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& others (all servants as yet to the lord Courcy) armed with pikes guns and swoords & broke open a [sheepen?] doore locked with an Iron locke & tooke out of the same thirteene milch and Incalfe cowes two heiffers one steere & one bull, & afterwards forceably entered that time of the night this deponents dwelling house & came into a backe Courte & brake vpon the [royles] of the said Courte doore & tooke out then hence with force & armes nynteene horses & then & there tould they were sent by the said lord Courcy to distraine the said horses & Cattle for rent. & within a day or two afterwards his lordshipp sent a lettre to this deponent (nowe produced & shewed before vs). Intimating thereby that if the deponent would enter security for his rent due at May following his lordshipp would restore the said Cattle & horses backe againe which this deponent refuseing to doe his lordshipp euer since deteined the said Cattle & horses from him. Aboute the 10th of March last the troopes of Kinsale goeing vpon seruice to the Country [ ] mett with a prey of Cowes among which there was found two of this deponents said Cowes formerly taken away from him which two Cowes it pleased Capteine Adderly comander of the said troope to restore to this deponent & being sent to his land, within two or three dayes after the said lord Courcye haueing Intelligence therof sent one of his servants Garrett Rosse whoe forceably tooke away the said Cowe which his lordship euer since detaineth from this deponent. This deponent lastly saith that this act e of <A?> his lordship p in time of peace is against lawe & conscience & had he any loyall or goode Intention in th eis rebellious times would haue forborn these uniustifiable actions & haue fought & that the said Lord Courcy hath no way no way laboured howe he might haue releeved the distressed English in his barony which he