PAPERS
HENSLOWE PAPERS
BEING DOCUMENTS SUPPLEMENTARY TO
HENSLOWE'S DIARY
EDITED BY
WALTER W. GREG, M.A,
A. H. BULLEN
47 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.
1907
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OF
THE COLLEGE OF GOD'S GIFT
AT DULWICH
THE GUARDIANS OF SO MANY RELICS
OF OUR DRAMATIC PAST
THIS SELECTION
PUBLISHED BY THEIR PERMISSION
IS NOW
IN DUTY INSCRIBED.-
PREFACE.
IN issuing this volume of Henslowe Papers I have to thank in the first place the
Governors of Dulwich College, and in particular Sir Robert Douglas, for making
the originals accessible to me, and next Mr. A. H. Gilkes, Master, and Mr. P.
Hope, Librarian, of Dulwich College, for facilities generously granted me for
examining the same. To the officials of the British Museum my obligations
constantly accumulate. Dr. Warner most kindly acceded to a shameless request
to be allowed to make what use I liked of the notes in his catalogue of the Dulwich
documents. The initial ' W.' is appended in the following pages to such information
as is lifted bodily or substantially from his work (recourse being had where possible
to later authorities), but I need hardly say that these specific instances form but
a small part of my obligation to so learned a predecessor. To Mr. J. A. Herbert
I am grateful for assistance on innumerable occasions, and it is a real regret not
to be able to record a similar obligation to Francis Bickley, whose early death
deprived scholarship of an able worker, and manuscript students of an ever
courteous friend.
A few words of explanation may be conveniently added. The conventions as
to dates and the method of reference to authorities are the same as those adopted
in my edition of Henslowe's Diary, where they are explained at length at the
beginning of the second volume. Only two remarks, applying in particular to
the present work, need be made here. One is that, where there is no statement
to the contrary, Manuscripts are to be supposed paper, and Muniments vellum.
The other is the confession that I have followed Dr. Warner, at first unwittingly,
later advisedly for definite purposes of uniformity and convenience, in a not very
strict method of reference to the documents printed by Malone. The simple
reference 'Malone' indicates Itoswell's 'Variorum' Shakespeare published in 1821,
which contains, besides the documents previously printed by Malone, others which
had been in his hands but which he had not published. Where it is desired to
refer to the original publication, the date or title has been added (e. g. Malone,
Inquiry (1796), Malone (Shakespeare], 1790, &c.). If this is borne in mind confusion
will, I think, be avoided.
Knowing that the Orlando manuscript was to be printed in Professor Churton
Collins' edition of Greene's plays, I had not originally intended to include it in
this collection. After the publication of that edition, however, it seemed desirable
to do so.
WALTER W. GREG.
Park Lodge, Wimbledon,
April 1907.
CONTENTS.
,, HAGE
MUNIMENTS r
Documents relating to the Theatres and Bear Garden.
MANUSCRIPT I ,j
Papers relating to the Drama and Stage.
MANUSCRIPT II 97
Papers relating to the Bearbaiting.
MANUSCRIPT VIII I07
Memorandum-Book of Edward Alleyn.
MANUSCRIPT XI I0g
Miscellaneous notes.
MANUSCRIPT XVIII I09
Miscellaneous papers.
APPENDIX I. Documents not now at Dulwich n-j
APPENDIX II. Dramatic Plots I27
APPENDIX III. Alleyn's part in Orlando Furioso 155
INDEX I7->
MUNIMENTS
SECTION I. — Documents relating to the Theatres and Bear Garden; 1546-1662.
No. 7.
[Abstract.] Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth, granting to Ralphe Bowes,
esq., the office of master of ' our game pastymes and sportes, that is to saie of
all and everie our beares bulles and masty ve dogges,' in ' as large and ample
manner and forme as Cuthbert Vaughan or Sir Richard Longe, deceased.'
Dated 2 June, a° 15 [1573]. Exemplified at the request of Morgan Pope, 5
lerchant, 18 Nov., a° 28 [1585]. [Warner, p. 231.]
No. 15.
[Assignment of the lease of the Little Rose, 24 March 1584/5. Signatures autograph. The
jriginal lease from Ambrose Nicholas and others to William Gryffyn, of London, vintner, for
31 years at a rent of £7, dated 20 Nov. 17 Eliz. 1574, as well as the assignment by William
Griffen to Robert Withens, for .£105, dated 11 Dec. 1579, are preserved, and form Muniments
8 and 10. See Alley n Memoirs, p. 189.]
[Abstract] Assignment by ' Roberte Withens Cittizen and Vintener of
Londonne' to ' Phillipp Hinchley Cittizen and Dyer of london ' of the lease from
Ambrose Nicholas and other parishioners of St. Mildred, Bread Street, of certain
property granted to the parish of St. Mildred, 3 Dec. 6 Edw. VI [1552], by
Thomasyn, widow of Ralph Symonds, fishmonger, namely 'All that her messuage 5
or Tennement then Called the little rose with Twoe gardens to the same
Mun. 7. See below MS. II. i. Collier claimed to possess the original patent to John
Uorrington, dated ' 2d June, A° 15. Eliz. 1573' according to which Dorrington succeeded
Vaughan (Alleyn Memoirs, p. 70). The document, now B.M. MS. Egerton 2623, fol. 11, is the
^original grant to Bowes, but his name has been erased and that of Dorrington substituted in a
modern hand. Collier also mentioned the present document (p. 60), but gave the date as 8
Nov., 1586, and made this the date, not of the exemplification, but of the actual grant. Morgan
Pope seems to have derived his interest in the garden from several parties, including Ralph
Bowes and Edward Bowes, and to have made it over to one Hayes, from whom it passed to
Burnabie, and so to Alleyn. See below MS. VIII.
Mun. 15. 3. In Henslowe's list, dated 1602, of ' what J paye every yeare as foloweth for
Rente,' occurs the entry 'pd vnto St Mildreds— vij11' (Diary 178V 5).
5. Ralph Symonds, doubtless the same as the ' Rauf Symondes, of Cleg, co. Norfolk, gent.' of
Mun. i, who in 1546 sold to another fishmonger, Thomas Langham, the property on which the
Fortune was erected later. See below Mun. 37.
