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6. That he thervpon did fend his Servantes to chardg the faid Brayne 
not to deale ay further w™ ay thing concerning the faid Theatre, 
except he wold deliver vnto hym this dpt the money he received. 
And this deponent remembereth that he did appoint one of his 
Servantes w the faid James burbage as in his this dep*e* right 
title and intereft to difchardg difmyffe and put out the faid Brayne 
from the faid Theatre/ 
7. That by reafon the faid braine would not departe w" the money 
he had received he this dep' was conf{treyned to appoynt one of his 
Servantes and the faid Ja. Burbage the def to gather vp v' wekely 
during the tyme of playes thinking by that meanes to haue p* hym 
felf w™ the proffites of the Theatre ffor that he faw the faid 
Brayne to be fo bad a fellow And this dp‘ by that rate did receive 
in money to the fome of xx or xxx" as he remembereth./ 
8 That during the faid paym'’* he held itill the faid leafe in his 
handes. And depofeth that the faid Braine did not afterward 
pay vnto hym this dpt ay other or more money than that w** was 
‘brought to hym wekely out of the Theatre as aforefaid 
g That after the death of the faid Braine and after the receptes as 
aforefaid he did fay and gaue it out in fpech that he had fet ouer 
and affigned the faid leafe and bondes to one George Clough his 
this dp‘e* ffather in lawe but in truth he did not fo neither did the 
faid Clough to this dp*’* remembrance and as he thinketh few the 
faid James Burbage and the faid Pryne or either of them after 
the death of the faid Brayne. But this dpt thinketh that the faid 
Clough his father in law did go about to put the faid def out of 
the Theatre or at left did threaten hym to put hym out And as 
this dpt remembereth the faid burbage did tell hym that he cold 
not accomplifh fuch order as he this dep‘ and his faid ffather in 
law Clough had fet downe and prefcribed to hym for the redemp- 
cion of his faid leafe 
10 That m™ Walter Cope being Attendaunt vpon the Lord Treafaurer 
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