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fhewinge any good or fuffycient cawfes thereof It ys therefore 
ordered that the confideracion of the faid bill and demurrer be 
Referred to M* Dt Cefarr one of the M": of this courte To thend 
he may Reporte vnto this Courte whether the fame demurrer be 
fuffycient or not If not then a Swbpoena ys awarded against the 
def‘*s to aunfwere directly to the p'® bill of complainte and to 
all the materyall pointes thereof. And the def‘* Attorney ys to 
be warned when the premefis fhalbe confidered of 
BRAYNE UV. BURBAGE 
Chancery Decrees and Orders, vol. 1590 “A,” 109; also in 
1590 “B,” 113. Michaelmas, 32 & 33 Elizabeth (1590). 
Mercurij iiijt0 die Novembris [1590] 
Margaret Braynes exec of ) fforafmucheas this courte was this 
John Braynes deceaffed p'| prefent daye enformed by Mr" Scott 
James Burbage and Rich- ¢ being of the p!** Councell That fhee 
ard & Cuthbert Burbage | havinge exhibited A bill into this 
deftes Co™ against the deft for and con- 
cernyng the moyety of the Theater 
and other tenementes w ‘the faid James Burbage was by an 
agreem’ had betwene him and the p'®* late hufbande to affigne 
to thexecuto™ adminiftrato™s or affignes of her faid hufband and 
to fuffer him and them to enioye yt for and duringe the whole 
terme to come in a leafe made of the faid Theate™ or of the 
grounde wherevpon yt ftandes and of other the premiffes to the 
faid James Burbage by one Gyles Allyn He the faid James Bur- 
bage hathe not only put in an yll demurrer to that bill w hathe 
bene overruled by order of this co™ But alfo dothe by himfelf & 
thother def‘** take awaye the whole gayne and benyfytt of the 
faide Theate™ and other premiffes from the p' Albeyt fhee and 
her hufband haue bene at very greate charges in buylding thereof 
to the fome of vj C! and did for A tyme enioye the moyety of 
the premiffes accordinge to the trewe meanynge of the faid 
agreem' It ys therefore ordered That yf the def‘ fhall not by 
this daye fenight fhewe vnto this courte good caufe to the con- 
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