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againit any order made in the faid Covrt. And wherin do yo" 
knowe that the p! hath performed the Arbitremt, And wherin 
haue the defend'e* broken, or not performed the faid Arbitrem*. 
to yo’ knowledge. 
. Item whither haue yo" herd Robert Myles report that the Theatre 
was his, And that he had moft right thervnto And that he would 
pull the faid defend'® out of the faid Theatre by the eares. What 
fome of mony hath he, or his fonne Raphe Myles reported that 
the fute againft thes defend'®* had coft him or them, And what 
fome haue thei fworne to fpend, for the removinge thes defend‘ 
from the Theatre. 
5 Item what title or promyfe of title in the faid Theatre haue yo" 
herd the p! to make to the faid Robert or Raphe Myles. And 
what haue yo" herd them boaft thei fhuld gayne therby. And 
whither do yo" thincke in yo" confcience, that Robert Myles or 
Raphe Myles fhall haue fome intereft or profitt out of the 
Theatre in Lieu of ther chardges and travell after the fame fhalbe 
recovered from the defend'®* yea or no. 
. Item whither did yo" at fuch tyme as Robert Myles or the p'! 
place Collecto"’ at the doores of the Theatre as is aforfaid heare 
James Burbage faye thes wordes. Confcienc. Godes bloud what 
tell yo" me of confcienc or orders Or thes wordes. I care not 
for any contempt. Or thes wordes, I care not for i1j of the beft 
Lordes in England. yf yo" did heare them, then who was by and 
prefente when yo" herd thofe wordes. And to whom were thei 
fpoken. And whither were thos wordes fpoken to the playntif 
yea orno And whither was fhe prefente when Myles did fo often 
tymes come to the Theatre to demaund a moitie of the profittes 
therof yea or no. 
DEPOSITION OF NICHOLAS BISHOP 
Refponfio Nicholai Biffhoppe ad ar’ Jacobi 
Burbage & Cuthberti Burbage verfus Marga- 
retam Brayne viduam capta per Henricum 
Johnes in Cancellaria Examinatorem per ordinem 
Curie/ 
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