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Rh from emongest the company, yet still he crossed the companye continuallye untill they came home to their howse provokinge the company as much as he cold to tumult, but by the care and providence of the wardens, there was no tumult nor disorder at all donne.

Upon Tuesday followinge, y$e$ 25$th$ day, Mr. Maior sent Buck, one of the bedells appoynted to whipp the beggars, to the wardens howses to command them to come before him, but both of them beinge then att y$e$ Guildhall upon Juryes heard not of yt and so came not.

Upon Wednesday, the 26$th$ of June, Mr. Maior sent one of the Sergeantes (Edw. Knight) for the wardens to y$e$ counsell howse, who came to him accordinglye about ten of the clock before noone.

Then he charged them that they had moste ydelye and prophanelye abused them selves in prophaninge the sahbaoth, with many earnest and urgent speeches, and willed them to provyde suretyes to answere it att the next sessions, or els he wold commytt them to prison. To which they replyed that if they had offended therein they ware sorye for yt, but (as they tooke yt) if they had prophaned the Sabbaoth it did not belonge unto him to inflict any ponishment upon them for it. To which he sayd, it did. And because they had not obeyed his comaundement they had made a contempt against him. And therefore they shold be commytted, except they wold putt in suretyes to answer yt at the Sessions. They answered that they weare his poore neighboures and desired him not to deale so with them, for they supposed that that which they did was not mislyked but lyked of by the best in the cittye, and what they had donne, was donne tyme out of mynde of man, and always approved by the best of the cyttye. To which Mr. Maior sayed, And who are the best, can you judge who are best, I am sure no man will allowe yt, if they consider throughlye of it, for it is abomynable before God, and hell gapes for such ydle and prophane fellowes as delyght in it. They told him agayne that as they tooke yt they thought it no such matter for which they shold be comytted to prison. Well, sayd he, I will have it so, and if I have donne otherwise than I shold, I will abyde the shame of yt. When they stood committed and was goinge away, the Wardens desired so much favour as to go home to their companye for an hour or two to confer with them upon these matters promisinge then to come agayne and yield them selves, but by no meanes he wold afford them that favour althoughe they followed him with their keeper from the counsell howse to Mr. Ellyottes corner, and so they went to prison that very day and remayned there untill Thursday at one of the clock after dynner, at which tyme there came in a wrytten warrant under the name of the Maior, Mr. Hutchynes, and Mr. Eyres in these words:

Forasmuch as Richard Wolford and Edmund Watson, for some mysdemeanours by them comytted have bene required to fynde securitye for their good behaviours and also to appeare att the next generall quarter Sessions to be holden in and for the cittye of Newe Sarum aforesayd, then and there to answere the premisses, which they have and do refuse to do. Thes are therfore in his Majesty's name to will and require youe to take into your custodye the sayd Richard Wolford and Edmund Watson, and them safelye to keepe in prison untill they shall find sufficient securitye to his Majesties use for their good behaviour, and also to appeare att the sayd sessions aforesayd. And hereof fayle youe not as youe will answere the coutrarye. Dated at Sarum, the xxvjth of June, 1611.