Some more deciphering please

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The Fearless One. Rest in Peace.
Can someone please let me know what the last four lines of the body of this Will read.

I can pick out son John, Theobald and sole, the rest is a problem.

I was able to pick out the names of daughters Elizabeth, Theobald, Mary and Catherine and their spouses which was great because it confirmed the names of the spouses I already had as correct, I have no idea what the bequests were.

I really must get my eyes rechecked and get one pair of my reading glasses adapted for computer work, can't keep putting it off.
 

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I have probably got it wrong but hey ho.....And do make my sonn ..John and my.. wife Theobald full and sole executor and executrix of this my present last will and testament above?, hereby redacting all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this Two and Twentieth Day of January in ye yeare of Lord God one thousand seven hundred and eleven...
Thats the last four lines..I hope.
 
My take -
And I doe make my s[ai]d sonne John and my s[ai]d wife Theobald full and sole Executor and Executrix of this my present last will and testament above s[ai]d hereby revoking all former wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this Two and Twentieth Day of January in the yeare of Lord God one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eleven
 
Thanks Ann & Sue, much appreciated.

I note the Will stated John the elder was a Yeoman, so he probably wasn't short of a bob or two.

John and his wife Theobald had seven children, only one of them a son, two daughters Sarah and Ursular died young, but the will confirms that the other children reached adulthood and marriage.
 
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