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fect, which is written in Court-hand; that the said Indorfment is not copy'd on the Certificate exhibited, &aliter nefcit.

Ad 10m, Non concernit eum.

Ad 11, That he doth not remember that he ever declar'd himfelf, or heard others declare to the Effect interrogate, but this Refpondent doth now declare, That the original Certificate by him predepos'd of, is no otherwife of Record, than as it remains in the Cuftody of this Refpondent, and by bim inroll'd, as a Clerk of the faid Office, & aliter nefcit, nec audivit uti meminit.

Ad 12", That he cannot depofe, That Dr. Richard Welton, Party in this Cause, and Dr. Richard Welton, mention'd in the faid Certificate, is one and the fame Perfon, and not diverfe, & aliter nefcit.

Ad 13m, Reddit veras Caufas Scientia fua, ut fupra.

Robert Wintour.

10 Julii, 1716.

Edvardus Harnage, Gen', Clericus Magiftri Edvardi Alexander bujus Curia Registrarii, cujus ftetit Claricus per 5 annos & ultra, ortus apud Upton Super Sabrinam in Com' Wigorniæ, Ætatis fuæ 22 annorum & ultra, Teftis, &c.

D dictam Allegationem apud

A Acta, in bac Causa datam & admiffam, & Exhibitum in eadem mentionatum, deponit & dicit, That he, this Deponent, on the 26th, as alfo on the 27th Day of June laft, did, with Mr. Robert Wintour, his Fellow-Witness, carefully and diligently examine the Exhibite now fhew'd this Deponent, and by him perus'd, with a Piece of Parchment, being a Certificate remaining in the CrownOffice in the Temple, London, of which the faid Robert Wintour then had the Cuftody; and told this Deponent, That he was one of the Clerks of the faid Office, and there

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by this Deponent knows that the faid Exbibite is a true Copy of the faid Certificate; and this Deponent verily believes that Dr. Richard Welton, mention'd in the faid Exhibite, and Dr. Richard Welton, whom he hath known for fome Years, and one of the Parties in this Caufe, is the fame Person, and not diverse, &aliter nefcit deponere.

Idem ad Interrogatoria.

Ad 1, That he did examine the Exhibite with the Certificate predepos'd of, which he faw in the faid Crown-Office; that he hath not feen the Rolls or Records in the County of Effex, from whence fuch Certificate is return'd; and he knoweth not of any Proceedings had or made upon fuch Certificate, &aliter nefcit refpondere.

Ad 2m, That the faid Robert Wintour told this Refpondent, That the faid Certificate was enter'd upon a Roll, which remain'd LOOSE in the faid Office; that on the said Certifi

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cate remaining in the faid Office, there are fome other Perfon or Perfons alfo certify'd, in like Manner with Dr. Welton, and fuch begins at the End of what relates to Dr. Wel ton i fuch Certificate; & aliter ne

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AdThat this Respondent know's not of any Judgment or Conviction enter'd on the faid Certificate, or the Roll thereof; & aliter nefcit refpondere.

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Ad That on the 26th of 4 June laft, this Refpondent examin'd the Copy exhibited with the faid Certificate, by his the faid Robert Wintour's holding and reading aloud the faid Certificate to this Refpondent, who then held and read to himfelf the faid Copy. On the 27th of June laft the faid Robert Wintour aloud read the faid Copy, which he this Refpondent held in his Hand, and to himself read the faid Certificate; aliter referendo fe ad prædepofita nefcit refpondere.

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Ad 5, That he examin'd the faid Exhibite with the Certificate predepos'd of, which the faid Robert Wintour told this Refpondent was return'd to the Crown-Office, from the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Effex; that he knows not the Style and Title of the Roll whereon the fame is enter'd; that fome other Perfon or Perfons were alfo return'd in the faid Certificate; befides which, he knows of no other Memorial or Entry on fuch Certificate; that the faid Certificate was then in the Cuftody of the faid Robert Wintour, and was wrote on Parchment in a Set Hand; & aliter nefcit refpondere.

Ad 6, That the faid Certificate wherewith the Refpondent examin'd the said Exhibite, was wrote with a Sort of Secretary or Set Hand, to his beft Remembrance; and that the faid Exhibite is wrote in an Ingroffing Hand; & aliter nefcit refpondere.

Ad 7, That this Refpondent does not readily underftand CourtHand, nor its Alphabet, Character, Elements,

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