Pomfret—The blade was bloody; but whether it was all over bloody, I cannot tell; there was besides some blood upon the shell; it was very near all over bloody, as I remember.
Attorney-General—Pray, friend, consider what you swore at the Coroner's Inquest about the blood upon the sword.
Pomfret—Indeed I cannot say it was bloody all along the blade; but there was blood upon the shell, and there was blood upon the inside: it was so, to the best of my remembrance.
Attorney-General—What condition was Mr. French's sword in?
Pomfret—He had a drawn sword in his hand, but I did not perceive it had any blood upon it; it was a large blade.
Attorney-General—How do you know what sort of sword Mr. French's was, and in what condition it was?
Pomfret—He desired me to take notice of it next morning, and I did so; and there was no blood upon it.
Attorney-General—How came you to be desired to take notice of what passed there about the swords?
Pomfret—My lord, there was three of them the next day, and one, it was said, was Mr. Coote's, and another of them was my lord of Warwick's, which I do believe was bloody from the point upwards, very near; but I cannot directly say but that was afterwards.
Attorney-General—Who brought in that sword that you say was Mr. Coote's?