72 Charles Wiliam Wallace 
xxxiij" yere of the reigne of o’ Sovereigne Ladie Queen Elizabeth 
by vertue &c 
1. To the firft Interr. That he knewe John Braine when he was 
lyvinge, and that he knowethe the parties Defendantes and Com- 
playnante, & hath knowen them thes xiiij yeres & vpwardes 
2.3.4. To the ij. iij and 111j Interrogatories he can not depoafe 
5. 6. To the v and vj Jnterr. he depoafethe and faiethe, That he was 
not prefent, when the buildinge, latelie errected by James Burbege 
or his affignes, nere the Theatre were vewed/ but beinge in Com- 
panye w™ the vewers therof, thei did eftimate the chardge thereof, 
to arrife to 220" & vpwardes the w™ matter certaine worckmen 
alfo affermed; who did acknowledge that they had receyved a good 
parte therof, fortheir wo'kmanfhip and other thinges; wherof, 
they alfo affermed, that nether Braines, nor his executo™, did 
paie to them any thinge. but what fome of monye certainelie, the 
faid James Burbege did beftoe, ether vpon the new buildinge of 
the Theatre, or vpon the repayringe of the fame, this depont 
knowethe not of his owne knowlege, nor what monye he hath paid, 
{ince the deathe of Braine, but by the accomptes of the faid Bur- 
bege, the w™ this depon* hath often feene and coppied out, yt it fett 
dowen. That the faid Braine and his executo™, did owe to him 
the moitie of 220% beftoed as is aforefaid. And the moitie of 
230" paid by the faid Burbege for rent, and for repayring of the 
Theatre and the moitie of 220! 13° 4°, paid by the faid Burbege, 
for the difcharginge of bondes debtes, and other exfpences, fynce 
the deathe of Braine, befides the fome of 135'* 1%. the w® the 
faid Braine, by a noate vnder his owne hand, confeffethe to haue 
receyved out of the Theatre, and to be accomptable for the fame; 
but whither the faid: accomptes, payem*es & demandes of the faid 
James Burbege, be true or falfe, he faiethe he knowethe not; but 
he faiethe, that he is verie fure that the noate, that the faid John 
Braine hath fett downe, for the receipte of the 135’* 1%, is the 
proper hand writinge of the faid Braine: And more to thes Interr 
he faiethe not/ 
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