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COLLECTIONS
PART I

THE MALONE SOCIETY

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It is proposed to issue the Society's Collections in parts
with continuous pagination. When sufficient parts
have appeared to form a substantial volume an index
and preliminary matter will be published.

Feb. 1908. W. W. Greg, Gen. Ed.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Notes on the Society's Publications, with contributions by W. Bang

and L. Brandin 3

Love Feigned and Unfeigned, a fragmentary morality, prepared for

press by A. Esdaile 17

The Prodigal Son, a fragment of an interlude printed c. 1530 . . 27
The Elizabethan Lords Chamberlain, by E. K. Chambers . . 31

Dramatic Records of the City of London. The Remembrancia.

Edited by E. K. Chambers and W. W. Greg . . . -43

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NOTES ON
THE SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS

THE work of the Malone Society during the first year of its
life is represented by six publications. Five of these are
reprints of old plays : Johan the Evangelist \ Wealth and Health,
Orlando Furioso, the Battle of Alcazar, and King Leir. The
sixth is the present part of the Society's Collections, the
chief item in which is the series of documents from the City
'Remembrancia '.

In addition to the debts of gratitude explicitly acknowledged
elsewhere, the General Editor wishes to record his obligation to
the Honorary Treasurer for the reference to Dome's accounts
in connexion with Johan the Evangelist, and to Mr. A. J.
Butler for knowledge of the description of the battle of Alcazar
preserved in the State Papers.

Special thanks also are due to Mr. Thomas J. Wise in an
important matter. When, in the winter of 1 906-7, Johan the
Evangelist and Wealth and Health were printed from the
originals recently acquired by the British Museum, it was
supposed that those originals were unique. In the course
of the spring, however, further copies, the property of Lord
Mostyn, were offered for sale, and at an auction in June were
acquired by Mr. Wise. It then appeared that the suspicion,
mentioned in the introduction to the reprint of Wealth and
Health, that a line was missing from the foot of D i verso, was
correct. Further inspection also showed that the newly dis-
covered copy was not only more legible than that from which
the reprint had been made, but also varied definitely in a
number of readings. Mr. Wise most kindly placed both plays
at the disposal of the General Editor for the purpose of
collation, and further lent the block from which is printed the

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accompanying facsimile of the page of Wealth and Health
defective in the Museum copy.

In the case of Johan the Evangelist little variation between
the copies was discovered. A collation suggested the following
additions to the list of doubtful readings : 4 ' w ' (the superscript
letter is more like ' e' than ' t '), 55 ' rake ' (?), 97 ' land e ' (?) ; it
also revealed a misprint at 1. 623 of the Society's edition, in
which ' Where ' should be ' There '. It may also be remarked
that in the word 'goodeneffe ' (1. 587) the ' ff ' has unfortunately
got broken in such a way as to resemble ' fl ' ; it is quite clear
in the original.

As already mentioned the collation of Wealth and Health
gave much more important results. In the first of the following
nsts are collected the corrections supplied by Mr. Wise's copy
in cases where the reading of the British Museum copy is
doubtful or indistinct These should be incorporated in any
future reprint. The second list gives the instances in which
the readings of the two copies actually differ. In these cases an
editor would have to determine which reading was the more
correct.

CORRIGENDA FROM MR. WISE'S COPY.

(Cf. list of irregular and doubtful readings, pp. vii-xii.)

76. fagetyue (not tagetyue) 400. wil mar

98. (lands 408. for lonck read fonck

126. for bye readhye 410. audor(?)

127. faue 413. koyniug(?)
212. for reft read reft 417. fprekeu (?)
267. for I wys read Iwys 440. ftyll

319. auncitorie 448. Oj

322. lybertymuft 460. fhalhe

390. neuen (?) 470. herter (?)

391. owue (?) 479. in

398. ma lowperte (?) 492. afterapace (?)

399. fhe(?) 508. fhe

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534- he

550. Ibefech

558. for

561. preferring

580. Englylh men

599. haue, then (?)

600. your

605. e xchewe (?)

630. p^omife

634. fhrewesboth (?)

669 c. w. Come (sic)

723. liberty (opposite I. 722)

755. Hance

760. Romdi

768 #. remedi Thou canft

play the knaue, an fo ye can do
all (no catchword)

777. Mot

791. majadi (the T is turned,
not doubtful as stated)

798. people

799. theroffor
803. boone(?)

834. To(?)

847. Engllfh

851. peca

867 c. w. But (no signature)

920. variable(the'i' doubtful)

924. liberty*;

954. That

stg.

A i
B i

B 2

B3
B 3

B 4

T.-P.
230

237
242

245

247
273
282

294

343
373
393
399

LIST OF VARIANTS.

B.M. Wise.

att his at this

arfe arfr

Ajlibert liberty

feble fevle

liberti. lib erti. (?)

were wece

both boih

hardly hardly

wealth w ealth (?)

Wyll. . Wyll.

ealth Health (' H ' very faint)

I mar Imarre

Wytte Wyll

the tha

war wsr

wytte wytt e (?)

sig.

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NOTES ON PUBLICATIONS

B.M.

Wise.

405

icvell

ic veil

Hance

Hance (?)

406

ic briuges

ic briug9s

409

yefeg

Xe feg

411

pray

paay

Wyll.

Wyl 1. (?)

413

feger

fegar

453

called

457

wytte.

wytte

459

of him

ol him

460

him

hiw

464

they

ehey

467

haue

hime

gods

Syds

469

470

wyll

wyjl

473

mayay (?)

may fay

475

wytte.

(omitted)

476

was

wns

477

to gether

together

478 c. w.

486

Wyll.

Wy 11. (?)

489

ftombles

ftowbles

491

way

wuy

507

Wy 11. (?)

Wyll.

552

pray

hrey

554

Rmd

Rmdi

567

ouer, and

ouer and

602

Remdi

Rem

670

them

674

all

atl

683

And

Hno

692

there

theee

693

honefti

honehi

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It will be noticed that bad as is the composition of the British
Museum copy that of Mr. Wise's copy is considerably worse,
while, on the other hand, in press work the latter is superior to
the former. The fact of badly locked type shifting in the process
of working will account for Mr. Wise's copy preserving the more
correct reading on the title-page and in 11. 507 and 554; more-
over, in the two latter cases the formes must have been unlocked
for corrections. In other cases (11. 245, 273, 399, 405, 41 1, 486),
after making corrections the formes were locked tighter than
before. The reading in 1. 282 is presumably accidental. In
1. 473 an 'f dropt out carrying a space with it, and the re-
maining letters fell over sideways. There remain two readings
only in which Mr. Wise's copy corrects that in the British
Museum, namely, in 11. 237 and 373. These occur on B i v and
B 3 V , which belong to the same inner forme, and this form is
obviously on the whole more correct in the British Museum
copy. The explanation, therefore, must be that in these two cases
certain letters dropt out and others were wrongly substituted
by the pressman.

The following notes on the fancy Dutch and Spanish in
Wealth and Health are due to the kindness of two scholars who
most obligingly came to the assistance of the General Editor.

NOTE ON LL. 388-428 AND 750-78 BY PROFESSOR W. BANG.

After a very careful consideration I think that the author of
Wealth and Health had no thorough knowledge of either Dutch
or German, but may have picked up some scraps in the Low
Countries or in some tavern near the Strand. I have, therefore,
attempted to restore what the author probably wrote, and have
added a translation into Dutch together with its English
equivalent.

388 Hance bere pot Afcon router.
(Hance bere pot a fcon router.)
Hans Bierpot een (or 'n) schoon ruiter.
(Hans Beerpot a brave horseman.)

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390 Gut nynen fcone rutters by the moder got
(Gut nunen, fcone rutters, by the moder got !)
Goede noen(?), schoone ruiters, bij de Moeder Gods!
(Good afternoon, brave horsemen, by the Mother of God!)

391 It heift owne fchon, for ftaue ye nete
(Ic heit ozne fchon, for ftane ye nete ?)
Ik heet onze schoone, verstaat ge niet ?

(They call me ' our brave lad ' ; do you understand ?)

392 De qufteker mau iche bie do do
(De quikefter man ich bin, do-do !)
De quikester man ik ben, do-do !
(I am the quickest fellow, do-do !)

Or else ' qufteker ' may stand for ' qunester ' = koenster, Germ,
kuhnster = most daring. In the case of ' iche bie ', if it stands
for ' ich bin ', as in some others, the language rather resembles
High German. The words 'do do' probably represent a burden.

393 Vau the groate bnmbarde well ic wete
(Van the groate bumbarde well ic wete ;)
Van de groote bombaerde well ik weet ;
(I know all about the great bombard ;)

394 Dartyck dowfant van enheb it mete
(Dartyck dowfant vanen heb ic mete.)
Dertig duizend vanen heb ik mede.
(Thirty thousand standards have I with me.)

395 Ic beft de mauikin van de koining dangliler

(Ic ben de manikin van de koining(s) daughter,)
Ik ben het manneke van 's konings dochter,
(I am the husband of the king's daughter,)

396 De grot keyfer kind ic bene his bufketer.
(De grot keyfer(s) kind ; ic bene his bufketer.)
Het groot keizerskinds (?) ; ik ben zijn busketier.
(The great Emperor's child ; I am his musketeer.)

The first half line is very doubtful.

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401 Ic beft nen emond, ic best in soche
(Ic ben nen emond ! ic ben en soche !)
Ik ben 'nen iemand ! ik ben 'n zulke !
(I am somebody! I am indeed!)

Here ' soche ' may stand for Germ, solche, or else the author
may simply have intended the Eng. such.

402 ye fecte nete veil ic forftaue ye in doche
(Ye fegte nete veil, ic forftane ye [in] doche.)
Ge zegt niet veel, ik versta je toch.

(You do not say much, but I understand you nevertheless.)

The word ' in ' seems to have crept in from the previous line.
Will's answer in 1. 403 also seems meant for Dutch : ' Cumpt
hore leyf' = Come here, darling; while 'gound' is perhaps for
kont ( = arse).

405 Dat maght icvell dan, ic can fkynke frelyck
(Dat magh ic veil don, ic can fkynke, frelyck !)
Dat mag ic well doen, ik kan schinken, vroolijk !
(I may well do that. I can draw, lustily !)

Here ' schinken ', Germ, schenken, means of course to pour
out, to serve liquor, the equivalent of the Eliz. to draw.

406 Tab bers frow, ic briuges brore, begottes nemerick
(Tab bere, frow ; ic bringes, brore, be gotts nemerick.)
Tap bier, vrouw ; ik breng het, broer, bij gods nemerick.
(Tap the beer, woman; I'll bring it you, brother, by

' God's )

Here ' bringes ' is probably Germ, bringe's = bringe es. So
' begottes ', Germ, bei Gottes. The word ' nemerick ' is quite
unintelligible. The form ' broer' is for breeder = brother.

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409 Ic foraue ye veil ye feg dac ic flope
(Ic forftane ye veil, ye feg dat ic flope.)
Ik versta je well, ge zegt dat ik slaap.

(I understand you well, you say that I am asleep.)

The form ' s!6p ' is also found dialectally.

410 Nenike, nenike, ic compte hore for an andor cope.
(Nenike, nenike ; ic compte hore for an ander cope.)
Neen ik, neen ik ; ik kwam hier voor een anderen koop.
(Not I, not I ! I am here on another errand.)

The form ' kompte ' is found in dialect ; ' koop ', literally
bargain.

413 yeicke feger, en bubardere va de koyning wei it be
(Yeicke, freger, en bubardere va de koyning wel ic be.)
Ja ik, vrager, een bombardier van den koning well ik ben.
(Yes, you questioner (or insolent fellow), I am indeed one

of the king's bombardiers.)

Here ' freger ', if right, may correspond either to Germ. Frager
or Frecher ; but cf. 1. 423 * segre ' ?

414 Heb twe fkelling de dagh ic con fcote de culueryn
(Heb twe fkelling de dagh ; ic can fcote de culveryn.)
Heb twee schellingen den dag; ik kan schieten de

kolveryn.
(I earn two shillings a day ; I can shoot the culverin.)

Here ' scote ' is evidently nearer to 'shoot ' than to ' schieten '.

417 Ic beft en bomberde mot ye to me fpreken

(Ic ben en bomberde (re) ; mot ye to me fpreken ?)
Ik ben een bombardier ; moet je tot mij spreken ?
(I am a bombardeer ; have you anything to say to me ?)

418 What fegye ye bones, it fal ye yode flaen
(What fegte ye ? bones, ic fal ye dode flaen.)

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Wat zegt ge ? . . . , ik zal je dood slaan.
(What say you ? . . . , I will kill you dead.)

Here ' bones ' is most likely for 'bones = God's bones ! Or
else we might read ' What seg ye, ye bones ', in which case
1 bones ' would stand for some such word as ' boer ' = peasant.

421 Caut ye me a de houfe dragen van degrot here.

(Cant ye me a de houfe dragen van de grot here ?)
Kunt ge me aan het huis dragen ( = brengen) van den

grooten heer ?
(Can you bring me to the house of the great lord ?)

423 What fegre ye welth nenyke he is net hore
(What fegte ye ? Welth ? Nenyke, he is net hore ;)
Wat zegt ge ? Welth ? Neen ik, hij is niet here ;
(What say you ? Wealth ? Nay, he is not here ;)

424 Welth beft in ffaunders, it my felf brought him dore
(Welth ben in Flaunders ; ic my felf brought him dore.)
Welth is in Vlaanderen ; ik zelf bracht hem daar.
(Wealth is in Flanders ; I brought him there myself.)

427 Segt ye dat brower, by the moder got dan
(Segt ye dat, brower ? By the moder got(s), dan)
Zegt ge dat, broer ? Bij de Moeder Gods, dan
(Say you so, brother ? By the Mother of God, then)

428 Gut naught it mot waft, to fent cafrin to mi lanma

(Gut naught ; ic mot weg (?), to Sent Catrin, to mi landfm.)
Goede nacht ; ik moet weg (?), naar St. Katrien, naar

myn landsman.
(Good night ; I must be gone (?) to St. Catharine's, to my

countryman.)

This ends Hance' first entry. He appears again at line 750,
having learned more English in the interval.

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750 Begots drowfe ic my felfe bin cupt heye fco lanfma

(Be gots . . . ., ic my felfe bin cupt here fro [my] lanfma ;)
Bij Gods. . . ., ik zelf ben hier gekomen van [myn] lands-
man;

(By God's . . ., I myself am come here from [my] country-
man['s] ;)

In this line ' drowse ' seems unintelligible : query ' browte '
= brote = bread ?

75 1 Ic mot in ander land lopen, al is quade dan
(Ic mot in ander land lopen ; al is quade dan.)

Ik moet in [een] ander land loopen ; al is kwaad dan;
(I must into [an]other land run ; all is wrong, then.)

Probably an 'if is wanting at the beginning of the second
clause : ' kwaad ' = bad, literally.

753 Ic my felf cumt fro fent Katryns dore mot ic fkyne de ca

beer
(Ic my self cumt fro Sent Katryns ; dore mot ic fkynke de

ca beer.)
Ik zelf komt van St. Katryns ; daar moet ik schenken de

kan bier.
(I myself came from St. Catharine's ; there must I draw

the can of beer.)

755 Syr ic mot mid ye fpreken ic my felf be en fcomaker

(Syr, ic mot mid ye fpreken ; ic my felf be en fcomaker.)
Sir, ik moet met u spreken ; ic zelf ben een schoenmaker.
(Sir, I must speak with you ; I myself am a shoemaker.)

757 Ic deft al forlore, copin is dod, ic maght aot do therto

(Ic ben al forlore, copin is dod ; ic maght not do therto.)
Ik ben al verloren, ' copain ' is dood ; ik mag't niet doen . . .
(I am quite lost, my comrade is dead ; I cannot do it . . .)

Here 'copin' is probably the French copain = chum (cf. 1. 411;
and note that the heathen priest in the Magdalene play of the

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Digby MS., 1. 1151, swears ' be sentt coppyn '). In the second
half line we might read ' magh ' and understand : I can do nought
thereto = I can do nothing to alter it.

759 Nen ic feker, ic wyl not gon, ic wold fain Hue hore ftil

(Nen ic zeker ; ic wyl not gon, ic wold fain Hue hore ftil.)
Neen ik, zeker ; ik wil niet gaan, ik zou nog gaarne hier

willen leven.
(Not I, forsooth ; I will not go, I would fain live here still.)

The second half line is practically English.

763 What fegt ye by gots drowfe, dai is de quade man
(What fegt ye, by gots drowfe, dat is de quade man.)
Wat zegt ge, bij Gods . . . , dat is de kwade man.
(What say you, by God's . . ., that is the wicked man.)

Compare lines 750-1.

764 Be de moro goi, ic my felfe loue de fcone Englifhman.

(Be de moder gots, ic my felfe loue de fcone Englifhman.)
By de Moeder Gods, ik zelf bemin den schoonen Engelsch-

man.

(By the Mother of God, I myself love the brave English-
man.)

767 O fkon mefter, ic heb hore bin, this darten yeore
(O fkon mefter, ic heb hore bin, this darten yeore.)

O schoon meester, ik ben zedert dertien jaar hier geweest.
(O brave master, I have been here this thirteen years.)

In this line the construction is English and not Dutch.

768 ic canfkote de coluerin, & ic can be dr beare broer,
(Ic can fkote de coluerin, & ic can be de beare-broer.)

Ik kan schieten de kolverijn en ik kan zijn de bier-brower.
(I can shoot the culverin and I can be the beer-brewer.)

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770 Ic feg to you dat welth is lopen in an ander contry
(Ic feg to you dat Welth is lopen in an ander contry.)
Ik zeg u, dat ' Welth ' in een ander land gelopen is.

(I tell you that Wealth is run into another country.)

771 wat hebegy dar brough, forftan ye net, fegt me
(Wat hebt gy dar brought ; forftan ye net, fegt me ?)
Wat hebt ge daar gebracht ; verstaat ge niet, zegt me ?
(What have you brought there ; do you not understand ?

tell me !)

774 Ic ment no quad ic loue de englifh man by min here

(Ic ment no quad ; ic loue de Englifh man, by min here.)
Ik meente het niet kwaad; ik bemin den Engelschman,

bij mijn Heer.
(I meant no harm ; I love the Englishman, by God.)

775 Cup vp fent Katrin and ic fhal ye geue twe ftope bere,
(Cup vp Sent Katrin and ic fhal ye geue twe ftope bere.)
Kom naar St. Katrijn, en ik zal u geven twee stoopen bier.
(Come to St Catharine's, and I will give you two stoops

of beer.)

777 Mor it net mare herebin, woder fal ic geweft kifkin
(Mot ic net mare here bin, woder fal ic gewen kifkin.)
Moet ik niet meer hier zijn ? . . . ik zal geven een kus (?).)
(Must I stay here no longer ? . . . I will give a little kiss (?).)

Here 'woder' seems unintelligible; query for 'moder'
= mother ?

778 Ic wil to de Kaizer gan, dar fall ic wal fkinken
(Ic wil to de Kaizer gan, dar fall ic wel fkinken.)

Ik zal naar den Keizer gaan, daar zal ik wel schenken.
* (I will go to the Emperor ; there I'll fill a bumper !)

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NOTE ON LL. 844-5 AND 851-2 BY PROFESSOR L. BRANDIN.

As in the case of the Spanish Tragedy the words seem to
have been taken at random, and may in some cases be pure
inventions.

Oury cicis queft is vn malt ombre

j O vry cruz ! que est is uno mal hombre !

(Oh, by the true cross, how this is a bad man.)

Or else ' cicis ' might be for ' cielos ', heavens : ' vry ' might
be Italian ' vera ' (' veri ') corresponding to Spanish ' verdadera '
(' verdaderos '), but is rather the English ' very ' ; while ' is ' is
English.

Me is vn fpy&nardo compoco parlauere.

Perhaps ' spy&nardo ' is for ' spanyardo ' ; anyhow the phrase
means ' I am a Spaniard '. ' Con poco parlare/ I shall speak
briefly.

Per amor de my as peca vn poco
Por amor de mi has pecado un poco.
(For love of me hast sinned a little.)

Eo queris and ar pour lagraunt creae so
Yo queria andar por la grande creacion (?)
(I wished to go through the great creation (?))

It may be mentioned finally that some valuable elucidations
of the text of Johan the Evangelist have been published by
Dr. Henry Bradley in the Modern Language Review for July,
1907 (ii. p. 350), while an article by Professor W. H. Williams
on ' Irisdision', and some notes on the dialect of Wealth and
Health by Mr. Mark Hunter are to appear in a subsequent
number. Particular points have also been discussed in Notes
and Queries for 6 and 27 July 1907 (pp. 6 and 73). Lastly a
critical edition of Wealth and Health by Professor F. Holthausen
has just appeared (Kiel, 1908).

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LOVE FEIGNED AND UNFEIGNED

A FRAGMENTARY MORALITY.

