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entice_v in_o he_o say_v by_o gerald_n and_o kelley_n fol._n 14._o but_o it_o be_v le_fw-fr phaire_n pritchard_n keines_n and_o several_a other_o priest_n that_o treat_v with_o bedloe_n about_o the_o murder_n trial_n fol._n 28._o and_o then_o upon_o the_o lord_n journal_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o he_o speak_v as_o if_o it_o be_v only_a le_fw-fr phaire_n and_o walsh_n that_o offer_v he_o 4000_o l._n to_o help_v forward_o with_o it_o but_o it_o be_v gerald_n and_o vernatti_n that_o speak_v of_o a_o great_a reward_n to_o prance_v trial_n fol._n 22._o prance_n say_v that_o it_o be_v he_o himself_o green_n hill_n gerald_n and_o kelley_n that_o put_v the_o body_n into_o the_o sedan_n and_o help_v it_o away_o out_o of_o the_o house_n all_o set_n our_o hand_n to_o it_o he_o say_v trial_n foe_n 19_o
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the_o instrument_n sir_n edmund_n be_v to_o be_v dogged_a however_o and_o we_o shall_v find_v as_o much_o difference_n about_o the_o time_n the_o manner_n of_o it_o and_o the_o particular_a person_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o heel_n of_o he_o as_o about_o any_o thing_n else_o bedloe_n before_o the_o lord_n say_v nothing_o more_o of_o dog_v he_o then_o that_o le_fw-fr phaire_n walsh_n and_o my_o lord_n bellassi_n be_v gentleman_n meet_v he_o by_o the_o kings-head_n in_o the_o strand_n cross_v the_o street_n about_o five_o afternoon_n and_o so_o by_o a_o very_a pitiful_a wile_n trepan_v he_o into_o somerset-house-court_n and_o there_o do_v his_o business_n he_o say_v indeed_o upon_o the_o trial_n that_o he_o be_v send_v to_o insinuate_v himself_o into_o sir_n edmund_n be_v acquaintance_n pag._n 29._o but_o still_o not_o one_o word_n of_o this_o before_o the_o lord_n he_o say_v further_a that_o he_o have_v be_v six_o or_o seven_o day_n together_o with_o he_o at_o his_o house_n upon_o pretence_n of_o get_v warrant_n for_o the_o good_a behaviour_n against_o person_n that_o there_o be_v none_o such_o wherein_o he_o must_v manifest_o forswear_v himself_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o or_o not_o for_o godfrey_n be_v not_o a_o man_n to_o grant_v any_o such_o warrant_n but_o upon_o oath_n he_o say_v further_a that_o he_o be_v with_o five_o jesuit_n at_o the_o greyhound_n tavern_n on_o the_o friday_n and_o send_v his_o boy_n to_o see_v if_o sir_n edmund_n be_v at_o home_o ib._n but_o not_o a_o syllable_n of_o this_o neither_o in_o his_o other_o deposition_n and_o then_o to_o talk_v of_o his_o boy_n too_o the_o boy_n of_o a_o fellow_n that_o be_v but_o new_o spew_v out_o of_o a_o almsbasket_n the_o whole_a remainder_n of_o his_o evidence_n be_v only_o the_o old_a story_n make_v worse_a but_o prance_v for_o all_o this_o i_o warrant_v you_o have_v he_o dogged_a into_o red-lyon-field_n fol._n 15._o and_o afterwards_o by_o girald_n green_n and_o hill_n into_o st._n clement_n and_o so_o back_o again_o to_o somersethouse_n but_o a_o word_n or_o two_o now_o to_o the_o desperate_a provocation_n to_o this_o bloody_a revenge_n bedloe_n say_v before_o the_o lord_n that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o way_n because_o of_o some_o examination_n that_o he_o have_v take_v tend_v to_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o popish_a design_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o but_o prance_v before_o the_o lord_n swear_v it_o be_v out_o of_o malice_n for_o be_v cross-grained_a to_o the_o queen_n and_o her_o servant_n bedloe_n make_v no_o more_o on_o it_o upon_o the_o trial_n then_o that_o there_o be_v a_o very_a material_a man_n to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o way_n one_o that_o have_v all_o the_o enformation_n that_o mr._n oat_n and_o dr._n tong_n have_v give_v in_o and_o if_o the_o paper_n be_v not_o take_v from_o he_o the_o business_n will_v be_v obstruct_v and_o go_v near_o to_o be_v discover_v p._n 30._o but_o bedloe_n be_v still_o for_o give_v he_o quarter_n before_o the_o lord_n and_o for_o do_v it_o by_o fair_a mean_n or_o by_o foul_a according_a as_o he_o shall_v behave_v himself_o but_o not_o a_o word_n of_o that_o neither_o upon_o the_o trial_n beside_o that_o in_o the_o lord_n journal_n he_o be_v stifle_v betwixt_o two_o pillow_n and_o in_o the_o trial_n they_o have_v strangle_v he_o he_o say_v but_o he_o know_v not_o how_o p._n 32._o and_o in_o one_o word_n bedloe_n and_o prance_v do_v both_o agree_v at_o the_o court_n of_o king_n bench_n to_o destroy_v he_o outright_a without_o offer_v any_o term_n or_o condition_n for_o the_o save_n of_o his_o life_n contrary_a to_o what_o bedloe_n swear_v before_o the_o lord_n the_o two_o witness_n be_v as_o much_o divide_v too_o about_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v murder_a and_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o execution_n but_o they_o both_o agree_v that_o he_o be_v murder_v at_o somersethouse_n prance_v will_v have_v the_o deed_n to_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o descent_n by_o the_o stable_n and_o that_o he_o be_v 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