that I and my Sureties have given Bond of 1500 l. to the Navy-Board, to pass a Fair Account of all the Stores committed to my Charge, whenever their Honours please to require it of me, and that my Warrant directs me to Observe their Instructions in my Management of the Store-keepers Employment. Whereto Captain St. Lo replyed, that his Commands shou'd not be prejudicial to me; For he wou'd ingage, that if I wanted in some particular Stores to answer my Ballance, they wou'd be more than made up by the Overflows of others; Captain St. Lo his Argument indeed did not alter my Opinion, which made him afterwards Reprimand me very often for not Removing the Stores, (and most commonly before Company) insomuch, that I hardly took any Comfort of my Life. But to Illustrate this Point beyond Exception, (it being the most Considerable Part of my Subject) I shall insert the Copy of a Complaint from Capt. St. Lo against me to the Navy-Board, with their Order to me thereon, and my Answer to it.

Copy of Captain St. Lo his Complaint against Me to the Navy-Board, Dated the 18th. of February 1695.

I have received your Letters of the 14th and 15th of February, and those Papers which Respect the Store-keeper are Deliver'd to him; But I should be glad if you would write to him to hasten his Living at the Dock, and to hasten the Stores hither which are under his Charge; which would remove several Obstructions which do now Obviate Us in dispatch of fitting out the Ships.

Copy of an Order from the Navy-Board to Me, Dated the 21st of February 1695.

Understanding you are not yet Removed to the House prepared for you at the New Yard in Hammoaze, as also, that you continue several Stores in the Old Store-houses, which now the Officers and Business is removed to the said Yard, is very inconvenient to the Service; We do hereby direct and require you to Remove all his Majesty's Stores to the said New Yard with all the Expedition that may be; As also, to settle your self in the House provided you in the said Yard as soon as possible, that so his Majesty's Service may not suffer thro' any Neglect of yours in that Affair.

Copy of my Letter to the Navy-Board, Dated the 25th. of February 1695.

This Mornining at the New Yard in Hammoaze, I received your H [...]urs Order of the 21st Instant, directing me to Remove his Majesty's Stores thither, and to settle my self in the House provided for me with all the Expedition that may be, which I shall Obey to the utmost of my Power, and humbly acquaint your Honours that, as to my own Habitation (tho' not yet fitted) I wou'd have long since Removed to it, but that I preferr'd his Majesty's Interest before my own Ease and Advantage; For at this time, not any part of the Store-house is Covered, nor the Window-shutters fix'd, and I know not how the Stores can be Removed without considerable Damage both by the Weather and Embezlement. A good quantity of Canvas, Cables, Cordage, and other Stroes, (which will take up much Room) are now a coming to Us from Deptford, I wish sufficient Care was taken to lodge them in when they Arrive; And I cannot apprehend, how Our other Stores can well be Removed (as the Case stands) till they are properly secured. The Tallow, Deales, Pitch and Tarr, also the Masts, Timber, and all the other Out-Stores (excepting the Anchors) are already Removed, and I hope, no Inconvenience attends the Service through my Neglect. Our Issues of late have been extraordinary great, and with submission I affirm, that my Lodging at Plymouth, and Quickning the Tradesmen there, has been somewhat Instrumental to the timely supplying our Demands of Stores which We were Necessitated for. Every Day, or every other Day at least, (as Business offers) I am at the Dock, and at Night, constantly I, and my Instruments, write till 8 or 9 a Clock to keep up my Accounts, which I cannot do at the Dock; For no Convenience for my Office is yet made. Besides, every Morning and Evening (both before and after the common Working hours) I, or my Chief Instrument, is obliged to attend the Sail-makers at the Store-house in Plymouth to see all things safe, they having for some time wrought by Candle-light to dispatch theer Work, so that I foresee great Difficulties for the present in managing my Imployment, however, I am confident of Undergoing them all to your Honours satisfaction, and (If possible) to the good liking of all Others that I am concerned with.

My plain Answer to Captain St. Lo his Positive and Concise Complaint, gave the Navy-Board full satisfacti [...], which incensed him the more against Me; And [...] must not omit to observe, that I waited upon [...] St. Lo with two or three of my Brother Officers, [...] sider what I ought to do upon the Navy-Board [...] Me, pursuant to his Request; But the [...] Demeanour, seemed to Exasperate [...] the next time he Complained of me, it should [...]; I told him, I would not [...] to do so by me, but desired to kno [...] the Canvas, Colours, and [...] If I brought them to the Dock as he would [...], he answered, I need not make such a difficulty of the Matter, but keep them at my own House till the Store house cou'd Receive them: A very severe Task for me to perform, and (tho I cou'd [Page] not convince him of its Danger, and Unreasonableness) wou'd have been extreamly Detrimental to my King and my Country; which, made me chuse rather to continue under his Displeasure for the present, then Betray my Trust, or Disobey my Instructions.

