Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	lie_v	little_a	sail_v	1,306	5	10.2775	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25883	The arraignment, trials, conviction and condemnation of Sir Rich. Grahme ... and John Ashton, Gent. for high treason against ... King William and Queen Mary ... at the sessions ... holden ... on the 16th, 17th and 19th days of January, 1690 ... : to which are added two letters taken at Dublin the 4th of July, 1690.	Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695, defendant.; Ashton, John, d. 1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing A3768; ESTC R22452	178,632	142

War's Boat we would tell you that you might be hid Mr. Serj. Tremain Pray repeat that over again did they desire you to give them Information when any Boat was coming that they might hide or did you desire them to hide your Self Paseley They desired it of me Mr. Serj. Thompson Then set up Charles Betsworth Mr. Serj Tremain Before Betsworth is examined I would ask Pasely one Question was there any Coat left on board you Pasely Yes there were two Coats of the Waterman's left on Board and I took them and lockt them up Mr. Serj. Tremain Is that the Man that owned the Coats Paseley Yes it is Sir Will. Williams Then Betsworth will you give an Account of what you know against the Prisoner at the Bar Betsworth I cannot tell my Lord I never saw the Gentleman in my life before that I know of Sir Will. Williams Prethee hear Friend tell what you know of carrying any Gentlemen on Board the Smack Betsworth If it please your Lordship I was going home from our Stairs about 7 or 8 a Clock in the Evening that is from Surrey-Stairs and a Gentleman called Sculler Said I to him Sir where do you go says he As far as the Tower said I. 'T is against Tide I cannot go it will be ten a Clock before it be high Water Says he will you go with us at that time Said I what will you give me Will you give me half a Crown then I 'll carry you down for I cannot stay out so late for nothing Yes says he I will give it you Then I came and brought my Boat to the Shoar he asked me then what my Name was I told him Charles Betsworth Says he will you be sure to stay till we come Yes said I if you will be sure to come and if I be not here I will be at such a House an Ale-house that was there by the sign of the Swan So I staid and carryed a Fare or two over the Water and about 11 a Clock comes a Gentleman down and calls Charles and I went out a doors down towards my Boat and there comes one Gentleman down and a kind of a Seaman as I thought and the Seaman went into the Stern and the Gentleman sate at the Back-board and there was three Gentlemen more came down the Stairs into the Boat one had a whitish Cloak and the other a loose Coat and they brought a leather Bag that would hold about a Peck so I put off with them and rowed down the River and all that I heard them say was when we came under the Temple says one of the Gentlemen when do you hear the King goes away Says another of them he goes away a Tuesday and when we got through Bridg one of the Gentlemen askt where the Vessel lay and the Man in the Stern said on Southwark side over against the Tower and when we came a little below Battle-bridge near Pickle-Herring-Stairs the Master said there lies the Vessel and it had a long Pendant and a top Sail loose so they paid me before they came on Board and when they were got a Board away rowed I and when I came to Land and take out my Sculls and things there I mist my Cloths and I rowed after them thinking they could not be got far but when I came to the place where they went on Board the Vessel was gone and I rowed down as low as Limehouse-Reach and in Black-Hall-Reach I overtook a Vessel which I thought was the Vessel I askt them who they belonged to and they said they came from Horseliedown and I made answer I brought two Fares on Board a Vessel at Pickle-Herring-Stairs and had forgot to take my Cloths that they had they made answer I brought no Fare on Board them so I rowed on farther beyond Barkinshelf and because there was no Wind I thought none could have gone beyond that Place and therefore resolved to row back again when it was Flood and I rowed up to Greenwich but could not meet with the Vessel and I heard nothing of my Cloths till last Friday was Seaven-night I had my Cloths brought me Sir Will. Williams Can you say this Gentleman Mr. Ashton the Prisoner at the Bar was one of them that you carryed on Board the Smack Betsworth No I know never a one of them Mr. Serj. Tremain But you say the Persons that you took in at Surrey-Stairs carryed away your Cloths with them Betsworth Yes Sir Mr. Serj. Tremain Then I ask you Paseley Is that one of the Persons that he brought on Board your Smack Paseley Yes he was Mr. Serj. Tremain How many came on Board the Smack Paseley Four My Lord Preston Mr. Ashton Mr. Ellyot and my Lord Preston's Man Mr. Serj. Tremain Did you take in your Pendant Paseley Yes I did Mr. Serj. Tremain When did you take it in Paseley Assoon as we weighed Anchor Mr. Serj. Tremain How came you to take it in Paseley Ellyot spoke to me to take it in L. C. Just Holt. Look you Pasely you were by when the Ship was hired Paseley Yes I was by when the Money was paid L. C. Just Holt. Did they mention how many were to go in the Smack Paseley He said they were three of them not four as I remember that were to go Sir Will. Williams Will you ask him any think Mr. Ashton Mr. Ashton No Sir But I desire the Woman may not go out of Court L. C. Just Holt. No no she shall stay M. S. Thompson Then call John Fisher and James Amonds Fisher stood up Sir Will. Williams Pray do you acquaint the Court and the Jury what you know of this matter whether you carryed any things on Board the Smack and what and who came on Board and what hapned Fisher My Lord a matter of six Hours before they came on Board my Master carryed me a Shoar and brought me to Mr. Burdett's House and gave me a Trunk and I went with it and another Man with a Hamper and brought them on Board and about 11 or 12 a Clock my Master comes and brings Mr. Ashton and the other aboard and he bid me go forward and heave up the Anchor and so I did and we went down the River but we could go but a little way because there was no Wind and when we came to Half-way-tree the Tide Turning we were forced to cast Anchor again and stay till the Morning and in the Morning we weighed Anchor again about 8 a Clock and about 9 we came into Long-reach where lay the George Man of War and then Mr. Ashton and they hid and when we came below them again they came up again till we came almost near the Block-Houses at Gravesend and there they hid again and Mr. Ashton I think came up afterwards and bid me go down to the Hamper and fetch them up some Victuals for their Dinner and I went down and fetcht up some Beef and Mr. Ashton took hold of it