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moitie to the said Compla/nant before their intermariage for that 

 after their said intermariage the said complainant claymed the 

 same parte onely in the right of the said Anne his wife as Exe- 

 cutrix of the said Augustine Phillipps as will appeare by divers 

 writings & otherwise And this def verely thincketh that if the 

 said supposed assignem* be produced & brought to light that it 

 will not abide the touch in the triall thereof Or if the said Anne 

 did make the said assignem 1 vnto the said Complainant before 

 their intermariage this def 1 hopeth to prove that it was and is 

 meerely void in Lawe And this def 1 saith that after the said 

 intermariage of the said Compla/nant w th the said Anne he the 

 said compla/nant did ioyne in the graunting of two sixth partes of 

 the said Moitie of & in the said Playhowse galleryes gardens and 

 grounds w th this def 1 & the rest then interessed therein vnto 

 William Slye and the said other def 1 Henry Condell/ And this 

 def doth deny that he or to his knowledge the said other def 

 Henry Condell hath the said assignement or graunt so supposed to 

 be made by the said Anne to the said Compla/nant. But Confes- 

 seth that he hath the said last will and testam 1 of the said Augus- 

 tine Phillipps and the said dede whereby the said Augustine 

 Phillipps had onely a fiveth parte of the said Moitie of the said 

 Playhowse galleryes gardens & ground during the said terme of 

 yeeres and that at & vpon the earnest solicitac/on & intreatie of the 

 said Anne before the said repaym 1 of the said fif tie pounds vnto 

 this def 1 shee then in vrgent manner affirming vnto him that the 

 deliuerye thereof vnto the said Complainant would be her vtter 

 vndoing he this def 1 did forbeare to deliver the same vnto the 

 said Compla/nant but kept the same And this def hath also in 

 his handes and Custody the said originall lease so made by the 

 said Nicholas Brend to him & oth rs as is aforesaid and keepeth the 

 same to the vse of himself & the rest w ch haue any interest there- 

 vnto by & w th their Consents And this def' further saith that by 

 meanes that the said Compla/nant & the said Anne were inter- 

 maryed whereby the said Condic/on in the said will of the said 

 Augustine Phillipps was broken and especially to keepe the Com- 

 pla/nant from receaving or recovering of the some of 300" w ch 



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