THE following curious composition was discovered by Mr. Arundell
Esdaile in a copy of Johannes Herolt, Sermones Discipuli, Strassburg, 1492,
preserved in the British Museum, where it bears the press-mark 15.2172.
The fragment is written, in a hand described by Dr. G. F. Warner as quite
early seventeenth century, on the first and last leaves of the book (sigs. a I
and ii 8), both of which have the recto partly filled with printed matter. It
seems doubtful whether the 243 lines extant were copied from a completer
text, or whether they represent an original but incomplete composition.
The nature of the alterations made by the scribe certainly suggests the
latter. In any case the beginning seems wanting ; but the volume has been
rebound, and has lost its original end papers and fly leaves. The writing,
which is very faded, was treated with a re-agent under the direction of
Dr. Kenyon, and photographs were taken while the paper was still wet.
These are decidedly more legible than the original, and have formed the
basis of the present reprint. The preparation of the text, which never-
theless proved a laborious task, was carried out by the discoverer. The
accompanying facsimile represents the top half of sig. a i recto.

lowe may I do wyth hime to mete my hert ys set on fire .". a I

till I hime se in p r sent place which is my hartp desyre

familiaritie

No doubt but love will present be his succour for to lend
ne will vnto youe feloshipe his favors Large extend enter love vnfayned

where he dothe approch one vertewes which doth smell
his nature lo e in vertewous wayes dothe passinglie excell

i. flame crossed out before fire. 2. pla crossed out before p r sent.

7. The e (perhaps the beginning 0/"excelleth) should have been crossed out.

i8 LOVE FEIGNED AND UNFEIGNED

oh wellcome sure vnfayned love right welcome loving brother
whome I (as nature doth me bynd) I love above all other

love vnfayned 10

I thancke youe familiaritie for youre curtesye allwayes
right glad I ame your healthe to se condigne of worthie prayse
but who ys this which by youe standp declare my loving brother

familiarytie
yea feloship which should you love in harte above all other

love

feloship right glad I ame to se youe in god healthe

and wishe frome herte that youe may live in like increase of wealthe

familiaritie

Prayse be to chryst w ch love hath to me sent 20

god give me grace not frome his counsailes to relent
youre ayd I crave me to assist agaynst my deadlie foe
youe ar the same w ch may me ayd and bringe me out of woe

Love vnfayned

Since my advise ye do desyre yf me ye would Imbrace
my qwaleties and fotestep all ye must pursewe apace
love ys my name indede whome all me do pursew
the sinfull creatures and lovers of vertewe
bute marke what added ys vnto my name of love

vnfayned by which word by reason we may pve 3

that love vnfayned meanethe well and fre frome crewell vice
the holie wryt doth tearme me grave & wise
love by yt selfe may be addyct as we may pve by reason
to vertewe or to vice accordinge to the season
there ys love fayned contrarye to my kynd
which will provide the to assalt and change frome the my mynd

1 knyt betwixe god and his churche tranquilitie & peace

8. wellcome, the come is interlined. g. which crossed out before whome.

11. for altered from of all.

12. condigne of worthie prayse interlined, replacing with thy my good s sse (perhaps

successe) crossed out.

17. I am interlined. 30. The first by interlined, replacing the crossed out.

31. vis crossed out be/ore vice. 32. me interlined.

37. knyt, a small blot which follows may represent a final e.

A FRAGMENTARY MORALITY 19

in labors good to spend my tyme I love do never cease

as my belovers may by paule declare whose wordp ar these

who can devyde the frome the love of christ \v ch wold hime pleas 40

wherfore me love Imbrace for paule dothe mention make

to people of corinthia myne Autor whome I make

with tonge evangelicall my wordp thoughe I should showe

and have no love in me nor to his wishes should

a soundinge brasse I should be calld of reputation small

in happie state that ma doth live w ch to me is bovnd & thrall

[ love ame stedfast & in conversation myld

[ do not swell nor envye ma woma or child

Saint lohn in his thyrd episle me love commendeth

Saint peter like wyse whose wrytinge wnto me greting sendeth 50

the holie <pphete Salomon in eclesiastic 9 declareth

that eche beaste for his owne passinglye carethe

whense let one ma an other Imbrace

that ys the meane to attayne god his grace

christ in his gospell had me in mynd

as a thinge most certayne the learned may fynd sig. a i v

thoughe a ma had of treasures aboundancp

and lived with out love or his vertewous assistancp

all were as nothinge & assuredlye vayne

wherefore good feloship me love vnfayned attayne 60

feloshippe

staye these y r exhortatons o frend love celestiall
I give youe harte thanckp as one of my frendp principall
I feloship cannot quale whil familiaritie and love
to me be asisstant no vice my sense may move

familiaritie

well brother love vnfayned since feloshippe is bent
our advise to Imitate he will sure be obsequent

38. good doubtful. 40. vs fr crossed out before the.

42. make, perhaps an error for take. 43. showe doubtful.

44. wishes doubtful. The line may possibly end bowe.

51. eclesiastic 9 , the contraction mark is badly formed and looks like an n. The reference is
apparently to Ecclesiasticus xiii. 15, but there is some confusion with Ecclesiastes.

52. carethe doubtful. 57. of c rossed out before had. 63. of crossed out brfore one.

D 2

20 LOVE FEIGNED AND UNFEIGNED

let vs departe for a season out of place

feloshipe 7

I will awayte on youe go we in godp grace

love vnfayned
content go we exeunt enter Enter falshode

falshode

God save ye my m rs god save ye this blessed day
why stare ye at me thus I wene ye be come to se a play
and in faythe so . . me I can teach youe yf youe come to my schole
for of all worldlye thingp I disdayne a foole
Salomon in his pverbp disdanethe foles so do I

yf ye rede his boke of wysdome ye may se yf I lye 80

yt ys a strange world when a foole begynes thus to prayt
of holye scripture ye may se I ame a ma of blessed stayt
my name ys falshode and of great reputacon
all wordlye me and wyse hav me in admiration
I can speake fare to a ma and Imbrace hime as my brother
whome Inwardlie I disdayne and hate above all other
all states of me me cherishe and falshode Imbrace
I ame accepted as a ma of noble grace
falshod by y 6 mas ys beloved none at all hime detest

but such as be Idyetes and wyth beggrye opprest 90

wherefore my masters yf in riches and wealthe
ye would abound ye must practise deceipt and stealth
fere nothinge to sweare by his nales woundp or blode
so thowe may have thy purpose and increase thy good
thoughe some ma should say that of wealthe thowe hast pletye
thowe must allwayes fayne that thy purse ys but emptye
I praye ye what ma goeth throwe the wode
but he that can play two faces in one hode
by the mas he may live in tranquilitie & ease

everye ma will be glad & studious hime to please io||

but some ma would marvill admiration have
what I do prate here eve r as god me save
to speake with one feloshippe whome I thought to be in place

73. enter Enter, sic. 78. of interlined. 80. rede, a final s c rossed out.

88. ther crossed out (?) before I. 102. I crossed out before eve r .

A FRAGMENTARY MORALITY 21

Eter love
fayned

but godp knowes I must wepe loe I must wepe apace
becawse I cannot fynd hime but who ys this love fayned
alas deare brother vpo feloship we shall both be disdaned
oh I must nedes wepe I oh I have a great losse
feloship pmisd to be here but he is a knave by y e mas

Love fayned

be merye ma let lamentations pap no

feloship will be our owne as he ever wap
feloshippe quoth he yf he want h . . and his me . . .

by the mas I love shall cawse hime his

yf feloshippe be long absent I sweare by my finger sig. ii 8

I will fetche hime out by y e masse yf that he do linger

falshode

oho yf that feloshippe were here present he should se what I could do
I falshode could pperlie alure hime frome love to great wo
but loe by the masse here he commethe vnto place Enter felo

youe shall se how brave I shall shall salute his grace *shpp 1 20

fayned love
nowe by the masse I ame glad of this hys p r sencp

feloshippe

O heavenly father of an celestiall Intelligencp
to the be prayse for thy giftp Innumerable
through thy vertewous I ame become stable
to knowe thy blessed will and such copanye to vse
as may be for thy glorye god bless me frome abuse
thie favor I aske my lyfe to direct
and frome my enemyes my deadlye foes abiect 13

falshode

ah gogs blode here ye all holye popeholye by the masse
good ma feloshippe is more holie tha ever he was

love fayned

we must worke by pollicyes for to coverte his mynd
or els our labor is lost we shalbe sure to fynd

104. godp, sic. Eter, sic. 109. vn crossed out before fayned.

no. an crossed out before let. 113. A second hime apparently crossed out before, his.

1 20. shall shall, sic. 124. celestiall interlined, replacing heavenl crossed out.

126. vertewousy&r vertewes.

22 LOVE FEIGNED AND UNFEIGNED

feloshippe
but oh Loving god what wightp be there in sight

falshode
youre frends m r feloshipe yf ye vs merke aright 140

feloshipe
yf yowe be my frendp the more welcoe to my p r s[

love fayned

syr we would gladlie make youe a ma of Intelligencp
yf youe to our counsailes attendancp would give
we shall teach youe a passinge trade to live

falshode

oh god I ame sorye I must wepe at y r loste stat[
that youe make youe a foole and wyth fooles y mate

those w ch be youre frendp be sorye for y r case 150

to se such beastlie fooles your wship disgrace

love fayned

yea and I frome wepinge may not my selfe refrayne
alle me of honestye youre follyes disdayne
a begger they do tearme youe they say ye so will d[
consyder ma consyder familiarytye eschewe
with love vnfayned that brother followe me vertewe
hange the slaves hang the yf they coe in my wa[
what do I force withe my sword theme to slaye

feloshippe 1 60

yf anye I should displeased the of m r cye I crave
at their obidiencp or ther pleasure they surelye
*shall me have

falshode

oh livelye sayd by gogp woundp I se yowe wilbe a ma
feloshippe is ours say nay who can
yea but feloshipe since to hus ye do Inclyne

142. p*s[, i. e. presence, the end of the word being cut away.

148. loste doubtful, the word having apparently been altered.

155. d[, probably doe. 158. wa[, probably waye.

159. theme doubtful.

161. anye doubtful, displeased, sic. The second I is altered from of.

1 66. is altered from you (?)

A FRAGMENTARY MORALITY 23

ye must eschewe familiaritie that lout & swyne

must youe be a copanion wythe everye slave

must youe give to y* beggers all that youe have 170

let the goon packinge to sainct quintans hall

whip the out of your copanye whe on youe y ei call

marke there wede & there ptensed holynes godlinep

theye would make one beleve theye were me of greate

yf youe accord with solomo my counsales Imbrace

for he all fooles disdanethe as me devoyd of grace

love fayned

yea and youe must love faynedlie your christia brother
tell hime one tale and thinke in herte one other

should everye slave knowe the secretp of your mynd 180

no no I would deceve the [

thus e . . . . rs be . s p . y sig. ii 8 V

marke me nowe adayes yf there be an heire of landp

howe they practyse by falshode to have yt out of his handp

well yf youe should studye familiarite to please

where youe be a gentle ma should not be worthe two p . . . .

oh they will cap hime and sugred wordp render

they will seme as that much your selfe they do tender

all is to have your landp in theyre posession 190

which yf the may attayne by any condicion

then may ye go alone wyth a flea in youre eare

yender goeth the ayre of lyn ye may se by his geare

let hime packe as a begger vnto the beggerp shoole

such ys the end of everye foole

falshode

Love fayned hath touched your state verye learnedlye
wherfore Imytate hime & his wayes attentivelye

178. vn crossed out before faynedlie.

182. The tops of two or three letters only remain.

183. Practically illegible, but there seem to be traces of yet another line above.
187. should, possibly we should. The last word might be pease.

1 90. I crossed out (?) before is.
195. this crossed out before such.

24 LOVE FEIGNED AND UNFEIGNED

feloshippe

yea surelie that he hath I peeve by reason 200

that feloship came hither in a verye fyt season
I se my landp might have come frome hundreth to pencp
they would have Intysed me to suche expencep
thene youe as my lovers I feloshippe Imbrace
desyring your assistancp as god shalle give me grace
I peeve by your comunication and Ingenious talke
ye can easilye descerne good chese frome chalke

falshode

yea or els god defend I ame one of Antiquitye

I have regned many yeares ago in the ancyent pgenye 210

yf Rebecca & lacob had not had my advice
they had not wrought Esawe such a pper guise

feloship
I se youe feloshipe have Intelligenc of divinitye

falshod

be sure the best learned be of my affinitye
I reigne as an Imperiall magystrate at rome
I ame honored in all nations whersoe I come
he that hath not my practyse in his conversation
ys tearmed an asse and rude in comunicatyon 220

love fayned

since we well accord and have loyes at our pleasure
let vs Indyte a songe for myrth ys a treasure

feloshippe
to that I coud I my selfe will sustayne wyth youe a part

falshode
& I will followe youe wyth all my hart

200. se crossed out before peeve.

203. con (?) crossed out before Intysed. expencep, the p is perhaps crossed out.
2 ro. I ame of crossed out before in. There seems to be something wrong with the line.
211. my counsales crossed out before had not had.
2 1 7. p crossed out before magystrate.

225. The beginning of the line is doubtful, coud, possibly cane. There is a mark before
wyth / perhaps accidental.

A FRAGMENTARY MORALITY

cantant

Singe we Singe we wyth loyfull harte
(Since feloship so doth Inclyne
a trustye frende w j ch will not start
but be a faithfull frende in fyne
Jet one an other his Imbrace
as faithfull frendp be wont to do
where love comaunds there ys godp grace
they leade there lives devoyd of wo

me feloshipe Imbrace so deare
thee lovinge as my senses meve
oh pleasant frend oh brother neare
in health & wealthe god grant y grow
god give vs loyes and nestors daye[
a lyfe in vertewes to excel
for thy vertewes I must y e prayse
& so I must for ay fare well

230

feloshippe

well songe my frendp I would we shulld go hencp
go we to banquete & spare no pencp

falshode
content go we ye marrye m falshode cannot quale

love fayned
)ee sure then I shall allways p r vaile exeunt

232 a. but (like a good deal else in this song) doubtful.

233 a. an, or and. his, or this.
229 b. me, or and.

230^. thee, or thie.

232^. thie crossed out be/ore in.

241. marrye doubtful.

243. The readings in this line are all more or less conjectural.

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THE PRODIGAL SON

A FRAGMENT OF AN INTERLUDE PRINTED C. I53O.

IN April 1895 Dr. Francis Jenkinson purchased an octavo
volume, printed at Paris by P. Vidovaeus in 1542, and intitled
Claudii Altissiodorensis in Epistolam ad Galatas enar ratio.
The book had apparently been bound in England, for the end
papers consisted of the two halves of a folio leaf containing
a portion of an unidentified black-letter interlude. Mr. Charles
Sayle having called the attention of the General Editor to this
fragment, Dr. Jenkinson most obligingly placed it at the disposal
of the Society for the purpose of publication. There can be little
doubt that the leaf was printed by either John or William Rastell,
and therefore between 1516 and 1534, most probably near the
latter date. It does not, however, belong to any of the plays
known to have issued from their presses, and has indeed so far
baffled all attempts at identification. It is in the hope of
eliciting further information that the fragment is here repro-
duced and reprinted.

I can haue louers mo then one or two \recto\

That fhall make my houfbande without fayle
To haue[]xx. homes more then a fnayle

Pater. f[ The deuyll caft wylde fyre in thy tayle

Filius. 4E wyH y e by an y faggottes ?

Vxor C But now I muft nede
with a nedle and a threde

3. wormhole, no doubt haue .xx.
E 2

28 THE PRODIGAL SON

A nepkyn go fow

For fyr lohn Rofe

To wype therwith his nofe 10

I wyll fytte here a lowe
Filius. f[ wyll ye bye any faggottes

Here fhe muft fytte downe and fowe, and let her
fynge this fonge folowynge.
Vxor {[ An houfbande I haue

And he is but a knaue

And I am a wyly pye

I fet him on the fcore

And tell hym before

That a cokold he (hall dye. 20

Pater. f[ Marry that is well, yf that be trewe

He maye go counter, et erexit cornu

But let euery man marke it all his lyfe

And he fhall not fynde it longe of the good wyfe
Filius. C wyll ye bye any faggottes

Here the fonne cometh in agayne lamentably
fayenge as foloweth.

I haue walked vp and downe the ftrete

And not wyth one there I can mete

That wyll my faggottes bye. 30

Now to my home

when that I fhall come

I fhall be beten bytterly

I wolde the erth had me fwalowed

My fathers wyll when I not folowed

He wolde haue had me a clarke

But I was a fole fo flarke

That his mynde I Judged nowght

But that I haue now derely bowght

O woo is to that man all dayes of his lyfe 40

That hath a fhrewde queane to his wyfe

All this trowble my father tolde me before
20. cokold, the \ not clear. 25. faggottes, the first t doubtful.

AN EARLY INTERLUDE 29

But of his wordes I made no (lore [verso]

That alacke alacke and weale awaye

That euer I lyued to fe this daye

Swalow me erth I hartely the praye
Pater. |[ It is to late fonne, now fo to faye
Filius. 4[ Now gentell mefter bye my wood

I afke for it but a peny good

For furely yf I home it brynge 50

This is the laft daye of my lyuynge

Here the feruant cometh in fpekynge fome
ftraunge language / and the fonne fayth
vnto hym as foloweth.
Filius. 4[ I crye you mercy mayfter I ftande in your waye

I praye you pardon me I wote not what ye faye

I can vnderftande no laten, I was neuer at Oxynby

No, nor yet in Cambrydge nor other infteuynfte
Seruus f[ Syr ye fholde fay vniuerfyte, 'not infteuynfte
Filius. C I praye you good fyr, holde me excufed 60

For to fuch ropperype termes I am not vfed
Seruus j[ well felow let me thy faggottes bye

And here is for them a peny
Filius. 4[ ye fhall haue them mayfter, with all my harte

But tell me your name before you departe
Seruus J[ My name is Robyn ren awaye

An hofteler that maketh the bottels of hey

Dwellynge the nexte houfe to the cocoldes home

Not farre from the place that your father was borne

lynckyn iumbler 70

Rafe rumbler

Philyp flumbler

Thomkyn tumbler

Stephyn ftumbler

Henry humbler

43. wordes, possibly wordes.

59. 'not, the mark before the n probably accidental.

72. f Iumbler, possibly for fumbler.

30 THE PRODIGAL SON

Martyn mumbler

Benet bumbler

Gwy grumbler

Do dwell verely

with the fame man as I 80

Filius 4E But yet ye tolde me not your mayfters name
Seruus {[ Of a trouth fyr, in that I was to blame

His name is Humfrey hartles the trewth to fay

Betyn of his wyfe fome tymes twyfe a daye

THE
ELIZABETHAN LORDS CHAMBERLAIN

THE historian of the stage is concerned to know the succession
of the Lords Chamberlain at the Court of Elizabeth, since more
than one of these officials entertained players, and it is important
that the life-histories of their companies should not be entangled.
Unfortunately he is likely to be misled by the statements made
in the Dictionary of National Biography, where one would
expect accuracy on such a matter, and elsewhere. A proper
history of the Royal Household has never been written, and it
is necessary to piece the facts together from very heterogeneous
sources. The difficulty is the greater, in that the Lord
Chamberlain's Department has itself but few records of its
earlier traditions, and that the mode of appointment to the
office is by delivery of the white staff and not by patent, so that
the ordinary entries upon the Patent Rolls are not available.

Elizabeth's first Lord Chamberlain was her great-uncle
Lord William Howard, a younger son of the second Duke of
Norfolk, who had been created Lord Howard of Effingham on
March n, 1554. He was one of the Lords dispatched to
Elizabeth at Hatfield immediately after the proclamation on
November 17, 1558, and sat as Chamberlain in the first Council
of the new reign on November 20 (Dasent, Acts of Privy
Council, vii. 3 ; Nichols, Eliz. i. 35). Count de Feria, writing
to Philip of Spain on November 21, notified the appointment
(Spanish Papers, Eliz. i. 2). According to Camden (A nnales, 284),
Howard, after being Admirallus, was Cubicularius to Mary as
well as to Elizabeth, and a story told by Henry Clifford in his
Life of Jane Dormer (ed. Stevenson, 167) as to his light
behaviour when holding this office offers some confirmation of
the statement. Clifford, however, is not really an independent
witness ; for he certainly had the Annales before him in writing

32 THE ELIZABETHAN

his narrative, since he attempts in one place to controvert them,
and in speaking of Howard as Chamberlain he may only be
going upon Camden's authority. It seems almost certain that
the annalist erred. Howard had been Lord High Admiral
from October 26, 1553 (Dasent, iv. 359) to February 7, 1558
(Lords' Journals), and his control of the fleet had enabled him
to give an efficient protection to Elizabeth during her sister's
dangerous rule. He was succeeded as Admiral by Edward
Lord Clinton, whose patent is dated February 13, 1558 (Nichols,
Machyris Diary, xvi). At this time the post of Chamberlain
was held by Edward, Lord Hastings of Loughborough, who
had been appointed on December 25, 1557 (Machyris Diary, 161).
Nor is there any evidence that Hastings gave place to Howard
during the few remaining months of the reign. He appears
on the rolls of Parliament as Camerarius on January 20, 1558
(Lords' Journals]. He is mentioned as ' Lorde Chamberlayne
of my Howsehold' in Mary's will, which is dated on March
30, 1558 (J. M. Stone, History of Mary I, 517), and the Lords
Journals again record him as Camerarius from November 5 to
November 17, 1558. Howard attended the Privy Council as
an ordinary member on April 2, 1558, and again from October 23
to November 13, 1558. During this latter period the Lord
Chamberlain also attended (Dasent, vi. 299, 420, 428). It
follows that if he was in fact Chamberlain to Mary, he must
have succeeded Hastings after April 30 and given place to him
again before October 23. On the whole it seems more
probable that Camden was mistaken. I do not find that this
Lord Howard of Effingham had any players at court. He
resigned his white staff on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal
in July, 1572 J , and died on January n, 1573 2 .

