202 Charles William Wallace 
being poffeffed amongeft other thinges of the faide barne by vertue 
of the leas to him made as aforefaid w™ barne ftood & laye emptie 
alonge time in the handes of the [sic] him the faide James w‘out 
yeldinge him anie profitte or commoditie And the faide James 
being defirous to converte the fame for his benefitte did therfore 
to his greate charges devide the fame barne into feuerall tenem*® 
as in the bill is expreffed as lawfull was for him the faide James 
foe to doe as he this Compl" taketh it And foe muche the rather 
for that he the faide James was not reftrayned by his faide leas 
to builde or to converte anie parte of the premiffes to him demifed 
therbie And this Compl*® further faieth that he this Compl‘ 
verie well knoweth and can well and fufficientlie prove and make 
manifefte to this honorable Courte, that the faide James Burbadge 
hath for diuerfe yeares duringe the faide tearme beftowed & dif- 
burfed in & aboutes the reparacions of the fame tenem** a greate 
fome of money Wout that that the faide tenants are foe poore 
that theie vfuallie begge in the fieldes and {treates to gette money 
for the paym* of theire rentes, Or that that there weare anie 
caufe the faide defend'e fhoulde be muche blamed or hardlie cen- 
fured by the parifhoners Or that the faide James refpected 
more his owne comoditie then the good reporte and creditte of 
the defend*® or himfelfe as in the faide aunfwer mofte flaunder- 
ouflie is alleadged wout that alfo that he this Compl hathe 
not fince the deathe of his faide father repayred the faide tenem‘ 
or that the faide tenem*'** are growen in greate decaie or almoite 
vtterlie ruinated or that there is anie caufe that the faide poore 
people fhoulde complayne to the faide defend‘ that the faide 
tenem‘es would fall vppon theire heades as in the faide aunfwer 
is vntrulie furmifed ffor this Compl'* faieth and can vearie well 
proue that he this Comp'® hathe beftowed and difburfed in re- 
payringe of the fame tenem*¢* this vearie lafte yeare the fome of 
twentie Markes and better Wout that that the faide James Bur- 
badge had not at the time of the faide feconde leas tendered or 
anie time after beftowed the fomme of two hundred powndes or 
neare theraboutes for the betteringe of the houfes and buildinges 
demifed Or that there was not anie likelihood that the faide 
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