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same appearinge All the advantages of excepa'on to thincer- 

 taintyes and insufficiencies whereof nowe and at all tymes here- 

 after to this Comp u . sailed, This Comp 11 . for Replicacion sayeth 

 in all thinges as in his said Bill of Complainte he hathe sayed, and 

 doth and will auer maynteyne iustyfie and proue his said Bill of 

 Comp u . and euerie matter article and allegaa'on therein Con- 

 tevned to bee true Certayne and sufficient to be answered vnto set 

 forthe and declared w th out that that this Comp ltes ffrends at the 

 tyme of his Commynge to bee Apprentice w th the said clef 1 did 

 promise to finde this Comp u . Convenient apparrell while he 

 shoulde Contynewe in the said def tes service Or that the said 

 def 1 at the tyme of this Comp ltes trauaile into spayne did furnishe 

 this Comp u . w th six poundes or w th any other somme of Money 

 but that this Comp u . was only therein furnished by himselfe 

 w th out that that allsoe this Comp u . moved the said def or his 

 wyffe for theire Consents to the Mariage of the said Mary but 

 that this Comp u . was only drawen therevnto by the said def*, 

 And w th out that that after the Marriage of this Comp u . w th the 

 said Mary there was any suche Concluc/'on or agreement made 

 betwixt the said def 1 and this Comp u . euer receiued any good?.? 

 or howsehold stuffe of the said def 1 or any things Concerninge 

 theire trade, or desiered the said def* to pay the somme of three 

 poundes or any other somme to the Brewer, or was soe indebted 

 vnto the said Brewer as by the said Answere all soe is alleadged, 

 w th that that the said def* did promise vnto this Comp u . the 

 somme of threscore pounds in mariadge w th the said Mary his 

 daughter and did likewise promise to leaue vnto this Comp u . and his 

 wyffe the some of two hundred poundes or thereabouts after 

 his deceasse, And that the said def 1 is truely indebted vnto this 

 Comp u . in the somme of fforty shillinges w th out that that this 

 Comp 11 . was desiered by the said def 1 to come to anie accompte or 

 gaue the said def 1 any ill languages as in & by the said Answere 

 is allsoe Alleadged, And w tb out that that any other matter thinge 

 or thinges Clause sentence, Article or allegac/on in the said 

 Answere Conteyned materiall or effectuall in the lawe to be rc- 

 plyed vnto, and not heerein sufficiently replyed vnto Confessed 



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