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<p n="497"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50704_n497-1">John Mulcaster</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50704_geo292">White Chappell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50704_occ150">Weaver</rs>
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Saith That Briggs<lb></lb>
was a Worsted Weaver like himself and Work'd for the same<lb></lb>
Warehouse That Informant and Briggs went this day<lb></lb>
Three Weeks to the Dolphin together about Nine in the Evening<lb></lb>
in Order to Pay in some Money to the Cutters then Assembled<lb></lb>
there That they were to Pay in Six Shillings for twelve<lb></lb>
Men belonging to Mrs Chauntrys Warehouse<lb></lb>
That they had not Paid the MoneyThat two Others of<lb></lb>
Informants Shop mates were with him and Brigg's<lb></lb>
That they all went into the Tap Room And after they had<lb></lb>
been in the Tap Room<del>of</del>
about five Minutes the Guards<lb></lb>
Came And as soon as they Came the Officer Placed Two of his<lb></lb>
Men on each side the Tap Room And said "Let no Man Pass"<lb></lb>
That as soon as he had so Planted his Man in less than<lb></lb>
three Minutes they began to Fire Saith he cannot Say<lb></lb>
who it was that first FiredWhether it was the Soldiers<lb></lb>
below or the Cutters from above he cannot Say But<lb></lb>
according to the Samed he thinks it was below<lb></lb>
That after the first Fire there were Two or three Firings<lb></lb>
from Above Stairs and Below That there were about<lb></lb>
Seven Firings in all from Above and Below<lb></lb>
Whether they were in the House or out of the House<lb></lb>
Informant cannot tellThat after about Seven Fires<lb></lb>
the Soldiers Fired into the Tap Room from Out of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50704_geo293">Cock<lb></lb>
Lane</rs>
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and Turville Street That Informant did not<lb></lb>
Ask to go out of the Room<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
That the first Fire into<lb></lb>
the Tap Room Informant thinks Killed Two Persons</p>
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