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John Crooke & Richard Sergier of Dublin Stationers dewly Sworne depose as foloweth;
That hauing for this 5 yeares last past and vpwards within this Citty kept a Stationers shope well furnished with Marte & English bookes for & at such rates as formerly <this Kingdome> was not Suplied withall, And hauing by that meanes Ministers and Customers of all Sortes Profesions throw the Kingdome of good worth and ability before these late Troubles. They haue to Seuerall persons (whereof some fewe were papists now in Action of rebelion) and other protestants who by there loss of all through this Insurection are vterly disabled to make Satisfaction for seuerall parcells of Bookes which they were Indebted vnto John Crooke and Richard Sergier Aforesayd in all Amounting vnto the Somme of Six hundred pounds and vpwards
The Losse whereof they haue sustained by this present rebelion besides to the vtter decay of there Trade to there vndoeing and the further loss they must needs suffer in the stocke of Bookes now lying dead on there hands
John Crooke
Richard: Sergier:
Jurat Martij 10mo 1641 coram nobis
Joh Watson:
William Aldrich

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And the said John Crooke being deposed further sayth that the summer before this <rebell> at diverse times and very frequently the Priests Fryars and others that resorted to his shoppe to by buye bookes inquired very Earnestly for a booke called Mariana which he had not and that about since the begining of before this rebellion one Higgins a Doctor of physicke <A> well knowne in this Cittie tould this deponent that as a reason of the present Rebellion that it was impossible that papists and protestant could live in one kingdome together.
John Crooke
Jur vt supra

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Com Dublin
John Crook &
Richard Sargier
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Jur 10o Martij 1641
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Cert

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