256 Charles William Wallace 
Robert Vigerous of Langham in the Coun- 
tye of Effex Efq’ aged fourtye feauen yeares 
or thereaboutes fworne and examined saieth 
as followeth. vidz*./ 
1./ To the firfte Interrogatory this Depont faieth that he knoweth 
Giles Allen gentleman Defend‘, And Cuthbert Burbage gentleman 
Comp" and that he hath knowne the faid Defend‘ by the fpace 
of fixe yeares: and the faid Comp"* by the fpace of foure yeares./ 
2./ To the fecond Interrogatory this Depont Cannot Depofe./ 
3./ To the third he faith that aboute foure yeares pafte the faid 
Comp" together with Jeames Burbage his father and the faid 
Defend were in Communicacion aboute the makinge and takinge 
of a newe leafe of the houfes and groundes and Theatre men- 
cioned in this Interrogatory and at the lafte it was concluded and 
agreed betweene all the faid parties that the Defend' fhould make 
a newe leafe of the fame to the faid Comp" for the terme of tenn 
yeares for and vnder the yearelye rente of foure and twentye 
powndes which (as this Depont remembereth) was an increafe 
of tenn powndes rente more then was referved in a former leafe 
heretofore made to the faid Jeames & then expired or neare to 
be then expired. And that at the enfealinge of the faid newe 
leafe foe to be had the faid Jeames and Cuthberte the Comp" or 
one of them fhould paie vnto the Defend* certaine arrerages of 
rente referved vppon the faid former leafe amountinge to the 
fomme (as this Depont verelye thinketh) of thirtye powndes: All 
which this Depont knoweth to be true for that he was of Counfell 
with the faid parties in the faid Agreament; and by all their 
mutuall Confentes was appointed and efpeciallye named to drawe 
penne and wrighte the faid newe leafe accordinge to their faid 
agream*. And this Examina‘ faieth that he did wrighte a 
Draughte purportinge a leafe to be made of the premiffes accord- 
inglye, which beinge donne he deliuered the fame into the handes 
of the faid Comp"e when he came to this Depont’* Chamber to 
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