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plaintiff about ffyfteene yeres and the deft longer for he is this 

 deponents brother./ 



2/T0 the seconde Interr this deponent sayth that his broth 1 " the 

 defter estate is not muche ffor he hath but the lease of twoe 

 houses one lease of the house wherein he dwelleth devided into 

 twoe tenements and a lease of a house in Brainforde by w ch leases 

 he gaineth An ouerplus of Rent more then he payeth to the 

 valewe of about nyntene or Seaventeene pounds per Ann./ And 

 hath A tyme in his lease of the howse wherein he dweleth of 

 some thirty yeres to come w ch he renewed but latelie, but howe 

 longe tyme he hath to come in the house he hath at Brainford he 

 knoweth not./ Albeyt the deft is much in debte, And sould or 

 pawned his plaite A greate whileste sync so that his estate cannot 

 be verry greate./ And sayth that he herd his brother the deft 

 saye that yf he weare Condempned in this suyte vndeserved he 

 would lye in prison before he would gyve the plaintiff any thinge./ 

 And more he Cannott depose./ 



3./T0 the thirde Interr this deponent sayth that the plaintiff was A 

 yeare A boorder in the deftt\r house before he became the defter 

 Apprentice duringe w ch tyme he beleveth the deft did not apparrell 

 the plaintiff: but after the plaintiff became the deftes servaunte 

 the deft apparrelled him Albeyt his ffrinde.y might send him 

 somtymes A Cloake or pay re of Stockings or such a thinge./ w ch 

 he knoweth to be true for that he did serve the deft when the pit 

 served him. And knewe the truth th r of : And more he Cannott 

 depose./ 



4/T0 the iiij the Interr this deponent sayth he was never sent by the 

 deft vnto the Complt to make A mocon to him of A marriadge 

 to be hadd betwixte the Complainant and Marye Mountioy the 

 deftes sole Child and daughter, nor knoweth of any other that 

 was by the defendt sent vnto the plaintiff vppon that messaiege : 

 but the pit tould this deponnt that one M r Shakespeare was Im- 

 ployed by the deft about that buysnes : in what mann r : or to what 

 effecte he knoweth not : And sayth he never herd the deft saye 

 that yf his daughter Mary married not w th the plaintiff shee 

 should neve r haue groate from him./ nor knoweth that the de- 



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