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was not (as hee saith) Taxed in the last t … was not (as hee saith) Taxed in the last tax to the Army, and [XX GUTTER]<br />
was once Examined as a witnes in this Court, and twice [XXX GUTTER]<br />
in Guildhall./:
To the 2d. hee saith hee doth very well understand what [XXX GUTTER]<br />
and saith hee is not of kin to the producent. nor hath any [XXX GUTTER]<br />
to him, more then one freind hath to another. and is [XXX GUTTER]<br />
nor engaged to the said Summners, nor Summners to this [?deponent GUTTER]<br />
Saving what followeth:/
To the 3d. hee answereth negatively./.
To the 4th hee saith hee hath knowne the said Summners<br />
about foure Yeeres last and saith hee first came acquainted<br />
with the said Summers (to his remembrance at an Ale house [?in GUTTER]<br />
Ratcliffe high way but hath forgot howe, or upon what occasion<br />
Summers came in his Company but not long after [XXX GUTTER]<br />
was Imployed by him in Selling Brandewine[?s], And saith<br />
hee did well knowe the foresaid John Story (who is deceased [?as GUTTER]<br />
this Deponent hath heard) and this Deponent was often at [XXX GUTTER]<br />
at a Milliners against the Stocks London, and when hee [XXX GUTTER]<br />
bill hee was about twenty Eight Yeeres of age, and [?was of GUTTER]<br />
an indifferent faire Complexion, and his haire to this [deponents GUTTER]<br />
best remembrance was browne, and saith that [?the said GUTTER]<br />
time hee saith him (to his knowledge) was when hee signed the<br />
said bill, and this Deponent was since about foure or five times in his<br />
Company at his Lodging aforesaid, and at a Taverne, but [?does GUTTER]<br />
not remember who was then with him./
To the 5th. hee saith hee doth not knowe who wrote the [?foresaid GUTTER]<br />
bill of Sale, and saith that hee doth not remember that the<br />
said bill was read over when the said Story soe signed [?sealed GUTTER]<br />
and delivered the same but saith the same was doe done by<br />
the said Story in the hall of Mr Sumners house in [?Beerelane GUTTER]<br />
in the moneth of June 1657: but the day of the moneth hee<br />
doth not certainely remember. but to his remembrance the<br />
same was soe done about tenn or Eleven of the Clock [?in GUTTER]<br />
the forenoone./.
To the 6th. hee saith hee can write and Read written hand<br />
and saith hee doth not remember or beleeve that there were [XXX GUTTER]<br />
in the said bill when the said Story soe Signed Sealed and Delivered the<br />
same, and otherwise saving as aforesaid cannot answer
To th 7th hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition<br />
and saving the same cannot further Answer, saving the<br />
moneyes and goods were paid and delivered unto the said Story [?at the GUTTER]<br />
time of the said signing sealing and delivering the said bill of [?sale GUTTER]<br />
[?Sumners] his hall, in this Deponents presence, and in the preence of<br />
another man who walked too and fro in the hall at the<br />
same time./.n the hall at the<br />
same time./. +
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