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7 That Mr. Bagott commynge thither sometymes to see her
in thend walkers wief had conference with him & told ^^him
they gave yt oute that shee was marryed vnto him
but mr Bagott vtterlye denyed that there was anye
suche matter, for hee sayde that hee was contracted
to another the which hee must marrye yf ever hee
marryed anye & that was Iane Skipwithe the
daughter of Sir William Skipwithe, And yf hee had
made her that faulte hee woulde doe the best
hee coulde to geve satisfaccion otherwyse but
hee coulde not Marrye her, And hee was not
the first that had donne such a faulte
8 That when hee went into the Countrey at whitsontyde
hee desyred Mres walker to prepare people for
godfathers & Godmothers sufficient & hee woulde
cause the Childe by her good meanes to bee
privatelye conveyed to so some other parte
of London that yt shoulde not bee knowne where
it weere That hee sent her ^
^{Jane wilcoxe}
x^ls to buye her
a gowne, That he greeved Muche at his deptes
the which hee sayde was aboute 400^ls./ & that
shee had muche more money of Mr Bagott.
9 That in thende walkers wief perceaved shee
was not with Childe but had kept a greate
redd stomaker vponn her bellye & Cottonn doubled
& layed aboute her bellye to make her shewe
as thoughe shee had bene with Childe And that
her Aunte Okeover & others had writtenn a Lettre
to her the sayde Iane Wilcoxe & bad her vse the
matter descreetlye that the mark might bee hitt
& the matter soe wrought that hee might Marrye
her & that shee might hit the neale of the hedd or
wordes to that purpose.
10 That Clothes weere provyded of all sortes bothe
for her & the Childe against shee shoulde bee
brought to bedd, That Mres walthewes Midwief
was fetched vnto her at suche tyme as shee
thought to have bene deliuered, And the Midwief
of that parishe alsoe, And in thend they weere
enforced to send for a man Midwief and yt
proved that shee was not with Childe at
all , shee v Mres walker verelye thincketh
yt was but a plott to have made Mr Bagott
to have marryed her./