H. P. B
2 [MUN. 15
adioyninge sett lienge and beinge in the parrishe late Called Saincte margarettf
in Southworke in the county of Surry and then and nowe in the parrishe of
Saincte Savio1' in Southworke aforesaide And all her howses shoppes Cellers
sellers Chambers entries gardens pondes easements landf soyle and heredita- 10
mentes Whatsoeuer wth their Appurtenncf in the parrishe of Saincte Savio1' in
Southworke aforesaide to the saide messuage or Tennemente belonginge or in
any wies apperteyninge.' Dated 24 March, 27 Eliz. 1584/5. Sealed with a
coat of arms, apparently a chevron between three merlins, signed :
' by me Robart Wy thens ' 1 5
witnessed :
' Sigill et delib in pncia mei Petri Blower s^vien Thome Newman Scr '
and endorsed : ' withens to Henslo of ye rose'
NO. 1 6.
[Deed of partnership in the Rose, 10 Jan. 1586/7. Signatures autograph. See Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 189.]
[Abstract] Deed of partnership, dated 10 Jan. 29 Eliz., 1586/7, ' Betwene
Phillippe Hinshley Cittizen and Dyer of London one thonne ptye and John
Cholmley Cittizen and grocer of London one thother ptye ' in ' all that pcell of
grownde or garden plotte Contayninge in lenghe and bredthe sqare every waye
ffoorescore and fourteene foote of assize little more or lesse ' and in ' a playe 5
howse now in framinge and shortly to be ereckted and sett vppe vpone the same
grounde or garden plotte from the Daye of the Date of these prsent£ for and
duringe and vntill the ende and terme of Eighte yeares And three monethes
from thence nexte ensuinge and fully to be Compleate and ended yf the saide
ptyes doe so longe Lyve ', the said John Cholmley to receive ' The moytie or one 10
halfe of All suche some and somes of moneye gaynes profytt and Comodytye
wch shall arysse growe be colectted gathered or become due for the saide pcell of
grounde and playe howse when and after yt shalbe ereckted and sett vpe by
reasonne of any playe or playes that shalbe showen or played there or
otherwysse howsoever ', and providing that Cholmley ' shall or maye lawfully 1 5
peacablye and quiettly have holde occupye posesse and enioye All that smalle
terite or dwellinge howsse scittuate and standinge at the sowthe ende or syde of
Mun. 16. It would appear from the provisions of this deed, the term being fixed at 8j years,
and the first quarterly payment not to be due till six months after the date of execution, that the
play-house was expected to be ready by Lady day. If this expectation was fulfilled the first
opening of the Rose may be fixed as about Easter 1587. The partnership would expire at
Lady day 1595. Cholmley's name only appears in the Diary in the scribble at the beginning (1).
It has sometimes been thought that there may have been an earlier house on the same site,
but though this is not absolutely impossible, there does not appear to be any evidence in favour
of the supposition,
MUN. 16] 3
the saide pcell of grownde or garden plotte to keepe victualinge in or to putt
to any other vse or vsses whatsoever ' which same house is ' neare adioyninge
vnto a lane there Comonly Called mayden Lane ' and is ' now in the tenure of the 20
saide John Cholmley' having also ingress 'by and throughe the Alleye there
called Rosse Alleye leadinge from the Ryver of thames into the saide pcell of
grownde ', and further that Phillip Henslow shall at his ' owne pper Coste and
Chargis wth as muche expedic5n as maye be ereckte fynishe and sett vpp or
cause to be erected finished and sett vpe by John Gryggf Carpenter his servantf 25
or assignes the saide play house wth all furniture thervnto belonginge or appar-
tayninge wthoute fraude or guile All wch premisses above by these prsentf
menconed ar scittuate Lyenge and beinge on the bancke syde in the pyshe of
Sfc Savoyes in Sovthworke in the County of Surr', the said John Cholmley
covenanting to pay to the said Philip Henslow 'the some of Eight hundreth and 30
Sixteene Poundf of lawfull moneye of Englande in mannr and forme followinge
that is to saye One the feaste Daye of the Nativitie of Sfc John Baptiste next
Cominge after the date of these prsentC Twentie five Poundf and Tenne shilling^
. . . And so further after that from feaste daye to feaste daye quarter to quarter
and yeare vnto yeare one consequently insuinge another That is to saye 35
quarterly one every of the like feaste Dayes . . . Twentie five Poundf and
Tenne shilling^ vntill all the saide somme of Eight hundreth and Sixteene
Poundc be so truly Contented and payde ', the parties further covenanting
' eyther wth other by these prsentf that yt shall and may be lawfull to and for
the saide Phillype Hinshleye and John Cholmley their execute's and assignes 40
ioyntly to appoynte and pmitte suche psonne and psonnes players to vse
exersyse & playe in the saide playe howse ' and also that ' when any playe or
playes shall be played or showen in the saide playe howse' the said parties
' shall and wilbe there pvsent them selves or appoynte theire sufficiente debutyes
or assignes wth them selves or otherwysse at theire Choyse to Coleckte gather and 45
receave all suche some and somes of moneye of every psonne & psonnes
resortinge and Cominge to the saide playe howse to vew see and heare any
playe or enterlude at any tyme or tymes to be showed and playde duringe the
saide terme of Eight yeares and three rnonethes excepte yt please any of the
saide ptyes to suffer theire frendf to go in for nothinge ', the monies so received 50
to be divided equally between the parties, further the said Phillip Henslowe
covenanting to pay all rents on the said premises & also to repair all the bridges
& wharves belonging to the said parcel of ground before the 29th day of
25. John Griggs, as appears from their correspondence, was a friend and neighbour of Hens-
lowe and Alleyn, and was commonly employed by them as builder. On 5 June 1595 Henslowe
apprenticed his niece Mary to him to learn sewing and bone-lace. We last hear of him
1 8 July 1597.
4 [MuN. 16
September following, and the parties further covenanting that they ' shall and will
after the saide xxixth daye of September nexte Cominge at theire equalle Costf 55
and Chargis repare amende sustayne mantayne and vpholde the saide playe
howse brigges wharfff and all other the wayes and brygges now leadinge or wch
heareafter shalbe made to leade or apptayne into oute and from the saide pcell
of grownde and other the prmisses wth thapprtennces thervnto belonginge al [sic]
all tymes heareafter when and as often as neede shall require duringe the saide 60
terme of Eighte yeares & three monethes ', the said John Cholmley finally to
have the sole right of selling food and drink on the said premises. Signed :
' By me John Cholmley grocer '
without seal, but witnessed :
' Sigilat et delibt in pnc mei Cut : Jones sjvien Edward Pryce Edward pryce ' 65
and endorsed ' Jo : Chollmley '
No. 1 8.
