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that he herd that the deft payeth yerelye Rent for those leases 

 some Seaventcene pounds per Annum./ And sayth that he 

 thinketh the deft Receaveth some Eighteene pounds per Annum 

 de Claro beside his owne dwellinge and hath A Soiourner in his 

 house w th him but what proffitt he maketh th r by he knoweth not./ 

 And sayth the deft hath said in this deponntes hereinge that in 

 Regard the plaintiff and his daughter had vsed him so vnkindlie, 

 And in Regard he promissed them nothinge he would Rather Rott 

 in prison then geue them any thinge more then he had geuen them 

 before/ And more he cannot depose./ 



3 To the thirde Interr this deponent sayth he hath herd the deft 

 saye that after the plaintiff came to be his apprentice he ffound 

 the plaintiff all his wearinge apparrell. And oth r wise he Cannott 

 depose touchinge the same Interr./ 



4 To the iiij th Interr this deponent sayth he was never made an 

 Instrum* betweene the plaintiff and the deft by the dehes ap- 

 poyntm 1 for the moveinge of A marriadge betweene the plaintiff 

 and deftes daughter And more he cannott depose touchinge any 

 parte of the same Interr for that he never herd the deft promise 

 the plaintiff any some of monney or other thinge w th his daughter 

 Mary in Marriadge w th the plaintiff nor saye that yf she married 

 not the plaintiff shee should not coste him A groate/ 



5 To the v th Interr this deponent sayth he hath herd the deft and 

 his wyffe saye that they gaue the plaintiff w th there daughter 

 Marye in marriadge the some of ten pounds in monney and 

 houshould Stuffe of moste sorter somthinge viz in monney and 

 goodes to the valewe of thirtye pounds And more he Cannott 

 depose to his Rememberaunce/ 



Chr : Weaner : 



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Nowell Mountioye of the parishe of S. ct Olaves in Sylver Streete 



London Tyremaker of the Age of thirtye yeares or th r aboute.? 



sworne and examyned the daye and yeare abouesaid deposith and 



saythe./ 



i/To the ffirste Interr this deponent sayth he hath knowne the 



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