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or haue heard that the said Bellott hath Confessed that he did owe 

 the said Mountioy anie monie or other things and what was 

 that monie and other thinges and when did he Confesse it and 

 what speaches have yo u heard the said Bellott speake Concerninge 

 the Reconinge or difference betweene the said Mountioy and him 

 and when did he speake them declare yo r whole truthe herein ?/ 

 7 Item did not yo u of yo r voluntary will and disposition to make the 

 pi', and defend 1 frendes goe to the pl l . about three weekej since 

 and tould the pi. 1 that he tooke a wronge Course to sue his Father 

 in Lawe And that it weare better they weare kinde and Lovinge 

 frendej and what aunswere made the plantiff vpon yo r Confer- 

 ence w th him thereabout declare yo r knowledge?/ 



[29-3i] 



DEPOSITIONS. THIRD SET. 



[Ex parte Mountjoy, 23 June, 1612. Written on paper 12)/ A X 15^4, and 

 attached to the preceding skin of interrogatories.] 



Depositions Captae ap. d Westmonasterium xxiij ti0 die 

 Junij Anno Regni Jacobi Regis Angh'ae &c decimo et 

 Scotiae xlv. t0 ex parte Christopheri Mountioy defen- 

 dentis vrs Stephanuw Bellott quaerentem./ 



[29] 

 jchristopher Weaver of the parishe of S ct Olaves in Sylver Streete 

 London mercer of the Age of thirtye Syxe yeres or th r aboute.? 

 sworne and examyned the daye and yere abouesaid deposith and 



saythe 

 i/To the ffirste Interr this deponent sayth he knoweth the plaintiff 



and defendant./ 

 2 / 3 /4/5/T0 the ij. d iij. d iiij. th v. th and vj th Interr this deponent is not 

 examined at the Request of the deft 

 7/ To the vij th Interr this deponent sayth that about three weeks 

 synce he this deponent wishinge well to bothe the plaintiff and 

 deft went of his owne voluntary will and disposition to talke w th 



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