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be vied/ and A dyvydent or half alfo of all the Rentes of fuche 
howies and thinges as were graunted & were w'in the Compaffe 
of the faid leafe/ fo the faid John Braynes made a g* fome of 
money/ of purpofe & intent/ to go to the building of the faid 
Playe houffe/ and thervppon did provyde Tymbre/ and other 
{tuffe nedefull for the building yerof/ and hyred Carpinters/ and 
plaifterers for the fame purpofe and paid the wotkemen comtyn- 
uallye/ So as he for his part lade out of his owne purce & what 
vpon Credit about the fame/ to the fome of vj or vij© 
li. [6 or 7oo/.] at the leaft/ And in the fame tyme feing the 
faid James Burbage nothing able ether of him felf/ or by his 
credit to contrybute any like fome towardes the building therof/ 
being then to be fynifhed/ or ells to be loft that had bene beftowed 
vppon it alredye/ the faid Braynes was dryven to fell his houfe 
he Dwelled in/ in Bucklers bery and all his ftock that was left/ 
and gyve vppe his trade yea in the end to pawne & fell both his 
owne garmentes and his wyves & to ren [sic] in debt to many for 
money to fynifhe the faid Playe houffe/ & fo to ymploye himfelf 
onlye vppon that matter/ and all whatfoeuer he could make/ to 
his vtter vndoing/ ffor he faith/ that in the latter end of the 
fynifhing therof/ the faid Braynes and his Wyfe the now comp. 
were dryven to labo" in the faid wo'kes/ for faving of fome of the 
charge/ in place of ij° laborers/ Whereas the faid James Bur- 
bage went about his owne bufynes/ and at fometymes whan he did 
take vppon him to do fome thing in the faid wo'kes/ he wold be/ 
and was allowed A workmans hyre/ as other the workmen there 
had/ 
To the 6. that he hath heard the faid James Burbage confeffe 
vppon the accomptes and Reconinges had betwene him & the faid 
Braynes concerning the faid leafe and the matter of the buildinge 
of the faid Playehouffe/ that all the charge w™ he was at/ in the 
accomplifhing of the premiffes from the begynning to the end did 
not amount to the full value of one C'/ w™ this Depot verylie 
thinketh to be true/ ffor he never knew him but A po" man ¢ but 
of {mall Credit/ being by occupacton/ A Joyner/ and reaping but 
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