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that_o fine_n recognisance_n inrolâ—ed_v and_o conveyance_n get_v by_o practice_n or_o duresse_n have_v be_v complain_v of_o and_o vacuate_v in_o parliament_n and_o that_o shall_v be_v make_v manifest_a by_o example_n if_o it_o be_v deny_v as_o to_o the_o consideration_n offer_v why_o the_o deed_n shall_v not_o be_v produce_v to_o the_o honourable_a committee_n before_o the_o crime_n be_v examine_v we_o answer_v that_o the_o fight_n of_o the_o deed_n will_v more_o clear_o manifest_v the_o practice_n by_o compare_v the_o lady_n seal_n and_o hand-writing_n and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o witness_n endorseder_fw-mi subscribe_v and_o more_o especial_o in_o this_o case_n be_v it_o necessary_a that_o all_o deed_n be_v produce_v and_o public_o peruse_v because_o the_o petitioner_n have_v reason_n to_o believe_v that_o m._n levingston_n have_v in_o the_o deed_n whereby_o he_o claim_v the_o personal_a estate_n contrive_v great_a joust_n and_o bequest_n to_o some_o person_n who_o he_o intend_v to_o produce_v as_o witness_n for_o he_o to_o prove_v the_o deed_n for_o the_o land_n and_o so_o witness_n that_o swear_v for_o their_o own_o benefit_n shall_v not_o be_v detect_v for_o want_v of_o sight_n of_o all_o deed_n nor_o be_v this_o order_n of_o the_o honourable_a committee_n to_o compel_v he_o to_o be_v in_o his_o deed_n more_o than_o necessity_n to_o discover_v the_o practice_n require_v nor_o more_o than_o chancery_n and_o other_o court_n use_v to_o do_v in_o matter_n of_o complaint_n of_o fraud_n and_o practice_n and_o many_o other_o case_n as_o to_o so_o much_o of_o mr._n levingston_n consideration_n as_o concern_v the_o mean_n occasion_n or_o procurement_n of_o the_o petitioner_n complaint_n they_o deny_v that_o they_o complain_v by_o any_o other_o mean_n or_o procurement_n than_o their_o own_o and_o for_o their_o own_o inheritance_n estate_n and_o right_o and_o they_o recriminate_v his_o charge_n of_o malice_n and_o falsehood_n upon_o himself_o he_o have_v late_o have_v three_o of_o his_o witness_n convict_v of_o perjury_n in_o the_o upper-bench_n before_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n roll_n and_o two_o other_o of_o they_o indict_v and_o to_o be_v try_v for_o perjury_n the_o next_o term_n in_o other_o cause_n that_o have_v issue_v from_o these_o practice_n and_o that_o the_o defendant_n mr_n levingston_n do_v heretofore_o offer_v to_o one_o dowthwait_n a_o reward_n of_o 50_o l._n value_n to_o swear_v your_o petitioner_n out_o of_o other_o part_n of_o their_o inheritance_n to_o the_o value_n of_o 500_o l._n yearly_o be_v swear_v by_o douthwait_n himself_o upon_o his_o examination_n in_o chancery_n in_o another_o case_n and_o the_o petitioner_n do_v aver_v that_o they_o â—omplein_n as_o well_o for_o the_o personal_a estate_n as_o real_a be_v both_o undue_o get_v from_o they_o by_o m._n levingston_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o when_o by_o justice_n of_o parliament_n the_o petitioner_n shall_v have_v set_v aside_o m._n levingston_n pretend_v deed_n the_o 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