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of the M* of this co™ of a contempt fuppofed to be comytted 
on the deft®s behalf It ys thought meete and fo ordered by this 
courte That no advantage or further proceeding fhalbe had vpon 
that reporte But that M* Dt Stanhope and Mt Dt Legg two of 
the M* of this courte fhall confyder and reporte to this co™ 
whether the def‘® or either of them haue comitted any contempt 
or not in breache of A former order Layd to theire charge vpon 
whofe reporte fuche order fhalbe peremptoryly taken w'out 
further delaye as to this co™ fhall be thought meete 
BRAYNE @. BURBAGE 
Chancery Decrees and Orders, vol. 1591 “A,” 151; also in 1591 
“B,” 163. Michaelmas, 33 & 34 Elizabeth (1591). 
xiij° die Novembris [1591] 
Margaret Brayne Vpon the opening of the matter in vary- 
widowe p! ance to the right worfhipfull the Mr’ 
James Burbage & of the Rolles by M* Scott on the be- 
Cutbert Burbage half of the faid p! after the Ryfing of 
def*s the courte It appered that before this 
tyme the confyderacion of the caufes 
was Referred to Mt D™ Stannop and M* D* Legg two of the 
M's of this co™ who haue heard the caufe and the councell on 
bothe partes and haue made A reporte in wryting vnder bothe 
theire handes being in hec Verba _ By order of the xij™ of octo- 
ber laft wee haue had the councell on bothe partyes before vs and 
entring into the confyderacion of the contempt comytted to vs to 
examyne them Wee doe fynde that wee could not well proceede 
to examyne them before John Hyde of London grocer and Raphe 
Myles of London Sopemaker were examyned towching the caufe 
and one Nicholas Bufhop and John Allen vpon the contempt in 
the Interrogatoryes again{t the faid deft* pretended wherevpon 
yt was concented by Councell on bothe fydes That the courte 
would be pleafed to geve aucthoryty vnto vs to geve othe vnto 
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