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7 To the vij Interrogatory he faiethe, That ther was an Arbitrem* 
8. 9. 
made, betwene Braine & Bvrbege in writinge, afwell for the cer- 
taine difpoafinge, of the profittes, levied in the Theatre and 
Tenem*, as in directing the faid Braine, when, and how, fuch 
fomes of monye, as he the faid Braine had difburfed, aboute the 
buildinge the faid Theatre, fhuld be to him paid: for the certaintie 
wherof, this depont referrethe himfelf to the faid arbitrem', only 
he faiethe, that nether the faid Braine nor his executrix the now 
comp!’ haue obferved the fame, nor by their owne fpeches and 
affirmacions, neuer will performe the faid arbitrem', and further 
to this Interrogatory he can not depoafe of his owne knowledge/ 
To the viij and ix Interrogatory he depoafethe and faiethe, That 
the faid James Burbege w™ the confent of John Braine did mort- 
gadge the Leafe of the Theatre, to one John Hyde the w™ was to 
him forfeited, who did thervpon arreft the faid Burbege intend- 
inge (as this depont takethe it) to take the advauntadge therof, 
and to expell the faid Burbege and Braine, and to that end did 
fend one of his fervauntes, to collecte and gyve order, that futch 
monye, or the beft parte therof, as was receyved at the Theatre, 
fhould be brought and paied to him, and becawfe he did not re- 
ceyve futch fomes of monye, in that wife, as was to his likinge, 
he the faid Hyde gave order to George Cloughe, father in Lawe 
to him the faid Hyde, to demaunde his monye, or to remove the 
faid Burbege out of the Theatre, by w™ meanes, the faid Cloughe 
did go to the faid Theatre, and threatened to remove the faid 
Burbege from thence, fynce the deathe of the faid Braine (as this 
depont remembrethe) And this depont further faiethe, that for 
a fome of monye the certaintie wherof he rememb’eth not, the 
faid Hyde, did fell his title in the faid Leafe, to Cuthbert Burbege 
one of thes defends, at the payem' of parte wherof, this depont 
was prefent, at ij feverall tymes, the w monye fo paid to the faid 
Hyde, was the proper monye of the faid Cuthbert (as this depont 
is perftwaded) and he beleeveth it, the rather, for that the faid 
Cutbert did then declare, that he was faine to borrowe parte therof 
the w™ he affermed he would not haue done, but only to haue 
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