Shakespeare and his London Associates 2 1 



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Danyell Nycholas of the parishe of S ct : Olphadge w th in Criple- 



gate London gent of the Age of ffyftye tvvoe yeres or th r abouts 



sworne and examyned the daye and yere aboue said deposeth and 



sayth 



I /To the ffirste Jnterr this deponent sayth he hath knowne the 



plaintiff about twenty yeres and deft about twelue yeres 

 2 /To the seconde Jnterrof/a/ory this deponent sayth he knewe the 

 plaintiff servaunte vnto the defendant who behaved him selfe 

 verry well in the defendants service for any thinge he euer herd 

 to the contrary And hath herd that the deft profitted well by 

 the pits service w th him. And more he Cannott depose./ 



3 To the thirde Jntevrogatory this deponent sayth he herd one W m : 

 Shakespeare saye that the deft did beare A good opinm'on of the 

 plaintiff and affected him well when he served him, And did 

 move the plaintiff by him the said Shakespeare to haue [a] 

 marriadge betweene his daughter Marye Mountioye [and] the 

 plaintiff And for that purpose sent him the said Sh[akespeare] 

 to the plaintiff to perswade the plaintiff to the same, as Shake- 

 spere tould him this deponent w ch was effected and Solempnized 

 vppon promise of a porcton w th her./ And more he cannott 

 depose./ 



4 To the iiij th Jntevrogatory this deponnt sayth that the plaintiff did 

 Requeste him this deponnt to goe w th his wyffe to Shakespefare] 

 to vnd r stande the truthe howe muche and what the defendant did 

 promise [to] bestowe on his daughter in marriadge w th him the 

 plaintiff, who did soe./ And askinge Shakespeare th r of, he Ans- 

 wered that he promissed yf the plaintiff would marrye w th Marye 

 his the defter onlye daughter, he the defendt would by his promise 

 as he Remembered geue the plaintiff w tu her in marriadge about 

 the some of ffyftye pounds in money and Certayne Honshould 

 stuffe./ And more he cannott depose touchinge the said Inter- 

 vogatory to his Rememberaunce for he remembereth not any daye 



- sett downe for paym 1 of the porcion or deliuerye of the houshould 

 Stuffe. but only that he would geue her soe much at the tyme of 

 her marriadge./ 



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