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the fayd Terme appeared in the fayd Court accordingly, And the 
matter aforefayd being opened to yo" highnes Counfell there your 
{ubiect was thervppon by order of that Courte difcharged of the 
fupposed Contempt And afterwardes in the fayd Terme of St 
Michaell at the day appoynted for the hearing of the fayd Caufe yo" 
{ubiect appearing in yo" highnes fayd Courte and having divers wit- 
neffes there prefente to teftifie viva voce on the behaulfe of yo" 
fubiecte, The fayd Cuthbert Burbage and the fayd Richard Burbage 
{till perfifting in their vnlawfull and malicious Courfes agaynft 
yo" {ubiect did by the Confederacye aforefayd then and there very 
fhamefully and vnlawfullye revile w™ manye reproachfull termes 
yo’ fubiectes fayd witneffes and affirmed that they had formerly 
teftified in the fayd Caufe divers vntruthes, and threatned to 
{tabb fome of your fubiectes fayd witneffes becaufe they had 
teftified of the fraudulent deede of Guift made by James Bur- 
bage to the fayd Cuthbert Burbage and Richard Burbage as afore- 
fayd, By w™ their furyous and vnlawfull threates your fubiectes 
witneffes were then foe terrefyed that they durift not teftifie the 
truth on the behalfe of your fubiecte in the fayd Caufe. And 
further fo it is yf it maye pleafe yo" excellent Ma'te That the 
fayd Cuthbert Burbage did verye maliciouflye and corruptlye and 
contrarye to the Lawes and ftatutes of your highnes Realme 
fuborne and procure one Richard Hudfon of the parifhe of St 
Albons in London Carpenter and Thomas Ofborne of the parifhe 
of ffanchurche in London Carpenter to commit verye greivous 
and wilfull periurye in the fayd fute in yo" highnes Court of Re- 
queites in diuers materyall poyntes concerninge the fayd fute The 
fayd Richard Hudfon teftifieing and depofing in the fayd fute on 
the behalfe of the fayd Cuthbert Burbage That he was prefent 
at a veiwe and eftimate made of the Coftes beftowed by the afore- 
fayd James Burbage in his lyefe tyme vppon the howfes and 
Tenem*®s demifed vnto him by your fubiect w veiwe was taken 
the eighteenth daye of Julye in the yeere of our Lord god one 
thowiand five hundred eightye fixe by himfelfe and others And 
that then it did appeare vnto them That before that tyme The 
fayd James Burbage had beftowed vppon the fayd Howfes and 
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