In March 1695, a Man of War from the West-Indies put into Plymouth Sound, the Boatswain of her came ashore with a Demand from his Captain for a Vyol, and some other Stores; Captain St. Lo himself brought me the Demand, and ordered me to deliver them to him immediately, so I obeyed his Commands; But when I came to the Clerk of the Survey for his Warrant to Vouch my Delivery of them, he refused to grant it me, and said, he did not care what the Commissioner ordered me, for he must do his Business Methodically, according to his Instructions from the Surveyor of the Navy; At length, upon the Master-Attendant his Request, and my own Promise not to do any such irregular thing for the future, I got the Clerk of the Survey his Warrant accordingly; And being thus enjoyned not to Obey Captain St. Lo his preposterous Commands, I forewarned my Instruments from delivering any more Stores to the Men of War without an Order from the Officers of the Yard; which coming to Captain St. Lo his hearing, he said publickly, all the Officers were Knaves, and joyned together to Cheat the King.

On the 21st of March 1695, I went to the Royal Citadel at Plymouth, to speak with Captain St. Lo at Mr. Hooks the Deputy-Governour's House (who was also Store-keeper of the Ordnance) where was Colonel Freeke. Captain Julian, Mr. Stuckley the Post-master, and some other Gentlemen of Note; The Deputy-Goveruour was so kind, as to desire me to sit down and take a Glass of Wine; but before I cou'd well look about me, Captain St. Lo asked me why I did not Remove all the Stores to the Dock; I answered him, that there was a Lighter now at the Store-house a Loading, and We made what haste We cou'd to Remove the Stores, considering the Store-house at the Dock was not yet fitted to Receive them; he told me, I had best Remove them all, or else he wou'd Complain of me to the Admiralty; I said, I hoped not to give him any Occasion for it. Then the Deputy-Governour told Captain St. Lo, Truly if he was in Mr. Gaselee his Place, he wou'd not Remove any of the Stores to the Dock till the Store-house there was Fitted to place them properly in; Whereupon Captain St. Lo was angry with me for not being yet Removed to my House at the Dock; I answered, that the Painters were now at Work in it, and I cou'd not Remove my Goods without Damaging them, but I wou'd Remove to my House next Week; Whereto Captain St. Lo replyed, What a Devilish Noise you make of your Goods; I warrant you, a Man may carry them all on his Back; I answered, that I did not come to distarb him and his good Company, only desired to speak two or three words with him by himself; My Business was, to take his Consent to go to Exon for a Day or two; Which I readily had, and did hope, that when I came to live at the Dock, all Misunderstandings between Us wou'd afterwards have ceased.

I went to live at my House in the New-Dock-Yard the 2d of April 1696, in which Month, and in June next ensuing, We there unloded 3 Vessels with Stores from Deptford, among them was a good Quantity of Oars; and as they was brought Ashoar, Captain St. Lo his Coxswain came to me, and desired he might pick out a Gang for his Masters Pinnace, Which I bid him Take, So he set his Men to choose out the Oars, and went his way; About an hour or two after, one of Captain St. Lo his Watermen came to me again, and told me his Coxswain had sent him to me to change an Oar, it being broke, and belonged to the Gang they had just before taken out, I bid him tell the Coxswain, that before I changed his Oar, I would have a Warrant for the Oars, Pinnace, Sails, and other things which he had for some time promised me to get; And that I knew 'twas his Negligence, and not the Commissioner his Pleasure, that I had not a Warrant immediately, for such [...] as I delivered to him. The Coxswain I may believe, made the most he cou'd of my Message to him, And the next time I saw Captain St. Lo he was angry with me, and said he could not have any thing he wanted from the Store-House, without the Trouble of a Warrant, but yet the other Officers and my self had; I desired him not to impute any such Fault to my Disrespect towards himself, for that I never refused to deliver any thing to his Coxswain or Groom, till I saw they took Stores out of the Store-House, and never told him nor his Clerk any thing of them. But when ever Captain St. Lo spoke to me of any thing that he thought a Fault, either h [...] Passion or his Prejudice was so very prevalent, that he took no notice of what I said, but expected I shou'd obey his Arbitrary Commands in all things; let their Consequences be never so fatal to my Country or my self.