1 Stow, Annals, 673 gives the date for both Howard's appointment and
that of Sussex as July 13; the Burleigh Notes in Haynes-Murdin, ii. 773 that
for Howard's as July 15. The formal grant of the Privy Seal (S. P. Dom.
Ixxxix. 2) is dated Aug. 5.

* This is the date in the Reigate Register (G. Leveson-Gower, The
Howards of Effingham, in Surrey Archaeological Collections, ix. 414). Stow,
Annals, 674 gives the date in error as Jan. 12; Fleay, Chronicle History

LORDS CHAMBERLAIN 33

Howard's successor as Chamberlain was Thomas Ratcliffe,
third Earl of Sussex, a warlike nobleman who had been Lord
President of the North since August, 1568 (Haynes-Murdin,
ii. 765), but had resigned this post by October 22, 1572
(S. P. Dom. Add. xxi. 90). It was filled in November by the
Earl of Huntingdon (Haynes-Murdin, ii. 773). It will anticipate
controversy if I here say that Sussex seems to have remained
Chamberlain until his death on June 9, 1583. On May ii,
1573, Gilbert Talbot wrote of him to his father, the Earl of
Shrewsbury (Lodge, Illustrations, ii. 1 7), ' My Lord of Sussex
goes with the tide, and helps to back others ; but his own credit
is sober, considering his estate : he is diligent in his office and
takes great pains.' Archbishop Parker refers to him as
Chamberlain in a letter to Burghley of August 17, 1573 (Ellis,
Original Letters, i. 2, 270), and letters are addressed to him as
such by the Corporation of London on March 2, 1574 (Collier,
i. 206), and by Burghley on March 29, 1574 (Ellis, iii. 4, 16).
And now confusion comes into the chronicle. According to
Mr. Fleay (Chronicle History, 45, 50), Lord Charles Howard
became Chamberlain in 1574, and in 1577 the Earl of Sussex
was again appointed in place of him. By ' Lord Charles
Howard' Mr. Fleay means Charles, second Lord Howard of
Effingham, the son of the old Chamberlain. Professor Laughton
(D.N.B.) gives the date of Howard's appointment somewhat
more precisely as ' about April ',15 74. I think that ' about
April ' may at once be dismissed, since a memorandum of May
19, 1574, as to a contemplated visit of Elizabeth to Archbishop
Parker (Nichols, Progresses, i. 385), suggests making provision
for ' the Lord Chamberlayne at his old lodgings ', from which it
can fairly be inferred that there had been no change since
Elizabeth's earlier visit in September, 1573. Similarly Mr.
Fleay's view that Sussex was out of office from 1574 to 1577 is
rendered untenable by his appearance as Camerarius on the
Lords Journals from February 8 to March 15, 1576, and by

of the London Stage, 45, as Jan. 14; and J. K. Laughton in D.N.B. as
Jan. 29.

34 THE ELIZABETHAN

a letter from Walter, Earl of Essex, to Burghley on September
21, 1576, in which he commends his son to Sussex, and describes
him as Lord Chamberlain. The Lord Chamberlain was still in
charge of the young Essex on November 18, 1576 (Devereux,
Earls of Essex, i. 144, 166). I do not suggest that there is no
foundation for the theory about Howard. It appears to be
based upon an entry in the accounts of the Revels Office
(Cunningham, 87) which records a visit of Thomas Blagrave
to Hampton Court on December 5, 1574, to confer with 'my
L. Chamberlayne the L. H award'. The explanation, however,
is not that Howard had succeeded Sussex, but that Howard
sometimes replaced Sussex as a deputy in his absence. This
can be shown from the account of Elizabeth's visit to Worcester
in August, 1575, preserved in the Chamber Order Book of that
city (Nichols, i. 533). 'The Lord Chamberlayne' is described
as present both at the entry on August 13 and at the procession
to the Cathedral on August 14. But it is afterwards noted that
on August 1 8 the Corporation came with a present of two
gallons of hypocras to ' the Yerle of Sussex, Lord Chamberlain,
for that he came but att night ; and being in his bede and some-
what diseased, sent them very hartie thanks by his Secretary;
but they spake not with hym'. In a list, appended to the
narrative, of 'The Noblemen's names attending her Majesty*
are to be found ' The L. Thomas Ratclyff, Yerle of Sussex,
L. Chamberlayne to the Queens Majestic ', and ' Sr Charles
Howard, L. of Effynh'm, and Lord Chamberlayn in the absence
of the E. of Sussex '. Sussex is entered as Chamberlain on the
Lords Journals for March 26, June 30, and November 12, 1577,
and for March 6, 1578, and also on the roll of New Year gifts
for January i, 1578 (Nichols, ii. 66). At the visit of Elizabeth
to Cambridge during the progress of 1578, Burghley advised the
University that gloves should be presented to various personages,
including the Lord Chamberlain ; and to Sussex a pair was
accordingly brought with a copy of verses on July 26 (Nichols,
ii. no, 113). Later in the year comes another puzzling reference.
On October n, Lady Sidney, writing to Edmund Mollineux

LORDS CHAMBERLAIN 35

about the provision of lodgings for Sir Henry Sidney at court,
refers clearly to Sussex as Chamberlain. In a second letter,
apparently a few days later, but only dated 'Monday, 1578',
she writes, ' Go to my Lord Howard, and in my Lord's name
also move his Lordshipe to shew his brother, my Lord, as they
cawle cache other, to shew him a cast of his offis' (Sydney
Papers, i. 271, 272). I can only suppose that the use of
Howard's name here is due, either to a slip of the pen,
caused by Lady Sidney's knowledge that he did occasionally
serve as deputy to the Chamberlain, or to the receipt of
information from Mollineux, in reply to her first letter,
that he was actually so serving in the autumn of 1578. It
is to be noted that Sussex and not Howard was actually
Sidney's ' brother ', having married his sister Frances. At
any rate there are further records of Sussex as Chamber-
lain in the roll of New Year gifts for January i, 1579
(Nichols, ii. 250), in the Lords Journals for April 27, May 25,
October 20, and November 24, 1579, January 21, January 30,
May 2, October 17, and November 24, 1580, and January 16
to March 18, 1581, and in other documents of June 21, 1579
(S. P. Dom. cxxxi. 27), July i, 1580 (Lodge, ii. 175), November 6
and December 20, 1580 (S. P. Dom. cxliv. 9, 54). On July i,
1580, he was reported to be ill at Newhall. On September
16, 1582, Lady Sussex wrote to Sir Christopher Hatton from
Newhall of her husband's painful sickness (Nicolas, Life of
Hatton, 271), and on November 21 an entirely new name
appears in a commission of that date which is addressed,
amongst others, 'consiliario nostro Henrico Hunsdon hospitii
nostri Camerario' (S. P. Dom. Add. xxvii. 128). Henry Carey,
a first cousin of Elizabeth, had been created Lord Hunsdon on
January 13, 1559, and had long served as Warden of the East
Marches at Berwick. He was father-in-law of Lord Howard of
Effingham, who after being talked of as a match for Elizabeth
herself (Spanish Papers, Eliz. i. 8), married Katharine Carey in
1563. The choice of Hunsdon to supply the place of the
failing Sussex was perhaps determined by the fact that Howard

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36 THE ELIZABETHAN

had been appointed in the previous February as Vice-Admiral
to the Lord Admiral who, first as Lord Clinton and from
May 4, 1572, as Earl of Lincoln, had held his post throughout
Elizabeth's reign and was now, like Sussex, old and sick
(Nichols, ii. 344). Sussex lingered through one more Christmas
and died on June 9, 1583 (Stow, Annals, 697; Camden,
Annales, 402).

It will be convenient to consider at this point some of the
companies of players who received payments for performances at
court during Sussex's term of office, from July 13, 1572, to June
9, 1583. The most complete and accurate records of these
performances, those in the Declared Accounts of the Treasurer
of the Chamber *, show payments to a Company under the name
of Sussex for plays given during the Christmas of 1572-3 and on
February 2, 1577 and December 27, 1580, and to a company
under the name of Howard for plays given on December
27, 1576, February 17, 1577, and January i, 1578. Similarly
they show plays by a company described as the Lord Chamber-
lain's on ten occasions beginning with February 2, 1576, and
ending on January 6, 1583. I think it is natural to identify this
company with that of Sussex, and to suppose that Sussex,
whose functions as Lord Chamberlain included a general
responsibility for and oversight of the Revels, made it a practice
to maintain a company at court throughout his term of office,
while Howard only brought one for one or two years during
which his temporary services as deputy to Sussex had given
him a special interest in dramatic matters. If so, an exact
parallel is afforded by the case of Hunsdon, whose men only
played once at court during the whole of this period, namely on
December 27, 1582, in the Christmas after Hunsdon had been
acting as Chamberlain. In confirmation of this view I may point
out that the performance on February 2, 1577, for which the

1 On the nature of these Accounts and of the corresponding entries in the
Acts of the Privy Council and in the Accounts of the Revels Office, see my paper
on ' Court Performances before Queen Elizabeth ' in The Modern Language Review
for October, 1906.

LORDS CHAMBERLAIN 37

Treasurer of the Chamber entered a payment to Sussex's men,
is assigned by the Revels Accounts to those of the Chamberlain,
and that another performance on February 2, 1581, for which
the Treasurer paid the Chamberlain's, is assigned by the Revels
Accounts to Sussex's. It is fair to note that a performance on
February 17, 1577, assigned by both of these sets of Accounts
to Howard's, appears in the Acts of the Privy Council as by
the Chamberlain's. Probably this is a slip of the same nature
as Lady Sidney's. The Acts are not so accurate as either of
the other records ; the entry in question, for instance, gives the
date of the play as February 18, which is almost certainly
wrong in face of the double testimony to February 17. The
Acts have not the authority of audited accounts ; they are only
minutes of what took place at meetings of the Council, and
were probably written up after the meetings from rough notes
made at the time. Only one of the Chamberlain's men is
mentioned by name. This is John Adams, who took pay-
ment for the play of February 2, 1576 (Modern Language
Review, ii. 5).

In spite of the formal description of Hunsdon as Camerarius
in a royal commission, he can hardly have been permanently
appointed as Sussex's successor in 1582. The payment
warrants for the Christmas plays of 1582-3, all issued on the
same date, seem to clearly distinguish his company of players
from that of the Lord Chamberlain. Sussex is still entered as
Camerarius on the Lords Journals for April 19, 1583, and
both Stow and Camden, moreover, speak of him as Chamber-
lain at his death. Mr. Sidney Lee (D. N. B.) says that
Hunsdon was his successor. This statement is probably based
on Naunton (Fragmenta Regalia, 100), but it is not strictly
accurate. Hunsdon ultimately became Chamberlain, but, as
already pointed out by Mr. Fleay (Chron. Hist. 31), the
immediate successor to Sussex was Howard. There was
a little delay and uncertainty. On August 6, 1583, Nicholas
Faunt wrote to Anthony Bacon, ' We have yet no Chamberlain,
but it is thought it will be the Lord Hunsdon ' (Birch, Eliz. i. 40).

38 THE ELIZABETHAN

Howard was probably nominated in time for the festivities of
the following Christmas. His livery warrant is dated August
1 6, 1584 (Lord Chamberlains Books, 811, f. 206), but he
appears as Chamberlain on the roll of New Year gifts for
January i, 1584 (Nichols, Eliz. ii. 419), and in a royal commission
of March 5, 1584 (S. P. Dom. Eliz. clxix. 10). Hunsdon
appears in the same commission as Warden of the Marches.
He seems, however, to have got tired by this time of border
life, and on June 8, 1584, he wrote to Burghley expressing
a desire to resign his post, on the ground that the Queen had
grumbled at his delay in starting north (Ellis, ii. 3, 103).
A letter from Sir Christopher Hatton to Burghley, dated
October 29, 1584, refers to a certain 'great office' then under
consideration, and suggests a day for ' the delivery of the staff '
(Nicolas, Hatton, 394). Sir Harris Nicolas thought that the
allusion was to the appointment of Hunsdon to succeed Sussex.
It is more likely that an appointment to the post of Lord
Steward or Great Master of the Household, which had long
been in abeyance, was in contemplation. Certainly Howard is
again entered as Chamberlain on the roll of New Year gifts
for January i, 1585 (Nichols, ii. 426), and on the Lords'
Journals from November 23, 1584, to February n, 1585.
The entries for the rest of the Parliament are rather curious.
On February 15 Howard's name appears in the list of peers
without any indication of his office, but with the precedence
over all other barons which he had previously enjoyed as
Chamberlain. From February 16 to February 20 he appears
as Admirallus, then as Camerarius again from February 22
to March 29, on May 21 and on June 17. Hunsdon's name is
entered throughout the Parliament as that of an ordinary
baron holding no office. I think the inference is that, shortly
after the death of the old Admiral, the Earl of Lincoln,
which took place in January, 1585 (Stow, 700), Howard was
nominated to succeed him ; that he did not immediately receive
his patent, or surrender his staff of office as Chamberlain ; and
that the Clerk of the House of Lords was for a time puzzled as

LORDS CHAMBERLAIN 39

to the proper style under which to enter him in the Journals.
His 'advancement' is referred to in a letter of Bishop Chaderton
on May 23, 1585 (S. P. Dom. Eliz. clxxviii. 67), but it is not
until July 8 that Burghley records in his diary (Haynes-Murdin,
ii. 783), ' The Lord Howard made Lord Admiral by Letters
Patent dated this day at Greenwich.' Stow (Annals, 708)
gives July 4 as the date of his appointment and also as that of
Hunsdon's appointment as Chamberlain in his place. This may
perhaps be accepted so far as the latter event is concerned.

From this date onwards the tale is plain enough. There is
no suggestion of any other Chamberlain than Hunsdon until his
death on July 22, 1596 (Stow, Annals, 777; Goodman, ii. 10),
although during the perilous days of 1588 he returned for
a while to the north as Governor of Berwick (Haynes-Murdin, ii.
788). On his deathbed he refused the title of Earl of Wiltshire,
which his and Elizabeth's common grandfather had borne, and
which he had coveted during his lifetime. On August 8, 1596,
William Brooke, Lord Cobham, became Chamberlain (Birch,
Eliz. ii. 102 ; Camden, 736). He died on March 5, 1597, and
almost immediately afterwards the letters of the court gossip
Rowland Whyte contain the news that George Carey, second
Lord Hunsdon, was likely to succeed to the place which his
father had held before him (Sydney Papers, ii. 25, 27, 38, 41).
On March 13 Whyte wrote, 'My Lord of Hunsdon waits, and
doeth all things appertaining to the place, but hath not yet the
white staff,' and in a later letter, ' Upon Sunday (March 17) in
the afternoon, my Lord Hunsdon had the white staff given him,
and thereby Lord Chamberlain/ His livery warrant is not
dated until May 18, 1599 (Lord Chamberlains Books, 81 1, f. 236).
George, Lord Hunsdon, was Elizabeth's last Lord Chamberlain,
but during the closing years of the reign he was in ill health,
and the court buzzed with intrigues for the reversion. On
March 15, 1600, Rowland Whyte wrote, ' My Lord Chamberlain
is very sick at Drayton, being seized with an apoplexy ; if he
should die, I hear 400 [Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham] would
stand for his office.' On April 3 he was 'not very well'. On

40 THE ELIZABETHAN

June 2 Whyte again wrote, 'My Lord Chamberlain is grown
very weak and the Bath hath hurt him ; some say here he
cannot live, and the voice goes that my Lord Burleigh [Thomas
Cecil] will stand for it, which will greatly cross my Lord of
Worcester's hopes. Sir Walter Raleigh will be here out of
hand, and will press for the Vice-Chamberlain's place.' On
September 26, 'My Lord Chamberlain is not able to take the
pains belonging to his place, which will draw of the necessity
the making of a Vice-Chamberlain.' On October 9, * The
speech goes that my Lord Cobham shall be a Councillor and
my Lord Thomas Howard Lord Chamberlain, if this Lord do
miscarry' (Sydney Papers, ii. 179, 185, 198, 216, 217). Another
court newsman, John Chamberlain, wrote on February 3, 1601,
' In the absence of the Lord Chamberlain, Sir John Stanhope
was appointed to serve as Vice-Chamberlain, which most men
interpret to be a good step to the place' (Chamberlain, 100).
On December 29, 1601, Hunsdon was well enough to entertain
Elizabeth at his house in the Blackfriars with dinner and a play
(S. P. Dom. Eliz. cclxxxii. 48); but on August 12, 1602, Sir
Walter Raleigh wrote to Lord Cobham from Sherborne, ' I hear
that the Lord Chamberlain is dead. If it be so, I hope that
your Lordship may be stayed upon good cause ' (Edwards,
Raleigh, ii. 249). But Hunsdon was not dead. By October 2
he was ' come home from the Bath, but neither better nor worse
than when he went out' (Chamberlain, 152). He was unable
to perform his duties at Christmas. Whyte wrote on Decem-
ber 28, ' My Lord Tho. Howard is commanded to wait as Lord
Chamberlain, but he hath yet no white staff, nor they cannot
get the other lord to resign it, nor to lend him his lodging.
He sends to the court to see what is done, and hopes they will
not bury him alive. Here is a rumour that he might be Lord
Privy Seal, but he will not give over his place of Lord
Chamberlain' (Sydney Papers, ii. 162). Then came James
Stuart and gave short shrift to Hunsdon's reluctances. On
April 6, 1603, he wrote to the Council from Berwick that as
Hunsdon was 'not able by reason of his indisposition to execute

LORDS CHAMBERLAIN 41

the services belonging to his charge', he had appointed
Thomas, Lord Howard of Walden, ' to exercise that place for
the said Lord Hunsdon,' and had written to him accordingly
(Ellis, i, 3, 66). Lord Howard of Walden, who was a son of the
fourth and attainted Duke of Norfolk, and held his title in right
of his mother, appears to have been formally appointed Lord
Chamberlain at Theobalds on May 4, 1603, and on July 21 he
was created Earl of Suffolk (Stow, Annals, 822, 826). Lord
Hunsdon died on September 9, 1603 (Nichols, James, i. 122* ;
Lodge, iii. 22, 24).

A final word is desirable upon the companies. Sussex's men
drop out of the court records after his death, and it is not
until 1592 that a company of the same name belonging to
Henry Ratcliffe, the fourth Earl, make their appearance.
There is no sign of any players under the aegis of the Lord
Chamberlain during Charles Lord Howard's brief tenure of that
office from 1583 to 1585. After he became Admiral, however,
Howard had a famous company, which held together throughout
the reign, and as to the later history of which we know much
through its association with Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe.
The fortunes of this company cannot be pursued in detail here.
Whether it had any continuity with Howard's earlier company
of 1 576-8 can only be matter for conjecture. Under the name of
the Admiral's men it first appeared at court on December 27,
1585. On the following January 6 there was a play by
' the servantes of the lo: admirall and the lo: Chamberlaine ' ;
that is to say, by Howard's men in conjunction with those of
Henry Lord Hunsdon, who had already appeared in 1582.
One of these men seems to have been owner of the Theatre in
1584 (Wright, Eliz. ii. 227), and this must have been either James
Burbage or John Hyde, to whom Burbage seems to have
assigned an interest in the Theatre in 1579 (Halliwell-Phillipps,
Outlines, ed. 9, i. 358). There is no further notice of this company
at court. Possibly it was merged in the Admirals. c The Lorde
Chamberlens and the Lorde Admiralls players' visited Leicester,
also apparently as one company, in 1585 (Kelly, Notices of

42 THE LORDS CHAMBERLAIN

Leicester ; 215). Hunsdon had not quite the same reason
as his predecessor for maintaining a company at court, owing to
the establishment, a few months before the death of Sussex, of
the Queen's company. This, which furnished the lion's share
of the plays at court from 1583 to 1591, formed a part of
the Royal Household, and as such was, of course, directly
under the control of the Lord Chamberlain. It is not until
after the disappearance of the Queen's men that a Lord
Chamberlain's company is again heard of. The Queen's men
came to court for the last time on January 6, 1594. In June,
1594, a company described as 'my Lord Chamberlain's men*
was performing for Henslowe, at the same time as the Ad-
miral's men, at Newington Butts (Henslowe, i. 17). On
October 8 Hunsdon wrote to the Lord Mayor to bespeak
facilities for ' my no we companie of players ' to use the Cross-
Keys in Gracechurch Street (Remembrancia, ii. 33). On
December 26 the company appeared for the first time at
court, and amongst its members were William Kempe, William
Shakespeare, and Richard Burbage. Upon its possible relations
to the earlier companies of Lord Pembroke, Lord Strange, and
Henry, Lord Sussex, I will not here speculate; and its subsequent
history is part of the biography of Shakespeare. I am only
concerned to note that at Hunsdon's death in 1596 it passed
under the protection not of his successor in office, Lord Cobham,
who does not seem to have brought a company to court, but of
his son George, Lord Hunsdon. When he in his turn succeeded
Cobham on March 17, 1597, it became once more the Lord
Chamberlain's company.

