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the faid Ry. Burbage & his mother fell vpon the faid Robert 
Myles & beate him wt A broome ftaffe calling him murdring knave 
w' other vyle and vnhoneft wordes at w‘" tyme the faid James 
Burbage told the faid Robert Myles/ that he had but A paper/ 
w™ he might wype his tale w‘t/ and rather then he wold lofe his 
pofieffion/ he wold committ xx contemp'’*/ And by caufe this 
depot. fpake then fomewhat in the favo™ of the po™ womman/ 
that fhe did nothing then but by aucthoritie of the faid Ordre/ the 
faid Ry. Burbage fcornfully & difdainfullye playing w' this depot 
Nofe/ fayd/ that yf he delt in the matter/ he wold beate him alfo/ 
and did chalendge the field of him at that tyme/ And the caufe 
why the faid Robert Myles kept faft in his hand the faid Ordre/ 
was/ for that the faid Burbages wold haue torne the fame in 
peeces/ yf they had had the fame/ in ther handes/ And other- 
wyfe to this Jnt he faith he cannot depofe/ then he hath before 
now depofed on the part & behalf of the faid Margarett Brayne/ 
To the 3. that in his Judgem'/ the faid Burbages haue committed 
g* contempt againft the co’t of Chauncerye afwell at this tyme as 
before in not performing the faid Awarde/ & fulfylling the fame 
Ordre/ And that the faid Margarett hath in his Judgem' per- 
formed the Ordres of the faid Co'te/ and wold be glade of the 
performance of the faid Awarde/ 
To the 4. that he never heard the faid Robert Myles faye that the 
Theatre was his/ or that he had great right therinto/ Or that he 
wold pull the faid Burbages out of the Theater by the eares/ 
But he faithe/ that he hath heard the faid Robert and Raphe Myles 
faye/ that they had lade out A gt deale of money for the faid 
Margarett in this Sute/ but how moch in particuler/ he did not 
heare them faye/ And to the reft of this Jnterrogatory he faith 
he can fay nothing/ 
To the 5. that he never heard the faid Margarett Brayne open or 
declare/ of any Tytle or promiffe of Tytle/ the faid Robert & 
Raphe or ether of them fhuld haue of her/ of & in the faid 
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