[Abstract.] Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth, granting to '.Philip Hensley,'
esq., upon the surrender of a former patent to Raphe Bowes, the office of master
'of our games pastimes and sports,' &c. [see above, no. 7]. Date, ante June,
1598. Not executed. With alterations by Henslowe, adapting the wording to
the reign of James I, the grant to be in succession to John Dorntone [Dor-
rington.] [Warner, p. 234; printed, Alley n Memoirs, p. 213.]
No. 22.
[Contract by Peter Streete with Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn for the erection of the
Fortune at the cost of ,£440. Dated 8 Jan. 1599/1600. Bearing Street's mark and the
autograph signatures of the witnesses. With acquittances and notes of payments on the back,
8 Jan.-ii June 1600. Printed, Malone, iii. p. 338 ; Halliwell, Illustrations, p. 81, from Malone.]
SnbetttUre mafce the Eighte daie of Januarye 1599 And in the Twoe
and ffortyth yeare of the Reigne of our sovereigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace
of god Queene of Englande ffraunce and Jrelande defender of the ffaythe &cf
Betwene Phillipp Henslowe and Edwarde Allen of the pishe of Sfce Saviors in
Southwark in the Countie of Surrey gentlemen on thone pte And Peeter Streete
Cittizen and Carpenter of London on thother parte WttUCSSCtb That whereas
the saide Phillipp Henslowe & Edward Allen the daie of the date hereof Haue
bargayned compounded & agreed wth the saide Peter Streete ffor the erectinge
buildinge & settinge upp of a newe howse and Stadge for a Plaiehouse in and
Mun. 22. 8. Street had already been employed by Henslowe to build or rebuild a house
on the Bankside, the previous December (Diary, 32).
MUN. 22] 5
vppon a certeine plott or pcell of grounde appoynted oute for that purpose 10
Scytuate and beinge nere Goldinge lane in the pishe of Ste Giles wthoute Cripple-
gate of London To be by him the saide Peeter Streete or some other sufficyent
vvoorkmen of his provideinge and appoyntemte and att his propper Costes &
Chardges for the consideracon hereafter in theis pntf expressed / Made erected,
builded and sett upp Jn manner & forme followinge (that is to saie) The frame of 15
the saide howse to be sett square and to conteine ffowerscore foote of lawfull
assize everye waie square wthoutt and fiftie fiue foote of like assize square everye
waie wthin wth a good suer and stronge foundacon of pyles brick lyme and sand
bothe wthout & wthin to be wroughte one foote of assize att the leiste aboue the
grounde And the saide fframe to conteine Three Stories in heighth The first or 20
lower Storie to Conteine Twelue foote of lawfull assize in heighth The second
Storie Eleaven foote of lawfull assize in heigth And the Third or vpper Storie
to conteine Nyne foote of lawfull assize in height / HU Wbicb Stories shall
conteine Twelue foote and a halfe of lawfull assize in breadth througheoute
besides a Juttey forward £ in either of the saide Twoe vpper Stories of Tenne 25
ynches of lawfull assize with ffower convenient divisions for gentlemens roomes
and other sufficient and convenient divisions for Twoe pennie roomes wth
necessarie Seates to be placed and sett Aswell in those roomes as througheoute
all the rest of the galleries of the saide howse and wth suchelike steares Con-
veyances & divisions wthoute & wthin as are made & Contryved in and to the late 30
erected Plaiehowse On the Banck in the saide pishe of Ste Saviors Called the
Globe Wth a Stadge and Tyreinge howse to be made erected & settupp wthin
the saide fframe wth a shadowe or cover over the saide Stadge wch Stadge shalbe
placed & sett As alsoe the stearecases of the saide fframe in suche sorte as is
prfigured in a Plott thereof drawen And wch Stadge shall conteine in length 35
ffortie and Three foote of lawfull assize and in breadth to extende to the middle
of the yarde of the saide howse The same Stadge to be paled in belowe wth
good stronge and sufficyent newe oken bourdes And likewise the lower Storie
of the saide fframe wthinside, and the same lower storie to be alsoe laide over
and fenced wth stronge yron pykes And the saide Stadge to be in all other 40
proporcons Contryved and fashioned like vnto the Stadge of the saide Plaie
howse Called the Globe Wth convenient windowes and lightf glazed to the
saide Tyreinge howse And the saide fframe Stadge and Stearecases to be
covered wth Tyle and to haue a sufficient gutter of lead to Carrie & convey the
water frome the Coveringe of the saide Stadge to fall backwardes And also all 45
32. The Globe was built by Richard Burbage, with the materials from the demolished
Theatre, in 1598 or 1599. The builder was probably the same Peter Streete. The old
Globe was burnt down on 29 June 1613 and a new house built the following year, which was
demolished in 1644.
6 [MUN. 22
the saide fframe and the Stairecases thereof to be sufficyently enclosed wthoute
wth lathe lyme & haire and the gentlemens roomes and Twoc pennie roomes
to be seeled wth lathe lyme & haire and all the fflowers of the saide Galleries
Stories and Stadge to be bourded wth good & sufficyent newe deale bourdes of
the whole thicknes wheare need shalbe Hltfc the saide howse and other thinges 50
beforemencoed to be made & doen To be in all other Contrivitions Con-
veyances fashions thinge and thinges effected finished and doen accordinge to
the manner and fashion of the saide howse Called the Globe Saveinge only
that all the princypall and maine postes of the saide fframe and Stadge forwarde
shalbe square and wroughte palasterwise wth carved proporc5ns Called Satiers to 55
be placed & sett on the Topp of every of the same postes And saveinge alsoe
that the said Peeter Streete shall not be chardged wth anie manner of pay[ntin]ge
in or aboute the saide fframe howse or Stadge or anie pte thereof nor Rendringe
the walls wthin Nor seeling anie more or other roomes then the gentlemens
roomes Twoe pennie roomes and Stadge before remembred / HOWC tbCfCUppOlt 60
the saide Peeter Streete dothe covefint promise and graunte ffor himself his
executors and admlstrators to and wth the saide Phillipp Henslowe and Edward
Allen and either of them and thexecutors and admlstrators of them and either of
them by theis pntf Jn manner & forme followeinge (that is to saie) That he the
saide Peeter Streete his executors or assignes shall & will att his or their owne 65
propper costf & Chardges Well woorkmanlike & substancyallie make erect,
sett upp and fully finishe Jn and by all thinges accordinge to the true meaninge
of theis pntf wth good stronge and substancyall newe Tymber and other neces-
sarie stuff All the saide fframe and other woorkf whatsoever Jn and vppon
the saide plott or pcell of grounde (beinge not by anie aucthoretie Restrayned, 70
and haveinge ingres egres & regres to doe the same) before the ffyUe & twentith
daie of Julie next Comeinge after the date hereof Hilt) SfoflU HlSOC at his or
theire like costes and Chardges Provide and finde All manner of woorkmen
Tymber Joystf Rafters boordf dores boltf hinges brick Tyle lathe lyme haire
sande nailes lade Jron Glasse woorkmanshipp and other thinges whatsoever wch 75
shalbe needefull Convenyent & necessarie for the saide fframe & woorkf & eurie
pte thereof Hllt> shall alsoe make all the saide fframe in every poynte for Scant-
lingf lardger and bigger in assize Then the Scantlinges of the Timber of the
saide newe erected howse Called the Globe / Hlto HlSOC that he the saide
Peeter Streete shall furthwth aswell by himself As by suche other and soemanie 80
48. ffloivers^. e. floors.
