26 Charles William Wallace 



deluded and defrauded but iustly satisfyed and performed ac- 

 cordinge to theffecte and true meaneinge therof And alsoe that 

 the said Aron Holland may be compelled to make good and per- 

 forme his owne offer vpon his oathes aforesaid voluntarily made 

 by his said Answeare and accepted by yo r said Subiecte and the 

 said Courte accordinge to the said recited order As by all lawes 

 he should and ought to doe And that the meane profittes by 

 them vniustly detayned may be restored allsoe to yo r said Sub- 

 iecte May it therefore please yo r Ma : tie to graunte vnto yo r sub- 

 iecte yo r Ma : tes most gracious writt of Privie Seale to be directed 

 to the said Aron Holland and Phillip Stone thereby comaundinge 

 them and either of them at a certafneday and vnder acertaine paine 

 therein to be lymitted to be and appeare before yo r Ma : tie and 

 Councell of Whitehall then and there to answeare the premises 

 And further to stand to and abide such further order and direc- 

 tion therein And [sic = as] to yo r Ma: tie and yo r said Coun- 

 cell shalbe thought fittinge And yo r said Subiecte accordinge to 

 his bounden dutie shall pray &c. Ra/phe Wilbraham 



Holland's answer 



[Damaged. Small part of upper left hand corner gone. Date line placed 

 there partly gone, partly illegible. Whole document difficult to read; ink 

 sometimes rubbed or mouldered off]. 



The Answere of Aron Holland gent def 1 to the 

 vntrue and scandalous Bill of Thomas wood- 

 ford alms Simball yeoman Comp. u / 



The [said defendant] by protestacon not Confessinge anie the 

 thinges or matters in and by the said Bill of Complainte Con- 

 tained to be true in such sorte manner and forme [as in] and by 

 the same they are and bin Contained, but verily thinketh this suite 

 is meerely begunne to putt this def. 1 to vnnecessary Cost*?.? and 

 Charges in the lawe rather [then] vppon anie iuste or true 

 grounde soe to doe, And the rather this def. 1 is induced soe to 

 thinke for that the pi.* was in the very same suite formerly by him 

 exhibited [in] this Courte againste this def.' after manie moc/ons 

 & vppon longe debatinge of the Cause in his Ma : tes high Courte 



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