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the deceffe of the faid Braynes/ his wyfe the now comp! went to 
the faid Jo. hyde and this Depot & others in her companye/ and 
offered him/ to paye him the money that was behynde vnpayd/ 
w by his owne confeffion was but xxx"/ yf he wold convey 
over vnto her the faid leaffe/ and that yf he wold fo do/ fhe wold 
be bounde to affure the faid James Burbage of the moytie of all 
the proffittes and Rentes therof/ faying in verye dede/ Although 
the faid Burbage wold & foght to defeat her of her right therin/ 
yet wold not fhe fo deale wt him/ and then the faid hyde made 
her ani*/ faying Whan I am payd my money/ then will I make 
it ouer to yo" & burbage as yo" hufband & Burbage made it to 
me/ or fpeche to the fame effecte/ 
To the 16. that he doth knowe that after the death of the faid 
Jo. Braynes/ the faid James Burbage did deteyne in his own 
handes/ the proffittes and Rentes of the faid premiffes/ of pur- 
pofe (as it was thought) that the faid leafe fhuld fall forfetted 
to the faid hyde/ & fo that he might take it over of the faid hyde 
in his own name/ or in the name of fome other to his vife/ as it 
trulie fell out after/ And faith that after the death of the faid 
Braynes the faid James Burbage/ did vtterlye denye the comp! 
to take or Receave any more of the proffittes or Rentes of the 
faid premiffes contrarye to the expreffe meaning & Wordes of the 
forefaid Awarde & Arbitryment/ Wherby the faid Jo Hyde was 
not payd his money according to the faid Arbitryment/ w* the 
Rentes and profittes of the premiffes/ as it ought to haue bene 
by the faid Arbitryment/ 
To the 17 that true it is the faid James Burbage (as the faid Jo 
hyde told this Depot) Did fo labo" him/ what by the faid Burbage 
wyfe/ and fpeciallye by lettres from one M* Cope one of the lord 
Treaforers gentlemen/ that he fhuld make ouer his intereft & 
claime of & in the faid leafe/ to Cuthbert Burbage the fone of the 
faid James Burbage/ the other now Defend*/ [to the vfe of him 
the fame James Burbage (stricken out) |/ vppon the payment of 
the faid xxx" & fome further confideracion/ meaning as this 
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