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Deponent one Henry Johnfon and one m* Thomas Nevile./ And 
more he Cannot depofe./ 
2./ To the feconde Jnterrogatory this Deponent faythe that he hath 
diuerfe and fundrie tymes hard the Complainant entreate the De- 
fendt to make him A newe leafe of the premiffs in Queftion, And 
that the lafte entreatye that the plaintiff made for the obtayninge 
of a leafe of the premiffs in this deponntes hearinge was at 
Michaellmas lafte pafte was tweluemonethe and there was then 
prefent the faid Henry Johnfon and m®™ Thomas Nevile, But the 
Defendt made the plaintiff this Anfwere vz that he would haue 
his arerages that he Claymed firfte payde him and then he would 
conferr w him about A leafe and foe deferred yt from tyme to 
tyme And as he takethe yt he deferred the plaimtiff becaufe he 
ment to be payde the Arerages aforefaid and Converte the Theater 
from A playinge houfe to fome other better vfe vppon the 
grounde./ And faythe that he hard that the defendt by his owne 
appoyntm! caufed A paper booke of A leafe to be drawne vpp 
betwene him and the Complainant, but the Complainant did not 
accepte thereof for that (as the plaintiff fayd) there weare very 
vnreafonable couenantes therein conteyned And more he Cannot 
depofe./ 
OE a a a ae 
3./ To the third Jnterr this deponent faythe that there weare fpeeches 
of An Agreemt betweene the Defendt and the Complainantes 
father in his lyffe tyme and a lyttle before his Deathe w™ fpeeches 
tended to this or the lyke effecte vz that he the faid James Bur- 
badge fhould haue of the defendt A newe leafe of the premifis 
Conteyned in his former leafe for the terme of one and twenty 
yeares to Commence after thende and expiracion of his former leafe 
for the yearlye rent of twenty ffoure poundes per Annum w™ was 
ten poundes A yeare more then he payde before: but that Agreem* 
was not Concluded vppon for that the Defendt then Aledged that 
the faid James Burbadge had not beftowed foe muche money 
vppon buyldinge and repayringe the premiffs demifed vnto him 
as he was bound to bestowe by Couenant: but the plaintiffes 
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