128 Charles William Wallace 
and certaine other tenem'¢* in S' Leonardes in the parifhe of St 
Leonardes in Sordyche in the Countye of Midlefex, ye or no 
Item whether have you heard or knowen of yo" owne knowledge of 
any Conference that was had betwene the fayd James Burbadge and 
one John Brayne difceafed of the takinge of the fayd peace of 
vacante ground in Leafe and other the landes and tenementes at 
the handes of the fayd Gyles Allyne, and whether did not the 
fayd James defyre the fayd John Brayne to ioyne w him in tak- 
inge thearof to the intente to buylde a theato’ or a playinge howfe, 
and declared what greate proffitt woulde ryfe vnto them bothe 
by yt, yf they fo did, And what was the Aunfweare of the fayd 
John Brayne therevnto to your remembraunce./ 
Item whether did not the fayd James eart uitlye intreate him to 
ioyne w™ him in takinge of yt, otherwyfe he was not able to 
buylde yt, for yt woulde Cofte fyve tymes fo muche as he was 
worthe, And whether did not the fayd John Brayne and he 
agree fo to doe, And that yt fhoulde be taken at Allyns handes — 
only in the name of Burbadge, but notw{tandinge to the vie of 
bothe. 
4. Item whether was not a Leafe thearof taken accordinglye of the fayd 
Gyles Allyne w* Covenauntes therin Conteyned to buylde the fayd 
Theato’ or playinge place, And whether did not the fayd James 
Burbadge after the takinge thearof promys the fayd John Brayne 
to affure him of a moitye of the theato™ and the proffittes thearof 
after yt was buylt together w™ the other landes and tenem'’’, and 
bounde him felf in a bonde fo to doe./ 
. Item whether did not the fayd John Braynes (Jmmediatlye after 
that promyfe) make a greate fome of money to the intente to 
erecte & buylde the fayd howfe, and then hyred workemen pro- 
vyded tymber, and other neceffaryes to builde yt wall, and 
whether did not he beftowe in buyldinge therof the fomme of one 
thoufand Markes at the leafte for his parte and whether did not 
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