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Lib. B. No. 3

wench he must Suffer the Law, and farther Said that he knew the
most they Could do it was but a fine, and that was all they Could do,
and that he hoped it would not undo him The maid Iane Palldin
made answer to the S^d Norton and bid him he Should not feare, for
he Should not be undone by her. And farther this Deponent Saith
not Signum
Thomas X Turner

Edmond Hinshman Sworne and Examined Sayeth that when m^r
Preston Sent his Warrant for the fetching down of Iane Palldin, this
Deponent went with the Constable, And Andrew Willcox to Iohn
Nortons house, and after we were Come to the house according to
Order, the Constable demanded Iane Palldin, Iohn Norton Answered
She Should not go; also the S^d Palldin resisted the Constable, where-
upon, the Constable demanded and required Iohn Norton and me
this Deponent to be assistant, the Said Norton refused to aid or
assist him, Thereupon Iane Palldin gott a knife in her hand, and
Swore Several bitter Oathes, She would Stab the Constable, and me
this Deponent, And did Sweare likewise that She would Stab An-
drew Willcox Notwithstanding the Good Language the Said An-
drew gave her, and did through a desperate kind of Iron at him the
Said Willcox And farther this Deponent Saith not
Edmond Hinchman

Mitchell v.
Gerrard

M^r Luke Barber Sworne Sayth that he this Depon^t Comeing to
m^r Gerrard after Cap^t Mitchells arrivall into these parts, and telling
the Said Gerrard that the Said Mitchell was arrived m^r Gerrard

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desired me this Deponent, to remember him to Cap^t Mitchell, and
tell him his Cowes were ready or words to that purpose, to the best
of this Deponents remembrance, And farther this Deponent Saith
not. L. Barber

Deposit Edmond Phillpott
Edmond Phillpott aged about Sixty yeares Deposeth and Saith
that about the end of April 1652 Cap^t William Mitchell Sold this
Deponent to m^r Thomas Gerrard, and this Deponent had to Serve
Cap^t Mitchell two yeares and almost two monthes, and it was agreed
that m^r Gerrard Should pay upon that agreement unto CapV William
Mitchell four Cowes or heifers with Calfe or Calves by their Sides,
to be delivered upon demand after the Said Cap^t Mitchells return
from England, and in Case the Said Cap^t Mitchell did not returne
the next yeare following, one Cow was to be delivered for the use
of the Said Mitchells his Children and the other three Cowes or
heifers at his returne, And farther this Deponent Saith that in Case
the Said Cap^t Mitchell did returne before this Deponents time was
Expired, then he this Deponent was to be returned to the Said Cap^t