(seq. 42)

charing the [?] with fornication & adultery whereby she lost her marriage

Case for words
with an intent to deprive the [?] of her marriage with the said C.
did with a loud voice & in the hearing of [diverse?] of our good subjects
falsely & maliciously pronounce publish & declare that she (meaning
the said B.) had an husband living in Ireland & of her further [malice?]
at ____ on the ____ day of ____ with an intent to deprive the said B.
of her marriage with the said C. & to make her subject to the pu-
nishment by law prescribed [ag.] fornication did with a loud voice
& in hearing of [diverse?] of our [?] subjects pronounce publish &
declare the following false & scandalous words of the said B. [?]
that her sister's apparition (meaning the apparition of the said
A's sister had that night before appeared to me (meaning the [said?]
A & told me (meaning the said A) that she (meaning the said B)
was a damned whore & that she (meaning the said B) had lodged with
my brother (meaning the said A's brother) that night. By means of
speaking proclaiming & publishing all said false scandalous &
[opprobrious?] words the said B hath fallen into comtempt infamy
& scandal with several worthy persons subjects of [?] with whom
she was before that time in great favor & esteem & of good credit &
reputation & also the said C. who hath sollicited her in marriage
& to whom she was out published as aforesaid hath thereby since
neglected & utterly refused to marry the said B. & still [continuette?]
so to do whereby the said B. hath not only lost her credit & reputa-
tion but hath also lost her [preferment?] by marriage.