58. Rendring. ' Render, to give the finishing coat of plaster to a wall.' Halliwell, Arch.
Die.
77. Scantlinges. ' The size to which joiners intend to cut their stuff is called the scantling.'
Halliwell, Arch. Die. The standard patterns. The Fortune was therefore, presumably, larger
than the Globe.
MUN. 22] 7
woorkmen as shalbe Convenient & necessarie enter into and vppon the saide
buildinges and woorkes And shall in reasonable manner proceede therein wthoute
anie vvilfull detraccon vntill the same shalbe fully effected and finished / Jit
COllSffcCtaCOIl of all wch buildingf and of all stuff & woorkemanshipp thereto
belonginge The saide Phillipp Henslovve & Edward Allen and either of them 85
ffor themselues theire and either of theire execute1'8 & admlstrators doe Joynctlie
& seurallie Covennte & graunte to & wth the saide Peeter Streete his execute's &
admlstrators by theis pntf That they the saide Phillipp Henslowe & Edward
Allen or one of them Or the executors admistrators or assignes of them or one of
them Shall & will well & truelie paie or Cawse to be paide vnto the saide Peeter 90
Streete his execute1'8 or assignes Att the place aforesaid appoynted for the
erectinge of the saide fframe The full some of ffower hundred & ffortie Poundes
of lawfull money of Englande in manner & forme followeinge (that is to saie) Att
suche tyme And when as the Tymberwoork of the saide fframe shalbe rayzed &
sett upp by the saide Peeter Streete his execute's or assignes Or wthin Seaven 95
daies then next followeinge Twoe hundred & Twentie poundes And att suche time
and when as the saide fframe & woorkf shalbe fullie effected & ffynished as is
aforesaide Or wthin Seaven daies then next followeinge, thother Twoe hundred
and Twentie poundes wthoute fraudc or Coven jprOUlfcCfc allWaiCS and it is
agreed betwene the saide parties That whatsoever some or somes of money the 100
saide Phillipp Henslowe & Edward Allen or either of them or thexecutors or
assignes of them or either of them shall lend or deliver vnto the saide Peter
Streete his execute's or assignes or anie other by his appoyntemte or consent
ffor or concerninge the saide Woorkf or anie pte thereof or anie stuff thereto
belonginge before the raizeinge & settinge upp of the saide fframe, shalbe 105
reputed accepted taken & accoumpted in pte of the firste paymte aforesaid of
the saide some of ffower hundred & ffortie poundes And all suche some &
somes of money as they or anie of them shall as aforesaid lend or deliver betwene
the razeinge of the saide fframe & finishinge thereof and of all the rest of the
saide woorkf Shalbe reputed accepted taken & accoumpted in pte of the laste no
pamte aforesaid of the same some of ffower hundred & ffortie poundes Anie
thinge abouesaid to the contrary notwthstandinge / $11 WitUCS WfoCt'COf the
pties abouesaid to theis pnte Jndentures Jnterchaungeably haue sett theire
handes and scales / Yeoven the daie and yeare ffirste abouewritten.
P S US
Sealed and deliured by the saide Peter Streete in the prsence of me william
Harris Pub Scr And me Frauncis Smyth appr to the said Scr /
[seal wanting ; endorsed :]
Peater Streat ffor The Building of the ffortune
8 [MUN. 22
[the back also bears the following acquittances and accounts, written for the most part in
Henslowe's hand :]
1599
Receaued att thensealeinge heerof. in pte of payem* toward f stuff.Jx11. 120
more in pte of payment aforesayd the 17 of Jeneway to w
r
shepde bricklayer at the a poyntment of petter strette J
PS
more in earneste of xx & ode lodes of tymber vnto Richard]
deller bargman at the a poyntment of petter strette the somefx11 125
of . . . 19 of Janewary 1599 J
PS
more in earneste of xxxx lode of tymb} pd vnto mv winchc of
the scaldinge howsse & mr Baylle kepe of the stare chamb^
dore the 21 of Janewary 1599 at the apoyntment of petter
xx1
130
strete the some of
P S Receaved the said some of xx11'/
p me Robertu Baylye'/
more in pte of payment the 24 of Janewary 1599 wch was dd)
vnto mr stretf man John Benyon \vch came frome hime owt of hiij11 135
the contrye to paye his sayers the some of J
bye mee John Benion
more receued in parte of pamente the firste daye of ffebuaree for)
r "NT
the vse of my mr Pecter Streate x1 by mee John benion ....•}
more pd in pt of the 5 of febreary 1599 [at] the apoyntment of) 140
petter streate vnto Richard deller for tymbj as maye a pere by Hiju xiijs
his h[an]df the some of J
by me Richarde dellare
more in pte of payment the 6 of febrearye 1599 vnto goodman)
dvsst for ix lode of tymb} the some of fyve pownd J saye . . . .Jv 145
P S
mor in pt of payment this 7 ffebr. 99- my self for mens wages . viij1
more the same tyme in pte of paymfc. for wydow martyns tymber . x1
P S
more in pt of payment the 13 of febreary 1599 for dubell tenes 150
& syngell tenes xjs viijd
more in pt of payment by edward alleyn when he was in the
contrey wth hime . v11
MUN. 22] 9
more pd in pt of payment the 15 of febreary 1599 vnto ms man]
John Benion vpon a note from his mr wth his hand to yt some of . J V1^ x 155
By me John Benion
more in parte of payment this 19 of february 1599 to hym self
for a mast xxvs
more ye same daye to radolph bemond in earnest for tymbcr . . v1
ye mark of | < beomond 160
more in parte of payment the 21 of february 1599 to goodman
Jordain in earnest for 30 load of tymber v1
Thomas Jordan
more in pte of payment the 22 of febreary 1599 vnto goodman ~\
Beaman for the vsse of petter strette for to paye his worckmen j-viij11 165
wagef the some of J
Raffe j- — < Beamans marke
pd more in pt of payment 24 of febreary 1599 for dubell &
singell tennes some xjs 8d
pd more in pt of paymente the laste of febreary 1599 when we) 17°
wente into the contrey to m1' strete hime sellfe the some of . . . Jx
pd more in pt for syngell tenes & dubell tennes xjs 8d
more ye 2 of march 1599 to streetf boy Robart whartoun to
carye downe to his mr xx1
wittnesses william bwllear Nicolas Seatonn 175
Receaved by vs John Winche and Robert Bayly according to a'j
note from mr Peter Street directed dated the ffyveth of Marche hx1 xs</
the some of J
I W Robert Baylye
mor ye 8 of march to his boy robart whartoun as wages 81 180
ye boyes R mark
pd vnto Goodman smithe the 13 of march 1599 for iij lode of
tymb} the some of xxxxvs
pd vnto street^ mann willyam blacbourn yc 17 of march 1599
to cary downe to his master v1 185
pd vnto goodman Jordayn the 18 of marche 1599 for tirnb} the
some of v11
158. mast. The flagstaff for the theatre, on which a flag was hoisted during the perform-
ance. Henslowe paid us. for a ' maste ' for the Rose in 1592 (Diary, 4 13).
