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mencioned in the said Bill of Comp u nether did they or any of 

 them euer meddle or haue to doe w th them or clayme or haue any 

 interest vse or property of in or to them or anie of them But 

 these def tes Confesse that they haue heard that they are in the 

 keepinge of the said Henry Evans who hath caused the same to be 

 appraised by honest & indifferent men & hath made & taken a 

 true Inventary of them as these def tes haue likewise heard accord- 

 inge wherevnto he allwaies was & yet is ready to deliuer such 

 parte & pora'on thereof vnto the said Comp u as his parte shall or 

 may amount vnto By both w eh said partes of the said Comp ltes 

 bill the malice Idle humo r & causeles vexaaon togeather w th the 

 slendernes of cause & malicious spleene of the said Comp u 

 towards the said def tes doe most Clearely declare & shewe them- 

 selues And these def tes further say & each of them for & by him- 

 selfe sayth vnder favo r of this ho : Co rt that they much marvaile 

 that the said Comp u should desire soe apparently to sett forth his 

 folly on Recorde as to charge these def tes in & by his said Replica- 

 tion with malice towards him in Contractinge priuately w th the 

 owners of all the private playehouses within the Citty of London 

 for one whole yeare & for the same to paye a dead rent to the 

 owners thereof to these def tes owne great losse & hinderance But 

 to the intente onely thereby to aduance theire malice & to ouer- 

 throwe the said Comp u onely soe farre forth as by anie possibility 

 laie in theire power : When as the said Comp u might in truth 

 thereby if the said suggestion were true be perfectly pers waded & 

 assured that these def tes should be not onely malicious as he the 

 said Comp u most iniuriously suggesteth but allso malicious fooles 

 if to doe the Comp u a little hurt if they might which allsoe must 

 needes be vncerteyne to them they the said def tes should doe 

 themselues a farre greater & more certeine losse And when as 

 allsoe the Contracte made with the owners of the said private 

 playe howses if any such were hath allwaies bine soe farre from 

 the ouerthrowe hindrance or losse of the said Comp u that the 

 same hath allwayes bine & yet is aswell to & for the vse benefytte 

 & profitte of the said Comp u himselfe & his partners according to 

 the said Comp ltes parte & rate as to the benefytte of these 



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