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siderac/on to the said Complayn* for or in respecte of the same 

 lease. And as vnto the same defend 1 his gifte of the said tearme 

 of yeares and interest of and in the one moitie [of] the said parte 

 of the said moitie of the said garden plotter and ground to the 

 said other defend 1 Henry Condall gratis the said Complayn 1 sayeth 

 That the same is alsoe idle and frivelous matter wherein the said 

 defend 1 Hem/z/yng^ sheweth howe liberall he could be of another 

 mans goodr^ and lease and what lardge thoung<\? he can cutt out 

 of another manns hide w cb he would not haue clone of or for that 

 w ch was his owne and did that but to haue helpe and assistance to 

 ioyne with him to keepe out and wrounge the said Complaynante 

 therein as was and is done to the benefitt of either of the same 

 defend tes whoe would share and devide all that parte and portion 

 of the said Complaynante betweene them the said defend tes w ch 

 for the said defend* Hemmyngcs (as the proverbe sayeth) is but 

 a kind of robbinge, to robbe Peter to pay Paulle And therefore 

 finallie forasmuch as the same defend* Jlemmynges is soe litle 

 behoulden to his neighbours that he is inforced to be the trumpeter 

 and setter forth of his owne praises or commendacfons and driven 

 to magnifie and extolle himself and his virtues (w ch he soe much 

 without all cause coveteth) to helpe the same, and to geve the said 

 Complayn* and his irendes iust occasion soe to doe and publishe 

 his pyttie and Charitie vpon iust occasion, he sayeth that the said 

 defend* Hem//*ynges may easilie procure the same by sufferinge 

 the said Complayn* to haue soe much from him out of his parte 

 and porc/on of the said demised premises as he confesseth he hath 

 geven gratis to the said other defend* Coundall for w eh he shall 

 not onelie haue verie man} - thankes and good reportes and that 

 right worthelie and deservedlie but alsoe shall verie desirouslie 

 be duelie payed yearelie thirteene pownde,? six shillinges and eight 

 pence by the said Comp 1 * : for the same and haue securitie and 

 assurance for the performance and accomplishmente thereof, w ch 

 because it is much more worth, he is well assured the said defend* 

 Hem/z/yng^ will not either out of his pittie and charitie or out of 

 his bountie and liberalise or anie other of his vertues (whereof 

 he is soe much defective and insensible) accepte or take not\v th - 



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