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shame at all he had) to expresse anie some at all, but alsoe in this 

 pointe especially that he vnder the coullour of his accomptinge w th 

 him and paying the said Comp" : and his said wyeffe such money 

 as was often times to them or to one of them due and payable of 

 right and dutie for theire profits and commodities of the said 

 demised premises by him then receaued w ch was soe payed and 

 answered accordinglie and not otherwise then as a pigge of his 

 owne sowe would newe Cloke and coullor the same (as he in- 

 deavoreth) to be by him done and gyven out of charitie and to 

 releeue the said Complayn 1 and his said wyeffe and Children 

 wherein to make the dissimulaaon and hipocracie of the same 

 defend 1 more notorious and remarkable it shall evidentlie appeare 

 to this hono ble Courte that he is soe farr from all charitie and 

 good dealinge that he will not without compulsion paie and satisfie 

 the said Comp u soe much by a greate deale as is to him due and 

 answerable both in lawe and equitie, and for w ch he hath noe good 

 coullo 1 " nor pretence of right or title vnto but would for verie 

 little or rather noe consideration at all take and gaine to himself a 

 matter of great profitt and worth and the onelie staie and state w ch 

 the said Comp u hath leafte to liue and to releeue himself his 

 wyeffe and Children And that there is nothing at all to him payed 

 or answered for or in respecte of the same wherein he mightilie 

 (although in vaine) racketh and stretcheth his wyttes for verie 

 poore and simple shiftes quirkes and galles to coullor and sett forth 

 the same as the said release w th out considerac/on and the false 

 recitall of his lease by him made and the nonpaym* of the said 

 Complayn tes parte of the said rente, And alsoe the non paym* 

 of fiftie powndfj for his parte to reedifie and newe build the said 

 play howse and galleries, whereas the same defend 1 not onelie 

 ever had more then sufficient of the said Complayn tes money 

 to him due in the haiuW and custody of the same defend' to paie 

 the said rent but alsoe hath and longe time haue had farr more 

 money of the said Complayn tea out of the rent?.? and profits of 

 the demised premises then he did demaund or requier for the newe 

 buildinge therof or then his parte or porc/on doeth or can amounte 

 vnto for the reedifyinge therof wherein he saveth and is informed 



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