ARTICLES DE PERIN ET CARTERET

** wiffe, and that he knoweth not how long the said " Arthur was detained prisoner."

2. — " John Le Cousteur deposeth that he being '* called unto the quarrell that happened betwixt the '^ said parties, fonnd them holding a naked dagger " between their hands for the préservation of her ^^ Majestie's peace, and that he being commanded by " the Govemor to will the said Arthur to corne and ^^ speake with him at the Castle, as well the said *^ Arthur as Starck were committed to prison and " Mavie De Rue, because hq was one of the quarrelL " And further he saith, that Arthur his head was ^^ broken, and as for the imprisonment of the said '^ Arthur it was not for that Starck had misused him, ^^ and the said Starck his head was broken also, but ^* he complained not that Arthur did the same, but " Mavie De Rue."

3. — " Charles Arthur saith upon his oath that the " Govemor detained Nicol. Arthur and Mavie De ^> Rue in prison, because they had broken the Queen's " peace, when the quarrell was between them and " WiU. Starck."

4. — " Nichol. Joumeauh: deposeth and saith that ^' the Govemor detained the said parties prisoners in ^' the Castle, because they had broke the Queen's " peace in the quarrell with the said Will. Starck, ^^ whose head he saw then covered with 9 kirchief"