IF notorious Untruths and false Inferences deserve the Name of a scandalous Libel , the said Printed Case is one .

The Case sets forth , That her Father , the late Earl of Peterborough , paid 10000 l. in Money , and settled near 1000 l. per Ann. in Lands , the remainder thereof to the Duke and his Heirs ; and a Personal Estate of 10000 l ( after the Decease of the said Earl and Countess ) and also 1000 l. per Ann. for twenty Years : Besides very rich Jewels , Plate , and other things of great value , which the said Dutchess brought into the Duke's Family . And it 's pretended , that her Grace hath , since her Separation , paid great Debts that had been contracted for the support of the Duke's Honour and his Service .

Answer . Neither the Duke , nor his Father , received from his Grace's Family any more than 1000 l. to evidence which , if the Duke pays back the 10000 l. as the Bill directs , then her Estate is as entire and free to all intents , as if he had never married her .

As to his having 1000 l. per Ann. for twenty Years to his Use , as is pretended , the Duke absolutely denys it ; or that he has Jewels , Plate , or any thing of Five Pounds value from her or her Family : But soon after they married , he was obliged to borrow 1500 l. to buy Linnen and Houshold Goods .

That within three Years , which happened between the late Duke's Death , and the parting of the now Duke and Dutchess , she ran him out by extravagant expenses , near 30000 l. above his Income ; to pay which obliged him to sell his Life in 2400 l. per Ann. out of his Estate in Sussex and Yorkshire .

That she has been so far from paying any debts for his Honour and Service , that he has been sued , and forced to pay several considerable Sums to Trades-men ( contracted by her without his Privacy ) tho' she had a 1000 l. a Year Pin-money all the while .

That upon her refusal to go into the Country , and her Fathers refusing to receive her in any House of his , she at her own request chose to go into France . But the Duke did not concern himself whether she came back , or not , nor ever heard of her change of Religion , till he felt it ( as well as heard it ) by her sueing him before the then High Commissioned Court for Alimony , which forced him to retire beyond Sea , from whence he returned about two Months before the King 's Landing .

It is a great assurance that the Dutchess's Agents have , to mention what was Sworn by her Servants , as disproving Hauseur and Vaness , when it appeared so plainly that they were taught a Lesson which they greatly mistook , and instead of disproving , confirmed thechief part of the others Evidence .

And its pleasant , that instead of Susannah Barrington , who has been charged with the Privacy of the whole intrigue , and appears to have been in the Dutchess's Service all along , and likewise since the bringing in this Bill , they should advance that Infamous Witness Frances Knight to be the Dutchess's Woman .

What they say of Bayly's contradicting Hauseur , is upon a mistake , which Bayly himself soon Corrected : And the Dutchess's Servants were so far from proving the Dutch-Woman Vaness turned away before the rejecting the last Bill ; that one of the Dutchess's Witnesses proves her to have been the Dutchess's Servant while that Bill was depending .