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       yor Deponent asked Cornelius where this house Should Stand Liber B.

       and he told your Deponent where it Should be, and the posts

       were brought in where he appointed where the house Should

       Stand, and further Saith notthe marke of

                                  Peter PI Joy

         Rebecca Hall aged 30 yeares or thereabouts Sworn & Ex-

       amined Saith.

         That She this Deponent Saw the Markes of the blowes

       which Martin Kirkes wife gave mrs Bonyfield which was as

       broad as your Deponents hand and kirkes wife called mrs

       Bonyfield whore and Said She would prove a whore and

       further Saith not        the marke of

                              Rebecca x Hall

           Christian Bonifield aged 46 years or thereabouts Sworne

           and Examined Saith.

         That upon a time your deponent was at the house of Marke

       Phepoe and Mary Kirke the wife of Martin Kirke Said that

       She would hang that Rougue Potter, for She had that about

       her would hang him and bound it with a bitter oath, that

       before he Should want a hangman She would hang him her

       self and furth Saith not,    the mark of

                        Christian x Bonifield

         Rebecca Hall aged 30 years or thereabouts Sworne & Ex-

       amined Saith That Mary Kirke told your Depont that She fol-

       lowed Potter from her house through my Ground where my

       husband was killed to his own fence and tooke up her Corne

       under Potters fence and further Saith not

         Rebecca Hall Sworne and Examined Saith, That Mary

       Kirke Said that Marke Phepoe was a Rougue and that She p. 640

       was never Mastered by a Rougue before, And further Saith not

         Elizabeth Potter aged 29 years or thereabouts Sworne Saith

       That upon a time Mary Kirkes Came into the house of Henry

       Potter and Rebecca Hall and She had Some words, and Re-

       becca Hall Said, Mary Kirke you Said that Markes Phepoe

       Came into your house and you told me that you beat him,

       and Mary Kirkes answered againe She would doe worse to

       him for he Came and flung her upon the bed, and was fame

       to hold my hand in his throate and my Sword in my other hand

       Rebecca Hall made her Answer againe you will foreswear it

       and deny it and further Saith not, the marke of

                                   Elizabeth X Potter