William Clare< no role > Saith he Lodges at Mr. Rawlings's
That he was in the Kitchen when the Soldiers Came
That Fieldings Men Came first and Opened the
Door where Informant and several Others were
and Ask'd if they were all PeaceableThat they
Answer'd they wereThat the Men bid them to
keep the Door Shut and there should no harm
happen to themThat the Door was Put to
and presently afterwards Informant heard the
Clashing of Hangers or CutlassesAnd a Voice
from some Place said Gentlemen Surrender Yourselves
We are Come to take some of Ye Behave as such
And We will use Ye WellUpon which this
Informant heard an Huzza from above stairs
And imediately after that somebody said "the first
Person that Advances is a Dead Man"
That then Informant heard the Report three
or four times of a Pistolwhich certainly came from above Stairs And then Informant
heard somebody say Soldiers Advance
That after this Informant heard some of the
Soldiers who were in the Passage between the
Tap Room and the Kitchen Say "We are Flanked
in the Tap Room" And in four or five Minutes
afterwards Informant saw the Soldiers in the
StreetSaith he Believes they went into the
Street upon the Words that they were Flank'd in
the Tap Room being saidThat in four or