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      Johnson Said if I Should, I know where I Shall have another Liber B,

      pair, Soe mrs Johnson went a Little further and turned back

      and Said to Mary Taylor I must have a paire of Gloves of you

      (if not) of mr Catchmey and Mary Taylor replyed why of mr

      Catchmey, and mrs Johnson Said he is the father of your Child,

      and Mary Taylor replyed againe he is noe more the father of

      mine then he is of yours for ought I know, And mrs Johnson

      replyed againe and Said She was an Impudent whore and then

      mrs Johnson Said againe She was a brazen face whore or an

      Impudent whore your Deponent knowes not which and Mary

      Taylor Said it hath pleas'd God to make us both alike. Where-

      upon mrs Johnson Struck Mary Taylor Soc they were busling a

      Little while Soc when they had done mrs Johnson Said that

      that Nights work Should Cost her a whipt back. and further

      Sayth not the mark of

      Sworne before me this 7th      Sara x Goulson

      of May 1653. Ri: Preston

        Sara Goulson aged 30 years or thereabouts Sworne and

      Examined, Sayeth, That Comeing to Robert Taylors house,

      three or four days after Robert Taylor's wife was last brought

      to bed, and yor Depont hearing that She had confest that mr p. 472

      Catchmey was the father of the Child yor Deponent asked her

      and She told yor Deponent noe it was noc Such thing, but She

      Said She tould mrs Johnson that, that wicked man had either

      overcome her or deluded her, and further Sayth not

      Sworne before me the 7th of the mark of

      May 1653 Ri: Preston.   Sara x Goulson

        Mary Catchmey aged 25 years or thereabouts Sworne and

      Examined Sayeth, That She heard Geo: Catchmey Say that

      they Shutt him into Robert Taylors house and then Mary Tay

      lor did rise of her bed and brought him the Child, and he the

      Said Catchmey would not take it and he Clapt his hands be-

      hind his back, and went back and Still She followed him with

      the Child, and Robert Taylor bid them have a care of the

      Child and let it not fall betwixt them, And then She went

      away and lay Down upon her bed with the Child and after

      Some discourse they were Sat downe in the house, Cuz: She

      fetched the Child and Sate it in her lap, and looked upon the

      Child & looked upon George Catchmey and he Said She

      Started up, and put the child in his Lap, and Cuz: Said pray

      mr Catchmey hold the Child and he Said to me that he Said,

      yes, I doe not care if I hold the child and he Said to me that

      Cuz: did not make hast to Come to take it and he Carryed it

      to Mary Taylor as She lay upon her bed, and he told me he

      bid her take the Child and She replyed againe it is as much