E. Gurrey—I know Mr. Marson, and these are the other gentlemen, I reckon.
Jones—What discourse did you hear from them?
E. Gurrey—Mr. Marson asked the other gentlemen how much money they had spent? the other answered, what was that to him? you have had forty or fifty pounds to your share. Then the other asked him, whether the business was done? And he answered, he believed it was; but if it was not done, it would be done to-night. Then, my lord, he pulled a handful of money out of his pocket, and swore he would spend it all for joy the business was done.
Jones—Was Mr. Cowper's name mentioned?
E. Gurrey—I heard them mention Mr. Cowper's name, but not Mrs. Sarah Stout's.
Jones—What condition was the gentleman's shoes in?
E. Gurrey—I think it was Mr. Marson, his shoes were very wet and dirty; one of them was very hot, and he wiped his head with his handkerchief.
Jones—Now, my lord, we have done as to our evidence. Mr. Marson pretended he was just then alighted and come from London, and was in a great heat, and his shoes were wet: for when he was examined, he said, he came to town about eight of the clock, and went to the Glove and Dolphin inn, and stayed there till he came to his lodging. Now it was a wonderful thing that he should come wet shod from a tavern, where he had been sitting four or five hours together.
Then the Examination of Mr. John Marson was read:
The Examination of John Marson, taken before me, this 27th day of April, 1692.