22 Charles William Wallace 



5 /To the v th Jnterrooatory this deponent Can saye nothinge more 

 then he hath alreddye deposed./ 



Daniell Nicholas 



[16] 



William Shakespeare of Stratford vpon Aven in the County e of 

 Warwicke gentleman of the Age of xlviij yeres or thereabouts 

 sworne and examined the daye and yere abouesaid deposethe & 

 sayethe 



1 To the first Jnterrogatory this deponent sayethe he knowethe the 

 partyes plaintiff and deffendt and hathe know[ne] them bothe as 

 he now remembrethe for the space of tenne yeres or there- 

 abouts./ 



2 To the second Jnterrogatory this deponent sayeth he did know 

 the comp 1 when he was servant w th the deffendant, and that 

 duringe the tyme of his the complts service w th the said deffendt 

 he the said Complt to this deponents knowledge did well and 

 honestly behaue himself e, but to this depontes remembrance he 

 hath not heard the deffendt con f esse that he had gott any great 

 proffitt and comodytye by the service of the said complainant, but 

 this deponent saith he verely thinckethe that the said complainant 

 was a very good and industrious servant in the said service And 

 more he canott depose to the said Jnterrogatory :/ 



3 /To the third Jnterrogatory this deponent sayethe that it did evy- 

 dentlye appeare that the said defft did all the tyme of the said 

 complte^ service w th him beare and shew great good will and 

 affeccion towarde^ the said complt, and that he hath hard the defft 

 and his wyefe diuerse and sundry tymes saye and reporte that the 

 said complt was a very honest f ellowe : And this depont sayethe 

 that the said deffendant did make a mocion vnto the complainant 

 of marriadge w th the said Mary in the bill mencioned beinge the 

 said defftes sole chyld and daughter and willinglye offered to 

 performe the same yf the said Complainant shold seeme to be con- 

 tent and well like thereof: And further this deponent sayethe that 

 the said defftej wyeffe did sollicitt and entreat this deponent to 

 moue and perswade the said Complainant to effect the said 



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