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the age of xxxv yeres or theraboutes fworne and ex the vjth 
daye of Maye in the yere aforefaid & ct" To the firft Jnterroga- 
tory/ that he hath crediblie heard faye/ that ther paffed an Arbi- 
tryment or An award betwene James Burbage of the one part/ 
and Jo. Brayne named in this Jnterrogatory now deceffed on the 
other parte/ concerning the controuercye betwene them of the 
profittes of the play houfe of the Theater/ by the w® Arbitry- 
ment/ (as this depot did heare faye/ the one half of the proffittes 
of the faid Play houfe was awarded to the faid Brayne his execu- 
to" and affignes/ and tthe other half to the faid James Burbage/ 
his executo™ and affignes/ And faithe/ that one Henrye Layn- 
mann had (and as he thinketh yet hathe & doth receive) part of 
the proffittes of the fame/ & fo muft till Mychaelmes now next 
coming but by whofe graunt/ he knoweth not/ But wheth" the 
faid Brayne did confent therunto/ he knoweth not/ 
To the 2. that to his now Remembrance, he can fay no more, then 
he hath hertofore depofed on the complainantes behaulf to the 13 
Jnterrogatory. And further faithe, that at the fame tyme whan 
the faid comp’, and the faid Robert Myles came to demaund of 
the faid James Burbage & of his fone/ the performance of the 
forefaid Arbitryment/ and ordre of the Chauncery concerning 
‘the one half of the proffittes of the faid Theater/ the faid comp! 
and Myles/ femed to be readye & willing wtout any deniall to 
fhew to them/ by what auctho® they were to haue the fame/ yf 
the defend'** wold haue demaunded the fame/ 
To the 3. that he doth verelie thinke/ that the faid James Burbage 
hath committed A contempt to the faid honorable Co'te of Chaun- 
cerye/ in Maner & fourme/ as this depot hath depofed vppon 
his othe before to the fame 13. Jnt/ on the compl*'¢* behalf/ wher- 
unto/ for the better proof therof/ he doth referre him felf/ 
To the 4. that the faid Robert Myles did at no tyme confeffe to 
this depot/ that he had any thing to do wt the faid Theater then 
as A freind by the comp" lettre of Atto™ney to do for her in the 
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