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maketh Oath that he this Deponent hath been credibly
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(mentioned in the annexed Warrant under the Hand of
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the Lord Mayor of London)
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Thomas
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hereunto annexed and the
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of the information hereunto also
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annexed is now a Prisoner in Custody of the Keeper of
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Felony and Saith That he hath this Day seem the said William
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Watson in
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in all respects
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Answers to the Description given of him in the Letter of the Twenty third
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Day of Decd. last hereto annexed and
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this Deponent saith ye said Watson owned to this Deponent that he was born at
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Burton
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and that he lived about two years agoe
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And this Dept. further Saith That he
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of Great Eminence in
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aforesaid
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and saith that both the said Letters hereto annexed are of his the said
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Thomas Cecills own Hand writeing as this Dept. verily beleives
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By the Court Etc
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