E. K. CHAMBERS.

June 1907.

DRAMATIC RECORDS OF THE CITY OF
LONDON. THE REMEMBRANCIA

THE following documents are selected from a series of books
preserved in the office of the Town Clerk of the City of
London and known as the Remembrancia. Their origin is to
be found in an order of the Court of Aldermen on November 5,
1573, 'that all the Lres w ch hereafter be sent unto my Lord
Maior and this Courte from the Quenes Ma tie and Her Counsell
shalbe entred into a sev'all booke therefore provided verbatim,'
and in a further order of the same Court on December 10, 1579,
whereby the Town Clerk was enjoined ' to cause the answeares
from henceforthe to be made of such Lres as shalbe directed to
this Court from any personage of honor or creditt to be entred
in a booke to be provided for that purpose '. The engrossing
of the books was committed to the officer holding the post of
Remembrancer. This post was established in 1571 and was
held successively by Thomas Norton, one of the authors of
Gorboduc (1571-1584), Giles Fletcher, the poet (1587-1605),
Clement Edmonds, afterwards Clerk of the Privy Council
(1605-1609), William Dyos (1609-1619), Robert Bacon (1619-
1633), and Thomas Wiseman (1633-1642). The extant books
classified in the Remembrancia series cover, but for a few short
gaps, of which the interval between the death of Thomas
Norton in March, 1584, and the appointment of Giles Fletcher
on January 21, 1587, is the most important, the whole of the
period 1579-1640 and five years (1660- 1664) of the Restoration;
but they were not kept in a uniform manner throughout, and it
is clear from the Acts of the Privy Council that they do not
contain all the letters that might properly have been entered in
them. Nevertheless the contribution which they make to the
history of the stage is of great value. Attention was first called to

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DRAMATIC RECORDS

it by a communication from Mr. B. B. Orridge in the Athenaum for
January 23, 1869. I* 1 i&7% the Corporation issued a privately
printed subject-calendar under the title Q{ Analytical Index to the
Series of Records known as the Remembrancia ; but it has seemed
convenient to the Council of the Malone Society to supplement
the summaries contained in that volume by publishing the literal
text of such of the documents as throw light upon theatrical
affairs. They desire to acknowledge on behalf of the Society
the courtesy of the Corporation and of Dr. R. R. Sharpe,
the Records Clerk, by which this has been rendered possible.
It is not to be supposed that the contents of the Remembrancia
exhaust the historical material which is likely to be available
in the City archives. A systematic search ought to be made
in the Letter Books, which extend to 1590, in the Journals of
the Common Council, and in the Repertories of the Court of
Aldermen. But it has not proved feasible to undertake this
upon the present occasion. The text of the documents has been
prepared by the General Editor and the head-notes have been
added by the President. For convenience of reference the list
of Mayors from 1580 to 1640 has been reprinted from Loftie's
History of London.

August 1907.

LIST OF MAYORS

1580 Sir John Branch.

1581 Sir James Harvie.

1582 Sir Thomas Blancke.

1583 Edward Osborne.

1584 Sir Thomas Pullison.

1585 Sir Wolstane Dixie.

1586 Sir George Barne.

1587 Sir George Bond.

1588 Sir Martin Calthrop for

part, and Sir Richard
Martin for the rest.

1589 Sir John Hart.

1590 Sir John Allot for part,

and Sir Rowland Hey-
ward for the rest.

1591 Sir William Webb.

1592 Sir William Roe.

J 593 Sir Cuthbert Buckle for
part, and Sir Richard
Martin for the rest.

1594 Sir John Spencer.

*595 Sir Stephen Slany,

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1 596 Sir Thomas Skinner for

part, and Sir Henry
Billingsley for the rest.

1597 Sir Richard Saltenstall.

1598 Sir Stephen Some.

1599 Sir Nicholas Mosley.

1600 Sir William Rider.

1601 Sir John Garrard.

1602 Robert Lee.

1603 Sir Thomas Bennet.

1604 Sir Thomas Lowe.

1605 Sir Leonard Halliday.

1606 Sir John Wats.

1607 Sir Henry Rowe.

1608 Sir Humphrey Weld.

1609 Sir Thomas Cambell.

1610 Sir William Cra von.

1611 Sir James Pemberton.

1612 Sir John Swinnerton.

1613 Sir Thomas Middleton.

1614 Sir Thomas Hayes.

1615 Sir John Jolles.

1616 Sir John Leman.

1617 George Bolles.

1618 Sir Sebastian Harvey.

1619 Sir William Cockain.

1620 Sir Francis Jones.

1621 Sir Edward Barkham.

1622 Sir Peter Proby.

1623 Sir Martin Lumley.

1624 Sir John Goare.

1625 Sir Allen Cotton.

1626 Sir Cuthbert Hacket, or

Aket.

1627 Sir Hugh Hammersley.

1628 Sir Richard Deane.

1629 Sir James Cambell.

1630 Sir Robert Ducy.

1631 Sir George Whitmore.

1632 Sir Nicholas Raynton.

1633 Sir Ralph Freeman for

part, Sir Thomas Moul-
son for the rest.

1634 Sir Robert Parkhurst.

1635 Sir Christopher Clethe-

row.

1636 Sir Edward Bromfield.

1637 Sir Richard Fenn.

1638 Sir Maurice Abbott.

1639 Sir Henry Garway.

1640 Sir William Acton,

Knight and Baronet,
discharged by the
House of Commons,
and Sir Edmund
Wright, substituted.

(W. J. Loftie, A History of London, 1883, ii. 321-5.)

46 DRAMATIC RECORDS

[1580, April 12. Sir Nicholas Woodrofe, Lord Mayor, to Sir Thomas
Bromley, Lord Chancellor (Remembrancia, i. 9 ; Index, 350). It is probable that
the 'disorder ' on Sunday, April 10, was the fray between Lord Oxford's men and
the Inns of Court, into which the Privy Council was inquiring on April 13,
May 26, and July 18 (Dasent, Acts of the Privy Council, xi. 445; xii. 37, 112).
John Braynes and James Burbage were indicted in this year for bringing together
unlawful assemblies at the Theatre and so causing breaches of the peace
(J. C. Jeaffreson, Middlesex County Records, II. xlvii). The late admonition by
'the mighty hand of God' was the earthquake of April 6, 1580. The 'earnest
charge ' against ' vncleanenesse and pestering of the Citty ' is not to be traced
either in the Privy Council Register or in the Remembrancia. It is here spoken of
as due to the prospect of a Parliament, which, however, did not actually sit until
January 16, 1581. There was plague during 1580 at Lisbon and at Rye, but
never more than eight deaths in any week in London. The Lord Mayor's appeal
was effectual, as the Privy Council ordered the Middlesex and Surrey Justices to
suppress plays by letters of April 17 and May 13 respectively (Dasent, xi. 449 ;
xii. 15).]

My dutie humblie done to yo r Lp. Where it happened on
Sundaie last that some great disorder was comitted at the
Theatre, I sent for the vnder shireue of midds to vnderstand
the cercumstancf to the intent that by my self or by him I might
haue caused such redresse to be had as in dutie and discretion
I might, and therefore did also send for the plaiers to haue
apered afore me, and the rather because those playes doe make
assembles of Cittizens and their familes of whome I haue charge
But forasmuchas I vnderstand that yo r Lp w th other of hir
Ma 1 ? most honorable Counsell haue entered into examination
of that matter, I haue surceassed to procede further, and do
humbly refer the whole to yo r wisdomes and graue considera-
tions / Howbeit I haue further thought it my dutie to informe
yo r Lp and therewith also to beseche to haue in yo r honorable
remembrance that the players of playes which are vsed at the
Theatre / and other such places and tumble's and such like, are
a very supfluous sort of men, and of suche facultie as the lawes
haue disalowed, and their exersise of those playes is a great
hinderaunce of the seruice of God who hath with his mighty

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hand so lately admonished vs of cure earnest repentance / it is
also great corruption of youthe \v th vnchast and wicked matters,
occasion of muche incontinence, practises of many ffrayes
querrells and other disorders and inconueniencp, bisid that
the assemble of terme and plam 1 being at hand, against w ch
time the most honorable Lordp haue given vs earnest charge
to haue care to auoide vncleanenesse, and pestering of the
Citty, the said playes are matter of great daunger, Therefore
I humble beseche yo r Lp for those and other graue considera-
tions that yo r Lp can better call to mind it will please you that
some order be taken by comaundem 1 from yo r Lp and the rest
of the most honorable Lordp that the said playes and toumbelers
be wholy stayed and forbidden as vngodlye and pilous aswell
at those places nere o r liberties as within the Jurisdiction of this
Cittie And so I leaue to treble yo r Lp. At London this 1 2 of
Aprill 1580

Yo r Lps humble

N: W: M/

To the right honorable my singuler good Lord the Lord
Chaunceller of England.

[i 580, June 1 7. Sir Nicholas Woodrofe, Lord Mayor, to Lord Burghley, Lord
High Treasurer, enclosing draft regulations (Remembrancia, i. 401 ; Index, 330).]

It may please yo r good L p Byside the continuall charge of
my Dutie hauing lately receued by yo r L p a speciall and ernest
comaundement from hir Ma tie for the best meanes to be vsed
that I can for preseruing the Citty from infection I will not faile
so to do my dilligence both for the cleane keping of the streatp,
for avoiding of Inmeatp and for keping of good orders as haue
ben heretofore prescribed or that I can any way deuise as shall
ly in my power to the vttermost that I shalbe able. Howbeit
because pill may and doth cofhonlie growe vnto hir Ma'? Cittie
and people many wayes by such meanes as we cannot reforme

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I humble besech yo r L p that yo tt wilbe meane to hir Ma Ue and
give the ayde of the hye autoritie of yo r L p and the rest of the
most honorable Counsell for redresse of such thingp as in that
behalf we finde dangerous, whereof some thingp haue doble pill
both naturarly in spreding the infection and otherwise in drawing
Godp wrath and plage vpon vs as the erecting and frequenting
of howses verie infamous for incontinent rule out of our liberties
and iurisdiction / also the drawing of the people from the seruice
of God and from honest exersises to vnchast plaies / some
vther thingp do carrie other inconveniencp as the pestering of
the Cittie w th mvltitudp of people for whome we shall not be
able to make prouision of vitale fewell and other necessaries at
any reasonable prises I haue therefore sett downe a note
which I send to yo r L p hereinclosed of such matters as I do
lack power to redresse but ame constrayned to craue such
further ayde and assistance as shalbe by yo r L p thought meete
in those cases And so I leaue to troble yo r L p At London
this xvij th of lune 1580

Yo r L ps humble to comaund

N W M/

To the right honorable my singuler good Lord the Lord
Tresorer of England.

That order be taken for avoyding of Inmates in places pretending
exemption within the Cittie and in other places adioyning and
w th out the liberties as well as within the fredome of London/

ffor restrainte of the buyldingp and erecting of smale tenem 1 ? and
turning of great howses into smale habitations within the liberties
of London by forens

Item of like increase of buyldingp in places exempted/

Item of like increase of buyldingp in places without the liberties,
as about the charterhowse /

myleend felds and other places also from S* Katherins along
the watersid all w ch people resort to the Cittie and the markettp

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thereof bysid that those buyldingp by the watersid are not very
profitable for hir Ma* Customes/

Item thexceding great pestering of exempt places with multitudes
of strangers & foren Artificers in respect of the great gaine
that such forens haue by libertie there whereby they eat out the
Quenes subiectp retalers and artificers that bere charg in the
Cittie/and \v th their nomber do increase danger of infection and
ouerburden o r markett

Item the nomber of strangers in and about London, whereof
many be of no church as they may vse their conscience in

their owne Countrey and the strangers here comonlie vnclenly
people

Item that haunting of playes out of the liberties be restrayned
aswell as within the fredome/

Item that killing of Cattell within or nere the Cittie, be restrained
and that the same be done in places to be prouided a myle or
twoo distant from London and so the vitall to be brought by
cartp or boatp/for not onely the bludd and entrailes are noysome
but also by occasion thereof they kepe swine that sture vp the
same and increase the anoyance/

[6. Inmeatp, sic for Inmates, cf. 1. 33. 15. naturarly, sic. 17. lyving

crossed out between incontinent and rule. 38, 48. forens, /'. e. for signers, 41, 53.
Blanks in MS.]

Ill

[1581, July 10. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor and the Justices of
Middlesex and the Liberties (Remembrancia, i. 221 ; Index, 331). The signatories
are Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor ; the Earl of Sussex, Lord Chamber-
lain of the Household ; the Earls of Warwick, Bedford, and Leicester ; Sir Francis
Knollys, Treasurer of the Household ; Sir Henry Sidney, Lord President of Wales;
and Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. These members
of the Council were present when the minute for the letter was passed on July 10,

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with the exception of Lord Sussex and with the addition of Sir Francis Walsingham,
Secretary (Dasent, xiii. 128). The weekly plague deaths were over fifty from
August 24 to October 12 (Creighton, History of Epidemics, i. 343).]

After our right hartie cofhendacons whereas we haue ben

credibly informed that the plage and other contagious diseases
are sumwhat of late increased within the Citie of London and
liberties thereto adioyning : fforasmuch as it is to be feared
that the said infections will spred further in case any great
assemblies of people together especially in this somer season be
pmitted, as by former experience it hath appeared, We haue
thought good to requier yo w and eu r y of yo w vpon the receipte
hereof to geue streight order that no playes or enterludes be
suffered to be played ^ in the Citie or liberties adioyning but
that fourthw th yow charge and comaunde them to forbere and
desist vntill thende of September or that yo w shall receaue
further order from vs, whereof we pray yo w that there be no
fault. And so bid yow hartely farewell ffrom Grenew* 11

the x th of luly 1581.

Your louing frendes

Thomas Bromeley cane Thomas Sussex

Ambrose Warwicke ffrauncp Bedford

Robert Leycester ffrauncp Knowles

Henrie Sidney Christopher Hatton /

To our very louing frendes the Lord Maio r of the Citie of
London &cp and to all and eu r y the lustices of peace and other
her Ma'P officers in the Countie of Midds and liberties adioyning
to the said Citie to whome it may appteine and to eu r y of them /

[1581, November 18. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
and the Court of Aldermen (Remembrancia, i. 295 ; Index, 350). The signatories
include the Earl of Lincoln, Lord High Admiral ; Lord Hunsdon, Warden of the
East Marches ; and Sir James Croft, Comptroller of the Household. William
Fleetwood was Recorder of London from 1571 to 1591 and was made Serjeant
in 1580. The Acts of the Council show no meeting on November 18, 1581, but
a minute of December 3 (Dasent, xiii. 269) recites the exhibition of a petition

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from ' certayne companyes of players ' and directs the issue of an order to the
Lord Mayor to permit plays on weekdays, including holidays, but not on the
' Sabothe Daye '. This is not in the Remembrancia, but No. V seems to show
that it was obeyed. Presumably the earlier order of November 1 8 was not.]

After our hartie comendations Whereas for auoyding the
increase of infection within your citie this last somer yow
receaued order from vs for the restrainte of plaies vntill
Mighelmas last, ffor that (thankes be to god) the sicknesse is
very well seised and not likely in this time of the yeare to
increase ; Tendering the releife of theis poore men the players
and their redinesse with conuenient matters for her highnes
solace this next Christmas, w ch cannot be without their vsuall
exercise therein / We haue therefore thought good to requier
yo w forethw th to suffer them to vse such plaies in such sort and
vsuall places as hath ben heretofore accustomed hauing carefull
regard for continuance of such quiet orders in the playeng
places as tofore yo w haue had And thus we bidd yo w hartelie
farewell from the Courte at Whitehall this xviij of Nouember
1581

Your Louing frendes

Edward Lincoln Thomas Sussex Amb: Warwick

Robert Leycester H. Hunsdon James Croft

Christopher Hatton

To o r very Louing frendes the Lord Maio r m r Sariant ffletewood
Recorder and the Aldermen of the Cittie of London

[' 1581, Tuesday.' Henry Lord Berkeley to the Lord Mayor (Remembrancia, \.
224; Index, 449). The reference to an order against plays 'on the Sabothe
Daie' suggests a date between December 3, 1581 and March 24, 1582.]

My very good Lord ther is lately fallen owt some broile
betwixt certaine of my men and some of the Innes of the
Courte sought onely by them The matter as I ame aduertised
is better knowen to yo r L p then to my self. Whereupon ther

H 2

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is some of my men comitted to warde If by their misdemeano r
they shold deserue imprisonm* I ame most willing they shold
abide it : Otherwise behauing them selues honestly in euery
respecte as I cannot learne the contrary sailing that they played
on the sabothe daie contrary to your order & comaundm 1
vnknowen to them, in respecte of that I yelde them faultie and
they them selues craue pdon So ame I now to desier your L p
to sett them at libertie whoe are vpon going into the Countrie
to auoide querrell or other inconuenience that mought followe
And thereupon I geue my word that at any time hereafter if
further question shall arise hereby they shalbe fourthcoming to
answere it and so I leaue your good LP to the Almightie
ffrom my lodgeing at Strand this pnte Tuesdaie 1581

Your L ps assured
Henrie Berkeley
To the right honorable the Lord Maio r of the Citie of London.

[1582, April ii. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor (Remembrancia, i.
317; Index, 350). The Acts of the Council show no meeting on April u.
The Council sat on April 10 at Greenwich (Dasent, xiii. 383), but Warwick and
Hunsdon .were not present, while Knollys and Walsingham were, and the minutes
contain no reference to this letter. The ' late inhibition ' is probably article 62 of
Orders appointed to be Executed in the City of London for Setting Rogues and Idle
Persons to Work, and for the Relief of the Poor (printed by Hugh Singleton, n. d.).
By this, which is an Act of Common Council, plays were altogether prohibited in
the City, except in private houses. Herewith began a long controversy between
the Privy Council and the City, to the later stages of which belong the interesting
papers in Lansdowne MS. 20, there endorsed in error ' 1575 ', but really dating
from 1584 (cf. Academy for August 24, 1895). To this controversy belong Nos.
VI, VII, XIV, XVI and XVII in this collection, but unfortunately its crisis fell
during the gap in the Remembrancia from 1584 to 1587.]

