Three London Theatres of Shakespeare's Time 49 



published vpon the second day of the next terme & heard in this 

 court vpon theight day of the same terme if the said def tes having 

 convenyent notice of this order before the sayd day of publicac/on 

 shall not then or in the meane tyme shewe good matter in this 

 court to the contrary-/ 



Affidavit Book, 15-19 James I, Miscellaneous Books 150. [Not 

 paged, and badly damaged.] 



Term'mo Trinit A° R Regis Iacobi Anglie ffrantie et 

 Hib^rnie xviij° et Scotie liij°./ viz 



xvj° die Junij ,A° praedc./ 



Beelton Towelling the cause at the sute of Iohn Smith plaintif against 

 Xpofer Beeston gent & others def tes . The said Xpofer Beeston 

 maketh othe that Emanuell Reade gent is one of this deponents 

 most materiall witnesses in this cause who about three weekes 

 past went. into Ireland, whose returne is not expected* till some 

 tyme in Michaelmas terme next-// 



Decrees and Orders, 1/-18 Jas I, Vol. 30, p. 428. 



xvij° die Junij A° &c 18 et 53°-/ 

 Smith l n the cause at the sute of Iohn Smith compl 1 against xpofer 

 Beeston def', vpon the moaon of m r Jeffrey of counsaill w th the 

 said def 1 yt is ordered (any former order notw th standing) in 

 regard of the def tes Affidavit that the publicaaon of this cause 

 shalbe deferred vntill crastino awimarum next and the hearing 

 thereof vntill the xij th day of novemb r next, And at those dayes 

 the same matter shalbe published & heard peremptorily-/ 



Affidavit Book, 15-19 James I, Miscellaneous Books, 130. 

 [Not paged, and badly damaged.] 



Affidavit of Elizabeth Perkins. 

 xxvij° die Junij A° &c 18 et 53°/ 

 iTlswn Towching the cai:se at the sute of John Smith pi against xpofer 

 Beeston def 1 , Elizabeth Perkins (wief of Richard Perkins of 



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