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And saithe she durst not speke for fere lest he shulde haue shote a gonne / 

 And saithe in euery thing therin as John Symmes hath sayde / 



"To the xix and xx she saith that she herde Mr. Bridges saye to John 

 Wevyng who laborid at the said playntyfes house that yf he wroughte any 

 more ther he wolde make him to have neuer a arme to holpe himselfe with 

 all/ 



" William Telling of Puriton aforesaid husbandman of thage of .1. yeres 

 or theraboutes sworne, &c. 



" Examyned on the ix th article wheron he is productyd deposith that a 

 lytell before Easter last past oone Sir John Dyer prest curate of Puryton 

 commaundyd this deponent to paye his tythes to Mr. Bridges vse or ells he 

 sayde that this deponent shulde not receyve his howsell at Easter And ther- 

 uppon this deponent repayred to the playntyfe and told him therof / who was 

 contentyd the same tithes shulde styll remayne in this deponentes handes 

 vntyll Mr. Bridges came home and that yt wer agreed betwene them for the 

 same / And so saith that after Whitsontyde nexte after vpon the commyng 

 home of the same Mr. Bridges the same Mr. Bridges wyllid this deponent to 

 paye his tythes to the same playntife saying that he the same playntife dyd 

 paye him an honest rent yerely for the same / And so therupon incontynently 

 he repayred to the playntyfes house and ther fynding not him at home he 

 tenderyd the same tythes to the wife of the playntyfe who refusyd to receyve 

 the same in the absence of her husbond / And so this deponent departyd 

 reseruing the same tythes as yet in his owne handes and is allwayes redye to 

 delyuer the same vpon demaunde therof / And more herein he cannot depose/ 



"John Jakes of Puryton aforesaide husbandman of thage of xxx yeres 

 and more sworne &c. 



" Examyned vpon the ix th article deposith and saith that he was present 

 with Wylliam Telling the preexaminant and Robert Rede at suche tyme as 

 Mr. Bridges prest dyd commaunde them to paye theyr tythes to him to thuse 

 of Mr. Bridges or ells they shuld not receyve theyr howsell And therupon 

 he saith that they thre repayrid to the same playntyfe and tolde him therof 

 And so agreethe in euery thyng towching the same as the same Wylliam 

 Telling hathe predeposyde / 



" John Ware of Puryton seruaunt to Sir Edmond Bridges knight of thage 

 of xxxiij yeres sworne, &c. 



" Examyned vpon the last article wberuponheis productyd wytnes deposythe 

 and saithe / that this deponent dyd lye in the house of the saide playntyfe 

 in his absence as a comforte to the playntyfes wife aboute a ij or iij nightes / 

 And saithe he was not commaundyd or forbydden by the saide [Mr. Bridges 

 no more to lye ther / but saithe that sythe the saide Mr. Bridges toke this 

 depouenc into his seruice he hathe commaundyd this deponent that he shulde 

 not haunte or resorte to the saide playntyfes howse / 



Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI. 

 Bundle Z, No. 39. 