After our hartie comendacons Whereas heretofore for sundry
good causes and consideracons, as yow know we haue oftentimes
geuen order for the restraint of plaies, in and about the Citie of
London : and neuerthelesse of late for honest recreation sake in

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respecte that her ma tie sometimes taketh delight in those pastimes
we thought it not vnfitt hauing regard vnto the season of the
yere and the Clerenes of the Citie from infection to allowe
of certaine companies of plaiers to exercise their playeng in
London ptly to the ende they might thereby attaine to the more
dexteritie and pfection in that profession the better to content
her ma tie whereupon we pmitted the said players to vse their
playeng vntill we shold se cause to the contrary and foreseing
that the same might be done without impeachment of the seruice
of God whereof we haue a speciall care, we restrained them from
playeng on the sabothe daye : and forasmucheas we suppose
that their honest exercise of recreation in playeng to be vsed on
the ordinarie S. Hollydaies after euening prayer as long as the
season of the yere may pmitt and may be without daunger of
the infection will not be offensiue, so that if care be had that
theire comedies and enterludes be looked into, and that those
w ch do containe mater that may bread corruption of maners and
conuersacon among the people (w ch we desire in any case to
haue auoided) be forbidden whereunto we wishe yow did appointe
some fitt psones whoe maie consider and allowe of suche playes
onely as be fitt to yeld honest recreacon and no example of euell :
We haue therefore thought good to pray your L p to reuoke
your late inhibition against their playeng on the said hollydaies
after euening prayer onely forbearing the Sabothe daie whollie
according to our former order And when yow shall finde that
the continuance of the same their excercise by the increase of the
sicknes and infection shalbe dangerous we praye your LP therin
to geue vs knowlege & thereupon we will pntely take order for
their restrainte accordinglie : Soe fare yo w hartelie well from
the Court at Grenew ch the xj th of Aprill 1582

Your louing frendes

E: Lyncoln: T: Sussex: A: Warwyk: R: Leycester.
H: Hunsdon. I: Crofte/

To our very Louing frende the Lord maior of the Citie of
London

54 DRAMATIC RECORDS

VII

[1582, April 13. The Lord Mayor to the Privy Council (Remembrancia> i.
319; Index, 351, misdated April 12). This is a reply to No. VI. On May 25
the Council rejoined with a further order for the revoking of the ' late inhibityon '
(Dasent, xiii. 404), which is not found in the Remembrancia. Probably the issue
was averted by the increase, later in the year, of the plague, the deaths from
which stood at over fifty a week from August 9 to January 24, 1583 (Creighton,
344)-]

My dutie humblie done to your LL 155 . I haue receaued
significaco of your LL 1 * pleasure by your letters for enlarging
the restrainte of players on holydaies in the afternone being
not the sabbat daye so as the same may be done after seruice
and without disturbance of comon prayer and seruice of God, w ch
as the experience is among vs paduenture not made knowen to
your LLP 8 can very hardly be done, ffor thoughe they beginne
not their playes till after euening prayer, yet all the time of the
afternone before they take in hearers and fill the place with such
as be therby absent from seruing God at Chirch, and attending to
serue Gods enemie in an Inne ; If for remedie hereof I shold
also restraine the letting in of the people till after seruice in
the chirche it wold driue the action of their plaies into very
inconuenient time of night specially for seruantes and children
to be absent from their parentp and masters attendance and
presence : Howbet the case is of more inconuenience (as I take it)
for that the plag increaseth, and the season extraordinarilie whote
and pelous for this time of yere, and in the opinion of me and
my bretheren, both more mete for the safetie of the Quenes
subiectes, and more easy to be stayed by good and lawfull
policie in the beginning then when it is growen to further
spreding of infection, byside that the tearme being at hand, and
the plament by prorogacon not long after, I haue thought it
dutie to obey your LL ps comaundem 1 in signifieng that euen now
the renewing and continuance of their exersise by the increase
of siknes and infection is daungerous, prayeng your LL ps to take

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order for continuing the restrainte accordinglie. As touching
the orders prescribed in your LL ps Ires for the maters and maner
of their playes at such time as yow may hereafter enlarge them,
I will according to your said direction take furder order at all
times to restraine them till their maters be pused by graue and
discrete psones such as I shall require to take that peine and till
they well asure me to obey the cautions appointed in your said
letters And so I leaue to troble your LL? 3 . At London this
xiij th of Aprill 1582

Your LLP 8 humble

To the right honorable the Lords and other of the Quenes
most honorable Counsell /

[16. Howbet, ;'. e. Howbeit. 23. prorogacon, 'r .]

VIII

[1582, July i. Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, to the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men \Remembrancia, i. 359 ; Index, 351).]

My Lord maio r I ame to request yow and the rest whome it
doth appteine that they wold geue licence to my seruant John
Dauid this bearer to playe his prouest prices in his science and
profession of defence at the Bull in Bishopsgatestrete or some
other conuenient place to be assigned within the liberties of
London and I will hartely thanke your LP and the rest for the
fauor yow shal shew him in this behalf: So with my very
hartie comendacons I wish yo w all well to fare ffrom the
Court this first of luly 1582.

Your LP* very louing frend

Amb: Warwik.

To my verie honorable good frend the L. Maio r and the rest
of the aldermen or shirefes /

[3. prouest prices, >.]

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[1582, July 23. Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, to the Lord Mayor (Re-
membrancia, i. 383; Index, 351).]

My Lord Maio r I cannot thinke my self frendely delt with to
haue my seruante put to such publike disgrace : Yf yow had
not first allowed bothe others and him to take a like course
of playeng prises I had not moued yo r L p by my former Ires
nor my man shold not haue requested extraordinary fauo r aboue
othe r s, but to repulse him and to forbid the place appointed,
after allowance & publicacon of his Bills (wherein my name was
also vsed) and my seruante hereby greatly charged, wanteth
some pt of that good and frendely consideracon, which in curtesie
and corfion humanitie, I might looke for, the Circumstancp and
manner of dealing geueth me cause to iudge my self hardly
befrended and regarded, that a light suggestion of a Companie of
lewde verlettp, could so sodainely and easely carry yow awaye
from a good frende to my mans great losse and discredit, and in
some sort to myne owne impeachem 1 . Yf yow be resolued that
it standeth most behouefull for the good gouerment of the Citie
to haue those exercises vtterly put downe and none allowed
hereafter to deale in these kinde of prises, my man shall rest
him self without further sute, (albeit the first and last to whome
disgrace hath ben offered in this sorte :) But if others be suffered
to proceade as heretofore, and they not restrained, aswell as my
man ; I must nedes iuge it no frendely, nor indifferent maner
of dealing. I pray therefore vnlesse there be cause to the
contrary and greater mater of exception, than lewde suggestions
of badd psones ; (because my man refused to yealde to their
disorder, and abvse of exaction/) giue my man such ordinarie and
indifferent fauor, that he may forthw 111 haue his daie and place as
others of his pfession Or ells I shall haue more iust cause of

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vnkindnesse offered me ffrom the Court this xxiij th of

luly 1582.

Yo r L 1 * very louing frende

Ambrose: Warwike /

To my very louing frende the Lord Maio r of London : ffrom
the Courte/

[7. publicacon, sic. 16. gouerment, sic.]

[1582, July 24. The Lord Mayor to Ambrose, Earl of Warwick (Re-
membrancia, i. 384; Index, 351)-]

My dutie humblie done to your LP, I ame sorry that yo r L p
taketh my dealingp toward your seruant in such pt ; as I pceaue
by your letters yow are informed. Albeit the lawe in case of
fensers haue some hard exposition in some mens iugem*, yet the
truthe is that I did not expulse your seruant from playeng his
prise, but for your sake I did geue him licence. Onely I did
restraine him from playeng in an Inne, w ch was somewhat to
close for infection and appointed him to playe in an open place
of the leaden hall more fre from danger and more for his
Comoditie, which licence I gaue him in open Courte, and he
might well haue vsed it before increace of pil by heate of the
yere. But about xiiij tene daies afterward when I thought he
had taken the benefitt and effecte of my graunte, the infection
growing, whereof your L p knoweth what earnest care I ought to
haue, and how seriously bothe her ma tie and your L p with the rest
of the most honorable haue often charged me ; and for some other
reasonable respectes touching my dutie I was indede inforced
to restraine him from gathering publik assemblie of people to
his play within the Citie, and neuerthelesse did allowe him in the
open feildes where the pil might not be so great : But verely
my good Lord whoesoeuer hath Informed yow that I haue
forbidden yo r man and licenced other to your seruantes disgrace

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he doth me great wrong for I neither haue nor intende so to doe.
ffor bothe your L p and my Lord of Leycester your brother haue
euer ben my honorable good Lordes and so I haue and doe
esteeme yow, and wold doe asmuche to gratefie yow or any of
yours as any that hath ben in my place ; and so I beseche yow
to accoumpte of me. I haue herein yet further done for yo r
seruante what I may, that is that if he obteine lawefully to playe
at the Theater or other open place out of the Citie, he hath and
shall haue my pmition with his companie drumes and shewe to
passe openly throughe the Citie being not vpon the sondaye,
which is asmuche as I maye iustefie in this season, and for that
cause I haue with his owne consent apointed him Monday next.
And so I humblie comitt your L p to the tuition of the Almightie.
At London the xxiiij th of luly 1582.

Your L ps humble

To the right honorable my singular good L. my Lorde the
Erie of Warwicke

[16. honorable haue, sic.']

[1583, January 14. The Lord Mayor to Lord Burghley, Lord High
Treasurer (Remembranda, i. 456 ; Index, 335). The date in the MS., ' xviijtb of
January/ is clearly, in view of No. XII and the reference to the Paris Garden
accident as ' yesterdaye ', an error. The original letter, dated January 14, is in
Lansdowne MS. 37. 4, and is printed therefrom in Wright, Queen Elizabeth and
her Times, ii. 184, and Collier, E. D. P. i. 243. The latter cites Lansdowne MS.
73 in error. 'Mr. Norton' is Thomas Norton, the Remembrancer. The
catalogue of infected victualling houses had originally been called for by the
Council on January 6, submitted on January u, and returned as too long for
publication on January 13 (Remembranda , i. 447, 454, 455 ; Index, 335). The
scaffold at Paris Garden on the Surrey bank of the Thames, where bears and
bulls were baited, fell at a performance on Sunday, January 13, and eight persons
were killed.]

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My dutie humbly done to your L p . I haue according to your
LP* direction by your letters reformed the Catalog of vitailers
bowses infected within the liberties of this Citie, from the xiij th
daye of Nouember last being within the two monethes apointed
by yo r former letters, which I haue done as yo r L p willed with
aduise of m r Norton, whoe informeth me that he hath herein
had special regard to two thinges, the one to geue such plaine
certaine description, and note of the streetes and places as may
serue for easy notice to such as repaire to this Citie, the other
that it be in such shortnesse as may be brought into lesse then
one face of a sheete of pap to be fixed in places conuenient: It
may please yo r L p also to consider of the places which I haue
thought good to signifie after my opinion in the note enclosed,
hauing respect to westm r and the waie thether, and the enterance
all waies into the Citie. ffurther I thought good to moue your
L p to the same intent that in terme tim vsually in maner all the
houses in fletestreete ; and the streetes and lanes adioyning as also
without temple Barr doe vse lodging vitailing, or letting out of
chambers whether it be not your pleasure that all such houses
in those ptp that doe so lodge and let out Chambers though they
are not otherwise vsually vitailers be likewise noted if they haue
ben enfected within the space of those two monethes: I doe
humbly thanke your L p for your honorable and louing care of
this Citie in the said mater of infection, and the repaire of the
Quenes subiectp hether. It may please yo r Lf to be further
aduertised (which I think yow haue allredie heard, of a great
mishap at Parrise Garden where by mine of all the scaffold at
once yesterdaye, a great nomber of people are some presently
slayne, and some mayned and greuiously hurt. It geueth great
occasion to accknowledge the hand of god for such abuse on the
sabbat daie, and moueth me in conscience to besech your L p to
geue order for redresse of such contempt of godp seruice. I haue
to that ende treated with some iustices of peace of that Countie
whoe signifie them selues to haue very good zeale, but want of
Commission which we humbly referr to the consideration of
your honorable wisdome. And for my owne pt will not faile in

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dilligence by your directions according to my dutie. And so I
leaue to treble your L p . At London this xviij th of January 1582.

Your L ps humble

To the right honorable my singular good L my L High
Treasorer of England.

[26. heard, of, sic. 29. mayned, sic. 38. xviij th , sic for xiiij th .]

XII

[1583, January 15. Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer, to the Lord
Mayor (Remembrancia> i. 458 ; Index, 336). In reply to No. XI and to a letter
of January 15 (Remembrancia y i. 457; Index, 374) on the export of grain. It
appears from a letter of July 25, 1591, from the Privy Council (Dasent, xxi. 324)
to the Lord Mayor and the Justices, which is not in the Remembranda, that
Thursday had by that time been substituted for Sunday as the regular day for
bear-baiting.]

After my hartie corhendacons I haue receued this Daie two
Ires from yo r L p . the one of the xiiij th the other of the xv th . By
the former I have receued answere to my former Ire sent vnto
your L p . concerning a Calendar of the names of howses infected
from the beginning of the moneth of Nouember to be notified
in the Citie of London, whereby such as shall resort to the
terme may be warned of the dangers that may growe thereby
by resort to the said places infected. And for that it appeareth
by your Ire, and also by your Calender that the begining of your
accoumpt is but from the xiij th of Nouember, I perceue thereby
that it is ment to haue the two monethes to be accoumpted from
thence; and not from the begining of Nouember although at
the writing of o r Ires to yo r LP, it was ment to be from the
beginning of Nouember. But considering that it will proue
more then two monethes backward from the begining of the
Terme I doe think for my owne pt sufficient to take begining

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from the xiij th of Nouember, and so I thinke it good your L p
cause the Calendar to be made vp, which I doe returne to yo r L p
againe, deuised as I take it by m r Norton, and written by his
hand. I pray your L p . to will m r Norton to take paines to put it
in some forme of breuitie, that it may be fixed vp in such places
as by a paper included in your LP" letter, and now returned
seemeth fitt, whereunto I haue added the Barres at Holbern,
and that being don by m r Norton I praye your LP to cause the
officers in the Citie of Westm r , and other officers in the suburbes
to be acquainted w th the maner and forme thereof, to the intent
that the like forme of the Certificat may be kept in all other
places about your Citie. And whereas by your LP* letter yo w
seeme to require myne opinion whether there shold not be
a note or marke made in thes Calander of howses or Chambers
letten out for lodging aswell as for vitailing in myne opinion
I thinke it also necessarie that the said places be notefied in the
said Calender, and specially for such streetes and lanes as
leade from the Citie to Westm r / I am also hartely sorry for the
mischance whereof I haue vnderstanding bothe by your LP*
Ires and otherwise at my being now at Westm r , mishappened at
Parrise Garden on Sonday last, and althoughe I thinke your
learning derely bought by the losse of so many bodies, to haue
the Saboth daie so prophaned to see wilde beastp bayted, yet
I think it very conuenient, to haue both that and other like
prophane assemblies prohibited on the Saboth daie, and if it
shalbe requisite to haue such like worldly pastimes I think some
other daie within the weke meeter for those purposes, and to that
ende I minde to treate w th my LL S of the Counsell, that some
good order may be taken for that purpose ; wishing neuerthelesse
that your LP in the meane time, hauing rule of the whole Citie
might thinke it conuenient to make a generall prohibition within
euerie warde of that Citie and liberties that no pson vnder your
comaundem 1 shold on the Saboth daie resort to any such prophane
assemblies or pastimes which I leaue to your L ps discretion to
be considered by the aduise of the Aldermen your bretheren.
Your other letter of the xv th conteineth a Certificate of certaine

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quantitie of wheate of late ptly carried, ptly intended to be
carried out of the Realme, but for what Porte or place the same
is carried or ment to be carried yo r memorial doth not mention.
Neuerthelesse I for my part in all Fortes where I may staye the
carriage owt of such graine I will extend myne aucthoritie, wishing
your L p to doe asmuche as can for the same in the Port of
London. And so hauing answered the prinsipall pointes of yo r
Lf 5 two Ires I wishe your L p good successe in your gouerment,
ffrom Richmond the xv th of January 1582.

Your LP 5 assured louing frend
William: Burghley

To my very good Lord the Lord maio r of the Citie of London.

[60. gouerment, sic.]

XIII

[1583, April 27. The Lord Mayor to Richard Young, a Justice of Middlesex
(Remembrancta, i. 498 ; Index, 352). The letter referred to in the first sentence
was one from the Privy Council on April 21, intimating the Queen's surprise that
no plague hospital had been built outside the City (Remembrancia, i. 497 ; Index,
336). 'Ill May daie' was that of 1517, on which a riot took place against the
aliens resident in London.]

M r Yong. I and my brethren haue lately receiued leres
from the LL S of the most honorable counsell for auoiding of
all perills of infection in w c ler we haue also a most ernest
significaton of ma 1 '' pleasure to that end w th verie greuous
charging vs w th negligence and defalt. Ther ar certain fencers that
haue set vp billes and meane to play a prise at the theatre on
tuesday next, w c is May cue / How manie waies the same maie be
inconuenient and dangerous, specially in that they desire to passe
w th pomp through the citie, yo w can consider namelie the statute
against men of that facultie the perill of infection, the danger of
disorders at such assemblies the memorie of ill May daie begon

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vpon a lesse occasion of like sort, the weakenesse of the place
for ruine, wherof we had a late lamentable example at paris
garden / ffor these causes in good discretion we haue not only
not geuen them licence but also declared to them the dangers
willing them at their perill to forbeare their passing both thorough
the citie, and their whole plaieng of such prise. Now bicause yo w
know how much this mater importeth the whole citie, and how
from time to time the LL S of the counsell haue willed the iustices
of the cowntie geue assistance for auoideng of such perills, we
pray yo w hartely in confidence of yo r good diligence in her ma 1 ?
seruice and the safetye of this citie, that yo w will both looke vnto
it yo r self, and so deale VI th the rest of the iustices, that no such
prise be suffred, or assemblie had, specially in this time of
infection and those daies of speciall danger, considering also the
like danger in plaies at that place. And so praieng yo w to
remember that if we be blamed for suffering we must say that
we admonished yo w of it in time I bid yo w hartelie ffarewell.
At the Guildhall this xxvij th of Aprill 1583

Yo r louing freind /
[4. significaton of ma 1 !*, sic. 25. daies, altered from places.]

XIV

[1583, May 3. The Lord Mayor to Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary
(Remembrancia, i. 538 ; Index, 337).]

It may please your honor According to oure dutie I and my
bretheren haue had care for staye of infection of the plage
and published orders in that behalfe w ch we intend god willing
to execute with dilligence. Among other we finde one very
great and dangerous inconuenience the assemblie of people to
playes beare bayting fencers and pphane spectacles at the
Theatre and Curtaine and other like places to W* doe resorte
great multitudes of the basist sort of people ; and many enfected
with sores runing on them being out of our iurisdiction and

6 4

some whome we cannot discerne by any dilligence ; and w ch be
otherwise pilous for contagion biside the withdrawing from
Gods s r vice, the pil of ruines of so weake byldinges, and the
auancement of incontinencie and most vngodly confederacies, the
terrible occasion of gods wrathe and heauye striking w th plages. It
auaileth not to restraine them in London vnlesse the like orde r s
be in those places adioyning to the liberties for amendment
whereof I beseche your honor to be meane to the most honorable
Counsel, and the rather I ame to make that humble sute for that
I wold be lothe to susteine hir ma 1 '' heauie displeasure when
such forren and extraordinarie occasions shalbe aboue all our
liabilities by any dilligence or foresight to redresse it And so
I leaue to treble your honor. At London this 3 of May 1583

Yo r hono r s to comaund

To the right honorable S r ffrancp Walsingham knight principal
Secretarie to the Quenes most excellent Ma tie /

[1583, July 3. The Lord Mayor to the Privy Council (Remembrancta, i.
520; Index, 1 6). In reply to a letter of June 30, calling attention to the neglect
of the statutes and orders for the maintenance of archery (Remembrancia, i. 519;
Index, 1 6). It appears that Burghley's promise in No. XII to stop Sunday bear-
baiting at Paris Garden had not yet been carried into effect. Among the ' bokes '
attacking the stage were John Field's A Godly Exhortation by Occasion of the Late
Judgement of God Shewed at Paris Garden (1583) and Henry Cave's A Narration
of the Fall of Paris Garden (1588), neither of which is now extant.]

My dutie humbly done to yo r LL ps . I and my brethren haue
receiued yo r hono r able letters, for execution of the lawes for
maintenance of archerie and restraineng of vnlawfull games,
We must acknowledge yo r hono r able and godly consideration
and for o r partes do accordingly intend, to call the wardens of
those pore companies, at whose suite yo r Ires were obteined, and
both to vse their aduise and diligence and to adde our owne good

[E REMEMBRANCIA 65

meanes and indeuo that yo r LL? 9 good meaningp male take
effect, and the lawes be executed w th such good circumspection
and reasonable orders as haue ben founde requisite for
the good gouernance of the youth in this citie. Vpon the
occason of yo r LlJ* said lers reciting the vse of vnlawfull games
to be to the hinderance of the vse of archerie and of the
maintenance of those honest artificers, We ar humbly to pray
LL? S to haue in yo r honorable remembrance how much not only
the said vse of archerie and maintenance of good artes ar decaied
by the assemblers to vnlawfull spectacles, as barebaiting, vnchast
enterludes and other like, but also infection therby increased,
affraies, actes and bargaines of incontinencie, and thefte, stolen
contractp and spoiling of honest mens children, the w th drawing
of people from seruice of God, and the drawing of godp wrath and
plages vpon vs whereof god hath in his iudgement shewed
a late terrible example at Paris garden in w c place in great
contempt of god, the scaffoldp ar new builded and the multitudes
on the Saboath daie called together in most excessiue number.
These thingp ar objected to vs, both in open sermons at poules
crosse and elsewhere in the hearing of such as repaire from all
,ptes of to o r shame and greif, when we cannot remedie it. The
reproch also to vs as the sufferers and mainteiners of such
disorders is published to the whole world in bokes. We herew th
moued as becomieth vs in conscience and in regard of o r
honestie and creditp not to be accompted senselesse of the feare
of God and of o r duties to her ma tie and the p r seruacon of her
subiectp in o r charge haue endeuo r ed and yo r good fauo ra
concurring will more endeuo r o r selues for redresse of such
enormities w th in o r iurisdiction specially on the Sabbat and daies
appointed for comon praier. W c our trauailes shall yet be vaine
and to no effect w th out yo r hono r able help and assistance. It may
therfore please yo r good ll 1 " 5 both to geue yo r allowance of o r
preceding in such reformation w th in o r liberties, and to send yo r 11**
Ires of request and comandem 1 , to the Justices of the cownties and
gouern r s of p r cinctp adioining to this citie to execute like orders
as we shall do for the hono r of god and seruice of her ma tie .

