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The said examinate saith that he being yesterday in the house of William Overall and intending to stay there at night John Battersby and Thomas Wood came thither to this examinate about eight of the clock in the night and desired this examinate to go into the Town with them to drink so this examinate went with them and after they had walked a while in the street they went all three together into the house of Richard Overall and there stayed the drinking of a shot or two and being demanded what they spent and what he for his part spent he saith he knoweth not but confesseth that about eleven of the clock in the night this examinate and the rest of the company fell out and the said Richard Overall took part with the other two and so it happened this examinate to save himself from being strangled amongst them stabbed the said John Battersby into the body with his knife but hopeth the wound is not dangerous.