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         Liber B.   yours as Mine for ought I know, And he told me that he told

               her if it be mine it is yours. he told me that Cuz: Said to

               Robert Taylor, Cozen how are you able to keep a knife out of

               his heart, And upon that Robert Taylor tooke down his Gunn

               and he told me he did not know whether he did it with intent

               to doe him any harm. The next morning following he told me

               he was to goe to John Grammers, and he asked Robert Tay-

               lor if he would goe with him. And Robt Taylor made Answer

               and Said he did not care if he did, And he told me as they

               were goeing in the way Robert I'aylor asked him what they

           P 473    Should doe in the busieness, and he told me that Robert Tay-

               lor Said that both their lives lay in his hands, and he Said to

               me, that he told Robert Taylor he did not feare what he could

               doe to his life and Robt Taylor asked Catchmey what will the

               Court do in it. And he told me, he Answered Robert Taylor

               thus, that the Court would Record him Cuckold and Catchmey

               Should keep the Child, and he told me that Robert Taylor

               Said if he would disburse a little Tobacco he would keep the

               Child as his owne, and he told him he did not care for a Little

               Tobacco rather then to have his name brought in question, and

               he told me he asked Robert Taylor how much he would have,

               And Robert Taylor made Answer and Said that tenn thousand

               pounds of Tobacco was but a flea biting to him, and he told

               me he Answered Robert Taylor before he would give that the

               Court Should decide it, But after further discourse Robt Tay..

               lor was Content with two thousand, And he Said to me that

               Robert Taylor demanded from under his hand for it. And he

               told him that he would give him from under his hand for it,

               And Geo: Catchmey demanded a discharge from under Robert

               Taylors hand, and Robert Taylor tould him he Should, And

               he told me, that before that the writings were drawn, there

               were Soe many Warrants for him that he was forced to runn

               out of the River, And when Robert Taylor came down to Vir-

               ginia he Came to George Catchmey and before Robert Taylor

               had been there one Night, he told George Catchmey that the

               Child was his own picture meaning Catchmey, as Geo: Catch-

               mey told me a Little before Robert Taylor came up to Putux-

               ent he demanded Tobacco of Geo: Catchmey and he tould me

               he Answered Robert Taylor that he had none and that he

               knew the worst of it, And Robert Taylor told him that he

               would give him tenn thousand pounds of Tobacco to deny

               what was past, and Geo: Catchmey Said that he told Robert

           P. 474   Taylor if he were never questioned, he would never question

               it, Soc yor Deponent asked my brother Geo: Catchmey whether

               he had ever had to doe with her and he told yor Deponent,

               yes once, and I asked him why he was Soc wicked, and he told

               me that She deluded him with her deluding Toungue and he