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and that he would fpend all that he had but he would pull the 
defend' out of the faid Theatre by the eares. yea or no. 
. Item whither did yo" at fuch tyme as Robert Myles and the p! 
did place Collecto™ at the doares of the Theatre as is aforfaid 
heare James Burbage faye thes wordes: Confcienc. Gods 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 .iij. of the 
beft Lordes in England. Yf yo" did heare them, then who was 
by and prefente when you herd thefe wordes And to whom were 
thei {poken. 
DEPOSITION OF RALPH MYLES 
Raphe Myles fone of Robert Myles of Whyte Chapell parifhe 
w'out Allgate london Bacheler/ of the age of xxvij yeres or ther- 
aboutes/ fworne and ex‘ the xxvj daye of Aprill in the yere afore- 
faid xxxiiij™ &ct" To the firft Jnt. that he doth know and hath 
fene & redde/ an Awarde that was made by one Turno"/ and one 
Hill/ betwene James Burbage/ of the one parte and Jo. Brayne 
deceffed of the other parte/ concerning A controvercye betwene 
them about the Playehouffe called the Theater by w awarde the 
faid Brayne was entytled to haue the one Moytie of the Rentes 
and profittes Ryfing & coming by & of the fame Theatre/ 
To the 2. that it is parcell of the faid Awarde/ that the money 
Receyved and taken of the Rentes and proffittes coming of the 
faid Theatre/ fhuld be to the vie & for the payment of fuche debtes/ 
as ether the faid Brayne/ or the faid Burbage were then in/ for 
the building and repayring of the faid Theatre/ And that before 
thofe debtes were fatiffyed & difcharged nether the faid Brayne/ 
nor the faid Burbage/ nor ther Executo'’/ fhuld haue nor enioye 
any parte or parcell therof to his or ther owne vie/ but onlye that 
the faid Brayne fhuld haue x* by the weeke for & towardes his 
houfe keeping/ and the faid Burbage to haue viij’ as he remem- 
breth weekelye out of the fame for & towardes his houfe keping 
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