186 Charles William Wallace 
thoughte meete and Convenient And alfo to graunte yo™ Matis 
mofte gratious writte of Iniunction to be directed to all the Coun- 
fellors Attorneys Solliciters and factors of the faide Alleyne, 
Comaundinge them to Ceafe all proceedinges in the faide Accion 
vntill the matter in equitie (wherein yo" poore fubiecte humblie 
prayeth to be releeuled) be firfte hard before the Mafters of yor 
highnes faide Courte And yo" poore fubiecte will accordinge to 
his bounden duetie daylie praye to god for the prefervacion of 
yor royall Ma*® in all healthe and happineffe longe to reigne 
ouer vs. 
[Signed] Jo: Walter [Attorney] 
ANSWER 
Quarto die ffebruarij 
Anno Regni Regine 
Elizabethe &c xlij°/ 
The anfwere of Giles Allen Gentleman Defend to 
the Bill of Compl! of Cuthbert Burbage Compl*././ 
The faid Defend! faieth that the faid Bill of Comp" againft him 
exhibited into this Honourable Courte is in the materiall partes 
therof verie vntrue, and is likewife (as the Defend* by his Coun- 
fell is informed) verye vncertaine and infufficient in the lawe to 
be anfwered vnto [by] the faid Defend‘ for diuers and fundrie 
apparaunt faultes and imperfections therin Conteyned And de- 
vifed and exhibited into this Honourable Courte of malice and 
evell will w"out any iuft Caufe conceyved againfte the faid De- 
fend‘ to the intent thereby vniuftlie to vexe and molefte him w™ 
tedious trauell beinge an aged man and to putt him to great trou- 
ble and chardges and that without any iuft Caufe or good matter 
as the Defend' hopeth it fhall appeare vnto this Honourable 
Courte: Nevertheleffe yf by the order of this Honourable Court 
the faid Defend' fhalbe Compelled to make any further or other 
anfwere vnto the faid vntrue incertaine and infufficient Bill of 
Comp" then and not otherwife (the advantage of exception therof 
to this Defend*t nowe and all times herafter faued) for further 
anfwere therevnto, and for a full and plaine Declaracion of the 
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