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when he lyved./ And hath feene the defendt: And faythe he 
hath knowne the Complainant of A Child and more he Cannott 
depofe 
2. m4. 5. OF 7. 
8./ To the fecond, thirde, ffourthe ffyfthe, Syxte, Seaventhe and 
Eighte Jnterrogatories this deponent is not examyned at the re- 
queite of the plaimtiff 
'9./ To the nynthe Jnterrogatory this Deponent faythe he knowethe 
the tenem*®* nowe in the Complaimantes poffeffion, And did knowe 
them for twentye yeares pafte in the Complainantes ffathers pof- 
feffion vile and occupacion and that then the fame tenementes 
weare ould decayed and ruynated for want of reparacions and 
the befte of them was but of twoe ftories hie./ And the fame 
tenem‘®* are nowe muche better, And as he thinkethe they goe 
for more Rent then they then went for:/ And that he knowethe 
the fame to be true for that he this deponent did ferve his ffather 
in lawe Bryan Ellam when he Wroughte vppon the fame tenem'‘?s 
in the Compltes fathers tyme./ And knoweth that then there 
was muche money beftowed vppon repayringe the fame./ And 
more he Cannot depofe touchinge the fame Jnterrogatory for 
that he doethe not remember that he did knowe the faid tenem‘®* 
before and at the very firfte tyme that the Complaimantes ffather 
James Burbage tooke the tenem‘®* of the defendant by leafe./ 
10/ To the tenthe Jnterrogatory this Deponent faythe he remembrythe 
that when he firfte wayted vppon his father in lawe Bryan Ellam 
w is aboue twentye yeares fince there was An ould longe de- 
-cayed Barne vppon.parte of the premiffs demifed as he takethe 
yt to James Burbage. w™ barne was very ruynous and decayed 
foe as then the fame was fayne to be fhored vpp vnto the Play- 
houfe Called the Theater: w™ Barne the faid James Burbage and 
the Complainant haue bene fayne from tyme to tyme to repayre 
and Amend: w™ he knowethe to be true for that he knewe his 
faid ffather in lawe Brian Ellam fhore vpp the fame vnto the 
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