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ing soe to doe untill he had first legally demanded the Deliv-
ery of them, and did therefore now again make his Demand:
Whereat the Emperor and his great men being at a stand
without makeing any Reply his Lspp: by his Interpreter desired
them to goe apart by themselves and consider of what had
been delivered to them, Which they refused to doe saying
they knew nothing they had to consider off.
Whereupon his Lspp did again by his Interpreter make
Demand of the murdrers to wch they still say they know
nothing and can therefore say nothing to that point.
Capt Gerrard Slye and Ltt Thomas Courtney are then
ordred to take Azazams and Manahawton into their custody
and secure them untill further ordr Wch being done and the
Prisoners carried forth, The Interpreter was ordred to give the
Emperor and his greate men a pticular Accot of the said murdr
from the Beginning according to the relation reed: from the
woman her self before her Death and severall others relating
to the Discovery thereof Wch the Interpreter having accord-
ingly pformed They Answered as before that they knew
nothing of it and therefore had nothing to say to it.
His Lspp was then pleased to tell them that he was willing
to think that possibly they might not know of it, but that him-
self and his Councell were certainly confirmed in the truth
thereof, and that there was yett another pson concerned in
the murdr whom his Lspp: did expect they should deliver up if
they intended to preserve peace and Amity with us
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Wch having paused upon and considered of for sometime
they Desire to know who that other pson was wch we accused,
to wch answer was made them that it was Wassetaw whom we
accused and Demanded to be delivered up.
They seeme much troubled and absolutely Denied any such
thing with severall protestations affirming that he was noe
waies concerned in the murder.
It was then Demanded of them that since they certainly
knew & had soe positively affirmed that Wassetaw was none
of the murderers, they would then declare who was the other
pson therein concerned. They answer they know not.
Was then given by his Lspp in charge to the Chancelor to
tell them by the Interpreter that those two men (to say
Azazams and Manahawton) wch were now carried forth Wee
did certainly know to be guilty of the murdr laid to their
charge and therefore his Lspp did Desire to know of them
whither or noe they thought fitt we should pceed against
them as against English men in the like case.
They say that his Lspp had them now in custody & might
doe as he thought good.
They were then given to undrstand that his Lspp had not
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