II. P. C
IO
[MUN. 22
pd to beomand ye 20 of march 1599 for ye first faer of tymber . v1
J do acknoledg the reseat of all thes somes of money
aboue written in wittnes whear of J haue sett to my mark 19°
the marke of P S peter strett iSo1- i8s
173-18
'Receaved more in pte of payment my self the 20 of march
1599 xl8
pd vnto mr strette to paye his worckmen the 22 of march 195
1599 v11
more yc 25 of march to mr street for tymber to beckley . . ij1
more ye Last of march to his boy Ro whartoun • on his bill . v1
more to wm tyller brick maker at the apoyntment of strete
4 march 1600 xxxx8 200
more to peter strete the 1 2 of Aprell 1600 to fetche vp pylles . x11
more payd to hew hewssn the 17 of aprell for tymb3 x11 &\ ....u
^ for bringe downe of a fare iiij11 J saye payd J
pd more to hew hewssen the 25 of aprell 1600 for bringe a
fare • v11 205
pd more to petter stretf boye 26 of aprell 1600 Robart
0 c wharton v11
O C
pd more to petter strete the 28 of aprell 1600 to paye wages . ij11
pd to petter stretf the 31 of aprell 1600 to paye for brickes
& sande xxs 2 1 o
pd ye 2 of may to crose & thrale sawyers 56s — & to george
Jacson j1 in all iij!-xvjs
pd to goodman Jordain ye Last of Aprill by bill for timber . xxxs
pd ye forth of May to willyam Jonsoun for petter strete
some of v11 215
pd ye sand man for viij lode of sande xs
pd to John warner sayer — xxxviij8 & to Robart lithinge
sayer 6 of maye - xxjs lixs
pd for tymbj to mrs martyne the 6 of maye 1600 v11
pd to the carpenters wch came frome winser the 8 of maye 220
1600 iiij11 vij8
pd to the laberers at the eand of the fowndations the 8 of
maye 1600 iij11 viij8
pd to petter strette the 8 of maye 1600 Xs
MUN. 22] ii
pd to goodman shepde the 10 of maye 1600 xxxxs 225
dd to my sone when he Ride to winser 15 maye 1600 . . . ix11 xvjs
pd vnto the bargman Robart caine for a fayer bringinge . iiij11
pd vnto mr stretf man the 19 of may to carye into the
contrye xixs vjd
dd to goodman Beamand to cary into the contrey 19 of 230
maye xj11
pd to the [carters] man the 19 of maye 1600 vijs
pd vnto the carpenters for ij lode & hallfe of tymbj 1600 . xxxv8
pd to the carmen for carenge of tymbj xxij8 vjd
21 of may pd for a fayer 41 ye brewer ios sherwood 7s 235
street hymself ios v^vij8
23 of maye pd vnto the Brewer of maydenhed hary smyth . xxviij8
pd ye 23 of may in ye cuntrye to dyvers v1 - xij" - viijd
pd ye 24 of may being satterday for wagis to Ro. wharton vj1 - xiiij8
pd ye 24 of maye 1600 in earneste of xij lode of lathes . . v11 240
pd mr william for ix thowsand of brickes 30 of maye . . . iiij11 xs
pd the 27 of maye to petter stretf boye wm wharton . . . . xs
pd the 30 of maye for ij lode & hallfe of tymbj 1600 . . . xxxs vjd
pd the 31 of may pd wages, sayers & carege & strete . . . viij11
Lent vnto mr strete the 5 of June 1600 to fetche his horesl ....u 245
frome mr Jerlandes owt of pane /
pd ye 6 of June to garrett for 30 bordf & i8d for carryag
of them xxijs - vjd
pd ye 6 of June to Ro: wharton -xijd to beomand for
carriag xjs 250
to street to buy carte wheels ye 6 of June xs
ye 7 being satterday for wagis & sawyers & cartes viij1
ye 10 to street to pasify hym iiij8
253. It would appear as though the payment of 10 June failed to have the desired effect, for
the entries here cease abruptly without any acknowledgment on Streete's part. What arrange-
ment was arrived at we cannot tell, but Streete, who was evidently away in the country most of
the time till the beginning of June, evidently came up to superintend the work in person, for
from 13 June onward we find him regularly dining with Henslowe and Gilbert East, who is
subsequently described as Henslowe's bailiff (Diary 98v-99 and 179 6). Some delay appears
to have occurred, for whereas the contract stipulates that the work shall be finished by 25 July,
the foundations were not completed till 8 May, and the dinners go on till 8 August.
12 [MUN. 22
ye 1 1 to goodman Laurenc v1
[115. Initials interlaced to form monogram; and so below. 117. Pub. Scr. \. e. public
scrivener, appr, i. e. apprentice. 120 etc. In Henslowe's hand with the following exceptions :
by the scribe of the indenture, 1. 120; by Streete, his marks throughout; by R. Baylye, 11. 132-3,
176-9; by J. Benion, 11. 137-9, 156; by R. Dellare, 1. 143; by Beaumont, his marks, 11. 160,
167 ; by T. Jordan, 163 ; by W. Buller and N. Seaton, their signatures, 1. 175 ; by J. Winch,
his mark, 1. 179; by R. Wharton, his mark, 1. 181 ; lastly by Alleyn, 11. 147-8, 157-162, 173-5,
180-1, 184-5, 188-94, 197-8, 211-14 (as far as Jonsoun), 225-6, 228-9, 237-44, also marginal
sums to bracketed entries. 140. of the, sic. US- dvsst, the reading is doubtful. 199.
strete. An attempt has been made to alter the final te into the. 209. stret^ [boy] ? 232.
carters, conjectural, the word being almost entirely worn away. 241. jo, altered from 24.
