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wiffe throweinge stones att my face & J: Lancaster her
husbande was lyinge a toppe of mee to saue ye blowes &
ye stones off mee:
Soe att last I gott vppe in ye power of God ouer ym all
& they beate mee doune Into ye boate: & soe Ja:
Lancastere came Into ye boate to mee: & soe hee
sett mee ouer ye water: & I
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And Ja: Naylor wee saw afterwards yt they was beateinge
of mee him for hee went whilst they was beatinge off
mee hee walkt vppe Into a feilde & they neuer minded
him till I was gonne & then they fell vpon hime
& all there cry was kill him kill him:
And when I came on ye other sÿde off ye water to ye
tounde againe: all ye tounde risse vppe with pitch forkes
fleales & staffes & mucke hookes to keepe me out
of ye tounde & cryed kill him knocke him in ye heade
bringe ye cart & carry him away to ye graue yarde
And soe they abused mee & guarded mee with all these
weapons a pretty way off out of ye tounde & then att last
the Lords power beinge over ym all: they left mee;
And then Ja: Lancaster went backe againe to looke after
Ja: Naylor: soe I was alone & came to a ditch of water
& washed mee for they had all dirted mee: & wett & mired my
cloaths face & handes.
Soe I walkt a matter of three miles to Tho: Huttons where
Tho: Lawson ye preist lodged yt was convinct: & I coulde
haredly speak to ym when I came in I was soe bruised
X & soe I tolde y:m where I left Ja: Nailor X & they went &
tooke each of y:m a horse & went & brought him thither yt
night
And I went to bed but I was soe weake with bruises
I was not alble to turne mee: & ye next day they
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