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drink a glasse of Wine wth us, & this Informant
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answered, no he would not drink any, & said
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to him, he wonder'd to see him here on A Sunday
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morning, so this Informant ordered his Watchmen
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to take Mr. Cooke & the Harper, & carry them to the
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Compter wth. accordingly they did, so the Mr. of the
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house Mr. Shepheard called as he lay in his bedd
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for this Informant, & said to his drawer, what
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Constable is that, this Informant told him his
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& that he was Constable & that it was his Watch night
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so this Informt. went down Staires & went to the
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Compter with Mr. Cooke & the Harper, & being informed
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by his Watchmen there were more Company in
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the house came back again to the said Taverne
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& knockt att the doore & desired to be lett in which
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they refuseing saying Mr. Shepheard had the
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Key then he comanding them in the Kings name
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to open the doore, then they opened it & this Informt.
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went in and finding A Pson which
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this Informts.
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Watchmen told him he reflected upon the Lord
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Mayor, thereupon this Informant ordered his
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Watchmen to carry that Pson to the Compter
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& afterwards a drawer told this Informant A
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Lord would speake with him above staires, wch
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was the first time this Informant heard there
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was A Lord in the house, & this Informt. not
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thinking it safe did refuse to go up to His Lorp.
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Whereupon the Lord came down & said are
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you the Constable, I understand you have
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comted A Servt. of nine & going to comitt another
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this Informt. told his Lorp he begged his pardon
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for that he had comted them both, his Lorp
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made Answere, be it to yor Pill, I will lay you
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by the on Monday morning heeles but this Informant saith when he
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comted. them he did not know they were his Lorp.
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Servts, His Lorp answered I am A Poor of the
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Realm & I comand you in the Kings name to go
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back to the Compter, & fetch them back again This
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Informt. made answere wll. submission to his Lorp
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this Informts. Power did extend only to comitt, but not
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