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from tyme to tyme as he received the fame but to how moch the 
fame monies did a mount vnto this dpt remembereth not. Neither 
did he at ay tyme to his remembrance feue the fame James bur- 
bage or one Js. Prynne concerning the faid Leafe nor went about 
to put the now def out of the Theatre nor ay thing elles to that 
Jnterrogatory canne depofe nor more faith in this matter 
[Signed] George Cloughe 
BRAYNE VU. BURBAGE (CONTEMPT) 
Idem. Bdl. 221, No. 12. Hilary, 33 Elizabeth (1591). 
Interrogatories to be mynyi{tred on the parte and 
behalf of Margaret Braines widowe Compl* 
again{t James Burbage & Cuthberte Burbage 
defend‘ vpon contempt 
Inprimis whether were you Cuthbert Burbage prefente at the 
Chauncery Barr the xiij of Nouember 1590 the Court ther beinge 
moved by yo™ owne Councell m™ Seriant Harris to ftay and Order 
before granted vpon a Sequestracion of the Moytie of the Theatre 
at the fute of Margaret Brayns the nowe Compl*. Againit yow 
and others And wheth’ did not yow them w‘ the Confent of your 
faid Councell Caufe and order to be fett downe for to performe 
the Arbitramt made and Ordered by Richard Turner and John 
Hill betwene the faid James Burbage & John Braines the hufband 
of the nowe Complaint Dated the xij of Julie in the xx™ yere of 
her Mat'*s reigne yea or no/ 
Item whether do yow James Burbage and Cuthbert Burbage 
knowe of your owne knowledge or otherwife haue hard fay that 
one Robert Myles w* divers others vpon the xvj'* of Nouember 
lait paft did come in the behalf and in the name of the Nowe 
Compl' to the nowe dwellinge howfe of the faid James Burbage 
your ffather and ther did demande of yow both the performance 
of the faid Award accordinge to the faid Order And wheth" did 
not yow both then fay that yow would not ftand to anie fuch 
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