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to sue for or demaund the said fiveth parte of the said moitie of 

 the said playhowse galleryes ground or gardens & Contrary or 

 against w ch said Complainantes owne dede of release this def 1 

 hopeth that this ho ble Courte will not permitt the said Complainant 

 to sue this def* for the said fiveth parte or any parte of the said 

 moitie of the said playhowse in this hob le Courte And this def* 

 furth 1 ' saith that shortlie after the makeing of the said release by 

 the said Complamawt & his wife to this def* the said Complainant 

 & his said wife did take a lease of this def 1 by Jndentnre bearing 

 date the xiiij" 1 day of the said Moneth of february w ch was but 

 foure dayes after the date of the said release, of a sixth parte of 

 the said moitie of the said playhowse garden plott<\y and prem- 

 isstfs for the terme of Eighteene yeeres from the birth of our Lord 

 god then last past y elding & paying therefore yeerely during the 

 said terme vnto this def 1 his executors administrators & assia^s 

 xxiiij s ij d of Law full money of England at the ffeastr^ of thanun- 

 ciac/on of the blessed virgin Mary the Nativity of S* John Baptist 

 S* Michael Tharchangell & the birth of our Lord god or w th in 

 tenne dayes after euerye of the same ffeast dayes by even porc/ons 

 Provided alwayes that if it should happen the said yeerely rent 

 of xxiiij s ij d to be behinde vnpaid in parte or in all by the said 

 space of tenne dayes next over or after any of the ffeast dayes of 

 paym* thereof aforesaid in w ch the same ought to be paid being 

 lawfully demaunded Or if the said Complainant his executors 

 administrators or assignes should not w th in one yeere then next 

 Comeing pay and discharge the said legacie of five pounds geven 

 & bequeathed by the last will & testam 1 aforesaid vnto the poore 

 of the parish of Mortlack or should not w th in the space of one 

 whole yeere then next Comeing Cause & procure a sufficient 

 acquittaunce or dischardge vnder the handes & seales of the par- 

 son or Curat and Churchwardens of the said parish to be geven & 

 deliiu-red to this def 1 his executors administrators or assignes for 

 his & their dischardge of & for the said legacie of five pounds w th 

 divers oth r partes of the said Condia'on hereafter to be performed 

 by the said Compla///a/;t his executors administrators & assignes 

 That then the demise & graunte aforesaid of the premisses should 



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