f. 372v
Ad 2 articulum dicit quod refert se ad leges in ea
parte editas.
Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit that vpon the
wensdaie next before the feast of saint Peeter
the appostell last past the articulate Elinor the wief
of Phillipp ap Thomas being in her garden in
Leompster articulate, and \the/ defendant Elizabeth Smith
being in a backside of her husbandes neere
adioyning to the said garden she the said
defendant Elizabeth Smithe did vtter and speake
certaine sclaunderouse and opprobrious speeches
of and concerning the plaintiff Elianor the wief of Philippe
ap Thomas, videlicet speaking to the said Elianor
said thowe arte a hoore and an arrand hoore and
I will prove thee a hoore And then kneeling
downe one her knees said a plague of god
lighte vpon thee and all the worlde wonder
one thee, and I and my children will curse
thee morning and evening, which wordes were
spoken in the hearing of this examinate christiana
Cowsie, and one Catherine streete and
somme others Et aliter nescit deponere.
4 Ad quartum eundem esse verum
Ad vltimum dicit predeposita sua fuisse et esse vera etc.
[Mark in lieu of signature]
Catherina Streete parochie de leompster spinster,
ætatis xvij annorum aut eo circiter
testis producta iurata et examinata dicit et deponit
vt sequitur.
1 Ad primum articulum dicit et deponit eundem esse verum.
2. Ad 2. articulum dicit quod refert se ad leges in ea parte editas.
3. Ad 3 articulum dicit et deponit
That one the wensdaie[1] next before the feast of saint
Peeter thappostell last past this examinate
going to bed, and shutting the windowes
[1] Last letter unclear.
To the second article she says that she refers to the articulate laws.
To the third article she says and deposes that upon the Wednesday next before the Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle last past, the articulate Eleanor, the wife of Philip ap Thomas, being in her garden in Leominster articulate. And the defendant, Elizabeth Smith, being in a backside of her husband’s near adjoining to the said garden, she the said defendant Elizabeth Smith did utter and speak certain slanderous and opprobrious speeches of and concerning the plaintiff, Eleanor the said wife of Philip ap Thomas namely: speaking to the said Eleanor, said “thou art a whore and an arrand whore and I will prove thee a whore.” And then kneeling down on her knees said, “a plague of God light upon thee and all the world wonder on thee, and I and my children will curse thee morning and evening.” Which words were spoken in the hearing of this examinate, Christina Cowsie, and one Catherine Street and some others. And otherwise she knows nothing to depose.
To the fourth article she says the same is true.
To the last she says that what her depositions made above were and are true, etc.
[Signature mark]
Catherine Street, spinster, of the parish of Leominster in the county of Hereford, aged eighteen years of thereabouts. The witness, produced, sworn, and examined, says and deposes as follows.
To the first article she says and deposes the same is true.
To the second article she says that she refers to the articulate laws set forth in that behalf.
To the third article she says and deposes that on the Wednesday next before the Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle last past, this examinate going to bed, and shutting the windows,