English translation of the medieval German text

 


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... Guttenberg, they answered one and all that they had been appointed by their master Johann Guttenberg to witness the proceedings. Johann Fust then stated that he wished to keep to the appointed date, that he had waited before twelve noon and was still waiting for his opponent Johann Gutenberg, who had not come in person, and that he was now ready to fulfil the terms of the verdict on the first article of his claim.

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