Part 12 (1/2)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Did they come publicly?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--We went away in a hackney coach together.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, what discourse was there about consulting to go into the country together?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--That might be discoursed, but by whom I cannot tell.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Did my lord of Warwick talk of going into the country?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--Whether the company talked of it, or my lord of Warwick in particular, and the rest a.s.sented to it, I cannot well tell.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Whither did they go?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--I cannot directly tell.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--What time of the day was it?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--It was about six of the clock.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Cannot you tell whither they went?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--Capt. James and capt. Dockwra went to the s.h.i.+p and Castle in Cornhill about five o'clock or six, as near as I can remember.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Can you tell what time my lord of Warwick went away?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--No, I cannot tell what time he went away, not directly.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Can you tell of any agreement amongst them, whither they were to go?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--No I cannot.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--What discourse or concern did you observe past between them, concerning capt. Coote?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--My lord of Warwick shewed a great deal of concern for his friend Mr. Coote.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Had you any notice of Mr. Coote's death amongst you?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--We had notice before we went away; but I cannot tell whether it was before my lord of Warwick was gone.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Was it after the discourse of going into the country, or before?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--Indeed, I cannot directly say when it was.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, what reason was there for their going into the country before he was dead?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--They believed he was dead.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Cannot you tell the reason why they would go into the country?

CAPTAIN DUCKINFIELD--No, indeed, I cannot tell the reason.