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and the true intent and meaneing therof w ch new bill he the same 

 Aron Holland could not otherwise answere or avoyde then by 

 pleadinge therevnto (as he did the same release soe made and 

 gotten from the said Phillipp Stone vndulie and vnconscionably 

 and by [fraude] coveyne and deciepte as aforesaid) to the prau- 

 dice and hurte of yo r said Subiecte and to the manifest abuse and 

 apparant contempte of this honorable Courte. Sithence w oh tyme 

 soe it is alsoe if it may please yo r Ma tie That the said two 

 seaurrall deedes or Indentures made by the said Aron Holland 

 to the said Phillipp Stone, and thother by the said Phillipp Stone 

 vnto yo r said Subiecte and both of them of right belonginge and 

 apprrtayning to him yo r said Subiecte are nowe by casuall meanes 

 come vnto the handes and possession of the said Aron Holland 

 and Phillip Stone whoe by coullo r of haueinge therof haue not 

 onely vniustly and wrongfully without anie lawfull right entered 

 into the same premises therby demised or intended to be so 

 graunted But alsoe haue betweene themselues and certaine other 

 persons to yo r said Subiecte as yet vnknowne made and contryved 

 certaine secrett and subtill estate and Convayancr^ of and in 

 the premises to the intent yo r said Subiecte should not knowe 

 whome to sue for the same and for the rentes yssues and profits 

 of the premises by them receiued and detayned vniustlie and 

 vnconsionably from yo r said Subiecte for w ch therefore and that 

 he doeth not knowe either the certaine and sure contents or 

 dates of the same seaurrall deeded indented and release or 

 wherein the same are or either of them is contayned whither in 

 bagge or boxe sealed Chest truncke or Cubbord locked or other- 

 wise, yo r said Subiecte is w th out all remedie by the strickt course 

 of the Comon lawes of this Realme or elswhears then in equitie 

 In tender considerac/bn wherof And to thend and purpose that 

 the full and whole truth therein concerninge the said matters and 

 premises may appeare by the Answeares of the said Aron Hol- 

 land and Phillip Stone vpon theire oathes w ch yo r said Subiecte 

 hopeth that they will confesse and desireth may be done accord- 

 inglie And for that alsoe yo r said Subiecte maybe righted and 

 releeved therein and the said Courte satisfyed at leangth for the 

 same And that the said order of this Courte should not be 



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