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Brayne deceffed/ the late hufband of the now comp! ther was 
fome contencion/ and controuercye betwene him and James Bur- 
bage one of the now defend*’* Concerning the faid Theater/ 
But what end the fame contencion took/ he faith he is ingnorant 
To the 3. that he is ingnorant 
To the 4. that true it is/ the faid James Burbage and the faid 
John Brayne did Joyntlie Morgage the intereft they had in the 
faid Theater to this depot vppon & for the fome of Cxxv" as he 
doth now Remember or theraboutes/ to be repayd at a yeres end 
as [this deponent] doth now call to mynde/ 
To the 5. that for nonpaymt of the faid money they forfetted the 
faid Theater to this depot/ and fo remayned forfetted vnto him 
feuerall yeres/ 
To the 6. that nether the faid James Burbage/ nor John Brayn 
payd vnto this depot any part or parcell of the faid money ether 
before the faid forfetture/ nor long after it was forfetted/ Nor 
how moche was left vnpayd of the fame at the death of the fame 
Jo. Brayne/ Nor how moche therof hath bene payd fyns his 
deathe/ 
To the 7. that it is verye true/ that he this depot/ did many and 
fondrye tymes tell bothe the faid Jo. Brayne/ the faid James Bur- 
bage/ the now comp!/ and others her ffrendes/ that yf he this 
depot were payd his money that was behynde due [and fome 
reafonable confideration] for the forbearing therof/ that he wold 
never take any advantage of the faid forfeture/ 
To the 8. that it is true indede/ he this depot did dyvers tymes tell 
the now comp!/ that yf he were payd his money/ he wold make 
over the faid Theater to her and the faid James Burbage by caufe 
her hufband & the faid Burbage did Joyntlie Morgage it vnto him/ 
And this anfwer he this depot made vnto the faid comp’, fondrye 
yeres/ and at the laft he told her that fyns he had forborne his 
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