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said Marye and shee w th the plaintiff shee should never coste 

 him the deft her ffather A groat, wherevppon And in Regard M r 

 Shakespeare hadd tould them that they should haue A some of 

 money for a pora'on from the fath r they weare made suer by M r 

 Shakespeare by geuinge there Consent, and agreed to Marrye, 

 [geuinge eache others hand to the hande (stricken out in ori- 

 ginal)] And did marrye./ But what some yt was that M r 

 [Shake (stricken out)] Mountyoye promissed to geue them he 

 the said M r Shakespeare could not remember, but said yt was 

 ffyftye pounds or th r about^ to his beste Rememberaunce./ 

 And as he Remembmth M r Shakespeare said he promissed to 

 geue them A porczon of his goodw: but what, or to what valewe 

 he Rememberithe not/ And more he Cannott depose./ 

 5 To the v th Interr this deponent sayth that after the Marriadge 

 Solempnized betweene the plaintiff and Marye, one George 

 Wilkins tould him this deponent that the defendt gaue them 

 some Implem tes belonginge to househould, w ch goodw weare in 

 his the said Wilkins Custody, w ch good<?.y the said Wilkins Re- 

 ported he would not haue geuen ffyve pounds ffor./ And more 

 he cannott depose 



Daniell Nicholas 



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William Eaton apprentice w th the Complamawt of the Age of nynteene 

 yeres or th r about^ sworne and examyned the daye and yere 

 abouesaid deposeth and saythe./ 



I /To the ffirste Interr this deponnt sayth he hath knowne the pit 

 ffyve yeres or th r about<^. And the defendant about ffoure yeares 

 and A halfe./ 



2/ To the seconde Interr this deponent sayth he cannot ccrtaynlie 

 depose any thinge touchinge the defoes estate or habillitie. only 

 sayth he knoweth the deft hath A house in Muggle streete & in 

 Silver Streete London and another at Branforde, but what they 

 are woorth by the yeare he knoweth not./ nor hath herd the deft 

 vse any such speeches as in the Interrogatory is vrdged/ And 

 more he Cannott depose. 



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