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To the viij Interr and to all the matters in it conteyned, he can 
fay no otherwife than he hathe faid and depoafed, beinge exam- 
ined vpon the parte and behaulf of the faid Burbege, beinge 
defend‘ at the fute of the faid Margaret Braine, favinge that he 
thinckethe, that Braine, did Receyve more monye by a grete fome 
then he laid out in the Theatre, and that yt could not be his vndo- 
inge for he beleevethe, that he was not of fuch abillitie, as the 
faid Miles reputethe him to haue byne, before the buildinge of the 
Theatre, the rather for that he had made one or more deedes of 
giftes of his goodes, ether before, or in the tyme of the buildinge 
therof and further to this Interr faieth not 
To the ix he faiethe That true it is he this depot at the Requeft of 
the faid Brayne did write certaine peticions, for the fame Braine 
and Myles, to crave favore at ther Credito™ handes, to whom thei 
did owe about viij or ix C", the w*" was not (as he takethe it) 
for any matter concerninge the Theatre, but for Matters concern- 
inge the Inn called the george in white chappell/ and more to this 
Int he faith he can not certainlie depoafe/ 
To the x and xj articles this deponent faieth, That Braine would 
never plainlie declare, how mutch he had receyved concerning the 
Theater, for that he alledged, yf the trve vallew and fome; were 
knowen that yt would hardlie be allowed him but yt feemed by his 
taulke, that he had gayned & receyved a grete deale of monye, 
more then he had difburfed: But after that certaine futes were 
moved betwen one M* Peckham, and Giles Allen, about the in- 
teref{t and title of certaine Land in Hollywell, wherof the Theatre 
was parcell, the faid Braine did take and keepe the moft parte of 
that he did receyve contrarie to the forefaid arbitrem*, and femed 
to be careles of the fame Leafe, the rather, for that yt was mort- 
gaged; and would often tymes confeffe, that yf the faid Leafe 
might not be redemed w* the profittes therof, that yt fhould neuer 
be redemed for him/, and made careles and inconvenient bar- 
gaines, about the faid leafe, after it was mortgaged; and faith that 
befor the faid Leafe was conveyed to Cuthbert Burbege, the faid 
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