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The Examination of
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This Examinant an Oath Saith, yt ye 23th of November last past, he wth one Purkiss
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, went to ye Cork & bottle,
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where was produced a Lett by Mr Purkiss from one Pagett at Brown,
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France which sd Lettr he game to ye sd Heny Mills, & Purkiss told Mills ye sd Shield &
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Cox were ye men he had pitchd upon & yt there ye sd Mills understood the sd
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Shield & Cox were
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, & he promised to pay
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their Passage to Fanker
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in France, they then came away yt on ye Thirtieth of Number they saw his sat yt
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Hall at
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, & yt then he advised them to make no provision for themselves
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for he would provide for them, for ye Captain was to have a Guinea a
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fr
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their passage, & one Stall a day for their provision & this
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Examinant Saith
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on Satterday last he with the Robinson
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Cornelius Cox
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were going to ye Kings arms Coffee huse near ye Custom huse, in order to go
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on board yt he & his aforesaid Companies mett his ye sd Mills in ye Street as they were
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going to ye Sd Coffee huse to
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board & it
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agreed they should go aboard them, yt ye sd Mills called a boat & they went
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aboard ye Ship called ye Ann, for
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Roan in France John Mannucea
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Master, yt when they were abord ye Mate told ye they might go & fetch their
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bundles & le an board again at Six a Clock yt night, yt when they came
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on Shore & had gotten their budles & were at ye Fyger near Tower dock
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were ye sd. Mills was
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he was served by a Warrt for J Fryr
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Maketh Oath yt ye sd Heny. Mills incouraged him to go
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to Tankervile in France, & he would pay his passage, & yt he would ass me him
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yt he should have there twenty Littre's P Week & yt he was going on the said terms
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when he was aprehended wth Shield Cox & Gayton abovementioned
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maketh Oath yt he was at yt Leyhorn Coffee house last Wednesday in
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Swithirs ally wch
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, & yt there was ye abovementioned Heny Mills
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who understanding he was a Weaver uncouraged him to go France, & he said he
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would find a passage for him Tuesday
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& he should have Twenty lines a Week
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