246 Charles William Wallace 
yeares or there aboutes fworne and examyned the Daye and 
yeare abouefaid Depofithe and faythe 
1/ To the ffirfte Jnterrogatory this Deponent fayth he hath hard the 
Defend' afke and demaunde of the Complainant the fome of thir- 
tye poundes pretended to be dwe for Arerages of Rent by the 
deceaffed James Burbadge And hath hard the Complainant con- 
feffe the fame to be dwe and promifed to make paym* thereof 
vuto the Defendant in Confideracion he the Defendant would 
make him the plaintiff A leafe for one and twentye yeares of the 
houfes and groundes w™ his late father held of him before in 
leafe, And in Confideracion he the Defendt would permitt the 
houfe Called the Theater to ftand for A playinge houfe for the 
firite ffyve yeares of the newe leafe w™ the Defendt was con- 
tented to doe. And the fame promife was made vnto the Defendt 
at the Sygne of the George in Shordytche about Michaellmas lafte 
was tweluemonethe in this Deponentes prefentes and the prefentes 
of one John Golborne:/ And more he Cannot depofe touchinge 
the faid Jnterrogatory to his nowe rememberance./ 
2/ To the feconde Jnterrogatory this Deponent faythe he knoweth 
that the Complainant hath many tymes labored and intreated the 
Defendt to make him a newe leafe of the premiffs in Queftion for 
this Deponnt faythe that many tymes when the defendt hath Come 
vpp to London to receave his Rentes he this deponent hath bene 
w' him payinge him certayne Rent and then he hath feene the 
plaintiff w™ his Landlord payinge his Rent lykewife and then 
fyndinge oportunytie the plaimtiff would be intreatinge the De- 
fendt to make him A newe lease of the premiffs in Queftion and 
faythe yt is at leafte three yeares fynce he this deponent firft hard 
the plaintiff labor and intreate the defendt for A newe leafe and 
that yt was at the fygne of the George in Shordytche that the 
Defendt laye when he came to london to receave his rentes and 
there the plaintiff Solicited him for A newe leafe./ and the faid 
Goulborne hath bene there prefent and hard the fame afwell as he 
this deponent: And the defendant from tyme to tyme deferred 
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