14 Charles William Wallace 



a poore man and knows not howe it will please god to blesse him 

 in his estate at the time of his Death nor how the sayd Com- 

 playnannte and his wife will behave themselues towards this 

 Defendannte In his life time wherby they may deserve this 

 Defendaunts either more or lesse affection and love towards 

 them. And this defendaunt lykewyse denyeth that he to his 

 knowledge doth owe the Complaynaunte forty shillings or any 

 other former somme of Mony whatsoever otherwyse than as be- 

 fore is expressed An this Defendannte further saith that he did 

 about a month sythence earnestly request the sayd Complaynaunte 

 in the presence of his neighbours to account w th him for the sayd 

 Reckoninge betweene them at which time the sayd Complaynaunte 

 did give this Defendaunte 111 Languages and bid him Come by 

 his mony howe he Coulde Without that that any other matter or 

 thing Contained in the sayd Bill of Complaynt materiall or 

 effectuall to be answered vnto and not heerin sufficiently Con- 

 fessed and avoyded denyed or traversed is true All which 

 matters this Defendante is ready to averr and prove as this most 

 honorable Court shall award and humbly prayeth to be dismissed 

 out of the same with his reasonable Chardges in this behalfe most 

 wrongfully sustayned/ 



Geo: Hartoppe 



[9] 



REPLICATION. 



Quinto die Maij Anno Regni Regis Jacobi 

 Angliae &c x° et Scotioe xlv°/. 



The Replicanon of Stephen Belot Comp u to the 

 Answer of Christopher Mountioye def 1 . 



The said Comp u not Confessinge or acknowledginge anie matter 

 or thinge materiall or effectuall in the said def tes Answer con- 

 teyned to be true in suche sorte manner or forme as in and by 

 the said bill they are sett forthe and declared sayth that the 

 said Answer is in all or the moste parte thereof vntrue incerteyne 

 and insufficient to be replyed vnto for manie imprrfecdons in the 



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