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And saithe she durst not speke for fere lest he shulde haue shote a gonne / 
And saithe in every thing therin as John Symmes hath sayde / 
“To the xix and xx she saith that she herde Mr. Bridges saye to John 
Wevyng who laborid at the said playntyfes house that yf he wroughte any 
more ther he wolde make him to have neuer a arme to holpe himselfe with 
all / 
“ Wintiam Texuine of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of .1. yeres 
or theraboutes sworne, &e. 
‘““Examyned on the ixth article wheron he is productyd deposith that a 
lytell before Easter last past cone Sir John Dyer prest curate of Puryton 
commaundyd this deponent to paye his tythes to Mr. Bridges vse or ells he 
sayde that this deponent shulde not receyve his howsell at Easter And ther- 
uppon this deponent repayred to the playntyfe and told him therof / who was 
contentyd the same tithes shulde styll remayne in this deponentes handes 
yntyll Mr, Bridges came home and that yt wer agreed betwene them for the 
same / And so saith that after Whitsontyde nexte after vpon the commyng 
home of the same Mr. Bridges the same Mr. Bridges wyllid this deponent to 
paye his tythes to the same playntife saying that he the same playntife dyd 
paye him an honest rent yerely for the same / And so therupon incontynently 
he repayred to the playntyfes house and ther fynding not him at home he 
tenderyd the same tythes to the wife of the playntyfe who refusyd to receyve 
the same in the absence of her husbond / And so this deponent departyd 
reseruing the same tythes as yet in his owne handes and is allwayes redye to 
~ delyuer the same vpon demaunde therof / And more herein he cannot depose/ 
“Joun Jakes of Puryton aforesaide husbandman of thage of xxx yeres 
and more sworne Xc. 
“Examyned vpon the ixth article deposith and saith that he was present 
with Wylliam Telling the preexaminant and Robert Rede at suche tyme as 
Mr. Bridges prest dyd commaunde them to paye theyr tythes to him to thuse 
of Mr. Bridges or ells they shuld not receyve theyr howsell And therupon 
he saith that they thre repayrid to the same playntyfe and tolde him therof 
And so agreethe in euery thyng towching the same as the same Wylliam 
Telling hathe predeposyde / 
“ Joun Warez of Puryton seruaunt to Sir Edmond Bridges knight of thage 
of xxxiij yeres sworne, &c. 
‘Examyned vpon the last article wherupon heis productyd wytnes deposythe 
and saithe / that this deponent dyd lye in the house of the saide playntyfe 
in his absence as a comforte to the playntyfes wife aboute a ij or iij nightes / 
And saithe he was not commaundyd or forbydden by the saide |Mr. Bridges 
no more to lye ther / but saithe that sythe the saide Mr. Bridges toke this 
depouents into his seruice he hathe commaundyd this deponent that he shulde 
not haunte or resorte to the saide playntyfes howse / 
Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI. 
Bundle I., No. 39. 
