Examination of William Cox

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The Examinacion of William Cox of Newstreete Dublin Malster taken before us Sir Richard Bolton Knight Lord Chancellor of Ireland & Sir Gerrard Lowther Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Capt Common Pleas the 19th day of 9ber 1641.
<S> Who beeing duly sworne & examined upon his oath sayth that that upon All Saints day about 9 or 10 of the clocke in the morning this Examinant came to the howse of William Savage of Castlestreete Baker & there found George Hackett & the said Savage & his wife drinking together this Examinant hauing in his company Bartholomew Lemman a Taylor & the Goodwife of the howse desired the said Lemman & this Examinant to sitt downe because there was none there but a gentleman a friend of hers And thereupon the said Lemman & this Examinant sate downe & this Examinant called for a quart of Ale & in in drinking of Ale together they <T> fell in discourse of the Rebells whereupon the said Geroge Hackett pulled out of his pockett an Almanacke & said hee could shew them the names of some of the principall Rebells & read unto them diuerse Irish names which hee this Examinant now remembreth not & after drinkeing of an other quart of Ale the said Hackett said that the King was the biggest & greatest man in this busines vn vpon speakeing of which words the said Lemman went away and they had noe further discourse amongst them but brake up company.
William Cox
Ri: Bolton Canc
Gerrard Lowther

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19o 9bris 1641.
The Examinacion of William
Cox