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why_o shall_v not_o they_o have_v there_o demand_n as_o well_o as_o the_o scot_n john_n wood_n jur._n 17._o feb._n 1641._o john_n stern_n randall_n adam_n the_o examination_n of_o henry_n steel_n curate_n of_o cluntubbrid_n this_o examinate_n due_o swear_v depose_v inter_fw-la alia_fw-la that_o when_o they_o 29._o be_v imprison_v in_o the_o dungeon_n in_o the_o county_n goal_n all_o the_o robber_n and_o rogue_n first_o set_v at_o liberty_n they_o remain_v there_o in_o a_o most_o miserable_a estate_n there_o be_v in_o number_n about_o forty_o eight_o more_o or_o less_o where_o they_o have_v no_o room_n to_o stand_v or_o lie_v and_o further_o depose_v that_o he_o by_o god_n great_a mercy_n be_v enlarge_v his_o wife_n yet_o prisoner_n in_o castle-blaney_n he_o come_v away_o with_o one_o master_n barnewell_n and_o be_v in_o a_o place_n call_v cabret_n where_o one_o master_n fleming_n live_v who_o daughter_n be_v marry_v to_o the_o lord_n magwire_n he_o hear_v the_o servant_n of_o the_o 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