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room but to have called him out & said it was a very
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dirty know & called the deced a dirty black guard
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followyou are always breeding a confusion in my House
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The deced ask'd Shelmerdine are you in darnest. he
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answ'd. youMan deced then sd. I will hold you a gr. I
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am not so dirty a Fellow no youThat shelmerdine give as'd
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then deceds being work. agt. The deced annsrd. he had
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one in his Pocket but did not shew any & added I don't
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know Whole I am worth at many Guiness as you because
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I have not so cases a way to come at themThose were
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the last words that poss'd between them & the deced
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went awayThat after the deced was gone Shelmerdine
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told thos Witness That the deced had been there several
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times & he did not know the meaning if it, unless it
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was to take the House ever his Head.knows no more.
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at Mr. Scotsknew them
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decedThat last monday afternoon abt. 3 the deced ask'd
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the witness to drink wth. him at Mr. Monkshe went
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wth. him in they had 2 Pots of Prcer amongst 3. or 4 of
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them besides 6d. in rum & water wch was had in & drank
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but the witness drank not of it
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Gives the came
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wth. Mr. Monk touching Shelmerdine abusing the deced for
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asking Peaver for his debt
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