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shall_v you_o pray_v your_o soul_n be_v with_o the_o devil_n already_o and_o with_o those_o word_n in_o their_o mouth_n will_v slaughter_v and_o put_v they_o to_o death_n jurat_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la time_n to_o make_v their_o prayyer_n for_o other_o they_o hold_v a_o sudden_a death_n too_o easy_a a_o punishment_n therefore_o they_o imprison_a 14_o edward_n bank_n of_o cassell_n in_o the_o county_n of_o tipperary_n clerke_n depose_v that_o the_o rebel_n there_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o january_n kill_v fifteen_o man_n and_o woman_n all_o english_a protestant_n at_o cassell_n and_o that_o they_o enter_v and_o take_v the_o town_n and_o have_v the_o same_o that_o they_o take_v this_o deponant_fw-la and_o other_o clergy_n man_n and_o then_o and_o there_o forthwith_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v put_v in_o the_o dungeon_n where_o they_o continue_v twelve_o week_n in_o most_o miserable_a slavery_n jurat_fw-la april_n 21._o 1642._o some_o in_o most_o beastly_a dungeon_n full_a of_o dirt_n and_o mire_n and_o there_o clap_v bolt_n on_o their_o heel_n suffer_v they_o to_o perish_v at_o leisure_n other_o they_o barbarous_o 15_o john_n cregge_v in_o the_o county_n of_o armagh_n yeoman_n depose_v that_o in_o the_o parish_n of_o levilegish_a there_o be_v divers_a englishman_n cruel_o murder_v some_o twice_o some_o thrice_o hang_v up_o and_o other_o wound_v and_o leave_v half_o dead_a cry_v out_o lamentable_o for_o some_o to_o come_v and_o end_v their_o misery_n by_o kill_v of_o they_o jurat_fw-la jan._n 7._o 1641._o mangle_a and_o leave_v languish_v upon_o the_o highway_n cry_v out_o but_o for_o so_o much_o mercy_n as_o to_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o their_o pain_n other_o they_o bury_v 16_o william_n parkinson_n of_o castle_n cumber_n in_o the_o county_n of_o kilkenny_n gent._n depose_v that_o by_o the_o credible_a report_n both_o of_o english_a and_o some_o irish_a who_o affirm_v they_o be_v eye-witness_n of_o a_o bloody_a murder_n commit_v near_o kilfeale_n in_o 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harvey_n tell_v he_o that_o she_o be_v at_o kilkenny_n and_o have_v there_o turn_v to_o mass_n to_o save_v her_o life_n be_v notwithstanding_o strip_v again_o together_o with_o her_o child_n and_o one_o purcell_n a_o butcher_n after_o he_o have_v strip_v her_o daughter_n of_o five_o year_n of_o age_n rip_v up_o her_o body_n till_o her_o entrails_n fall_v out_o whereof_o she_o die_v that_o night_n whereof_o she_o complain_v to_o the_o major_a of_o kilkenny_n he_o bid_v away_o with_o she_o and_o dispatch_v she_o so_o as_o not_o only_o the_o butcher_n but_o many_o other_o do_v beat_v and_o wound_v she_o so_o as_o she_o hardly_o escape_v with_o her_o life_n jurat_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la other_o they_o rip_v up_o alive_a 30_o elizabeth_n champion_n late_a wife_n of_o arthur_n champion_n in_o the_o county_n of_o fermanagh_n esq_n depose_v that_o when_o the_o castle_n of_o lisgoole_n be_v set_v on_o fire_n by_o the_o rebel_n a_o woman_n leap_v out_o of_o a_o window_n to_o save_v herself_o 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they_o to_o starve_v there_o multitude_n of_o 32_o john_n duffield_n of_o the_o county_n of_o armagh_n gent._n depose_v that_o the_o rebel_n wound_v john_n ward_n and_o richard_n duffield_n so_o as_o they_o thereof_o die_v and_o that_o their_o wife_n and_o the_o say_v john_n six_o child_n be_v all_o strip_v dye_v of_o want_n and_o cold_a and_o further_o say_v that_o many_o thousand_o of_o protestant_n man_n woman_n and_o child_n be_v strip_v of_o their_o clothes_n die_v also_o of_o cold_a and_o want_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o country_n jurat_fw-la aug._n 9_o 1642._o man_n woman_n and_o child_n be_v find_v drown_v cast_v into_o ditch_n bog_n and_o turfe-pit_n the_o ordinary_a sepulture_n of_o the_o british_a nation_n 32_o catherine_n madeson_n of_o the_o county_n of_o fermanagh_n depose_v that_o they_o draw_v some_o lie_a sick_a of_o fever_n out_o of_o their_o bed_n and_o hang_v they_o and_o that_o they_o drive_v before_o they_o of_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n to_o the_o 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