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And so beseching yo r ll ps that I may haue yo r resolucon herein
I leaue to troble yo r hono. At London this iij d of lulie 1583.

Yo r LLP 8 humble.

To the right hono r able the Lordes and other of the Quenes ma 1 ?
most honorable Counsell.

[14-5. pray LLP 3 , sic. 28. of to, sic. 31. becomieth, sic.]

XVI

[1583, November 26. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor (Remembrancia,
554>' Index, 352). 'Hir ma l P playe r s' were a new company formed in the
previous March. The prohibition of plays on Sunday is noteworthy.]

After our hartie comendacons to yo r good L p . fforasmuch as
(God be thanked) there is no suche infection w th in that citie at
this pfite, but that hir ma t ' > playe r s may be suffered to playe
within the liberties as heretofore they haue done; especially
seeing they are shortly to p r sent some of their doeingp before
hir ma tie , we haue thought good at this p r sent to pray your L p
to geue order, that the said players may be licenced so to doe
within the Citie and liberties betwene this and shroftyde next ;
so as the same be not done vpon sondaies, but vpon some other
weke daies, at conuenient times. And so prayeng yo w that
thereof there be no defaulte, We bid yo w right hartely farewell,
ffrom St lames the xxvj th of Nouember 1583

Yo r very louing frendes

Tho: Bromeley: cane: William Burghley

Fra: Bedford: He: Hunsdon Fra: Knollys:
Chr. Hatton: Fra: Walsingham:

To our verie louing frende the L. Maio r of the Citie of
London.

THE REMEMBRANCIA 67

XVII

[1583, December i. Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary, to the Lord Mayor
(Remembrancia, i. 553; Index, 352). In further explanation of No. XVI.]

My very good L. Vnderstanding that vpon the receipte of
my L s letters written lately vnto yow in the behalf of hir ma^
players, your L p interpreteth the licence geuen them therin to
extend onely to holy daies and not to other weke daies I haue
therefore thought good being ptlie priuie to their LL** meaning
signified in their letters to explane more plainely their pleasures
herein to your L p , whoe considering in their graue wisdomes
that without frequent exercise of such plaies as are to be
presented before hir ma tie , her seruantp cannot conueniently
satisfie hir recreation and their owne duties were therefore
pleased to directe their letters vnto yo w , that vpon the weke
daies and worke daies at conuenient times your L p wold geue
order that they might be licenced betwene this and Shrouetide
to exercise their playes and enterludes (sondaies onely excepted)
and such other daies wherein sermons and lectures are comonly
vsed. I pray your L p therefore that from hence fourthe yow
will suffer them to haue the benefite of this libertie accordinglie,
as w th out the w ch they shall not be able to doe that which is
expected at their handes for hir ma 1 ** seruice and contentacon,
whereunto I know your L p will rather yelde your best ayde and
furtherance, than any the least impediment or interruption, w cb
I wishe may be effectually manifested by yo r especiall licence to
be graunted to this ende to those hir ma 1 ? seruantes w th all
fauorable regard and expedition. And so I comitt your L p to the J
grace of God. ffrom the Courte at S* lames the first of
december 1583

Yo r D* very assured louing frende.

Fra Walsingham
To my very good Lord the Lord maio r of the Citie of London/

[14-6. excepted) . . . vsed., sic.']
K 2

XVIII

[1592, February 25. The Lord Mayor to John Whitgift, Archbishop of
Canterbury (Remembrancia, i. 635 ; Index, 352). On March 22, 1592, a proposal
by the Lord Mayor to raise an annuity for Tilney out of the funds of the City
Companies was considered and rejected by the Court of the Merchant Taylors
(C. M. Clode, History of the Merchant Taylors, i. 236). Edmund Tilney became
Master of the Revels in 1579. The patent under which he claimed to license
playing-houses was issued on December 24, 1581. It is printed in Collier,
H. E. D. P. i. 247. The relations of the Master of the Revels and the City are
discussed at length by E. K. Chambers, Notes on the History of the Revels Office
under the Tudors (1906), 73.]

O most humble dueties to yo r Grace remembred. Whereas by
the daily and disorderlie exercise of a number of players & playeng
houses erected w th in this Citie, the youth thearof is greatly
corrupted & their manners infected w th many euill & vngodly
qualities by reason of the wanton & prophane divises represented
on the stages by the sayed players, the prentizes & seruants
w th drawen from their woorks, & all sorts in generall from the daylie
resort vnto sermons & other Christian exercises to the great
hinderance of the trades & traders of this Citie & prophanation
of the good & godly religion established amongst vs. To w ch
places allso doe vsually resort great numbers of light & lewd
disposed persons as harlotts, cutpurses, cuseners, pilferers, & such
lyke, & thear vnder the collo r of resort to those places to hear
the playes divise divers evill & vngodly matches, confederacies
& conspiracies, w ch by means of the opportunitie of the place
cannot bee prevented nor discovered, as otherwise they might
bee. In consideration whearof wee most humbly beeseach y r
Grace for yo r godly care for the refourming of so great abuses
tending to the offence of almightie god, the prophanation &
sclaunder of his true religion, & the corrupting of o r youth, w ch
are the seed of the Church of god & the cornon wealth among
vs, to voutchsafe vs y r good favo r & help for the refourming
& banishing of so great evill out of this Citie, \v ch o r selves of

THE REMEMBRANCIA 69

loong time though to small pourpose have so earnestly desired
and endeavoured by all means that possibly wee could. And
bycause wee vnderstand that the Q. Ma tie is & must bee
served at certen times by this sort of people, for w ch pourpose
shee hath graunted hir Itres Patents to M r Tilney M r of hir
Revells, by virtue whearof hee beeing authorized to refourm
exercise or suppresse all manner of players, playes, & playeng
houses whatsoeu r , did first licence the sayed playeng houses w th in
this Citie for hir Ma u sayed service, w ch beefore that time lay
open to all the statutes for the punishing of these & such lyke
disorders. Wee ar most humbly & earnestly to beeseach y r
Grace to call vnto you the sayed M r of hir Ma ts revells w th
whome allso wee have conferred of late to y* pourpose, and
to treat w th him, if by any means it may bee devised that hir
Ma tie may bee served w th these recreations as hath ben ac-
coustomed (w ch in our opinions may easily bee don by the privat
exercise of hir Ma ts own players in convenient place, & the Citie
freed from these continual! disorders, w ch thearby do growe,
& increase dayly among vs. Whearby y r Grace shall not only
benefit, & bynd vnto you the politique state & government of
this Citie, w ch by no one thing is so greatly annoyed & disquieted
as by players & playes, & the disorders w ch follow thearvpon,
but allso take away a great offence from the Church of god &
hinderance to his ghospell to the great contentment of all good
xpians, specially the preachers, & ministers of the word of god
about this Citie, who have long time & yet do make their earnest
continuall complaint vnto vs for the redresse hearof. And thus
recomending o r most humble dueties and service to y r Grace
wee comit the same to the grace of the Almightie. ffrom London
the 25 th of ffebruary. 1591.

Yo r Graces most humble.

To the right reuerend ffather in God my L. the Archbisshop of
Canturbury his Grace.

[42. vs., sic. 53. 1591, the scribe having made his i rather like a a, some

later hand has altered the date to 1592.]

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XIX

[1592, March 6. The Lord Mayor to Archbishop Whitgift (Remembraneta,
i. 646; Index, 353). Whitgift's letter, here referred to, does not appear to be in
the Remembrancial\

My humble duety to yo r Grace remembred I r d . your graces
letter, whearin I vnderstood the contents of the same & imparted
the same presently to my BB the Aldermen in o r comon Assem-
bly who togither w th my self yeld vnto yo r Grace o r most humble
thancks for yo r good favo r & godly care over vs in vouchsafing
vs yo r health for the removing of this great inconvenience w ch
groweth to this Citie by playes & players. As toutching the
consideracon to bee made to M r Tilney, and other capitulations
that ar to passe beetwixt vs, for the better effecting & continuance
of this restraint of the sayed playes in & about this Citie, wee
have appointed certein of o r Brethren the Aldermen to conferre
w th him forthw th pourposing to acquaint y r Grace w th o r agreem*
& whole proceeding hearin as occasion shall requier. And thus
recomending my humble duety and seruice to yo r Grace I comit
the same to the grace of the Almightie ffrom London the
6. of March. 1591.

Yo r Graces most humble

To the right reverend ffather in God the L. Archb. of Cant, his
Grace.

[6. health, sic for help. 16. 1591, see last document, 1. 53.]

[1592, May 30. The Lord Mayor to Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer
(Remembrancia, i. 662 ; Index, 474). The original letter is in Lansdowne MS. 71,
and is dated June 12. Evidently the Remembrancia date is wrong, for May 29
was not a Sunday.]

Disorder in My humble duetie remembred to yo r good L.

Southwark. Beeing infourmed of a great disorder and tumult

lyke to grow yesternight about viij of y e clock

THE REMEMBRANCIA 71

the borough of Southwark I went thither j w th all speed I
coulH taking with mee on of the Sherives whear I found great
multitudes of people assembled togither & the principall acto to
bee certein apprentices of the ffeltmakers gathered togither out
of Barmsey street & the Blackfryers w th a great number of lose
& maisterlesse men apt for such pourposes. Whearupon having
made proclamation and dismissed the multitude I apprehended
the doers and authors of the disorder & haue comitted them
to prison to bee farther punished as they shall bee found to
deserve. And having this morning sent for the Constable
of the Borough & the Deputie w th divers other of best credit
who wear thear present, to examine the cause & manner of the
disorder I found that it beegan vpon the serving of a warrant
from my L. Chamberlein by on of the Knights Mareschalls
men vpon a ffeltmongers servant who was comitted to the
Mareschallsea w tb certein other that wear accused to his L. by
the sayed knight mareschalls men w th out cause of offence (as
them selves do affirme). ffor restraining of whome the sayed
apprentices & maisterles men assembled themselves by occasion &
pretence of their meeting at a play w ch bysides the breach of the
sabboth day giveth opportunitie of comitting these & such lyke
disorders. The principall dooers in this rude tumult I mean
to punish to the example of others, whearin allso it may please
yo r L. to giue mee yo r direction if you shall aduise vpon any
thing meet to bee doon for the farther punishm* of the sayed
offenders. Hearof I thought meet to advertise yo r L. w ch I am
infourmed by the inhabitants of Southwark men of best reputation
among them that the Knight Mareschalls men in their serving
of their warrants do not vse themselves w th that good discretion
and moderate vsage as wear meet to bee doon in lyke cases but
after a most rough and violent manner provoking them by such
hard dealing to contend w th them w ch otherwise would obey in all
duetifull sort. As I vnderstand they did in this case whear they
entred y e house whear the warrant was to bee served w th a dagger
drawen affreyting the goodwyfe who sat by the fire w tb a young
infant in hir armes and afterwards having taken the party and

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certain others and comitted them to prison whear they lay
5. dayes w th out making their answear these mutiners apprentices
assembled them selves in this disordered manner the sayed
Marescharlls men beeing \v th in the Mareschalsea issued foorth
w th their daggers drawen & w th Bastianadoes in their hands
beating the people (whearof soom cam that way by chance soom
cam but to gase as the manner is, & afterwards allso drew their
swords, whearby the tumult was rather incensed & themselves
endangered but that help cam to prevent farther mischiefes. The
sayed inhabitants do farther complain that the sayed Mareschalls
men beehave themselues very vnneybo r ly & disdainfully among
them refusing to pay scot or lot with them or any other dueties
to Church or Comon Wealth w ch maketh the inhabitants more
discontent w th them. w ch I thought meet to signifie to y r L. that
if y r L. thinck good they may bee admonished of such their
behauio r and to vse more discretion in serving their warrants,
for that such tumults beeing once raysed by disordered multitudes
ar rather to bee quenched & suppressed by policie for y 6 present
time, then farther to bee kindled by violent means, And thus
I comit y r L. to the grace of the Almightie. ffrom London the
3O th of May 1592.

Y r L. most humble.

To the right honourable my very good L. the L. high Treasurer
of England.

[5. thincking crossed out between could and taking. 37. w^ a, repeated in MS.
43. Marescharlls, sic. 46. is, &, sic. 60. date sic in MS.]

XXI

[1594, February 3. The Privy Council to Sir Cuthbert Buckle, Lord
Mayor (Remembrancia, ii. 6 ; Index, 353). The signatories are John Whitgift,
Archbishop of Canterbury ; Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper of the Seal ;
Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord High Admiral ; Lord Buckhurst ; Sir Robert
Cecil, Secretary; and Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The
Privy Council Register is missing from August 27, 1593, to October i, 1595.]

THE REMEMBRANCIA 73

For restraint After o r very hartie comendations to yo r L.
of playes. Whearas certeininfourmation is given that very
great multitudes of all sorts of people do daylie
frequent & resort to comon playes lately again set vp in &
about London, whearby it is vpon good cause feared that the
dangerous infection of the plague, by Gods great mercy and
goodnes well slaked, may again very dangerously encrease and
break foorth to the great losse and preiudice of hir Ma u Subiects
in grail & especially to those of that Citie of whose safetie
& well doing hir Highnes hath alwayes had an especiall regard
as by the last years experience by lyke occasions & resort
to playes it soddainly encreased from a very little number to
that greatnes of mortallitie w ch ensued. Wee thearfore thought
it very expedient to require yo r L. foorthw th to take strait order
that thear bee no more publique playes or enterludes exercised
by any Compaine whatsoever w th in the compas of five miles
distance from London till vpon better lykelyhood and assurance
of health farther direction may bee giuen from vs to the contrary.
So wee bid yo r L. very hartily farewell, ffrom the Court at
Hampton, the 3. of February. 1593.

Yo r L. very louing friend.

lo: Cant. lo Puckering. C Howard

Th. Buckhurst R. Cecyll. I Fortescue

To o r very good L. m r Alderman Buckle L. Maior of the Citie
of London.

XXII

[1594, October 8. Henry Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain of the House-
hold, to Sir Richard Martin, Lord Mayor (Rememlrancia, ii. 33; Index, 353).
Sir Richard Martin succeeded Sir Cuthbert Buckle, who died during his year of
office (1593-4). It is to be observed that the document is misdescribed in the
Index as referring, not to ' my nowe companie ', but to ' the new company '.
This is important, because the company included Shakespeare.]

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For players to bee After my hartie comendacons, where
suffred to play my nowe companie of Players haue byn
with in London. accustomed for the better exercise of their
qualitie, & for the seruice of her Ma tie if need
soe requier to plaie this winter time w th in the Citye at the Crosse
kayes in Gracious street, These are to requier & praye yo r Lo.
the time beinge such as thankes be to god there is nowe no
danger of the sicknes) to permitt & suffer them soe to doe ; The
w ch I praie you the rather to doe for that they haue vndertaken
to me that where heretofore they began not their Plaies till
towardp fower a clock, they will now begin at two, & haue don
betwene fowe r and fiue and will nott vse anie Drumes or trumpettp
att all for the callinge of peopell together, and shalbe contributories
to the poore of the parishe where they plaie accordinge to their
habilities And soe not dowting of yo r willingnes to yeeld
herevnto, vppon theise resonable condicons I comitt yow to the
Almightie. Noonesuch this viij th of October 1594.

Yo r lo. lovinge freind
H hounsdon

To my honorable good freind S r Richard Martin knight Lo:
mayo r of the Citie of London.

Lo: Maio r . of London.

[2. nowe, sic. 6-8. Lo. the, sic (no parenthesis). 19. initials intertwined
in MS^

XXIII

[1594, November 3. The Lord Mayor to Lord Burghley, Lord High
Treasurer (Remembrancia, ii. 73; Index, 353). The Alnagers were officials, so
called from the aulne or ell measure which they used, charged with the duty of
inspecting woollen cloths. The theatre was doubtless the Swan, but there is no
clear evidence that it was actually built before 1598. It stood in the manor of
Paris Garden, purchased by Langley on October i, 1589 (Ordish, Early London
Theatres, 249).]

Langley intending to My humble duetie remembred to yo r
erect a niew stage good L. I vnderstand that one ffrancis

THE REMEMBRANCIA 75

on the Banckside & Langley one of the Alneagers for sealing
against playes. of cloth intendeth to erect a niew stage

or Theater (as they call it) for thexercising

of playes vpon the Banck side. And forasmuch as wee fynd by
daily experience the great inconuenience that groweth to this
Citie & the government thearof by the sayed playes I haue
embouldened my self to bee an humble suiter to yo r good L.
to bee a means for vs rather to suppresse all such places built
for that kynd of exercise then to erect any more of the same
sort. I am not ignorant (my very good L.) what is alleadged
by soom for defence of these playes that the people must haue
soom kynd of recreation & that policie requireth to divert idle
heads & other ill disposed from other woorse practize by this
kynd of exercize. Whearto may bee answeared (w ch yo r good L.
for yo r godly wisedom can far best iudge of) that as honest
recreation is a thing very meet for all sorts of men so no kynd
of exercise beeing of itself corrupt & prophane can well stand w th
the good policie of a Christian Comon Wealth. And that the
sayed playes (as they are handled) ar of that sort and woork
that effect in such as ar present and frequent the same may
soon bee decerned by all that haue any godly vnderstanding &
that obserue the fruites & effects of the same conteining nothing
ells but vnchast fables, lascivious divises shifts of cozenage
& matters of lyke sort. w ch ar so framed & represented by
them that such as resort to see & hear the same beeing of the
base & refuse sort of people or such yoong gentlemen as haue
small regard of credit or conscience draue the same into example
of imitation & not of avoyding the sayed lewd offences. W ch
may better appear by the qualitie of such as frequent the sayed
playes beeing the ordinary places of meeting for all vagrant
persons & maisterles men that hang about the Citie, theeues,
horsestealers whoremoongers coozeners connycatching persones
practizers of treason & such other lyke whear they consort and
make their matches to the great displeasure of Almightie God
& the hurt and annoyance of hir Ma ties . people both in this Citie
& other places about, w ch cannot be clensed of this vngodly sort

L 2

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(w ch by experience wee fynd to bee the very sinck & contagion
not only of this Citie but of this whole Realm) so long as these
playes & places of resort ar by authoritie permitted. I omit
to trouble yo r L. w th any farther matter how o r apprentices
and servants ar by this means corrupted & induced hear by to
defraud their Maisters to maintein their vain & prodigall expenses
occasioned by such evill and riotous companie whearinto they fall
by these kynd of meetings to the great hinderance of the trades
& traders inhabiting this Citie, and how people of all sorts ar
w th drawen thearby from their resort vnto sermons & other
Christian exercise to the great sclaunder of the ghospell &
prophanation of the good & godly religion established w th in this
Realm. All w ch disorders hauing observed & found to bee true
I thought it my duetie beeing now called to this publique place
to infourm yo r good L. whome I know to bee a patrone of
religion & lover of virtue & an honourable a friend to the State
of this Citie humbly beeseaching you to voutchsafe mee yo r help
for the stay & suppressing not only of this w ch is now intended
by directing yo r Ires to the Justices of peace of Midd & Surrey
but of all other places if possibly it may bee whear the saved
playes ar shewed & frequented. And thus crauing pardon for
this ouer much length I humbly take my leaue. fTrom London
the 3. of November. 1594.

Yo r L. most humble.

To the right honourable my very good L. the L. high Trer of
England.

[54. honourable a friend, sic.~\

XXIV

[1595, Sept. 13. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen to the Privy Council
(Remembrancia, ii. 103 ; Index, 354).]

Toutching the putting Our humble duty remembred to
doune of the plaies at yo r good LL. & the rest : Wee haue
the Theater & Bankside been bold heartofore to signify to yo r

,ch

w cn is a great cause
disorder in the Citie :

REMEMBRANCIA

of HH: the

77
that

great mconvenyence
groweth to this Cytie by the common
exercise of Stage Plaies, whear in
wee p r sumed to be the more often & earnest suters to yo r H H :
For the suppressing of the said Stage Plaies aswell in respect
of the good government of this Cytie, (w ch wee desire to be
such as her Highnes & yo r HH: might be pleased thearw th all) as
for conscience sake being perswaded (vnder correccon of yo r
HH. Judgment) that neither in policye nor in religion they ar
to be permitted in a Christian Common wealthe specially being
of that frame & making as vsually they are, & conteyning
nothing but profane fables, Lasciuious matters, cozonning
devizes, & other vnseemly & scurrilous behaviours, w ch ar
so sett forthe ; as that they move wholy to imitacon & not to
the avoyding of those vyces w ch they represent w ch wee verely
think to bee the cheef cause aswell of many other disorders &
lewd demeanors w ch appeer of late in young people of all
degrees, as of the late stirr & mutinous attempt of those fiew
apprenticp and other s r vantp who wee doubt not driew their
infection from these & like places Among other inconveniencp
it is not the least that the refuse sort of evill disposed &
vngodly people about this Cytie haue oportunitie hearby to
assemble together & to make their matches for all their lewd
& vngodly practizes : being also the ordinary places for all
maisterles men & vagabond persons that haunt the high waies
to meet together & to recreate themselfes Whearof wee begin
to haue experienc again w th in these new daies since it pleased
her highnes to revoke her Comission graunted forthe to the
Provost Marshall, for fear of home they retired themselfes for
the time into other partp out of his p r cinct but ar now retorned
to their old haunt & frequent the Plaies (as their manner is)
that ar daily shewed at the Theator & Bankside : Whearof will
follow the same inconveniencp whearof wee haue had to much
experienc heartofore, ffor p r venting whearof wee ar humble
suters to yo r good LL: & the rest to direct yo r Ires to the
lusticp of peac of Surrey & Mittet for the p r sent stay & finall

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suppressing of the said Plaies aswell at the Theater & Bankside
as in all other placp about the Cytie Whearby wee doubt not
but the oportunytie & very cause of so great disorders being
taken away wee shalbe able to keepe the people of this Cytie in
such good order & due obedienc as that her highnes & yo r
HH: shalbe well pleased & content thearw th all. And so most
humbly wee take o r Leaue : ffrom London the xiij th of
Septembr. 1595.

