Informaction of Mary Ball

This Informt.Informant says she has lived with Mrs. Mathews about 3 qrs.quarters of a year That abot.about Iune or Iuly last Chaloner and Carter came to her Mrs.Mistress's house That Chaloner sent her to Carters Lodging to getch an oylestone wchwhich was a short piece of a stone as also a litle Bottle of oyle and a Viol of aqua fortis which she brought to Chaloner ynthen he wanted some small Cole to be lighted and a bason of clean water wth.with a cloth which he had with him in a room up one pair of stairs where he lockt himself in and took out the key Chaloner staid there abot.about 2 hours this InformtInformant had the curiousity to look through the Key hole and saw Chaloner sitting with his back toward her + his face towards the Window she thought he was writing but as he turned his head asside she ꝑperceived 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 mrs.mistress'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 Informant saw in her Mistress 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 carryded away and she supposes the Plate twotoo for she did not see it till abotabout a fortnight or three weeks after when Chaloner came againe and wantded some paper

This Informt.Informant fetcht them a pennyworth of the best writing paper Chaloner carrd.ied it up into the Room above stairs and askt for Scissors and a piece of an earthen Dish and clean woollen raggs which had with some clean water and a Napkin Chaloner locked himself up as before giving orders that if any body askt for him Carter or her Mistress that the Maid should answer no body was at home and not open the Door–. Chaloner was by himself Shut up 2 houres and this Informt.Informant peeped 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 then he rubdbed it over the plate and laid some paper atop of it and ynthen laid sommething over the paper which lookt whitish like Flannell but she could not tell what it was then she thinks he turned it and took off the paper and laid it by and then he rubdbed the plate over againe as he did before and laid on another paper This Informt.Informant peepded near $\frac{1}{2}$ an hour then went up stairs and came to the key hole againe and saw Chaloner still doing the same thing with his raggs and his paper