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seyd byll of compleynt to haue been caried furth of the seyd ground / For 
the seyd Compleynauntes sey that the seyd trees haue been fallen and ther 
hhaue leyen and yet do there lye euer sythen Cristymas last past. without 
that that the seyd Bereward named in the seyd byll of compleynt ys knowen 
for an naturall fole or that he is a naturall fole in dede as ys vntruly allegid 
in the seyd Aunswer / or that yf he were so that the seyd Defendaunt 
knowyng the same myght lawfully kepe hym in such lyberalytie to hurt hys 
neygbours / wherfore vppon the propre confession of the seyd Defendaunt they 
demaunde iudgement with theyr costes and damages. / And forasmoch as 
the seyd Defendaunt hath declared and confessed in hys seyd Aunswer the 
euttyng of the clawes of the seid calfe to be an naughty acte and to be doon 
by the seyd Henry Brydges hys brother and by the seyd Bereward beyng 
ys seruaunt the seyd Compleynauntes prayen therof remedye and their 
in the seyd byll of compleynt from the house and worke of the seyd Com- 
pleynauntes is only by any naughtye or deuylysshe demeanyng of the seid 
Or that the seyd Isabell oon of the seyd pleyntyffes hath any detestable 
condycions openly knowen to all the cuntrey there or otherwyse / or that she 
ys of any detestable condycions as ys moost vntruely malycyously and 
Sclaunderously surmysed in the seyd Answer / And forasmoche as the seyd 
Defendaunt hath so openly sclaunderid the seyd Isabell and not declared in 
any thyng certen wherin she ys of yvyll or detestable condycions the seyd 
compleynauntes prayen therof theyr iudgement with theyr costes and 
damages. / without that that the seyd Compleynauntes or eyther of them 
doith yvyll handle or vntruely deale with any pore men or laborers that 
haue worked and labored with them or with any other or that they or any 
of them by reason therof haue had any occasion to restrayne and not to 
worke with the seyd playntyffes as is moost vntruely surmysed in the seyd 
Aunswer./ or that any tennaunttes or other persons within the seyd lordschip 
lyd com and repayre vnto or dyd any worke with the seyd pleyntyffes before 
jhe commyng of the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges to the seyd lordschip for any 
e because the seyd pleyntyffes were then fermers of the seyd manor and 
‘d rule or had in any bounden subiection all or any of the tenauntes of the 
‘d lordschip as ys also vntruely imagyned in the seyd aunswer. / Or that 
seyd Compleynauntes do repugne or grudge at any of the seyd tenauntes 
r at any othir person which desyre to please and to do due seruyce to the 
yd Defendaunt or that they by reason therof have caused any sclaunderous 
vntrue byll to be made ayenst the seyd Defendaunt. / For the seyd Com- 
synauntes sey that they alwey haue been glade to please the seyd Defen- 
and have doon theyr due seruyce to hym contynually vntyll such tyme 
began to handle and vse them in suche maner and sort as they have 
ed in theyr seyd byll of compleynt. / And further they sey that the 
Defendaunt doith thus mysuse and mysdemeane them of a develysshe 
Ous and vncharytable mynde to the only intent that he myght dryve 
the seyd compleynauntes from the seyd ferme and to haue it hym selfe. / 
ut that that any other thyng matteryall or effectuall in the lawe to be 
d ynto conteyned in the seyd aunswer not herin suflicyently replied 
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