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And the said last will and testament of the said Angnstin 

 Phillippes As alsoe the said orriginall lease to him and others 

 made by the said Nicholas Brend w oh lease the same defend 1 con- 

 fesseth he keepeth to the vse of himself and the rest w ch bane 

 any interest therevnto (whereof the said Complayn 1 is one whoe 

 neither did nor yet doeth consent therevnto) he humbly desireth 

 that all the same may be brought into this Courte by the order 

 thereof And that a ducens tecum may be therein awarded for the 

 same accordinglie against him And whereas the said defend tes doe 

 labour and trouble themselues to abate and pull downe the value 

 of the Complayn tes parte as yf it weare litle worth and make a 

 greate matter of his non payemente of his porczon of the rente w ch 

 he never payed but out of the profittes of the same and of the 

 newe buildinge of the said play bowse and galleries to answeare 

 the same fullie and to gyve good satisfaction to this honorable 

 Courte therein he sayeth and will averr and proue that the yssues 

 profittes and rentes of the reasidewe of the said demised premises 

 over and besides the play howse and galleries will satisfie and pay 

 (as yt was still vsed and accustomed to paye) the whole rente 

 reserved to the said Nichalos Brend. And for the full proofe 

 and manifestac/on thereof he the saved Complayn 1 sayeth that he 

 doeth and will offer to accepte and take to himself solie for all his 

 partes all the reasidewe of the howses buildinges gardens and 

 groundes soe demised by the said Nicholas Brend (exceptinge 

 onelie the said playhowse and galleries w ch the said defend 1 and 

 the rest (other then the said Complayn') shall and may solelie 

 haue retaine and keepe to themseules for and in consideraczon of 

 the said residue, And that he the said Comp u will alsoe for the 

 same satisfie and pay all the said yearely rentes reserved vpon the 

 said lease and geeve good securitie for the paym 1 therof out of 

 the same residewe soe as he may haue and enioy the same w th out 

 any other chardge or incumbrances according to the said lease of 

 the said Brend not\v th standinge he is and ought to haue his parte 

 aforesaid in all the same premises dischardged and freed of in- 

 cumbranced and chardgi\y exceptinge the same- rent thervpon re- 

 served over and aboue w' h rent he the said Comp" : hath hearto- 



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