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hound he hath no voice speaks to a hound just 

 as if his head were in a drum nor neither does 

 he know how to draw a hound when they are 

 at a loss no more than a child of 2 years old as 

 to his honesty I always found him honest till 

 about a week ago and have found him dishonest 

 now for about a week ago I sent my servant 

 that I have now to fetch some sheep's feet from 

 Mr. Stanjan of Higham Ferrers where Grey 

 used to go for feet and I always send my money 

 by my man that brings the feet and Stanjan 

 told my man that I have now that I owed him 

 money for feet and when the Boy came home 

 he told me and I went to Stanjan and when I 

 found the truth of the matter Grey had kept 

 my money in his hands and had never paid 

 Stanjan he had been along with me once for a 

 letter in order for his character to give him one 

 but I told him I could not give him a good one 

 so I would not write at all Grey is a very great 

 drunkard canH keep a penny in his pocket a 

 sad notorious lyar if you send him upon a mile 

 or two from Uppingham he will get drunk stay 

 all day and never come home while the middle 

 of the night or such time as he knows his mas- 

 ter is in bed he can nor will not keep any secret 

 neither hath he so much wit as other people for 



