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the faid Robert Miles and the Defend‘ pulled downe the faid 
Theatre in great Contempt of the faid Honourable Court and to 
the great wronge and iniurye of the Defend', the faid Comp" 
(as the Defend‘ taketh it) neither yet the faid Ellen Burbage 
hauinge noe Colour either in lawe or Confcience foe to doe. 
w"out that y' the faid Jeames Burbage did performe all the arti- 
cles Covenantes and agreementes on his parte to be performed 
or that he the faid Jeames Burbage onely did to his great 
Chardges erecte the faid Theatre in manner and forme as in the 
Bill of Comp" is alledged: and wout that y* the intereft of the 
faid terme & all benifitt and proffitt that might growe by the faid 
Indentures of leafe did by good Conveyance Come vnto the 
Comp", or that he was lawefullie poffeffed therof by force of any 
fuch Conveyance made vnto him: and without that yt the Comp" 
did often require the Defend‘ and Sara his wife to make him the 
faid newe leafe in any other manner and fort then the Defend 
hath in his anfwere formerlie fhewed: and w*out that yt the De- 
fend‘ for any fayned Caufe did Deferre the makinge of the faid 
leafe from time to time as the Comp" moft vntruelie hath al- 
ledged: And w“out that yt the faid Ellen Burbage is the lawe- 
full adminiftratrix of the goodes and Chattells of the faid Jeames 
Burbage, or that the faid Ellen Burbage did Confent and appointe 
that the Compl‘ fhould pull downe the faid Theatre or that by 
vertue therof (yf foe it were) the Comp" might lawefullie pull 
downe the fame: And w“out that yt the Defend* mindeth to take 
anie advantage of his owne wrongefull and vnconfcionable Deal- 
inges as the Compl' moft vntruelye hath furmifed for the Defend | 
hopeth that it fhall well appeare vnto this Honourable Court that 
the Dealinges of the Defend' herein haue been verie iufte and 
honeft and accordinge to good Confcience. And wout yt that 
anie other matter or thinge in the faid Bill of Complt Conteyned 
materiall or effectuall in the lawe to be anfwered vnto by this 
Defend' and not herein fufficientlie anfwered vnto Confeffed and 
avoyded, trauerfed, or denied is true, all which matters this De- 
fend is readie to averre and proue as this Honourable Courte 
fhall award And therfore prayeth to be Diffmiffed therof with 
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