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Demaunde and fee the fame and paid him his ffees w promiffes 
of further reward for his paynes aboute the effectinge of the 
fame newe leafe to be made w® fhould be a Satten Dublett howe- 
beit he never had it. But whether the Comp"® fhould giue a hun- 
dred powndes for the fame leafe or whether the faid leafe tooke 
effecte or what other agrem' paffed betweene the faid Comp"® and 
Defendt this Depont by reafon of his Difcontinuance from the 
Temple knoweth not But he faith that he hath feene a Draughte 
purportinge a leafe to be made of the fame premiffes wherein it 
is incerted that a hundred powndes fhould be paid by the Comp"* 
to the Defend', w Draught (as the Defend‘ informeth this De- 
pon®) was made or caufed to be made by the Comp'® and by him 
brought and Deliuered to the Defend! at his houfe in the Coun- 
trye. And this depon’*: beinge afked by the faid Commiffioners 
yf he knewe vppon what Confideracion the faid hundred powndes 
was incerted faid that he remembereth not the Confideracion men- 
cioned in the faid Draughte: But he faieth vppon the firfte Com- 
municacion had betweene the faid Comp"* and Defend*e and the 
faid Jeames before this Depon* as is aforefaid, the Defend did 
demaunde recompence at the handes of the faid Jeames for that 
the Defend faid the faid Jeames had not beftowed twoe hundred 
powndes in the buildinge or repairinge of the faid howfes accord- 
inge to a Covenante mencioned in the faid former leafe nor half 
foe muche or wordes to the like effecte: but whether the faid 
hundred powndes was incerted vppon that Confideracion or noe 
this Depon®® knoweth not: and more to this Interrogatorye he 
cannott Depofe./ 
Thomas Nevill of Bricklefea in the Countye 
of Effex gentleman aged thirtye five yeares 
or theraboutes fworne and examined faieth 
as followeth. vidzt./ 
1./ To the firite Interrogatorye he faieth that he hath knowne Giles 
Allen gentleman Defend'® and Cuthbert Burbage gentleman 
Comp"* by the {pace of five yeares nowe pafte or neare thera- 
boutes./ 
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