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cluded on betwene the Defend! and the faid James Burbadge, and 
whoe was prefente at the fame agrement (if any fuche were) 
what reafon had the faid James Burbadge to agree to giue Tenne 
poundes a yere more rent for the faid premiffes then he did in 
the former leas, Declare yo" knowledge herein and the reafon that 
moued the faid James to make fuche agreem' (if any weare) 
vppon yor oathe. 
4 Doe yo* knowe that at or aboutes the tyme aforefaid there were 
fpeeches of agreem' had betwene the Defend‘ and the faid James 
Burbadge that the Theater fhould Contynue for A playinge houfe 
for the fpace of ffyve yeres onelie after thexpiracion of the firite 
terme and not longer, and that after the faid ffyve Yeres ended, 
yt fhould be Converted by the faid James and the nowe Complain- 
ant or one of them to fome other vfe and be ymployed vppon the 
groundes demifed wherebie the benefitt and proffitt therefor after 
that terme ended fhould remayne to the defend' weare the fame 
fpeeches agreed and Concluded vppon betwene the defend‘ and 
the faid James Burbadg, what perfons were prefente at that tyme, 
What reafon had the faid James Burbadge to allowe of any fuch 
agreem!' (if any weare) and did not the faid parties breake of theire 
Agreem' againe becaufe theie could not agree of fuerties, or what 
was then done touchinge the fame agreem' betwene them Declare 
yo" knowledg to eucrie pointe of this Interrogatory at large. 
a a oe, 
DEPOSITIONS 
Depofitiones Captae apud weftmonafterium 
xxiij4° die Maij A° Regni Domine Regine Eliza- 
bethe nunc &c Quadragefimo Secundo ex parte 
Cuthberti Burbadge generofi q™s verfus Egidium 
Allen generofum defendentem./ 
Henry Johnfon of the parifhe of St: Leonardes in Shorditche in 
the Countye of Middlesex Sylkweaver of the Age of ffyftye 
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