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robert_z williams_z of_o the_o parish_n of_o st._n martin_n in_o the_o county_n of_o cornwall_n husbandman_n aged_a twenty_o three_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o swear_v and_o examine_v say_v that_o he_o this_o deponent_a do_v see_v the_o king_n march_v in_o the_o head_n of_o his_o army_n about_o september_n 1644._o a_o mile_n from_o lestithiel_n in_o cornwall_n in_o armour_n with_o a_o short_a coat_n over_o it_o unbutton_v and_o this_o deponent_a further_a say_v that_o he_o see_v he_o after_o that_o in_o st._n austell_n downes_n draw_v up_o his_o army_n and_o this_o deponent_a say_v he_o do_v after_o that_o see_v the_o king_n in_o the_o head_n of_o his_o army_n near_o foy_n and_o that_o the_o e._n of_o essex_n and_o his_o army_n do_v then_o lie_v within_o one_o mile_n and_o a_o half_a of_o the_o king_n army_n the_o witness_n be_v examine_v as_o aforesaid_a the_o court_n adjourn_v for_o a_o hour_n 25_o jan._n 1648._o post_v merid._n commissioner_n present_v john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n 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merid._n paint_a chamber_n three_o proclamation_n the_o court_n call_v commissioner_n present_a john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n lord_n precedent_n of_o this_o court_n oliver_n cromwell_n henry_n ireton_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n tho._n harrison_n edward_n whalley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n thomas_n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n henry_n mildmay_n kt._n william_n heveningham_n henry_n martin_n william_n purefoy_n john_n blakistone_n gilbert_n millington_n sir_n william_n constable_n bar._n edmond_n ludlow_n john_n hutchinson_n sir_n michael_n livesey_n bar._n robert_n tichbourne_n owen_n roe_n adrian_n scroop_n john_n dixwell_n simon_n meyne_n peter_n temple_n thomas_n wait._n cornelius_n holland_n thomas_n scot._n francis_n allen._n richard_n deane_n john_n okey_n john_n huson_n john_n carew_n john_n jones_n miles_n corbet_n william_n goffe._n peregrine_n pelham_n john_n moor_n william_n lord_n mounson_n humphrey_n edward_n 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