242. wm wharton, perhaps an error for R. Wharton.]
No. 25.
[Abstract.] Letters Patent of James I, granting to John Darrington,
gentleman pensioner, the office of master of 'our game and pastimes and
sportes' of 'beares bulles and mastiffe dogges,' with a fee of lod. a day and <\d.
for his deputy, in confirmation of his patent of 11 Aug., 40 Eliz. [1598]. Dated,
14 July, a° i [1603]. Official copy. [Warner, p. 235.]
No. 31.
[Lease of the Long Slip, 28 June 1608. Signatures autograph. Alleyn's endorsement
connects this property with the Bear Garden, but that was in the parish of St. Saviour and
abutted on the river, whereas the present was in the parish of Lambeth and lay on the south
side of St. George's Fields.]
[Abstract.] Lease, dated 28 June, 6 James I, 1608, from ' Thomas Garland
of the prishe of Sfc Saviourf in Southwarke in the Countye of Surrye gentleman '
to ' Phillip Henslowe of the prishe of Sfc Saviourf aforesaid Esquier, And
Edward Alleyn of Dullwich in the prishe of Camrwell in the said Countye of
Surrye Esquier' granted 'for and in consideracon of the some of Seaven powndf 5
and Tenne shilling^ of lawfull monye of England to him in hand trulye paid ' of
' All that Close of pasture ground wth thapprtennces Conteyninge by estimacon
three acres and a halfe (Be it more or lesse) comonly called & knowne by the
name of longe slippe als longe meadowe late beinge in the tenure or occupacon
of Roger Gildinge, and nowe or late in the tenure or occupacSn of the said 10
Phillip Henslowe & Edward Alleyn or theire assignes, lyeinge & beinge in the
prishe of Lambeth in the said countye of Surrye, betweene the landf belonginge
to the psonage of the prishe of Newington in the said Countye of Surrye on the
South pte, And certaine Closes belonginge to the field called St Georges field on the
North pte' which close the said Thomas Garland holds by lease from Mathye 15
MUN. 33] 13
Bradburye, gentleman, holding in turn under the see of Canterbury, ' from the
feast daye of the nativitye of Sfc John Baptist last past before the date hereof
vnto thende & terme of foureteene yeares and one quarter of a yeare from thence
next insueinge & fullye to be complete & ended ' for the yearly rent of £6
payable quarterly. Sealed, with a seal bearing initials T. G., and signed : 20
' thomas garland '
witnessed on back :
' Sealed and deliured in the prsence of me James Reade scr John Cawndun '
endorsed, the last word being added by Alleyn : ' Mr garlands Lece beargarden '
[9. a/s, i. e. alias.]
No. 33.
[Lease of one thirty-second part of the Fortune, 1608. Not executed. Followed by the
counterpart, Mun. 34. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 86.]
[Abstract.] Lease, dated 6 James I, 1608, the day and month not being filled
in, from ' Phillipp Henslowe and Edward Alleyn of the pishe of Sfc Saviors
in Southwark in the countye of Surrey Esquiors ' to ' Thomas Downton of the
pishe of Sfc Gyles wthout Criplegate London gentleman ... in Consideracon of the
some of Twentye and Seaven powndes and Tenne shilling^ ... in hand,' of ' one 5
Eight parte of a ffowerth of all such Clere gaines in monye as shall hereafter
duringe the terme herevnder demised arise growe accrew or become dewe or
pperly belonge vnto the said Phillip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn or either of
them their or either of their executors or assignes for or by reason of any stage
playing or other exercise Comoditye or vse whatsoeuer vsed or to be vsed or 10
exercised within the playhowse of the said Phillip Henslowe and Edward
Alleyn Cofnonly called the ffortune scituate & beinge betweene Whitecrostreete
and golding lane in the pishe of Sl Gyles wthout Criplegate London in the
Countye of Midd' the said share to be paid 'eury day that any play or other
exercise shalbe acted or exercised in the play howse aforesaide vpon the sharinge 15
of the monies gathered and gotten att eury of the same & exercises as heretofore
hath byn vsed and accustomed ' from the feast of St Michael last past before the
date of execution for the term of 13 years, for the yearly rent of ios. payable
quarterly ; the said Thomas Downton covenanting to bear a proportionate part
'of all such necessarye and needfull Charges as shalbe bestowed or layd forth in 20
the newe buildinge or repairinge of the said play howse duringe the said Terme
of Thirteen Yers with fraud or Covyn ' also that he will ' not att anye tyme here-
after Duringe the saide terme give over the facultye or qualitye of playinge but
Mun. 33. 3. Thomas Downton, Admiral's man as early as Jan. 1595, Prince's man since
1603, later Palsgrave's. He retired before 31 Oct. 1618, cf. Mun. 56.
14 [MuN. 33
shall in his own pson exercise the same to the best and most benefitt he Cann
within the play howse aforesaid Duringe the tyme aforesaid miles he shall 25
become vnhable by reason of sicknes or any other infirmitye Or vnles yt be with
the Consent of the said Phillipp Henslowe and Edward Alleyn or either of them
their executors or assignes ' and further that he will ' not att any tyme hereafter
during the said terme of Thirteene Yeres play or exercise the facultye of stage
playinge in any Cornon play howse nowe erected or hereafter to be erected within 30
the said cittye of London or Twoe Myles Compasse thereof other then in the said
play howse Called the ffortune without the speciall licence will consent & agree-
ment of the said Phillipp Henslowe and Edward Alleyn or one of them their or
one of their heires executors or assignes first therefore had & obteyned wrytinge
vnder their hand£ and Scales' and lastly that he will 'not att any tyme here- 35
after duringe the said Terme giue graunte bargayne sell or otherwise doe away
or depte with the said Eight part of a ffowerth part of the said Clere gaines
before demised nor any pcell thereof to any pson or psons whatsoeuer without
the like consent licence will & agreement of them the said Phillipp Henslowe
and Edward Alleyn or either of them their or either of their heires executors 40
admstrators or assignes first therefore had & obteyned in wrytinge vnder their
handf & scales for the same as aforesaid.' Not executed, being without seal or
signature.
