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The Informacon of
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1690
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This Informant Saith that about ye eighth or ninth of March last
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Showed him a thick table Dimond of about five or
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Six graines &
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of about thirty pounds value as this
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Informt veryly beleeves & asked him if he could follow it
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& at ye Same time the Said
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William Elphingston Showed
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this Informt a rose Dimond of about two or three grames
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& asked this Informt the value of the Said Dimonds And went
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away at that time And about twelve dayes after the Said
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came againe to this Informt & brought Severall Vose
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Dimonds in a paper being Six & thirty in number as he told
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this Informt & tooke out Six of ye Said Dimonds desireing this Sd
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likewise wth. him for a ruby & desired it might be placed in
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ye midle of the Said dimonds wth Said Stone was noe ruby but
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William Elphingston
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tould this
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Informt that he lodged at ye Dolphin & Crown in
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but he might be heard of at ye Mearmaid near ye Same
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place And that he had a house & a Jorney mom at
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And this Informt further Saith that goeing
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afterwards to ye Dolphin & Crowne to Enquire for ye Said
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her Husband & Shee did not lodge together because he was
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then goeing in to Ireland this Informt then asked her if
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her Husband had not a house att
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Claude
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orjin
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Jurat coram me die
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& anno Supdict.
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