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       added tht they told him, there was some powder & shott, in Liber A.

       the sloope; But it was Willm Cooks & they could not dispose

       of it.                            Sig

                                        Jno Lancelett

        Jurat. coram Tho Gerrard.

       Att a court held att     Thomas Mathews in the behalfe of the

       Henry Morgans howse Ld Propr complayneth agst Jno Goneere,

       att Kent. 22o Junis

      Prnt Gouernor  That being called to answere uppon his

         Capt G. Brent oath, not hauing the feare of god afore his

       eyes, hee answered falsly & agst his knowledge, whereby

       he committed a willfull Periury. Wherfore the Tho:

       Mathews requyreth in the behalfe of the Ld Propr the sd

       Goneere to be brought to condigne punishmt

        Jno Goneere not hauing any thing to say for his defence,

       more then tht it was the first time, he euer committed the

       like offence. The Court adiudged him to bee nayled by both

       the eares to the pillory, wth 3 nayles in each eare; & the nailes

       to bee slitt out, & afterwards to be whipped 20 good lashes.

       And this to bee exequuted immediately, before any other

       busines of Court be proceeded uppon,

        warrt to the Sheriffe ad Exequend.

        Mr Bradnox & Edw: Commins appearing to the suite of p. 163

       ffrancis Brookes, denyed any such dammage to be dew by

       them in his cattle, as was pretended, & charged by the sd

       Brooks.

        The plf not being able to proue any dammage, the dfts

       were dismissed wthout day.

        Edw: Commins deft, appearing to the suite of ffran: Brooks

       plf. in an accon of debt by acct & dammage to the ualew of

       3021 l Tob: The Dft denyeth any such acct or dammage to be

       dew. The Court uppon an exception made by the plf, agst

       the dfts oath, in wager of Law, agst his acct Put Capt Robt

       Vaughan Cornder of Kent to his oath, who uppon oath

       deliuered, The dft (according to the best of his iudgmt) to

       haue formerly taken a rash oath in the Court afore him, con

       cerning an acct Wherfore the Court receiued the plf to proue

       his acct by his owne oath: Vppon wch uppon the ballance of

       the accts betweene them there was fownd dew to the plf, from

       the dft, 1541 l of Tob. & cask & dammages 500 l Whereuppon

        the Court adiudged the sums to be payd by the dft, to

       0500 the plf: els exequuon.

       2041 Exequuon to the Sheriffe ad satisfaciendu. po Julij.

        Robert Short demandeth of ffrancis Lumbard Three barrells,

        one bushell of Corne, wch shoula haue bene payd him, in