Yo r HH: most humble.

To the right honourable the LL: & othe" of her Ma ties most
honourable privy Counsell.

[32. home, sic for whom.]

XXV

[1597, July 28. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen to the Privy Council
(Remembrancial\\. 171 ; Index, 354). On the same day the Council issued orders
to the Middlesex and Surrey Justices for the suppression of plays within three
miles of London until November i, and the plucking down of the Theatre and
Curtain and the playhouses on the Bankside and in Southwark, so that ' they maie
not be ymploied agayne to suche use' (Dasent, xxvii. 313). This decree, the
severity of which must afterwards have been mitigated, seems to have been due to
the performance of Nash's Isle of Dogs^\

To the Lords against O r humble dutyes remembred to
Stage playes. yo r good LL. & the rest. Wee haue

signifyed to yo r HH. many tymes

heartofore the great inconvenience w cb wee fynd to grow by the
Cofhon exercise of Stage Playes. Wee p r sumed to doo aswell in
respect of the dutie wee beare towardp her highnes for the good
gou r ment of this her Citie, as for conscience sake, beinge
perswaded (vnder correction of yo r HH. iudgment) that neither
in politic nor in religion they are to be suffered in a Christian
Comonwealth, specially beinge of that frame & matter as
vsually they are, conteining nothinge but pphane fables,
lascivious matters, cozeinge devises, & scurrilus beehavio",

THE REMEMBRANCIA 79

w ch are so set forth as that they move wholie to imitation &
not to the auoydinge of those faults & vices w ch they rep r sent.
Amonge other inconveniences it is not the least y 1 they give
opportunity to the refuze sort of euill disposed & vngodly people
that are w th in and abowte this Cytie to assemble themselves
& to make their matches for all their lewd & vngodly
practices ; being as heartofore wee haue fownd by th'examlaton
of divers apprenticp & other seruantp whoe have confessed vnto
vs that the said Staige playes were the very places of theire
Randevous appoynted by them to meete w th such otheir as
wear to ioigne w** 1 them in theire designes & mutinus attemptp,
beeinge allso the ordinarye places for maisterles men to come
together & to recreate themselves, ffor avoyding wheareof
wee are now againe most humble & earnest suto to yo r ho r : to
dirrect yo r Ires aswell to o r selves as to the Justices of peace of
Surrey & Midlesex for the p r sent staie & fynall suppressinge
of the saide Stage playes, aswell at the Theatre Curten and
banckside as in all other places in and abowt the Citie,
Wheareby wee doubt not but th'opportunitie & the very cause
of many disorders beinge taken away, wee shalbee more able
to keepe the worse sort of such evell & disordered people in
better order then heartofore wee haue been. And so most
humbly wee take o r leaves ffroin London the xxviij th of lulie.

I597-

Yo r HH most humble

The inconueniences that i. They are a speaciall cause of

grow by Stage playes abowt corrupting their Youth conteninge
the Citie of London. nothinge but vnchast matters,

lascivious devices, shiftes of

Coozenage, & other lewd & vngodly practizes, being so as
that they impresse the very qualitie & corruption of manners
w ch they rep r sent Contrary to the rules & art p r scribed for the
makinge of Comedies eaven amonge the Heathen, who vsed
them seldom & at certen sett tymes, and not all the year longe

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as o r manner is. Whearby such as frequent them beinge of the
base & refuze sort of people or such young gentlemen as haue
small regard of credit or conscience, drawe the same into
imitacon and not to the avoidinge the like vices w** they
rep r senL

2. They are they ordinary places for vagrant persons,
Maisterles men, thieves, horse stealers, whoremongers,
Coozeners, Conycatchers, contrivers of treason and other idele
and daungerous persons to meet together & to make theire
matches to the great displeasure of Almightie God & the hurt
& annoyance of her Ma lf people, w ch cannot be p r vented nor
discovered by the Gouerno r s of the Citie for that they are owt
of the Citiees iurisdiction.

3. They maintaine idlenes in such persons as haue no
vocation & draw apprenticp and other seruantp from theire
ordinary workes and all sortp of people from the resort vnto
sermons and other Christian exercies to the great hinderance of
traides & pphanation of religion established by her highnes
w th in this Realm.

4. In the time of sicknes it is fownd by experience, that
many hauing sores and yet not hart sicke take occasion hearby
to walk abroad & to recreat themselves by heareinge a play.
Whearby others are infected, and them selves also many things
miscarry.

[ia. cozeinge, sic. 23. ioigne, i.e. join. 52. are they, sic. 63. exercies,
sic. 69. things, sic for times.]

XXVI

[1600, June 22. Order of the Privy Council (Remembrancia, ii. 188;
Index, 354). The signature at the end of the order is that of one of the Clerks
of the Council, and ' Ex p r : ' is an abbreviation of Examinatum per. Another
copy of the order and a minute of a covering letter to the Lord Mayor and the
Middlesex and Surrey Justices are in the Privy Council Register (Dasent,
xxx. 395, 411; Halliwell-Phillipps, Outlines, ed. 9. i. 307). The letter is not in
the Remembrancia. The original draft of the order has been altered in the

'HE REMEMBRANCIA

Register, and there is a marginal note by Thomas Smith that 'the alteracion
and interlyning of this order was by reason that the said order after the same
was entred in the Booke came againe in question and debate, and the said
interlyninge and amendementes were sett downe according to the laste determina-
cion of their Lordships '. Evidently the interlineations were important, and they
are therefore marked below with square brackets, although of course they do not
appear as such in the Remembrancia copy, which agrees substantially with the
final draft in the Register. Mr. Dasent found the cancelled passages in the
Register illegible. The new house in Golden Lane, which gave occasion for this
order, was the Fortune.]

An order sett downe Whereas diuers Complaintes haue bin

by the Itp and others heretofore made vnto the LLp and

of hir Ma ties : pruiye
Councell the 22 of lune
1600 to restrain the ex-
cessiue number of
Plaie howses & the
imoderate vse of Stage
plaies in & about
the Cittye

others of hir Ma Ues : privie Counsaile
of the manifold abuses and disorders
that haue growen and doe Continew
by occasion of many howses erected
& emploied in and aboute the Cittie
of London for common Stage Plaies
And nowe verie latelie by reason
of some Complainte exhibited by
sondrie psons against the buildinge
of the like house in or nere Goldinge Lane by one Edward
Allen a seruant of the right honorable the Lo: Admirall the matter
aswell in generalitie touchinge all the said houses for Stage
Plaies and the vse of playenge as in pticuler concerninge
the said house now in hand to be builte in or neere Goldinge
Lane hath bin brought into question & Consultacon amonge
theire LL: forasmuch as yt is manifestlie knowne and graunted
that the multitude of the said houses and the misgouerment
of them hath bin made and is dailie occasion of the idle riotous
and dissolute livinge of great niibers of people that leavinge
all such honest and painefull Course of life as they should
followe doe meete and assemble there and of maine pticuler
abuses and disorders that doe there vppon ensue And yet
neuerthelesse yt is Considered that the vse and exercise of
suche plaies not beinge euill in yt self may with a good order
and moderacon be suffered in a well gouerned estate and that

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hir Ma tie : beinge pleased at some times to take delighte and
recreacon in the sight and hearinge of them some order is fitt
to bee taken for the allowance and mainteinance of suche
psons as are thoughte meetest in that kinde to yeald hir Ma tie
recreacon and delight & consequentlie of the howses that must
serue for publique playenge to keepe them in exercise To
the end therefore that bothe the greatest abuses of the plaies
and plaienge houses maye be redressed and the vse and
moderacon of them retained. The LLp and the rest of hir
Ma ties : privie Councell withe one and full Consent haue ordered
in manner and forme as followeth.

ffirst that there shall bee about the Cittie two howses and
noe more allowed to serue for the vse of the Common Stage
plaies of the which howses one shalbe in Surrey in that place which
is Commonlie called the banckside or there aboutes and the
other in Midlesex. And foras muche as there LLp haue
bin enformed by Edmond Tylney Esquire hir Ma ties : seruant
and M r . of the Reuells that the howse now in hand to be
builte by the said Edward Allen is not intended to encrease
y e numb r of the Plaiehowses, but to be in steed of an other
namelie the Curtaine Which is either to be ruined and plucked
downe or to be putt to some oth r . good vse, as also that
the scituacon thereof is meete and Conuenient for that purpose.
Yt is likewise ordered that the said howse of Allen shall be
allowed to be one of the two howses and namelie for the house
to be alowed in Middlesex, [for the Companie of Plaiers
belonging to the L: Admirall] soe as the house Called the
Curtaine be (as yt is p r tended either ruinated or applied to
some other good vse. And for the other allowed to be on
Surrey side. Whereas [there Lps are pleased to pmitt] to
the Companie of players that shall plaie there to make there
owne Choice which they will haue [of diuers houses that
are there] Choosinge one of them and noe more [And the said
Companie of Plaiers being the Seruanf of the L. Chamberlen
that are to plaie there haue made choise of the house called
the Globe yt is ordered that the said house and none other

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shall be there allowed] And especiallie yt is forbidden that
anie stage plaies shalbe plaied (as sometimes they haue bin)
in any Common Inn for publique assemblie in or neare about
the Cittie.

Secondlie forasmuche as these stage plaies by the
multitude of houses and Companie of players haue bin too
frequent not seruing for recreacon but inviting and Callinge
the people daily from there trad and worke to mispend there
time It is likewise ordered that the two seuerall Companies of
Plaiers assigned vnto the two howses allowed maie play each
of them in there seuerall howse twice a weeke and noe oftener
and especially that they shall refraine to play on the Sabboth
daie vppon paine of imprisonment and further penaltie and that
they shall forbeare altogether in the time of Lent and likewise
at such time and times as anie extraordinarie sicknes or
infeccon of disease shall appeare to be in and about the Cittie.

Thirdlie because these orders wilbe of litle force and effecte
vnlesse they be dulie putt in execucon by those to whome yt
appertained to see them executed It is ordered that seuerall
Coppies shall be sent to the L Mayor of London and to the
Justices of the Peace of the Counties of Miclct and Surrey
and that Lres should be written vnto them from there Lps
straightlye Charginge them to see the execucon of the same
as well by Committinge to prison the owners of Plaiehouses
and players as shall disobey & resist these orders as by anie
other good and lawfull meanes that in there discretion they
shall finde expedient And to certifie there Lps from time to
time as they shall se Cause of there pceedingp therein/

Ex p r : Tho: Smithe.
[55. ^tended either, sic. 78. at, repealed in MS.~]

XXVII

[1601, December 31. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen
(Remembrancia, ii. 187; Index, 354). The signatories are John Whitgift,
Archbishop of Canterbury ; Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper ; Lord Buckhurst,

M 2

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Lord High Treasurer ; the Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral ; the Earl
of Shrewsbury ; the Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse ; Sir Robert
Cecil, Principal Secretary ; Sir John Stanhope, Vice-Chamberlain and Treasurer
of the Chamber; Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench;
Sir John Herbert, Second Secretary ; and Sir William Knollys, Comptroller of
the Household. This letter and that of the same date to the Middlesex and
Surrey Justices are in the Privy Council Register and are printed thence by
Halliwell-Phillips (Outlines, ed. 9, i. 308), but Whitgift, Stanhope and Popham
are not recorded as present when they were passed (Dasent, xxxii. 466). The
'former order' referred to is No. XXVL]

After our verie hartie Commendacons to your Lp: Wee haue
receaued a Lre from yow renewing a Complaint of the great
abuse and disorder within and about the Cittie of London by
reason of the multitude of Playhowses and the inordinate
resort and Concourse of dissolute and idle people dailie vnto
publique Stage Plaies ffor the which informacon as we doe
Commend your Lp: because yt betokeneth your Care and desire
to reforme the disorders of the Cittye Soe we must lett yow
knowe that we did much rather expect to vnderstand that our
ord r . sett downe and prescribed about a yeare and a haulfe since
for reformacon of the said disorders vppon the like Complaint
at that time had bene dulie executed then to finde the said
disorders and abuses soe much encreased as they are The
blame whereof as we can but in great pte to the Justices of
the peace or some of them in the Counties of Middlesex and
Surrey whoe had speciall direccon and Charge from vs to see
our said orders executed for the Confines of the Cittie wherein
the most pte of those Plaiehowses are scituat. Soe we doe
wishe that yt might appeare vnto vs that anie thinge hathe
bene endeauored by the Predecessors of yow the Lord Mayor
and by yow the Aldermen for the redresse of the said enormities
and for obseruacon and execucon of our said order within the
Cittie Wee doe therefore once againe renewe hereby our
direccon vnto yow (as we haue donne by our Lres to the
Justices of Middlesexe and Surrey concerning the obseruacon
of our former order which we doe praie & require yow to
cause dulie and diligentlie to be putt in execucon for all pointp

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thereof, and especiallie for the expresse and straight prohibicon
of any more Plaiehowses then those two that are mencyoned
and allowed in the said order Charginge and straightlie
Commaundinge all suche persons as are the owners of anie
the howses vsed for Stage Plaies within the Cittie nor to pmitt
anie more publique plaies within the Cittie, nor to pmitt anie
more publique playes to be vsed exercised or shewed from
hencefourth in there said howses vsed for Stage Plaies w^in
And to take bondes of them yf yow shall finde yt needefull) for
the pformance thereof Or yf they shall refuse to enter into bonde
or to obserue o r said order, then to Committ them to Prison
vntill they shall Conforme them selues therevnto. And soe
prayeng yow as your selfe doe make the Complainte and finde
the enormitie soe to applie your best endeuor to the remedie
of the abuse Wee bidd your Lp: &c verie hartelie farewell,
ffrom the Court at Whitehall the last of december: 1601.

Your Lpp verie louing ffreindp.

lo: Cant: Tho: Egertone Tho: Buckhurst Nottingham

Gilt) Shrewsbury E Worcester. Ro: Ceccill:

lo Stanhope lo Popham lo Herbert Witt: Knowllis:

[14. but in, sic ; Dastnt has but impute in. 25. Surrey concerning, sic',

Dasent closes parenthesis. 35. vsed . . . w th in ; Dasent omits. 36. them

yf, sic (no parenthesis]^

XXVIII

[1602, March 31. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor (Remembrancia,
ii. 189; Index, 355).]

A lere to y e 1. Maior After o r verey hartie Commendacons
for the Bores head to to yo r Lp. we receaued yo r lere
be licensed for y e plaiers. signifieinge some amendment of the

abuses or disorders by the immoderate
exercise of Stage plays in and about the Cittie by

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meanes of o r late order renued for the restraint of them and
\v th all shewinge a speciall inconvenience, yet remayeinge by
reason that the seruants of o r verey good L. the Earle of
Oxford, and of me the Earle of Worcester beinge ioyned by
agrement togeather in on Companie (to whom vpon noteice
of her Ma ties : pleasure at the suit of the Earle of Oxford,
tolleracon hath ben thaught meete to be graunted notw th standinge
the restraint of o r said former Orders) doe not tye them selfs
to one certaine place and howse but do chainge there
place at there owne disposition w ch is as disorderly and offensiue
as the former offence of many howses. And as the other
Companies that are alowed, namely of me the L. Admirall
and the L. Chamberlaine, be appointed there certaine howses,
and one and noe more to each Companie. Soe we doe straightly
require that this third Companie be likewise to one place.
And because we are informed the house called the Bores
head is the place they haue especially vsed and doe best like
of, we doe pray and require yow that that said howse namely
the Bores head may be assigned onto them and that they
be verey straightlie Charged to vse and exercise there plaies
in noe other but that howse, as they will looke to haue that
tolleracon continued and avoid farther displeasure. And soe
we bid yo r Ip. hartely farewell, from the Court at Ritchmond
the last of March 1602

Yo r Ipp verey lovinge friendes

T Buckurst Notingham

E Worcester. W: Knowlis

Ihon Stannop: Ro: Cecyll.

lo: fortescu. I: Herbert.

[7. remayeinge, sic. 10. noteice, sic. 20. likewise to, sic for likewise

tied to (?). 24. onto, sic for unto.]

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XXIX

[1607, April 12. The Lord Mayor to the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain
of the Household (Remembrancia, ii. 283 ; Index, 337). The weekly deaths from
plague were over thirty from July 10 to November 27, 1606, and from July 9 to
November 19, 1607 (Creighton, i. 494).]

Concerninge the My humble dutie remembred to yo r good
Infection of Lp: Whereas it pleaseth god that the

the Plague. Infeccon of sicknes is for theis two or three

weekes of late somewhat increase in the
Skirtes and Confines of this Cittie, and by the vntymely heate
of this season may spreade further then can hereafter be easelie
prevented My humble desier is that yo r Lp: for the preventinge
of soe great a danger will vouchsafe yo r ho ble : favour in two
speciall pointes concerninge this Matter, ffirst in restrayninge
such comon Stage Plaies as are Daylie shewed and exercised
and doe occasion the great Assembleis of all sortes of people in
the suburbes and partes adioyninge to this Cittie and cannot
be continiewed but w th apparant daunger of the encrease of the
sicknes. Secoundly Whereas it appeareth by the Certificate that
the said Skirtes and out Partes of the Cittie are more subiecte
to the Infection then any other Places. That y r : Ho: will please
to give order to the lustices of Middlesex to put in due execution
such ordenances as are formerly by yo r L ppes : recomended vnto
them in this behalfe especially that there may be a better care
hade of White Chappell Shorditch darken- Well and such other
remote Partes then formerly hath ben accustomed And that
there may some speciall Officers be appointed to see good order
kept and obserued in those Places where there is noe Justice of
Peace resident or nere there biwaies to looke to the same. W ch
beinge accordingly pformed in the out Skirtes of this Cittie
My desier is that yo r Lp: will rest satisfied and assuered of oure
carefullnes here w th in the Cittie and Lyberties thereof to the

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vtmost of o r Indeauour as is fittinge a matter of such Conse-
quence And soe most humblie I take my leaue And rest

Aprill 12 1607 Yo r Lp s : most humble.

To the right ho ble : my very good Lo: the Earle of Suffolke
Lo: Chamberlaine of his Ma ties : House

[4. increase, sic. 16. Places. That, sic. 24. biwaies, the ' bi ' t's

rather doubtful.']

XXX

[1612, November 8. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor (Remembraneia,
Hi. 64; Index, 410). The signatories are Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor; the
Earl of Northampton, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain ;
Lord Wotton of Marley, Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Stanhope of
Harrington, Vice-Chamberlain and Treasurer of the Chamber. Henry Frederick,
Prince of Wales, died on November 7, 1613, in the middle of the festivities held
to welcome the Elector Palatine.]

ffrom the Lordp, for the After our very hartie

suppressinge of Stage plaies, Commendacons to yo r

Bearebaytinges and idle shewes, Lordshipp / Whereas it
vpon the death of Prince Henry. hath pleased the Almightie

God, to take awaie the most

Noble and Worthie Prince of Wales, to the exceedinge greate
sorrowe and Greef aswell of theire Maiesties, as of all theire
deere and lovinge Subiectp. And that these tymes doe not suite
with such playes and idle shewes, as are daily to be scene in and
neere the cittie of London, to the scandall of Order and good
governement at all occasions when they are most tollerable,
As wee haue allreadie addressed Ires to the Justices of peace of
Mitttt and Surrey for the suppressinge of any playes or shewes
whatsoever within those Counties, soe wee doe hereby require
your Lpp to take speedie and speciall order for the prohibitinge
of all Playes shewes, Bearebaytinges, or any other such sighte,

THE REMEMBRANCIA 89

within that cittie and libties thereof and vtterlie to restraine, the
vse and exercise thereof vntill you shall receave further order
from vs. And if you shall finde anie person offendinge therein,
to commytt him or them to Prison without favour or connyvauncie,
and to acquainte vs therewith. And soe wee bidd your
Lordshipp Hartelie farewell. ffrom Whitehall the v'n^ of
November. 1612.

