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I I6 3,Iemoir of<br />

Mr. John Hathorn made complaint to the<br />

church, that Andrew Mansfield and William<br />

Longley had sworn falsely in the trial of a case<br />

relating to certain lands; and they were cen-<br />

sured for false swearing. They then brought<br />

an action against Hathorn for slander, obtained<br />

a verdict against him, damages to the amount<br />

of Z'IO, and a sentence that he should also<br />

make a public acknowledgment of his guilt in<br />

the meeting-house at Lynn, or else pay L_'2o<br />

and costs. On the 4th of April, 1663, the Court<br />

directed the following letter to the church at<br />

Lynn :<br />

" REVEREND AND LOVING FRIENDS AND BRETH-<br />

REN,--We understand that John Hathorne<br />

hath accused Andrew Mansfield and William<br />

Longley, in the church of Lynn, for giving<br />

a false testimony against himself and Henry<br />

Collins, at the court of Ipswich, in March this<br />

was I2 month, and for which the said Mans-<br />

field and Longley stand convicted in the<br />

church, and finding themselves aggrieved<br />

thereat, hath brought their complaint against

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