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now comp!/ and one Gardener were furetyes for the paym' of the 
fame/ and of more money w' all/ 
To the 3. that fhe doth well Remember/ that ther compoficion for 
the paymt of the faid debt to the faid whyte was v" by yere/ till 
the fame debt were fullye payd/ But out of what place/ or 
thing/ it was to be payd/ fhe faith fhe doth not fo Remember/ 
And to the reft of this Jnt fhe faith fhe cannot depofe/ 
To the 4. that true it is bothe fhe this depot and her faid hufband 
Whyte made many Jo'neys from ther houffe in S' Johnes {treet 
to the place called the Theater beyond Shordiche/ to the faid 
Brayne/ for the faid money/ but had it not wt the w™ this depo‘ 
{aid hufband Whyte was moch offended/ and in the end fewd the 
{aid Suretyes for the fame/ Whervpon the faid Brayne & his 
furetyes did compound the matter wt the faid Whyte/ & for the 
performaunce of ther compoficion/ they became bound to the 
fame Whyte ether in A Statute or Recognifaunce/ But whether 
her faid hufband Whyte/did affigne & fett over to the faid James 
Burbage/ or to any ells, the bond wherin the faid Brayne and 
Myles ftood firft bound for the paym' of the money wt A lettre 
of Atto™ney to few them thervpon/fhe faith fhe camnot certenlye 
depofe/ Nor more can fay to this Jnt/ 
Vpon the reft of the Jnterrogatories fhe is not ex’/ by the direc- 
cion of the faid James Burbage the now comp!/ 
[Her mark] x 
Johne Hynde of london haberdaffher/ of the age of Ixiiij yeres 
or theraboutes fworne and ex? the xxiiij daye of Julye in the yere 
laft aforefaid &ct 
To the firft Jnt myniftred vnto him/ that he knew Johne Brayne/ 
named in this Jnt whille he lieved/ and knoweth James Burbage 
the now comp! 
To the 2. that true it is he this depot about xiij yeres paft/ w™ 
as he thinketh was in Anno Dni/ 1579. and as he taketh it/ about 
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