80   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.

              Liber B B  proue it, & sayd tht hee brought none but Rogues & whoares along
                      him out of England: some out of Bridewell & some out of New-
                     gate, & shee was the arrentest whoare that came.
                      Sworne in open Court before me   John Jerome.
                         Willm Bretton Clk.
                      Peter Mills, sayth uppon oath That att St Maries County Court
                     held the 16th day of June last, After Elionor Spinke had taken her
                     oath agst Dr Luke Barbier, in a Cause depending in the sd Court The
                     sd Barber called Elionor Spinke whoare, & tht hee had taken her
                     wth her Coates up to her middle; And tht Rogue Tom Hughes wth
                [p. 118] his Brittches downe, & tht hee would take his oath of it, & tht bee did
                     bring into the Country wth him none but whoares & Rogues, some
                     from Bridewell, some from Newgate, & some from the Whipping
                     post & then Poynting to the sd Elionor hee sayd, & thou wert the Im
                     pudentest whoare of them all. And further hee sayd tht her Oath was
                     false & malitious, & bee made noe question but to proue her perjured,
                     & a great many other uery long speeches. Peter P Mills
                      Sworne in Court by mee            mark
                         Willm Bretton Clk.
                      Henry Hyde aged 26 yeares or thereabouts sayeth uppon Oath,
                     That in an open Court held att Newtowne the 16th day of June 1663
                     hee heard Dr Luke Barbier call then & there Henry Spinkes Wife
                     Whoare, & sayd hee tooke her wth her Coates up & Thomas Hughes
                     Breeches down, & uppon his Wifes bed, & hee sayd they were nought
                     together. And being demanded whither bee would proue that, Hee
                     answered hee would take his oath uppon it, & sayd it was uery true
                     for hee immediately gaue her Correction for it, And there was none
                     but whoares & slutts tht hee brought into this County, such as were
                     brought out of Bridewell & Newgate, whereof shee was the most im
                     pudentest, & further sayth not Henry Hyde.
                      Sworne by me in Court Willm Bretton
                      German Gillett sweareth the same wth Henry Hyde ut supra, And
                     ifurther tht Dr Barber sayd That shee (Vizt) Spinks Wife was not
                     only a whoare: But tht hee would proue & maintaine her a whoare.
                      Sworne in Court by mee       German A Gilletts
                         Willm Bretton.                 marke

                      Michael Higgins sworne sayth tht Mr Hugh Stanley sould of
                     Daniel Gouldsons Estate Two Cowes wth Two Cowe Calues, unto
                     Timothy Goodridge; one Cowe a Cowe Calfe, unto Willm Turner,
                     One Cowe a Cowe Calf e, unto Dr Stephen Clifton, Two hoggs
                     to the Willm Turner, one hogge to this Depont the sd Michael
                     Higgins, And further tht the sd Stanley carryed from the sd Gould
                     sons plantaon ffiue hoggs & ffiue piggs the web were appraysed to six
                     hundd pownds of Tob, And tht W Stanley hyred a seruant named