[16. same [plays] and exercises. 22. wit '^[out] fraud. 34. obteyned [in] wrytinge,\
NO. 37.
[Assignment of the Fortune tenements, 4 May 1610. Signatures autograph. The previous
documents relating to this property now found among the Muniments are as follow (see
Warner, pp. 230-7) :
MUN. i. Bargain and Sale by Rauf Symondes, of Cley, Norfolk, gent., to Thomas Langham,
of London, fishmonger, for ^80, of 3 tenements in Golding Lane and one in Whitecross Street ;
12 July, 38 Hen. VIII [1546]. Copy.
MUN. 2. Bargain and Sale by Thomas Langham and Robert Langham, his son, to William
Gill, of the parish of St. Giles without Criplegate, gardener, for ^100 of the same tenements;
29 Jan. 8 Eliz. [1566].
MUN. 4. Feoffment from Thomas and Robert Langham, to William Gill of the same ;
same date.
MUN. 5. Fine by Thomas Langham and Elizabeth his wife, to William Gill of the same,
for ,£100 ; Mich, term, 10 Eliz. [1568].
MUN. 9. Will of William Gill, gardener, bequeathing, inter alia, his dwelling house and four
tenements in Golding Lane, lately purchased from Thomas Langham, to Katherine, his wife,
for life, and after to Daniel Gill the elder ; and four other tenements to Richard Yaton in tail,
with remainder to Daniel Gill the younger; 21 Apr. 1575. With probate, 5 Nov. 1576.
30. This would cover plays at the so-called private houses, but not at Court or in the
mansions of the nobility.
MUN. 37] 15
MUN. 12. Lease from Daniel Gill the elder, of the Isle of Man, yeoman, to Patrick Brewe,
of London, goldsmith, of six messuages, &c., five on the east side of Golding Lane and the
other on the west side of Whitecross Street, late belonging to William Gill, for 41 years for
^13. 6. 8. in hand and a rent of £12; n July, 26 Eliz. [1584].
MUN. 14. Feoffment from Daniel Gill the elder, to Daniel Gill, clerk, his son, of the same ;
10 Oct. 26 Eliz. [1584].
MUN. 17. Will of Daniel Gill, of St. Andrew's, Isle of Man, clerk, leaving his tenements in
London in trust for Katherine, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret, his daughters; 25 May 1592.
Proved at Douglas, 28 Nov., 1592.
MUN. 20. Assignment by Patrick Brewe, to Edward Alleyn, of the lease from Daniel Gill
the elder, as above, nos. 12, 13 ; 22 Dec., 42 Eliz., 1599. With bond in ,£250 attached.
MUN. 23. Lease from Daniel, William and Edmond Gill, of the Isle of Man, yeomen, to
John Garrett, of London, clothworker, for 21 years, at a rent of ^12, of the premises as above,
nos. 12, 13, the term to begin at the expiration of the lease to Patrick Brewe; 30 June, 43
Eliz., 1601.
MUN. 27. Award by William Norres, clerk, vicar of Kirke Lonan, Isle of Man, Nicholas
Moore, yeoman, William Crowe, parson of Kirke Bride, John Vescye, Constable of Rushen
Castle, and John [Philips, 1605-1633], Bishop of Sodor and Man, in a dispute between Daniel
Gill the elder, and Katherine, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret, daughters of Daniell Gill the
younger, his son, deceased, whereby tenements in Whitecross Street and Golding Lane, are
divided between William Gill and Edmond Gill, son of Daniel Gill the elder, and the said
Katherine, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret ; 19 Dec., 3 James I. 1605.
MUN. 36. Assignment by John Garratt, to Edward Alleyn, for ^100, of his reversion under
a lease, no. 23 above; i May, 8 James I, 1610.
The following articles in MS. I. also refer to the same property (see Warner, pp. 28-35) :
MS. I. 43. Bond from Daniel, William, and Edmond Gill, to Katherine, Elizabeth, Jane,
and Margaret, daughters of Daniel Gill the younger, deceased, in ^600 to abide by the above
award (Mun. 27) ; 19 Dec., 3 James I, 1605.
MS. I. 44. Similar Bond, the parties reversed ; same date.
MS. I. 58, 59, 60, 61. Bargains and sales by the above four daughters of Daniel Gill the
younger, to their uncles William and Edmond Gill, for ,£37 10^., ^30, ,£40, and ,£30 respectively,
of their share of one eighth part each, of the lands, tenements, &c., known as the 'Fortune' ;
7 Mar, 7 James I, i6o9[/io]. Certified by the signatures of John Ireland, Lieutenant and
Captain of the Isle of Man, and Thomas Sansburie and Evan Christian, deemsters.
MS. I. 62. Power of attorney from Daniel Gill the elder, Katherine, his wife, William Gill,
his son, and Essable, his wife, to Edmond Gill to sell or lease their title and interest in the
same property known as the ' Fortune' ; 14 Mar. i6o9[/io].
Certain letters may also be conveniently mentioned in this place :
MS. I. 46. William Noreis, vicar-general of the Isle of Man, and Elizabeth, his wife, to
Edward Alleyn, requesting him to pay their cousin, Patrick Brew, the rent of the land in
London which he held of them on lease, and promising him the refusal of the same, if their
children should be willing to sell ; Douglas, i June, 1608. Elizabeth Noreis, or Norres, called
Isabell in Mun. 27, was the widowe of Daniel Gill the younger. She enjoyed a life-interest
under his will (Mun. 17), which was further secured to her by the award (Mun. 27). Printed,
Alleyn Papers, p. 34.
MS. I. 53. Patricke Brewe to Edward Alleyn, 'nere vnto pallace [Paris] garden,' informing
him that the ' Gylles and the daughters of Gill deceased ' are willing to sell, but ' strayne
curtesye who shall begynn ' ; cannot yet meet with a trusty messenger by whom to send the
promised papers and other matters which he dare not write, since their letters are opened, but
he may depend upon having them ; 6 Apr. 1609. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 36.
i6 [MuN. 37
MS. I. 54. Patricke Brewe to Edward Alleyn : Mrs. Norris is dead, and was buried 25
July ; has sent what he promised and his [Brew's] wife will tell him other things which he
spares from writing ; Douglas, 3 Aug. 1609. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 37.
MS. I. 55. Patricke Brewe to Edward Alleyn, informing him of reports that he [Alleyn] or
Garrett has paid the rent of Gill's land into the Exchequer, and that Garrett has offered ,£300
for the land, and also of the willingness of the 'yong women and the rest' to sell, now that their
mother is dead ; Douglas, 9 Dec. [1609]. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 36.]
