84 Charles William Wallace 



charges that he hath beene at w th boyes and makeinge provision 

 to the value of fyve hundred pounde as afforesaid, it will tend to 

 his exceedinge great charge for y* he is voyde of all remwedye at 

 at the Common lawe eyther againste the said Marston or any other 

 of the said partyes ; That theirfore y r ma tie wilbe graciouslye 

 pleased in a case of such nature and consequence to grant to y r 

 said Supph'ant y r highnes writt of Privye seall or the messenger 

 of the Courte to Call into this ho ble Courte the said Richard 

 Burbage, Henrye Evans, Cuthbert Burbage, John Hemwzinges 

 and Henrye Condell Comaundinge them and everye of them by a 

 certaine Dave and vnder a certaine paine theirin to be limitted to 

 be and appeare in this ho ble Courte of Whytehall before y r ma tle 

 & y r highnes Councell of the said Courte then and their to aun- 

 swere to the premisses, and further to stande to and abyde such 

 further order and Direction theirvpon as to y r highnes Councell 

 of the said Courte shall seeme to be agreable to Equitye and good 

 Conscyence, & y r highnes said Supplm;u: shall as he is neverthe- 

 lesse bounde praye to god for y r highnes longe liffe and happye 

 Raigne over vs././ 



Raphe Wilbraham. 



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ANSWER. 



xij° die februarij Anno R^gni Regis Jacobi Anglian 

 ffranciae et Hibcrnifle septimo et Scotiae xliij ./ 



The ioynt and seuerall aunsweres of Richard Burbage 

 Cuthbert Burbage John Heminges and Henry Condell 

 foure of the defendants to the bill of Complaint of 

 Robert Keysar Cittizen and Gouldsmith of London 



The said defendants and each of them saveinge vnto him and 

 them selves at all times hereafter all advauntages of exception vnto 

 the vncertenties and insufficiencies of the said bill of complaint for 

 full and p^rfecte aunswere vnto the said bill or so much thereof 

 as any waie concerned! them the said defendants or any of them, 

 they the said defendants and each of them for himselfe sayth 



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