I am next to insert the Copy of another Complaint against me to the Navy-Board, and to William Bridgeman Esq. Secretary to the Admiralty, Dated 26th of June, 1696. With my Answer to the several Crimes charged on me therein, viz.

The Complaint.

Last Night our Store-keeper brought three Cart Loads of old Timber to the Dock, which had lain for some time in the Store-House at Plymouth, and two Loads of it being carried to his House for the Fire, as the third Load was coming up I met with it, ordered him to lay it down in the Yard, that the Master Ship-wright might Survey it, and Judge of its Quality; but notwithstanding this, I no sooner turned my back, but it was carryed away. The next time I saw him, I asked his reason for doing it, he told me that it was his Perquisite; and I believe there moght be a greater quantity than what I saw, some of it I am sure, was fit to be used on his Majesty's Service for Posts and the like; and if such Perquisites be allowed, I am sure it is a Disservice to his Majesty, For the worst of it would have made good Fuel for heating the Pitch-Kettle, and burning Plank, VVe being forced to buy for that Service sometimes.

Once being at Plymouth, I met with a considerable quantity of the Kings Junck at that place, into which after I had enquired, I was told it was issued out of his Majesty's Stores to make Twice-laid Stuff, But it was without my knowledge; And I believe if it had been met with, it had been a good Serizure. It is my Belief and Opinion, that neither that nor Canvas ought to be issued out of the Yard without my knowledge.

The Answer.

Captain St. Lo upon his meeting the third Turn of Wood, ordered the Carter to call me to him; and being in the Yard with two or three of the Officers, when the Carter came to tell me thereof, I quickly left them; and in going to wait on Captain St. Lo, I met the Carter standing still by his Cart, and asked him where the Commissioner was, he told me at my back Yard a looking upon the Wood; then I ordered him to carry the third Turn thither that he might see it; Bue when I came home, Captain St. Lo was gone, so I went instantly to seek him, and found him at his own House with Captain Beaumont, Commander of the Mountague, and Mr. Eastwood his own Clerk, I told Captain St. Lo, I desired to know his Pleasure with me, Whereupon he was angry with me before them for taking the Wood, and said it might serve for many Uses in the Yard, which Opinion I endeavoured to remove, but he laying his Commands upon me, for bringing all the Wood back into the Yard, for the Master Ship-wright to Survey it, and (after all my Perswasions) persisting therein, I parted from him with intention of obeying them; But it being then half an hour past 7 a Clock, I found the Carter was gone home; And the next Day was Fast-Day, and no body Worked. These reasons I acquainted Captain St. Lo with on the Fast-Day, (several hours before he made his Cmplaint) and that very Morning by 9 a Clock, the Master Ship-wright and Clerk of the Survey came to my House to Survey the Wood, and their Report of it to Captain St. Lo himself and me too was that they had Surveyed it according to his Order, and that 'twas such Old rotten Wreck Wood, as it wou'd not serve for any use in the Yard, and that it was worth but three shillings of their Money, and not above five shillings of any other bodies, it having lain so long in the Water; Their Report of the Wood made me conclude, that I had not committed any Fault at all; I desired Captain St. Lo over and over, not to ma [...] any Complaint against me, and did tell him I confess chat I had been at a great Trouble, and some Charge, in Removing all his Majesties from Plymouth to the Dock, and because the Wreck-Wood hnd lain 7 or 8 Years under the Stores, and was not Charged on me in any of our Surveys, (it being none of the Kings) I further said, that it did belong to me by Virtue of my Warrant, as a Perquisite for Fuel only.

I did indeed, as the Service required, By Order and Warrants from the Master, Attendant, and Clerk of the Survey only, Issue Canvas to make Sails, and Junck to make twice laid Stuff, Pursuant to my Instructions from the Navy-Board, which was carryed out of the Yard from time to time to be wrought up, according to the Practice of all the other Yards, and particuldrly Plymouth Yard, before I went thither; But had Captain St. Lo given me any Directions for altering my Methods in such Cases, or acquainted me with his Dislike thereof, I should have Complyed with them, or at least endervoured to have given him due satisfaction therein.

I still believe that Captain St. Lo his constant Intermedling with me and my Business on such Vicious Terms, was utterly inconsistent with the Justice and Freedom of the present Government, Whose Laws, having (to my knowledge) never Disobeyed, I doubt not, but (by the Justice of your Honourable House) they will Intitle me to the Rights and Priviledges of an [Page] English Man, Though they have been Invaded, and taken away, by Captain St. Lo, and Mr. Bridgeman, which Charge it behoves me to prove directly upon them both. For, that I may thereby Discover to what ill Purposes, their Power, their Wit, and their Subtilty, have been made Use of, in Carrying on their Persecution of me; and to make it appear, that Captain St Lo had not taken an Antipathy against me alone; I shall give a hint of his many Strange Complaints against the Other Yard-Officers, during my time and since.

