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Liber Z

pyrates & robbers to take the said vessells; and did discharge
clivers peices charged wi^th bulletts & shott against the said
Thomas Cornwaleys & his company; wherevpon & after such
assault made the said Thomas Cornwaleys and his company
in defence of themselves & safegard of their lives not being
able to flie further from them after warning given to the assail-
ants to desist from assaulting them at their owne perill, did
discharge some gunnes vpon the said Ratcliffe warren and his
company; of w^ch shotts the said Ratcliff warren John Bellson,
and william dawson died; and so they find that the said Tho:
Cornwaleys & his company did lawfully & in their owne
necessary defence kill the said Ratcliff warren John Bellson
and william dawson; and doe acquitt the said Thomas Corn-
waleys & his company of the death of the said Ratcliff warren
John Bellson and william dawson.
and they further find that the said Ratcliff warren, and his

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company did discharge their gunnes against the said Thomas
Cornwaleys and his company and did kill the said william
Ashmore being one of the company of the said Thomas Corn-
waleys; as felons pyrates, and murthers.

Acts of Assembly the 15^th march 1637.
betweene the houres of 9. and 10. in the morning.

Assembled.

the Presid^t
Cap^t Cornwaleys
m^r Secretary
m^r Greene
Rob^t Clerk
m^r Sheriff

Cyprian Throughgood.
John wyatt
Serg^t vaughan
Reinold ffleete
Cutbert ffenwick
Anthony Cotton

James Cauther
Edward ffleete
ffrancis Rabnett
william Lewis
xpofr thomas
Isaac Edwards

Summoned.

Cap^t: wint^r amerced
John Nevill

Richard Loe. and
John halfehide. and

made proxie Capt. Cornwaleys.
made proxie Capt. Cornwaleys.