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                <title>Rose Jacobs: The Information of Rose Jacobs the wife of David Jacobs of the parish of St James Chocolate maker 11 January 1699</title>
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                <p rend="center" xml:id="par1">The Informa<choice><orig><hi rend="overline">c</hi></orig><reg>ti</reg></choice>on of Rose Iacobs the wife of David Iacobs <lb xml:id="l1"/>of the parrish of S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>. <choice><orig>I</orig><reg>J</reg></choice>ames Dukes place London Chocolate <lb xml:id="l2"/>maker 11 <choice><orig>I</orig><reg>J</reg></choice>anuary 1699</p>
                
                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par2">Who saith that <choice><abbr>abo<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>.</abbr><expan>about</expan></choice> 14 weekes ago one M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Biggs who <lb xml:id="l3"/>has a flatt Nose came to this <choice><abbr>Inform<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>.</abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> in company with a woman <lb xml:id="l4"/>who went by the name of M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi>. Bayly and the said Biggs <lb xml:id="l5"/>took a room of this <choice><abbr>Inform<hi rend="superscript">t</hi>.</abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> and pretended that she and the <lb xml:id="l6"/>said M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi>. Bayly were to make paint therein and that <lb xml:id="l7"/>the said Biggs and Bayly used frequently to be togeather <lb xml:id="l8"/>in the said room till within this fortnight last past or <lb xml:id="l9"/>thereabo<choice><orig><hi rend="superscript">ts</hi>.</orig><reg>uts</reg></choice> and had a charcoal fire therein, and <choice><abbr>abo<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>about</expan></choice> a <lb xml:id="l10"/>month ago this <choice><abbr>Inform<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Informant</expan></choice> went up staires to the <lb xml:id="l11"/>door of the <add place="inline" indicator="no"><choice><abbr>s<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></abbr><expan>said</expan></choice></add> room where the said Biggs +
                    
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