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trary Then A Sequestracion fhalbe graunted of the moyety of all 
the yffues and profyttes of the premiffes vntill the matter fhalbe 
here heard and determyned or otherwife ordered by this co™ 
[The above order was first printed by J. P. Collier, modernized through- 
out, in his Memoirs of the Principal Actors (Shakespeare Society, 1846), 
p. 8.] 
BRAYNE UV. BURBAGE 
Chancery Decrees and Orders, vol. 1590 “A,” 145; also m 
1590 “B,” 150. Michaelmas, 32 & 33 Elizabeth (1590). 
Veneris xiij° die Novembris [1590] 
Margaret Brayne wid p!) fforafmucheas vpon the openynge 
James Burbage Cutberd } of the matter this prefent daye by 
Burbage and others def | M* Stieaunt Harrys beinge of the 
deft*® Councell and feakinge for 
{taye of A fequeftracion prayed by 
a former order on the p'* behalf and alfo vpon the hearinge of 
M Scott beinge of the p'** councell what he could faye touching 
the caufe It feemed vnto this co™ That there was an Arbytrament 
heretofore made betwene the p'** late hufband & the faid James 
Burbage the xij daye of July in the xx™ yere [1578] of her 
Mates Raigne by one Richard Turnor & John Hill touching the 
fame matter w°" ys nowe agayne brought in queftion And that 
nether of the partyes did nowe fhewe any fuffycyent caufe where- 
fore the fame Arbytramt or awarde fhould not be performed It 
ys therefore ordered That the faid award or Arbytram* fhalbe 
well and truly obferved and performed accordinge to the teno™ 
& trewe meanynge thereof Afwell by the p! and all claymyng from 
by or vnder her As alfo by the deft** and euery of them and all 
claymynge from by or vnder them or any of them And the faid 
order for fequeftracion fhalbe ftayed 
[The preceding order caused a tremendous row at the Theatre, and gave 
occasion for many of the later depositions in the case. Three days after 
the order, namely, on Nov. 16, 1590, Margaret Braynes, Robert Myles, 
his son Ralph, and Nicholas Bishop went with this order to the Theatre, 
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