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    goodie neuill held forth her fingers to wit her forfinger and her littell Liber B
    finger and hollowed at hur and further sayeth not:

      Mary Roe sworne and Examined in open Court sayeth that Mary
    dod Come into goodie neuills feeld and goodie neuill sayd thou iaed
    get thow out of my ground for what buisnes hast thow heame shee
    sayd I am in the Path I will goe when I Please and goodie Neuill sayd
    if thow wilt not get thee out of my ground I will set the out and
    with that goodie neuill followed hen and goodie dod turned about and
    sayd stand of from nice or I will stricke thee and with that goodie
    dod did stricke her in the face and goodie neuill did say thow iade
    dust thow stricke mee in my owne ground and with that goodie neuill
    tooke bolt of goodie dods hands and goodie dod sayd let my hands
    goe for the Child it will fall and goodie neuill sayd dont feare woman
    I wont hurt thy Child and with that goodie neuill Caled sumbodie
    to tacke the Child out of her Armes and Robert Cockerill thearupon
    Came and goodie dod thearupon sayd stand away I will not let goe
    my Child and with that goodie neuill strooke hen a good blow in the
    Chops and sayd by god you shall hauc one for the other and sayd
    thow iaed I will haue my Reuenge of thee yet and many dod sayd
    goodie neuill doe not you threaten mee for threatened foulkes liue
    long and goodie neuill sayd bauld Eagell get the home and Eate sum
    of gammer belaines fat Porke and many dod sayd if shee did eat
    fat Porke shee did not Eate Rammish boare and goodie neuill sayd
    who did and goodie dod sayd shee did not and with that goodic dod
    Cryed hee Troge and goodie neuill sayd thow whore who is that thow [p. 149]
    Callest Troge and goodie dod sayd she was no Scoatchmans whore
    and goodie neuill sayd that nether scotch Irish or English came anus
    to her and with that goodie dod sayd to goodie neuill cum will you go
    horn and eat sum of goodie belaynes fat Porke if I haue any and
    goodie neuill spit at her and sayd shee scorned to go with such Corn-
    panic as she was and with that many dod went away and goodie
    neuill held up hem hands and hollowed at her and further sayeth not:

      Robert Cockerill Sworne and Examined in open Court sayeth that
    hee was about his lawfull occasions and bee hearing a great noys and
    so hee sayd presantly lie goe see and hee heard murder Cryed out
    and hee Ran towards the noyse as hard as bee Coold without any
    delay hee went to the hows that was John neuils wheanof John Neuill
    questioned him what his buisnes was thear his buisnes did not ly
    thear abouts and presantly Replyed you cum to see and to heare;
    and bid him goe about his buisnes so hee sayd hee woold not goe about
    his buisnes hee came to se what was the matter and hee bid him go
    about his buisnes or else hee woold make him no pray excuse mee
    goodman Neuill sayd hee I will stand in the path in spit of your teeth
    and hee the sayd neuill tooke this deponant by the shoulder and pushed
    him out whearupon hee was Comming away and thearupon bee met