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of the said Comp. u or that the Comp. u did att any tyme att the 

 earnest request & intreatie of the said Christopher Deliuer or 

 cause to be Deliuered vnto the said Christopher Beeston or his 

 assignes & att his request & by his Direcdon vnto & for the vse 

 of these Defend tes Divers tinsell stuffs & other stuffs for there 

 vses amounteing to the some of fortie six poundes fyve shillings 

 & eight pence or theire abouts neither Doe these Defend tes or any 

 of them knowe if the said Christopher Beeston Did take vpp the 

 said stuffs whether the said Christopher Beeston did paye readye 

 money for them or whether he did faithfullie make promise to 

 make payem 1 to the Comp. 11 or to satisfie him for the said stuffs 

 or whether he hath from tyme to tyme promised the Comp. u 

 payem 1 & satis faca'on for the same. Butt if the said Beeston did 

 buy any such stuffs of the Comp. 11 & made the agreem. tes 

 promises & contracts aforesaid then these Defend tes Doe verylie 

 beleeue that the said Beeston & the Comp. u are combined to- 

 geather & doe practise to trouble & molest these Defend. tes hope- 

 ing thereby either to come by some composition or otherwise 

 some couller for the said Beeston to exclayme on these Defend. tes 

 & the rest of the companie. W th out that these Defend. tes since 

 the Deliuery of the said stuffos p<?rvsed the said Comp ltes bookes 

 & Doe knowe y l the said some of fortie six poundes fyve shil- 

 linges & eight pence or any parte or parcell thereof is Due to 

 the Comp u for the same & w th outt that the said Christopher 

 Beeston & these Defend. tes Did combine themselues togeather 

 how to Deceaue the Comp 11 of his iust & due Debt, or that 

 these Defend. tes did ever knowe the said Thomas Chambers 

 the Comp ltes seruant or ever inticed the said Thomas Chambers 

 from the Comp ltes seruice or ever caused him to absent him self 

 into some partes beyond the seas or vnto some vnknowen & 

 remote place where the Comp 11 cannott heare of him or that these 

 Defend tes Did knowe that the said Thomas Chambers was the 

 onely witnes the Comp 11 had to prooue the Deliuery of the said 

 stuffs & contract aforesaid And w th outt that theis Defend tes or 

 any of them haue given outt and reported that they or any of 

 them by the appointm 1 of the said Beeston hath paid & Dis- 



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