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Item whether Did the faid Jeames Burbage Duringe his life 
keepe the faid howfes and buildinges in good reparacions: and 
whether are not the faid howfes and buildinges or fome of them 
nowe growen in great Decaie: and whether hath not the Comp! 
vnderpropped them with fhores: and whether doe they not foe 
remaine: and what fomme of money will it Cofte to fett the faid 
howfes and buildinges in good and fufficient Reparacions Deliuer 
what you knowe or thinke in yo™ Confcience hearein: and by what 
meanes as you thinke it is come to paffe that the faid howfes and 
buildinges are growen foe ruinous./ 
Item whether was there not an agreament had betweene the 
Compl'e and the Defend' to this effecte: that the Defend* fhould 
make a newe leafe of the faid howfes and groundes vnto the 
Comp"* for one and twentye yeares from and after the expiracion 
of the former leafe made to the faid Jeames Burbage: and that 
the Comp" fhould paie yearelye for the fame the fomme of foure 
and twentye powndes: And whether was it not likewife agreed 
betweene them that the Theatre w™ was erected vppon parte of 
y° fayd grownd fhould Continue for a playinge place by the {pace 
of fitie yeares onelye, and that then it fhould be Converted to fome 
other vie for the benifitt of the Comp'* Duringe his terme, and 
after for the benifitt of the Defendt: And whether did not the 
Comp"*® vpon that agream*t promife the Defend' to paie him the 
faid fomme of thirtye powndes, and to put the howfes and build- 
inges in good reparacions, and howe longe is it fithence fuche 
agreament was made, and how longe before the faid Theatre was 
pulled Downe: Deliuer the trueth what you knowe or haue heard 
hearein./ 
Item whether hath Ellen Burbage the late wife of the faid Jeames 
Burbage any goodes or Chattells in her handes that were the 
goodes or Chattells of the faid Jeames Burbage wherbye the 
Defend' maye haue recompence at her handes for the faid fomme 
of thirtye powndes, and the breache of other Covenantes: And 
whether is not the faid Ellen accompted a verye pore woman, and 
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