Notwithstanding That I Protested My Conscience To Be Cleere, And Their Gaine By Accompt To Bee Sufficient, Yet Of Gentlenes At The Magistrates Request, I Made Proffer Of 100 Robles More: Which Was Openly Commended, But Of The Plaintifes Not Accepted.

Then sentence passed with our names in two equall balles of waxe made and holden vp by the Iudges, their sleeues stripped vp.

Then with standing vp and wishing well to the trueth attributed to him that should be first drawen, by both consents among the multitude they called a tall gentleman, saying: Thou with such a coate or cap, come vp: where roome with speede was made. He was commanded to holde his cappe, wherein they put the balles, by the crowne vpright in sight, his arme not abasing. With like circumspection, they called at aduenture another tall gentleman, commanding him to strip vp his right sleene, and willed him with his bare arme to reach vp, and in Gods name seuerally to take out the two balles: which he did, deliuering to either Iudge one. Then with great admiration the lotte in ball first taken out was mine: which was by open sentence so pronounced before all the people, and to be the right and true parte. The chiefe plaintifes name was Sheray Costromitsky. I was willed forthwith to pay the plaintifes the summe by me appointed. Out of which for their wrong or sinne, as it was termed, they payd tenne in the hundred to the Emperor.

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