Yo r Lps verie loving Frindes.

T. Ellesmore Cane: H: Northampton: T Suffolk:
E Wotton: Stanhop.

XXXI

[1614, July 25. The Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral, to the
Lord Mayor (Remembrancia, iii. 167 ; Index, 411). The Princess Elizabeth was
married to Frederick V, the Elector Palatine, on February 14, 1613. There were
fireworks upon the Thames on February 1 1, and a representation of a sea-fight
on February 13 (Winwood, Memorials, iii. 425).]

The Earle of Nottingham on the My very good

behalf of Otwell, to haue a pencon Lord, this bearer,

being maymed at the triumph es Ottwell Astmore,

vpon the Thames at the Mariage beinge maymed in the

of the Ladie Elizabeth. Triumphes on the

Thames, at the

Marriage of the Ladie Elizabeths Grace, It pleased his maiestie
vppon his humble peticon to Commaunde mee to write vnto the
lustices of Peace, for the Countie of MicM, that a pencon might be
allowed yerely vnto him duringe his life, out of the said Countie/
Nowe for that the lustices doe finde, that hee was not Imprested
out of that Countie, They affirme that by lawe, they can give him
noe pencon / Wherevppon hee hath peticioned agayne/And his
Maiestie hath Commaunded mee, to signifie to yo r Lordshipp
for that hee was hirte vppon the Ryver of Thames, And within

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the Liberties of the Cittie, that your Lpp will take such care
heerein, as hee maye haue a pencon allowed him out of the
cittie duringe his life / And soe at this time I rest

Yo r verie lovinge Frinde
Nottingham

Chelsey the 25 th of Julie 1614.

[3. Pasmore c rossed out before Astmore. n. Imprested, sicl\

XXXII

[n. d. (circa 1619). Petition of officers of Blackfriars to Sir Sebastian
Harvey, Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen (Remembrancia, v. 28 ; Index, 355).
The date can be fixed by an order of the Court, dated January 21, 1619, which
recites this petition and directs the suppression of the playhouse. It is printed by
Halliwell-Phillipps (Outlines ; ed. 9, i. 311) from 'the City archives', i.e. pre-
sumably the Repertories. An early copy is in -S". P. Dom. Car. I, ccv. 32.
The Privy Council order of November, 1596, is only known by the references to it
in this transaction, but the petition of the inhabitants which gave rise to it exists
in an undated copy in S. P. Dom. Eliz. cclx, 116, made about 1631 (Halliwell-
Phillipps, Outlines, i. 304). This document has been suspected as a forgery,
but is probably genuine. Collier, who first produced it, misdated it 1576,
and used it to support a statement that the Blackfriars was built in that year
(H. E. D. P.i. 21 9). With cynical economy of material, Collier used it again
for 1596, to which it belongs (H.E.D.P. i. 287). The counter-petition of
the Lord Chamberlain's players, also printed by Collier (H.E.D.P. i. 288)
from S. P. Dom. Eliz. cclx. 117, is certainly a forgery, since there were no
Lord Chamberlain's players in November, 1596. It is a little curious to find
that Lord Hunsdon signed the petition of the inhabitants, for it would have
been natural to suppose that he had more direct means of influencing James
Burbage, whose son was in his company. But Hunsdon's father had tried in vain
to get a lease of the theatre building himself in January, 1596 (Kempe, Loseley
Manuscripts, 496). It was always doubtful how far the City had jurisdiction in the
precinct of the Blackfriars, and in any case it is not probable that the suppression
of January, 1619, became operative, since on March 27, 1619, the King's men
obtained a royal patent (Collier, H.E.D.P. i. 398, misdated 1620) authorizing
them to play at ' their private House scituate in the precincts of the Blackfriers ', as
well as at the Globe. William Gouge, whose name heads the present document,
was minister of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, and was one of the Feoffees for Impropria-
tions persecuted by Laud in 1625 (Gardiner, History of England, vii. 258).]

THE REMEMBRANCIA 91

To the right hono ble : S r Sebastian Haruy k<: Lo: Maior of
y e : Cittie of London, and to the right wor 11 : the Aldermen, his
Brethren.

The humble peticon of the Constables and other Officers and
inhabitantp w th in the Precinct of the Blackfriers London.

A peticon of diuers Officers and Sheweth That

other inhabitantp in the Precinct whereas in Nouembr

of y e Blackfriers touchinge the 1596, diuers both

dangers and inconveniencys hono ble : psons and

ariseinge by the Coaches &c others then inhabitinge

comeing to the Play house there. the said precinct, made

knowne to the Lordp

and others of the privie Counsell, what inconveniencies where
likelie to fall vpon them, by a comon Playhouse which was
then preparinge to bee erected there, wherevpon their Hono":
then forbadd the vse of the said howse, for playes, as by the
peticon and indorsem te : in aunswere thereof may appeare.

Moreouer whereas by orders of the Lordp and others of the
priuy Counsell, for many waightie reasons therein expressed
bearinge date the 22. Junij 1600, yt was lymitted their should
bee only two Playhouses tollerated, whereof the one to bee the
Banckside and the other att a place in or neere Gouldinge Lane,
exemptinge thereby the Blackfryers, And whereas alsoe there
was then a. letter of the same date directed to the lo: Maior, and
Justicp, strictlie requireinge of them to see these order put in
execucon, and soe to bee continewed.

Nevertheles may it please yo r : Lo p , and yo r : brethren to
bee aduertised, that contrary to the said Orders, The owner of
the said playhouse, doth vnder the name of a private howse
(respectinge indeed private Comoditie only) convert the said howse
to a publique playhouse ; vnto which there is daylie such resort
of people, and such multitudes of Coaches (whereof many are
Hackney Coaches, bringinge people of all sortp) That sometymes
all our streetp cannott containe them, But that they Clogg
vpp Ludgate alsoe, in such sort, that both they endanger the one

N 2

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the other breake downe stallp, throwe downe mens goodp from
their shopps, And the inhabitantp there cannott come to their
howses, nor bringe in their necessary provisions of beere, wood,
coale or haye, nor the Tradesmen or shopkeeps vtter their wares,
nor the passenger goe to the comon water staires without danger
of ther lives and lymmes, whereby alsoe many times, quarrellp
and effusion of blood hath followed ; and what further danger
may bee occaconed by the broyles plottp or practises of such an
vnrulie multitude of people yf they should gett head, yo r : wise-
domes cann conceave ; Theise inconveniencp fallinge out almost
everie daie in the winter tyme (not forbearinge the tyme of Lent)
from one or twoe of the clock till sixe att night, which beinge the
tyme alsoe most vsuall for Christeningp and burialls and
afternoones service, wee cannot haue passage to the Church for
pformance of those necessary duties, the ordinary passage for
a great part of the precinct aforesaid beinge close by the play
house dore.

Wherefore our humble suite to yo r : Lop, and your Brethren
is, That accordinge to the trust which the Lordp and the rest of
the privy counsell repose in yo r : wisedomes for the due execucon
of the foresaid Orders, Course may bee taken in the premisses,
And that the owner of the said play house may satisfie your
Lop. and yo r : brethren for his presumption in breakinge the same,
and alsoe putt in good assurance for the tyme to come, that wee
shall not bee thus endangered by such resort to this house, But
that the kingp Ma 1 ? : subiectp may haue safe and quiett passage in
the comon streetp and the tradesmen for vttering their wares :
wherein wee doe the more earnestlie importune for preseruing
the peace, which is nowe often broken by reason of the
inconveniencp aforesaid ; ffor preseruinge whereof ; yf wee shall
either by Turnepikes, postp, chaines, or otherwise keepe theis
Coaches w th out our gates, great inconuenience might thereby
ensue, to Ludgate and the streatp thereaboutp. Wherefore wee
craue ayde and direccon from yo r : Lop and yo r : brethren in all
the premisses, And will euer pray for the good and prosperous
goverm te : of this hono ble : Cittie.

THE REMEMBRANCIA 93

W m : Gouge. Minister.

Humfrey weauer ) ~, , \., r

Clement Euans [Churchwardens. Wee finde this howse

Edward Ashej c . , K g rea ' annoyance to y-

Tho:Campe } Sldemen ) Church.

Edw Ashe ) Constables. Wee finde this howse a great

occasion for y e breach of y e peace.
William Waple ) ~ n , , T7 ~ '
Richard Ellyott Collecto ' J^ee finde this howse a great

hindrance to our poore.

Roger Nicholson) e , - . . .

Richard Adams. Scaven S ers - Wee finde this howse a great

annoyance for toe clensinge
of the streetp.

[13. where, sic. 25. these order, sic.]

XXXIII

[n. d. (circa 1619). Petition of inhabitants of Blackfriars to the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen (Remembrana'a, v. 20 ; Index. 356). Clearly in support
of No. XXXII.]

To the right hono ble : the Lo: Maior of the Cittie of London, and
the right wor: the Aldermen of the same Cittie his Brethren.

The Coppie of a Ire of divers ho: psons Right Hono ble :

& others (to the lo: Maio r : &c) inhabitinge We haue been
the precinct of Blackfriers touchinge the made acquainted

abuse and danger ariseing by the w th a peticon

Coaches comeinge to the Playhouse there. which the

Constables and

other Officers w th in the precinct of Blackfriers intend to
yo r : Lop and yo r : worthie brethren, hopeinge thereby to
procure redresse of such disorders and inconvenicp as arise there,
by reason of the play house in that vnfitt place, which beinge

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scituated in the bosome of the Cittie, wee conceaue wilbee
the more tenderlie considered of by your graue wisedomes
accordinge to the trust which the State reposeth in you, Wee
desire yo r : Lop and your Brethren to helpe vs to some remedie
therein, that wee may goe to our howses in safetie, and enioye
the benefitt of the streetp w th out apparant danger, which nowe
wee assure yo r Lop, neither wee that are inhabitantp, nor anie
other of his Ma***: subiectp haueinge occasion that waie, either
by land or water cann doe, ffor such is the vnruleines of some
of the resorters to that howse, and of Coaches, horses, and
people of all sortp gathered togeather by that occasion, in those
narrowe and crooked streetp, that many hurtp haue heretofore been
thereby done, and feare it will att some tyme or other hereafter,
procure much more if it bee not by yo r : wisedomes preuented ;
Thus much wee thought it our partp to add to the peticon
of the said Officers, whose iust care (deserving comendacons)
wee are bold alsoe to recofhend to yo r : Hp ble : Lop, and
yo r : brethren, vpon whome they will attend for further dirreccon
in this busines ; And thus wee rest yo r : L6 ps loueinge freindp.

la: Fullerton. Edw: Carr.

S. Posth. Hoby. Thomas Peyton.

Mary Peyton. Katherin Bowyer.

Agnes Clere. Ro: Rigdon.

Agnes ffinch. Ed: Curie.

W m : Rowe. lohn Argent.

Tho: Emerson. Tho: Rogers.

Richard Browne. Ric. Putto.

Elizabeth Hill. L: Egerton.

Eliz: onslewe. Paul Delane.
Tho: Alured.
Edward osborne.
Edm: Sadler.
Grace Darcy.

[n. inconvenicp, sic.']

THE REMEMBRANCIA

XXXIV

[1626, May 25. William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain of
the Household, to the Lord Mayor (Remembranda, vi. 86; Index, 416). The
letter from the Earl Marshall (the Earl of Arundel and Surrey) is dated
December 26, 1625 (Remembrancia, viii. 81 ; Index, 116). On May 25, 1626,
Arundel was in prison. The coronation of Charles I took place on February a,
1626. Probably the change of purpose was due to the refusal of Queen Henrietta
Maria to share in the ceremony (Gardiner, vi. 48).]

A Ire of the 25 th of May 1626
from the Erie of Penbroke
Lo: Chamberlin to his Ma tie :
for the takinge downe the
Pagentp erected in the hono r :
of his Ma ties : Coronacon.

My Lord

Whereas you r Lop and
the rest of that Court were
formerly directed by Ires from
the right honnorable the
Earle Marshall, to prepare
and erect in seuerall places
w th in theCittie, sondrie Pageantp for the fuller and more significant
expression of you r loyes vppon his Ma ties : and his Royall Consortp
intended entrance through e you r said Cittie : His Ma tie : haveinge
now altered his said purpose, and given mee Cofnand to signify
so much vnto you, it may please your Lpp: to take notice
thereof by these, As also to remove the said Pageantp, w ch
besides the pticvlar Charge they cavse in the Cittie, do Choke
and hinder the passages of suche as in Coaches, or w th theire
Carriages, have occasion to passe vp and downe. This being
all that for the p r sent I haue to trouble you r Lop: w th , I take my
leaue, And do remayne.

Yo r Lop 9 and that Courtp most
affectionat ffreind.

whithall this 25 th of Maij i626 tb

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XXXV

[1630, April 14. Order of the Privy Council (Remembranda, vii. 28; Index,
341). Lord Coventry was Lord Keeper; Samuel Harsnet, Archbishop of York ;
Lord Weston, Lord High Treasurer ; Viscount Conway, Lord President of the
Council ; the Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal ; and the Earl of Arundel
and Surrey, Earl Marshall. Viscount Dorchester and Sir John Coke were the
two Secretaries.]

Lo Keeper Lo privie scale Ea r Kellie

Lo Arche Bp of yorke Lo: Marshall Lo. Dorchest r

Lo. Trer Ea r . Sulfolke Vic Chamberley

Lo President Ea r Salisbeurey M r Sec Cooke

Lo. v. ffalkland Ea r Bridgewat r

An ordre from the Lords the In regard of the greate
14 th Aprill 1630 for suppressing apprehensione and appearance
of playes & oth r meetings of the increase of y e Sciknes,

and for that it is conceiued,

that Assemblies & meetings of people for sporte & pleasure,
may bee a greate meanes to spread y e same, Theire Lorpp 88 , haue
thought fitt & ordered that aswell the Lord Maior of London, as
the lustices of Peace of MitW & Surrey, doe take stricte &
effectuall ordre to prohibite & suppresse, all Meetings & Stage
playes. Bearebay tings, Tvmbling Dancing on y e Ropes, shewes,
or scights presented in howses and all other Concourse and
Meetings whatsoeuer for Pastime as aforesaied, And also all
Assemblies of the Inhabitants of seu r all Counties at y e Cofhon
halls of London pretended for continuance of accquaintance,
and all extraordinary assemblies of people at Tauernes or ellce
where, And hereof all Magistrates whome yt may concerne, are
required to take notice, & see this ordre executed w th : out faile /

Ex tr : Will: Beecher
[3. Sulfolke, sic. 8. Sciknes, sic.']

THE REMEMBRANCIA 97

XXXVI

[1630, April 23. Order of the Privy Council (Remembrancia, vii. 33;
Index, 342). The Treasurer of the Household was Sir Thomas Edmondes.]

Lo Arche Bp of yorke Ea Salisbeury

Lo Trer Ea Danby

Lo President Lo Vis Dorchester

Lo Priuie Scale Lo Vis Wentworth

Ea Marshall Lo Vis ffalkland

Ea Suffolke Lo Newburgh

Ea Dorsett M r Trer

M r Secre' Cooke

An Ordre from the Lords the It was this day ordered in
23 th Aprill 1630, for suppressing reguard of the daunger &
of assemblies at Cockepitts & feare of the increase of the
oth r publique meetings. sciknes. that aswell the Lord

Maio r , as the Justices of peace,

of Mitlcf & Surrey shall take effectual! ordre, to prohibite &
suppresse all Assemblies at Prizes, by ffencers, and all other
meetings at Cockfights, Bullbaitings, & in Close Bowling
Alleys, w ch Assemblies weere not perticularly mencoed in the
ordre of this Board of the 14 th of this present, but wee thereby
intended to bee suppressed as well as the Assemblies therein
named /

[12. sciknes, V.]

XXXVII

[1633, November 22. Order of the Privy Council (Remembrancia, vii. 101 ;
Index, 356). William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury; Richard Neile,
Archbishop of York; the Earl of Lindsey, Lord High Chamberlain; Philip
Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain of the Household ;
Lord Cottington, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir Henry Vane, Comptroller
of the Household; and Sir Francis Windebank, Secretary. The order was

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perhaps motived by a petition to Laud, while still Bishop of London, from the
Churchwardens and Constables of Blackfriars, dated 1631, and printed by Collier
(H.E.D.P. i. 455). Before it was issued, the Privy Council had contemplated
the suppression of the theatre, and had gone so far as to appoint a commission to
assess compensation for the players (Collier, i. 476, from Privy Council Register}.
The order was observed for two or three weeks, and then ( disordered again '
(Str afford Letters, i. 175). This was due to a further order, passed by a
Council meeting, at which the king was present in person, on December 29, 1633,
which permitted coaches to stand within the Blackfriars itself during a play
(Collier, i. 479, from Register)^

At Starchamber the 22 of Novemb r . 1633.

Present.

Lo: Archb: of Cant.
Lo: Keeper
Lo: Archb: of York.
Lo: Priuy Scale
Lo: high Chamt>:
Er: Marshall.
Lo: Charrib:
Er: of Dorset.

Er: of Bridgwater.
Er: of Carlile.
Lo: Vise, wimbledon.
Lo: Nubourgh
Lo: Cottington.
M r . Treasurer.
M r . Comptroller.
M r . Secret: Coke.

M r . Secret, windebanck.

The order of the Lordp touching Whereas the Board hath
the great resort in Coaches to the taken into consideration the
Playhowse in the Blackffriers. greate inconveniences that
22 Nov: 1633. growe by reason of the

resort to the Playhowse

of the Blackffryers in Coaches, whereby the Streetes neere
therevnto are at the Playtime soe stopped, that his Ma 1 ?
Subiectp goeing about theire necessarie affaires can hardly finde
passage, and are sometimes endangered: Their Lo ps . remembring
that there is an easie passage by water vnto that Playhouse
withuot troubling the Streetp, and that it is much more fitt &
reasonable that those w ch goe thither should goe by water, or els
on foote, rather then the necessarie businesses of all others & the

THE REMEMBRANCIA 99

publiqtie Comerce should bee disturbed by their pleasure, Doe
therefore order, that if any persons, men or women, of what
condicon soeuer, repaire to the aforesaid Playhowse in Coach,
soe soone as they are gone out of their Coaches, the Coachmen
shall depart thence, and not returne till the end of the Play, nor
shall stay or retourne to fetch those, whome they carried, any
neerer with their Coaches, then the farther part of S* Paules
Church yard on the one side, and ffieQt conduit on the other side,
and in the meane time betweene their departure & retourne shall
either retourne home, or els abide in some other Streetes lesse
frequented w th Passengers, and so raunge their coaches in those
places, that the waie bee not stopped. Which order if any
Coachman disobey, the next Constable or officer is hereby
Charged to commit him presently to Ludgate or Newgate : and
the Lo: Maior of the Citie of London is required to see this
carefully pfourmed by the Constables and officers to whome it
appertayneth, and to punish every such Constable or officer as
shalbe found negligent therein. And to the end that none maie
pretend ignorance hereof, it is lastly ordered, that copies of this
order shalbe sett vp by direccon from the Lo: Maior at Paules
chaine, the west end of S l Paules Church, Ludgate, the Black-
ffriers and ffieet Conduit.

Ex 1 : I: Dickenson.

XXXVIII

[1634, January 29. The Privy Council to the Lord Mayor (Remembrana'a,
vii. 106; Index, 357). The masque was Shirley's Triumph of Peace, performed,
partly as a counterblast to Prynne's recent Histriomastix\ on February 3, 1634.]

A Ire from the Lordp to cleane After o r heartie corhendacons
the Streetp. 29 Janu: 1633. toyo r Lo p : Whereas the Gent:

of the Innes of Court, haue

desired permission to present to their Ma ties . a Masque, w ch his
Ma tie . out of his Roiall favour towardp them hath bene gratiously
pleased to accept, and it is to be pformed in the beginning of

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the next weeke, To the end they may haue the better and fairer
way in their passadge towardes his Ma 1 ** Court ; and likewise to
prevent all disorders and disturbancp, w ch in the like cases,
vsually happen by the Concourse of vnruly people. Wee doe
therefore hereby praie and expressely require your Lo p , to take
present and effectuall order, that the Streetp through w ch they
are to passe, especially Aldersgate Street, be very well clensed
against monday night next at the farthest. And a very good
and carefull watch kept by the Constables and better sort of
Citizens themselues, aswell w th in the Citie it selfe as w th in that
part of the liberties that lyeth that waie. And soe wee bid
yo r Lo p . heartily farewell, ffrom the Starchamber the 29. Janu:

1633-

Yo r Lo ps very loving ffreindp.

W. Cant; Tho: Coventry. Cs; R: Ebor. Manchester.
Arundell-Surrey. Bridwater. fra: Cottington.

Th: Edmonds. I: Coke fran: Windebanck.

[22. Bridwater, sic.]

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