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 heard my lord Gilford speak of it, and their secretary. Upon wch my Lord Gilford rise and said he had never seen any

such letter. Afterward M seem'd more possive that my

Lord did speak to him of it as a letter that had been found by some of the clerks. My Lord Gilford did not answere

again, but I find by that Lord G does not take it well of

M what he said. All the Rest of the commissionars said

they had never heard of such letter till that day. When the secretary Poplin was examined he came at last to say 'twas one Wheeler, a clerk of theirs, that had spoke to him of it; he was the best evidence, for he swore that Author brought him the paper Giligan's letter mention'd, wch was a grant from king Philip to the Queen of some duties reserv'd to him, and he order'd this Wheeler to make an endrossment upon of a Grant of the Queen to him of the said Dutys, upon wch Author Moor was confronted with this man and he diny'd flately that he had ever order'd any indorsment to be made, and as a proof he had these original papers by him. So he was sent home to fetch them and he brought them, there prov'd to be no indorsement, but Wheeler was still possitive that he had make one by his order, and said that in all such paper that came from abroad there was Duplicates, and if they would send for one Cranburn a menial servant of Mr. Moor this matter wou'd appear plainer. He was order'd to be sent for ; in the mean while the Directors of the South Sea were call'd in and examined as to what had been said to them, as that a sum of money might make things go easie. They said there had been such a talk among them. At last they said Author Moor he mention'd it but never named to whom it shou'd be given ; besides they gave the detail of the whole business of the transactions that had been with them for these two years. Capt. Johnson came in and gave an account how Author Moor had made him meet at his house Decoster the jew and Doedil an Irishman, to agree about keeping storage for sixty tun of Goods not belonging to the company ; he scrupling of, the next news he heard was his ship was not to go the voyage. There was severall things appear'd ill enough upon Author Moor, but there was no

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