to the Deponent he being an Infamous person and hath been
whipped in Virginia for Thieving and stealeing Cask
The further heareing and Examination thereof is referred
till next Councill Day and Capt. ffendall remanded into the
Custody of Coll Henry Darnall to remaine under a guard at
his Ldspps house at Mattapony.
Capt John Coode then called to whom the foregoing Depo-
sition of John Bright was again read as also this following
Deposition of Collen Mackenzie viz.
The 7th Day of May 1681: at the house of Nehemah Blaki-
stone John Coode said to me what Divell need you trouble
your Self with land, there is never a Papist in Maryland will
have one foote of land within these four moneths, and that
the Sinniquo Indians would doe us noe good for he had tenn
thousand men at Command when he pleased, and that he
could make it high water when he pleased. And further
saith not Coline Mackenzie
Juravit coram me Die et Anno prdictis
Philip Calvert
Those words that he could make it high water when he
pleased Captn Coode acknowledges he might say alludeing to
a bowle of Punch wch they were then drinking wch he could
make ebb or flow at pleasure but as to the Rest of the Deposi-
tion he wholly Denies, and saith that when he was at Mr Blaki-
stones there were severall others then in Company with him
viz. Capt Gerard, John Shankes, John Dennis, John Hopkins,
Nea Blakiston, Joshua Guibert Robert Cole, ffendall the
Master of the shipp and others, wonders why some of them
should not heare the same words spoken as well as the Depo-
nent (if any such were)
But the further heareing and examination is referred till
next Councill Day and Captn Coode to remaine in Custody
under a guard at the Chancelors house.
Ordered that Proclamation issue requireing the putting in
Execution the Lawes made against Divulgers of false
news &c
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