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Interrogatories to be miniftred to Richard Lane 
on of the Defendantes at the fuite of Gyles Allen 
Complaynante. 
1 Inprimis whither doe yo" knowe that a bill was heretofore ex- 
hibited in her Mat*s Court of Requeftes by Cutbert Burbage 
again{t the faide Complaynante for the ftaying of a fuite w™ the 
faide Complaynante had commenced in her Ma"® bench at Weit- 
miniter againft one Peter Street for the pulling downe of the 
playing place called the Theater./ 
2 Item whither doe yo" knowe that it was ordered by the faide 
Court of Requeftes, by an order made the laft daye of May in the 
Two and ffortieth yeare of her Ma*s Raigne, that the faid fuite 
betwen the faide Complaynante, and the faide Peter Street fhould 
be ftayed, and whither did the faide Court then geue libertie, by 
the faide order, vnto the faide Complaynant to ioyne vp the de- 
murrer that was depending betwen the faide Complaynante, and 
the faide Peter Street in the faide fuite, or whither did the faide 
Court reftrayne the Complaynant from foe doeing./ 
3 Item whither did yo" enter the faide order trulie in fuch manner 
as. it was deliuered by the Court, and whither did yo" deliuer a 
true copie thereof vnto the Complaynant not altering or ommit- 
ting anie thing that was then deliuered and pronounced by the 
faide Court./ 
4 Item whither did yo" vppon the faide laft daie of May deliuer 
vnto the Complaynante a Copie of an order dated the faide laft 
daie of May, and whither did yo" therein fett downe that it was 
ordered by confent that the Complaynant fhould ftay his further 
proceedinges at the Common Lawe in the fuite there depending 
againit Cutbert Burbage the Plf*. in the faide Court of Requeftes 
and whither did yo" in the faide Copie make anie mention that 
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