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faid leafe (as he thinketh he had iufte Caufe both in lawe and 
Confcience foe to Doe:) and afterwardes a little before the Death 
of the faid Jeames Burbage thoroughe great labour and entreatie 
of the faid Jeames Burbage and the Comp" and other their 
ffreindes whoe often moued the Defend' in their behalfe and the 
faid Jeames Burbage pretendinge and makinge fhewe vnto the 
Defendt with manie faire fpeeches and proteftacions that he 
woulde therafter Duely paie his rent and repaire the howfes and 
buildinges and performe all his Covenantes as a good and an 
honeft tenant ought to doe and that he would likewife paie the 
faid arrerages of thirtye powndes: the Defend‘ and the faid 
Jeames Burbage grewe to a newe agreement that the faid Jeames 
Burbage fhould haue a newe leafe of the premiffes Conteyned in 
the former leafe for the terme of one and twenty yeares to beginne 
after the ende and expiracion of the former leafe for the yearelie 
rent of foure and twentie powndes, for the faid Jeames Burbage 
in refpect of the great proffitt and Commoditie which he had 
made and in time then to come was further likelye to make of the 
Theatre and the other buildinges and growndes to him Demifed 
was verye willinge to paie tenn powndes yearelye rent more then 
formerlie he paid: And it was likewife further agreed betweene 
them (as the Defend‘ hopeth he fhall fufficientlie proue) that the 
faid Theatre fhould Continue for a playinge place for the fpace 
of fiue yeares onelie (after the expiracion of the firft terme) and 
_ not longer by reafon that the Defendt fawe that many incon- 
veniences and abufes did growe therby and that after the faid 
flue yeares ended it fhould be Converted by the faid Jeames 
Burbage and the Comp" or one of them to fome other vie and be 
imployed vppon the groundes Demifed wherbye the benifitt and 
profitt therof after the terme of the faied James Burbage ended 
fhould remaine and be vnto the Defend: but before that agree- 
ment was perfitted (by reafon that the faid Jeames Burbage had 
not procured fuch fecurytie for the performance of his Cove- 
nantes as the Defend‘ did require) the faid Jeames Burbage 
Dyed: after whofe Death the Comp" did againe often moue and 
intreat the Defend‘ that he might haue a newe leafe of the 
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