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saith That on Munday the
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into this Deponents house at ye
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aforesd. betweene 10: and 11. of the Clock in ye
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forenoone, and continued there till about 5. or 6. in the
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afternoone, and afterwards they went to the widow
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Hunts at
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aforesaid
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where as this Depont. was afterward informed That
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Henry Peters
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should say this was his old Landlord mea
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-ing Phildew, and askd him what he would doe now he had
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left off his house and was broke or words to that effect
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Phildew said he would get into the Gards, Peters to
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him yt. would cost a great deale of money, whereupon
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Phildew answered I have money enough and putting
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his hand in his Jocket pluckt out both silver and gole
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afterward as this derpont. was informed by the said
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Phildew and King That peters should say to King
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not sword, but yor. shall lend me yor. sworn and as
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dow goes home I will kiss him, and we will take an
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his money or words to ye same effect, afterwards
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goes into Meis. Hunts Kitchen and sitting by himself
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in a malancholy posture wth. his hat pluckt ever
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Tyes, the Groome of Esqr. Wharton come to him
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asteth him the said King who she
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and why he was soe malancholy and lifted up his has
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and askd him if he cryd, then King said he was in a
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great deale of trouble and told the said Groome that
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Peters would borrow his sword meaning the sword of
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the said King to kill his old Landlord meaning the
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said Phildew and robb him of his mony as he was
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goeing home over the feilds and the said King desired
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the Groome to tell Phildew, that Peters had a
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