Infomaction of Mary Ball

This InformtInformant says she has lived with Mrs. Matthews abotabout 3 quarters of a year that abot.about Iune or Iuly last Chaloner and Davis came to her Mrs.Mistresses House ytthat Chaloner sent her to Carter's Lodging to fetch an oyle stone which was a short piece of a stone as also a litle botle of Oyle and a violl of Aqua fortis which she brought to Chaloner then he wanted some small Coal to be lighted and a bason of clean water with a Cloth which he had with him in a Room up one pair of staires where he lockt himself in and took out the Key chaloner staid there abot.about 2 yeareshours this InformtInformant had curiousity to look through the Keyhole and saw Chaloner sitting with his back towards her and his face towards the Window she thought he was writing but as he turnded his head aside she perceived he had something very bright lying before him which lookt like a plate and she was satisfyed it was a Copper plate seingseeing it afterwards in her mrsmistress's Trunck when Chaloner came down staires this Informt.Informant went into the room and upon the Window where mr Chaloner sat + she saw a thin shining Dust the same evening Chaloner brought in a piece of leather and made up a Sand Bagg.

The plate this InformtInformant saw in her Mrs.Mistress's Trunck lookt like a thing that was scratcht the ends lookt like flourishes of a letter and in the midle were some lines scratcht

The next day the bagg was carryed away and she supposes the plate too for she did not see it till abotabout a fortnight or 3 weeks after wn.when Chaloner came againe and wanted some paper

This Informt.Informant fetcht them a pennyworth of the best writing paper Chaloner carryed it up into the room above stairs and askt for scissors a piece of an Earthen Dish and clean Woollen Raggs which had with some clean water and a Napkin Chaloner lockt himself up as before giving orders that if any body askt for him Carter or her mrs.mistress that the Maid should answer that no body was at home + not open the Door Chaloner was by himself shutt up abot.about 2 houres and this Informt.Informant peept againe through the key hole and saw Chaloner standing at the window with the earthen Dish by him and the plate before him he took the raggs and dipt them in the Dish yn.then he rubdbed it over the plate and laid some paper atop of it and ynthen laid something over the paper which lookt whitish like flanell but she could not tell what it was then she thinks he burnt it and took out the paper and laid and then he rubdbed the plate over againe as he did before and laid over another paper this Informt.Informant peept near $\frac{1}{2}$ an hour then went up stairs and came to the Keyhole againe and saw Chaloner still doing the same thing with his Raggs and his paper