g6 Charles William Wallace 



said Comp u accordinge to his parte as of any other person or per- 

 sons willingly did yeeld & accordingly haue payed there parte of 

 the said rent wherein alsoe the mallice & ingratitude of the said 

 Comp u is most perspicuous & plaine whoe Canne be Contented to 

 receaue dayly benefytj: not onely by the Cessation of the playes in 

 the said howse neere Powles But allsoe out of these def tes purses 

 in ready money & yet cannot bridle his envye toward these def tes 

 But ceaseth not most vnchristianlike to charge them w th falsehood 

 Cosenage treachery perfidiousnes mallice fraude practize to the 

 ouerthrowinge of the Comp ltes estate iniurious oppressions & many 

 other lewde & slaunderous supposalls whereas in trueth & as by 

 the premisses plainely may appeere he the said Comp u hath no 

 iust cause of suite much lesse anie cause at all to vse or sett forth 

 anie such scandalous & vile speeches against these def tes or any of 

 them as in & by the said Comp Ites bill & Replication are sett forth 

 vttered & declared without that that these def tes or any of them 

 haue or did at any tyme receaue or keepe the said Evans secreatt 

 from the said Comp u & soe devide & share the said goodes and 

 profyttes amongst themselues as in & by the said Replication is 

 most vntruly surmised. But rather to the contrary these def tes 

 verely thinke that the said Comp u surceaseth & in truth newer 

 meant to proceede against the said Evans for feare least that he 

 knoweinge the truth of all the said Comp ltes vntruthes should 

 discouer more then the Comp u would willingly haue knowen And 

 yett the Comp u by incertinge his name into the said bill of Comp u 

 thinketh to take awaie the said Evans his testimony from these 

 def tes w ch these def tes hope vnde r fauo r of this ho: Co rt shall not 

 be permitted And without, that that the said Comp u had at any 

 time to these def tes knowledge any such companie of the most 

 expert & skillfull Acto rs within the Realme of England to the 1 

 nomber of eighteene or twentie persons kept & mayneteyned at the 

 Costes & Charges of the Comp u Or that they were disperced by 

 the maliceous practizes of these def tes as in & by the said Replica- 

 tion is surmised ffor. that these def tes haue heard it credibly 

 reported & doe verely beleeue it to be true that those Acto rs w ch 

 he the said Comp u had & kept allthough none such eyther of 



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