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greateft parte of the goodes and fubftance of the faid Jeames 
Burbage into his handes and the faid Ellen Burbage the late wife 
of the faid Jeames Burbage beinge a poore woman the Defend 
[sic] verie fubtillye Caufed her to take the adminiftracion of the 
goodes of the faid Jeames Burbage to the intent that therbie and 
by Colour of the faid adminiftracion they might trouble and moleft 
the Defend' and others and yet themfelues avoid the paiment of 
the Debtes of the faid Jeames Burbage and the performance of 
fuch Covenantes and other Dueties as the faid Jeames Burbage 
and his executors or adminiftrato™ ought both in lawe and Con- 
{cience to paie and performe vnto the Defend! and others: And 
further wheras the Compt fuppofeth that the faid Jeames Bur- 
bage his father did to his great Chardges erecte the faid Theatre 
and therby pretendeth that there fhould be the greater Caufe in 
equitie to releiue him the Comp" for the fame: Herevnto the 
Defend! faieth that Confideringe the great proffitt and beniffitt 
which the faid Jeames Burbage and the Comp" in their feuerall 
times haue made therof w™ (as the Defend' hath Crediblie hard) 
doth amounte to the fomme of twoe thoufand powndes at the leaft: 
the Defend‘' taketh it they haue been verie fufficientlye recom- 
penfed for their Chardges which they haue beftowed vppon the 
faid Theatre or vppon anie other buildinges there had they been 
much greater then they were And further the Defend faieth that 
he hath Crediblie heard that the faid Theatre was not built at 
the alone Chardges of the faid Jeames Burbage but that one 
John Braines did defraie the greateft parte of the Chardges 
therof vppon agreement made (as the Defend‘ hath heard) be- 
tweene the faid Jeames Burbage and the faid John Braines that 
the faid John Braines fhould haue the moyetie of the leafe and 
of the profittes therof w" becaufe he the faid John Braines did 
not enioye accordinglie but was therin Defrauded by the faid 
Jeames Burbage (as the Defend' hath heard) one Robert Miles 
as executo” to the executo" of the faid John Braines did exhibite a 
Bill into her ma“ highe Courte of Chauncerie again{t the Comp" 
and the faid Jeames Burbage (as the Defend! taketh it) w™ fuite 
Dependinge the faid Comp" fubtillie intendinge to Defraude both 
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