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defendant, And faythe that then they weare very fymple buyld- 
inges but of twoe ftoryes hye of the ould fafhion and rotten, foe 
that after the faid James Burbadge had them in leafe he was 
fayne to pull downe fome of them and newe buyld them for his 
owne dwellinge and to repayre the refte to his greate Charge to 
keepe them vpp: And they are nowe better then they weare when 
he tooke them by leafe and worthe more rent then they weare 
then for the faid James Burbadge was fayne to deuide them and 
Contrive them fytt for dwellinges where they before weare ould 
houfes of office and fome of them open that Roges and beggers 
harbored in them./ And more he cannot depofe to his remem- 
berance./ 
‘0/ To the x Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe that when the faid 
James Burbadge tooke the premiffs by leafe from the deffendant 
there was A decayed longe Barne parcell of the premilfes de- 
miffed vnto him fomtymes in the tenure of Richardes and 
Stoughton mencioned in the Jnterrogatory w® Barne was then 
very ruynous and decayed foe as the fame was fayne to be fhored 
vpp vnto the Playhoufe Called the Theater when yt was buylt, 
And the faid James Burbadge and the nowe complainant hath 
fynce the firfte takinge of yt beftowed greate coftes vppon yt and 
deuided yt and kepte yt vpp we reparacions, els he thinkethe yt 
had fallen downe ffyfteene yeares Agoe./ And that he thinkethe 
yt is rather better then worfe then yt was when the plaintiffes 
father tooke yt w™ the refte of the premiffs in Leafe./ And more 
he Cannot depofe to his rememberance./ 
/12/ To the xj™ and xij Jnterrogatories this deponent is not ex- 
amyned at the requefte of the plaintiff./ 
[Signed] Randovlph May 
Oliver Tylte of the parifhe of S*t: Buttolphes London yoeman of 
the Age of ffortye Eight yeares or there aboutes {worne and ex- 
amyned the daye and yeare abouefaid depofithe and faythe./ 
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