Upon the Faith of a Christian I affirm, that Captain St. Lo his several Accusations against me, are Meer Inventions and Contrivances, only. I did Order Three Turns of Old Wood to be Carryed to my House for the Fire, But not in a Surreptious manner, and he wronged me very much, in Suggesting any Disobedience to his Command, of laying the third Lead of Wood down in the Yard, by ordering it to be Carryed to my House, when his Back was turned; For he had not then seen me since his meeting with it coming up thither, neither did I know his Pleasure therein, till all the Wood was really laid down at my House, (as my Answer to this very Accusation does particularly Explain) It's true indeed, I did tell him that the Old Rotten Wreck Wood was my Perquisite, Which in his Opinion and Mr. Bridgeman's, was a most unpardonable Fault, Nevertheless, if I can't sufficiently prove it to the Publick, that my Claim was Just and Legal, I'll publickly own my self a Fool (for their Satisfaction) and Thank Captain St. Lo for his great Care and Pains, in giving me this pressing Occasion to Publish my Folly; But to give some ground for my Presumption, that I may not be in the Wrong, of all the Complaints that ever Captain St. Lo made against the Dock-Officers under him, and pretended to make them out, he was never known upon Examination to be in the Right: And further, surely the Inditing of this Complaint was a Fancy more pleasing to him than ordinary, that he cou'd stay at home from Morning till Iwening, to Contrive me Trouble, And wilfully Neglect the Serving Almighty God in Publick, with Fasting and Prayer, in Disobedience to the positive Order of the Day; As may partly be proved by a Proclamation of their Excellencies the Lords Justices for a General Fast, Dated the 23d of May, 1696. However, that nothing may be wanting in me to do Captain St. Lo Right, I must own I have been told, he was so Generous in the Postscript of his Complaint against me to Mr. Bridgeman, as to leave the Matter wholly to his Discretion, whether to take any Notice of it or not. No Gentleman hitherto, wou'd side with Captain St. Lo in his Erroneous Notions against me; but purposely Directing this last Complaint of me to Mr. Bridgeman in particular, he joyned with him very readily in it, without knowing any thing of my Defence, tho' altogether a Stranger to me; But his Remissness in Publick Business, has since Evidently appeared to my Country's Loss, (as may be seen in the Votes of your Honourable House, Dated in 96 or 97. By whose timely Assistance, I was immediately ordered to be Dismissed my Stock-keepers Employment, without the Navy-Boards Concurrence, (who were my Masters) and on the 2d of July, 1696. he sent his Friend Captain St. Lo a Letter, for no other Business but only to advise him of [...] quick Success of his Complaint against me, which so Elevated Captain St. Lo, that several of his Friends and Relations were troubled at it, particularly Mr. John Addis, discoursed him in these words. Sir, I am come from Plymouth, and if you was but there, to hear how the Government cry out upon you, for what you have done to Mr. Gaselee, you would be ashamed of your self. Captain St Lo Answered, I do not care what any body says of me, for I am Resolved not to see the King Cheated by the Officers of the Navy, [...] my self Disrespected. Then Mr. Addis told him, if you continue this Temper Sir, People will be afraid to speak to you in a little time, And, that no one bore him a greater Respect than my self; withal, I am much concerred that your Reputation should suffer in Changeing Mr. Gaselee with such odd Accusations as you did; Therefore I desire you Sir, by all Means, immediately to acquaint: Mr. Bridgeman, that you did not th [...]nk to have Mr. Gaselee turned off his Employment upon your Complaint, but only Reprimanded; And to desire of Mr. Bridgeman, that Mr. Gaselee might be Restored to it again: These Arguments of Mr. Addis's so touch'd Captain St Lo. that he thereupon came to himself, and wrote to Mr. Bridgeman, just as Mr. Addis had Dictated to him. But that Letter Mr. Bridgeman never answered, Whose Remarkable Silence, and Former Forwardness (to do me wrong) moved Captain St. Lo to Write several Letters afterwards in my Favour, both to the said Mr. Bridgeman, and the Navy-Board. And now I shou'd be very Ungrateful, if I did not Acknowledge that the Navy-Board, Sir Edward Gregory, and Captain Greenhill (the Commissioners of his Majesty's Yards for Chatham and Portsmouth) have since done me very many kindnesses; But for Mr. Bridgeman, his unalterable Prejudice against me, has cunningly caused me much more Mischief, than all my Friends have been able to do me Good.

