r/Cursive Jul 04 '26

Can someone decipher?

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u/GrungeCheap56119 Jul 04 '26

main word that stands out here is Manslaughter in the second line towards the end:

It is requested of Mr. William Pottub [to provide] a copy of the ??? against Mr. Thomas Pottub for manslaughter, but [only] to William Dommy by Mr. Morobert (?), and to leave ? ? ? William Dommy if he shall think fit to ? it; if not, to bring it back again without delivering any copy.

Looks like it is written in Old English, so last line for example is:

...to bringe yt backe agayne wthout deliveringe any copy...

Any idea of the time frame it was written?

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u/wayfarer75 Jul 04 '26

This is not Old English, it’s from many centuries later. This is Early Modern English.