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18. — ^^ Thomas Dorey deposeth and saith that he '* knoweth not any thîng of the sacker, and saith that " he bonght both of Sir Amias Poulet and Mr. An- " thony Poulet, certain peeces of iron, which he con- " verted to other use of daîly labourers, not knowing " them serviceable for défense."

Sapport des C!ommissaires. Item, ^' to the 4th, *^ that the said Anthony Poulet had transported* a " sacker to the Seignor of St. Ouen, bemg owner of ^' the Island of Serck, under her Majesty's dominions, " but the same soe transported was never serviceable, " nor did apartaine to her Majesty, neither hath the " said Anthony Poulet sold away peeces of ordinance '* called &wlers, or other apartaining to her Màjesty, " for défense of the Castle or Island there ; but the '^ same sacker and certain fowlers and others were " iron ordinance of the Castle, there amounting unto " five tunns, being unprofitable, unserviceable and " unmounted by the space of twenty yeares before, " and so found by survey taken by Commission, Anno " 1562, shewed allso unto us, and therefore were not " put into the Inventory of munition, wherewith the ^' Captains are charged, neither delivered in charge to ^' the said Sir Amias Poulet, ILnight, deceased, but " were aiterwards sold by the Right Honorable Am- •* brose, Earle of Warwick, as it appeared unto us by " his deed dated the lOth of November, 1674, for a '^ summe of money, unto the said Sir Amias Poulet. ^' A particular note, containing every peece of the " which the said unserviceable ordinance was lold^

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*^ written with the very hand of Sir Amîas Poulet, ^^ was allso shewed and prooved unto us, part of which ^' was sold by Sir Amias Poulet bimselfe, part by the <« said Anthony Poulet, and part thereof remaineth " yet unsold."

Je ne comprens pas de quel usage peuvent estre tant de témoins sur un même fait, ni pourquoy l'on se donne la peine de rédiger par écrit dix-huit dépositions sur cet Article, au lieu qu'il n'y en a pas une sur les trois précédents. Que servoit-il d'entrer en preuve, et de dire avec tant de soin que ces mots, to keep it that it may he restored at the Govemar's pleti^ sure, qui sont en effet entrelignez dans l'original que j'ai vu, avoyent été mis au vu et sur le rapport du témoin, puis que le Comte de Warwick avoit vendu l'artillerie dont il est question ? Si la vendition étoit bonne, quel besoin de stipuler une restitution ? £t si le Comte n'avoit pas le pouvoir de vendre, à quoy bon acheter de lui 1 Je ne sçai si, comme les Commissaires le donnent à entendre, vingt ans de non usage, ou la non insertion dans l'inventaire de l'artillerie du Chasteau, pouvoit servir de titre au Comte de Warwick, et si ce ne fut point là la cause des mots entrelignez.

5. — " Whether the said Anthony Poulet did send " a tunne or there abouts of corne in a barke called ^^ the Mary, of Jersey, into Spaine ; when he so did, " and how know you it to be true î"

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