I have mentioned all the Favours that ever Captain St. Lo conferr'd upon me, and they indeed (notwithstanding his repeated Injuries to me, and the very great Scandals Occasioned me by them) wou'd still have required my heartiest Acknowledgments, had he not Retracted them in a very short time; Which is another Point ought to be Demonstrated. Captain St. Lo his Writing thus for me and against me, did consequently cause some Reflections upon me. And to Salve them, 'twas expected, I should confess my self Guilty of some Faults, (which God knows) I never thought of. An Expedient I cou'd not in Conscience yield to, Wherefore I did not only undergo the Grievous Effects of his further Displeasure, but was industriously Characterized by him to my Superiours, for an obstinate Fool, As if his Taking away my Livelihood, had been too small a Punishment for me, and his single Evidence of my want of Wit, could justifie him in acting unjustly by me. And after in his taking away of my Good Name too, Whereas others have since taken me for a Good Natured Fool. Moreover, to aggravate my Misfortune, I continued under Captain St Lo his Command 3 Months after I was ordered to be Dismiss'd my Employment, to hear my self daily Charged with False, and Imaginary Faults, out of a Politick Design, to Countenance Captain St. Lo his Artificial Complaint against me to Mr. Bridgeman, and their Underhand Transactions concerning it. I'll cite but another Instance, to prove how unadvisedly Captain St. Lo acted in his Station (with Respect to the Publick's Interest) wherein I was particularly Concerned, and beg Pardon for my Tediousness. About the latter end of July, 1696. Captain St. Lo made a Contract with Mr. John Neele a Merchant of Plymouth, to serve a quantity of Masts into the Kings Stores there; and before the Contract was Entred, or any Officer saw it, he signified his Anger at a distance, For our not having yet been at Plymouth to receive those Masts, and the Clark of the Survey came to my Office to acquaint me therewith; presently after I met Captain St. Lo, and told him I did not understand his Pleasure about Receiving the Masts on Mr. Neale's his Contract at Plymouth, for all the Kings Stores were removed from thence; Whereupon Captain St. Lo pulled off his Hat very low to me, and bare-headed in the open Yard before Captain Bridge, and Boat-swain Browne told me, what must he come and ask leave how he should make a Contract, I answered him, No Sir, and that I thought an Officer might ask him a Question, relating to the Duty of his Employment, and the Kings Interest, without any Offence; he did me follow the Contract, and that was all the Satisfaction I could get of him.

In a word, to Sum up the Premises, I not only endeavoured all I could for fourteen Months together, to carry on my Business to Captain St. Lo his Satisfaction, (without Betraying my Trust, or Divulging his Errors) but on all Occasions, gave him the Respect that was due to a Superiour Officer; Yet after my going through a constant Fatigue of Business at the Admiralty Office, at Plymouth, and at the New Dock-Yard from the 18th of March, 1688. the 1st of October, 1696. (besides serving above 8 years and a half in thr Navy as a Clerk in Deptford Yard) I palpably lost my Store-keepers Employment most Ignominously, to Gratifie the said Captain St. Lo his Temper, and Mr. Bridgeman's Interest; Who, (that they might bring over some Great Persons to a real Belief, of my being no more than deservedly punished) have been my most Inveterate Enemies ever since I came away from Plymouth, and will not in the least pitty my Case. But for my Comfort, till the former of those two Gentlemen can prove, Mr. Elias Wasse, Mr. Richard Lea, Mr. Robert VVaters, Mr. John Addis, and Mr. Tempell Holmes, to be Notorious Knaves, and me an Obstinate Fool, as well as Represent Us so; I shall have some reason humbly to hope, that the Honourable the Representatives of our Country, will not only believe them to be very honest Men, but me also a Persevering Christian. And to prove Captain St. Lo his singular Hand at drawing up of Complainsts against others besides me, the several Originals of those before-mentioned, and a great many more, (not so proper for me to insist upon) may beseen at the Admiralty Officenear Whitehall, or at the Navy-Office in Crutched Fryars, London.

Aboard his Majesty's Ship the Warspight in Chatham Harbour, this 7th of January, 16 [...]8.

Robert Gaselee.

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To the honourable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament Captain George St. Lo his proceedings against me, for my fidelity to my king and my country : together with the mast material consequences of them, whilst I was store keeper of His Majesty's dock-yard near Plymouth, under him, and acted in that employment.

Gaselee, Robert.

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The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.

Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.

Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.

Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.

The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site.