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Burbadge of m™ Allen, And fayth that when he tooke them of m” 
Allen they weare all very ould buyldinges and of meane buyldinge 
and the faid James Burbadge after he tooke the premiffs did re- _ 
edefie fome of the houfes and beftowed greate coltes vppon the 
fame, And faythe that nowe the fayde houfes and tenementes are 
A great deale better then they weare when James Burbadge 
tooke them of M* Allen, And are nowe lett for more Rent then 
they weare then rented for. And knowethe the fame to be true for 
that he dwelled there when m™ James Burbadge tooke them, And 
more he cannot depofe./ 
10/ To the x Jnterrogatory this deponent faythe that there was 
vppon the premiffs when m™ James Burbadge tooke the premifis 
of m™ Allen one longe decayed Barne parcell of w" was fom- 
tymes houlden for A barne Roome by one Richardfon dwellinge 
in Coleman {treet London, and other parte thereof houlden for 
A Slaughter houfe by one Stoughton, w* Barne when the faid 
Burbadge tooke yt w* the premiffs was very Ruynous and de- 
cayed and foe weake that the faid Burbadge was fayne to Shore 
yt vpp vnto the playhoufe Called the Theater when it was 
buylte, And faythe that James Burbadge did in his lyffe tyme 
from tyme to tyme repayre and Amende the fame to keepe yt 
vpp, for when he tooke yt yt was lyke to haue ffallen downe and 
was foe weake as when A greate wynd had Come the tenantes 
for feare haue bene fayne to goe out of yte./ w’ he knowethe to 
be true for that then he was A tenant in the fame And more he 
Cannot depofe./ 
11/12/ To the xj and xij Jnterrogatories this deponent is not ex- 
myned at the plaimtiffes requeite 
[His mark] T 
Idem. Depositions ex parte Burbage, 23 May, 1600. 
INTERROGATORIES 
[In dorso] 
Termino Trinitatis 
xlij4° Regni Regine 
Elizabethe./ 
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