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./ To the Syxte Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe he hath hard the 
defendt and the faid deceaffed James Burbadge faye that longe 
fynce there was Controuerlie betweene the faid defendt and one 
Edmonde Peckham mencioned in the Jnterrogatory for and touch- 
inge the tytle of the premiffs by reafon whereof the faid James 
Burbadge reported that he was muche hindered and could not 
haue the vie of the premiffs quietlye but was fayne to fynde men 
at his owne Charge to keepe the poffeffion thereof from the faid 
Peckham and his fervantes:/ And more he Cannot depofe 
touchinge the faid Jnterrogatory :/ 
7./ To the vij Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe he hath feene fome 
of the deceaffed James Burbadge his bookes of accomptes in w™ 
he hath feene twoe feuerall furveies made by feuerall woorkemen 
whofe names are fett downe to the faid furveies in the faid bookes 
whereby yt appeareth that the faid James Burbadge did in his 
lyffe tyme beftowe vppon the premiffs the fome of twoe hundred 
and odd poundes*accordinge to his Couenant befides his yearlye 
expence in generall repayre of the premiffs: vnto w™ bookes for 
further and more certentye of the truthe therein, he referrethe 
him felfe./ w°® bookes are in the plaintiffes poffeffion./ And 
more he Cannot depofe./ 
8./ To the viij Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe that fythence the 
deceafe of the Complainantes ffather he the Complainant hath 
yearlye beftowed fome Coftes about the repayringe of the prem- 
iffs, and this lafte yeare to this Deponentes owne knowledge & 
fynce the removeinge of the Theater he the Complaimant hath 
beftowed in repayringe the premiffs the fome of ten poundes or 
neere there aboutes. And more he Cannot depofe./ 
./10/ To the nynthe tenthe, Eleventhe and tweluethe Jnterrogatories 
1I./12./ this deponent Can faye nothinge more then he hathe all reddye 
depofed to his nowe rememberance./ 
[Signed] William Smythe 
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