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he fuffred her A certen tyme/ to take & Receyve the one half of 
the profittes of the Gallaries of the faid Theater vntill fhe had 
{pent & beftowed vpon the fame/ all that fhe had Receyved and 
A great deale more/ And then on a foden he wold not fuffer 
her to receyve any more of the proffittes there/ faying that he 
muft take & Receyve all, till he had payd the debtes/ And then 
fhe was conftrayned as his fervaunt/ to gather the money/ & to 
deliuer it vnto him/ and fhortlie after/ he wold not fuffer her 
any waye to medle in the premiffes/ but thruft her out of all/ 
and fo vfeth her to this Daye/ againft Dyvers Ordres out of the 
Co'te of Chauncerye/ in verye contempcyous fort/ 
To the 11. that he can fay nothing 
To the 12. that he can fay no more then he hath before faid to 
the x Jnterrogatory/ 
To the 13. that he doth knowe/ ther was fuch an Ordre/ & to 
the fame effecte/ as in this Jnterrogatory is mencioned/ the w™ 
Ordre the faid comp! being verye willing to performe the fame/ 
went Dyvers tymes wt fondrye her frendes and neighbo™ to the 
now defend'’s/ and demaunded of them her moytie of the Rentes 
and profittes of the faid Theater & premiffes according [to] the 
faid Ordre/ and they did vtterlye deny fo to do/ in the hearing 
of this depot and others of credit and reputacion/ the faid James 
Burbage faying he wold obey no fuche Ordre/ nor cared not for 
them/ Revyling the comp! wt termes of Murdring ho™ & other- 
wife & chardged her & her companye to get them of his grounde/ 
Or elles he wold fett them of wt no eafe/ At w‘ tyme Cuthberde 
Burbage the other defend' came to them/ and then the faid 
comp! demaunded of him/ the performance of the faid Ordre/ 
and he made anfwer/ he wold not ftand to any fuch ordre/ and 
willed her & her company to gett them thence faying thow haft 
nothing to do here/ nether fhalt thow haue any thing to do here/ 
and fo wt moche threatening and manacyng, fhe and her com- 
panye went awaye/ 
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