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He going to the house of Thomas Richards, the Half Moon, St Peter's Mancroft, to speak with Valentine Sampson last night. And he there found him playing at cards with Edward Cleaver at a game called all fours, and a guinea lying on the table. And this informant desired Sampson to go to his quarters, upon which Erasmus Greenwood came to this informant and took him by the throat and almost choked him and struck him on the face several blows and then threw him down and stamped upon him. And Edward Cleaver came and kicked this informant on the ribs divers times. And Sampson endeavouring to come to the assistance of this informant Cleaver laid hold of him and prevented him from coming to assist him. And after this informant got up he sent for Joshua Lockwood his servant to see him home, and at his coming into the room Greenwood gave him the said Lockwood a shilling to go out of the room and upon his refusing to go out Mr Greenwood struck him with a long brush and broke the handle.