[Abstract.] Assignment by ' Edward Alleyn of the pishe of Sct Savior in South-
warke in the Countie of Surrey Esquire ' of ' Sixe Messuagf or Tenemts . . .
late in the occupacon of One William Gill late in the parishe of Sainte Giles
wthout Creplegate of London garden1' decessed or of his assignes ffyve of wch said
premisses are scittuat and being on thestside of goulding Lane and thother 5
Messuage or Tenemfc is sett and being on the westside of White Crosse street
in the said parishe of sainte Giles and in the Countie of Midd which said Tenemts
and other the premisses abut vpon White Crosse street aforesaid on the East
parte and vpon Goulding Lane aforesaid and the landf and Tenemts late of one
Thomas Langham late in the severall tenures of Garratt Arnold and Richard 10
Dodd on the west and North, that is to saie, parte on the weste and parte on
the North, and vpon the landf and ground £ called the rose and Crowne late in
the tenure or occupacon of John Hiller gouldsmith toward^ the North And
the landf and Tenemts late of Richard Roper baker and Godfrey Jsberde
Haberdasher and a percell of grounde belonging to the Chamber of London 15
toward £ the sowth' granted, for the yearly rent of £12 by Daniel Gill the
elder of the Isle of Man, yeoman, on 11 July, 26 Eliz., 1584, to Patricke Brewe
citizen and goldsmith of London, for the term of 41 years; and for the same
rent by Daniel Gill, William Gill, and Edmond Gill of the Isle of Man,
yeomen, on 30 June, 43 Eliz., 1601, to John Garratt citizen and clothworker 20
of London for the term of 21 years, and assigned by John Garrett to Edward
Alleyn by an indenture of I May of the current year ; ' vnto Phillipp Henslowe
of the pishe of Sct Savor in Southwarke in the Countie of Surrey Esquire';
with proviso for voiding the assignment by the payment of $s. Dated 4 May,
8 James I, 1610. Sealed with Alleyn's arms, a chevron between three roses, 25
now detatched, signed :
' E Alleyn '
Mun. 37. 5. Goulding Lane is the modern Golden Lane running north out of Barbican,
parallel to and west of Whitecross Street. The district lies immediately to the east of the
Charterhouse. The tenements mentioned in this and the next articles evidently stood back to
back, and included the whole depth between the two streets.
15. Chamber of London, i. e. the Court of the Chamberlain of the City, who had the
custody of the city cash and of all public securities (see W. Maitland's Hist, of London, 1756,
p. 1213).
MtJN. 38] i;
witnessed on back :
' Sigill : et delib : in pncia Tho : sparke Scr
Jeremy : Turner : Richard Turner :
John Garratt and Henrye Reeve 30
Edmond gill servant to the said scr / '
and endorsed by Alley n ' An assingment of ye Leases from brew & Jo garrett
of fortune from E : Alleyn dat ye 4th : oft maye Ja : ye 8th to P : H : wfc a puisor'
No. 38.
[Deed of Sale of the Fortune, 30 May, 1610. Signatures and marks autograph. For previous
deeds relating to the property see above, Mun. 37.]
[Abstract] Bargain and Sale, dated 30 May, 8 James I, 1610, by Daniel Gill
the elder, of the Isle of Man, William and Edmond Gill, his sons, William
Clarke and Elizabeth, his wife, Philip Moore and Katheryn, his wife, Donald
Qualtrough and Margaret, his wife, and Hugh Cannell and Jane, his wife, the
said Elizabeth, Katheryn, Margaret and Jane being daughters and co-heirs 5
of Daniel Gill the younger, to Edward Alleyn, for £340, of 'All those their
Twelve Tenement^ be they more or lesse and all that their Playhouse comonlie
called or knowen by the name of the ffortune or by what other name it be
knovven or called with their and euerey of their severall apprtenncf , scittuate and
beinge in the pishe of Sct Giles without Creplegate London and in the Countie 10
of Midd or either of them . . . Sixe of which saide Twelue Tenement^ are
scittuat and being on the East side of Goldinge Lane in the pishe and Countie
aforesaide, and thother Sixe of the saide Twelue Tenement^ are scittuat and
beinge on the west side of white Crosse streete in the pishe and Countie
aforesaide, All which saide Tenement^ Playhouse and other the prmisses abutt 15
vpon white Crosse streete aforesaide on the East parte and vpon goldinge Lane
aforesaide and the landes and tenement ^ nowe or late of Thomas Langham
ffishemounger ... on the west and North, that is to sayc, parte on the west, and
parte on the North, and vpon the landf and ground^ nowe or late called the
Rose and Crowne, . . . to ward £ the North, and the landf and Tenement^ nowe 20
or late of Richard Roper Baker, and Godfrey Jsburd Haberdasher, and a peece
of grounde appteyninge to the Chamber of London toward £ the south.' Sealed,
five out of the eleven seals remaining, signed by ' Edmond gill ' and ' hu :
Cannell/ the other signatories of the first part affixing their marks ; witnessed for
Edmond Gill by 'Jeremy: Tumor: John Garratt .John Clarke 25
Tho : sparke Scr Richard Turner: and Henrye Reeve servant to the
said scr'/' and for the other signatories by 'Jeremy : Turner: Tho :
II. r. P
1 8 [MuN. '38
Somsonne admst Ewan Christian H Golburne : ' and endorsed by Alleyn :
' An Jndentur off barganne & sale from all ye 3 gillf ye 4 daughters Coheiers
& theyr Husband? to Ed : Alleyn dat ye 30"' off maye an0 : Jac : the 8th : 30
A fine from them all vpon ye vsef of this indentur dat in michaellmass Term
an0 : Jac : ye 8th : '
[28. Ewan. The name looks more like Eiuars, but 'Evan Christian' signed MS. I. 58.]
No. 46.
[Abstract] Warrant from Philip Henslowe, ' one of the sewers of his highnes
[the King's] chamber,' and Edward Alleyn, 'seruant to the high and mightie
prince of Wales,' joint masters of the King's game of bears, bulls, &c., by patent
dated 24 Nov. 1608, commissioning Thomas Radford to act as their deputy to
take up mastiff dogs, bears and bulls for the King's service, and to bait in any 5
place within his dominions. Dated, 11 May, 9 James I, 1611. Signed; with
seals. [Warner, p. 239.]
No. 47.
[Bond for the performance of certain articles, 29 Aug. 1611. Signatures autograph and six
seals remaining. See below MS. XVIII. 9. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 98.]
Nouint vniusi [&c. Bond in .£500, dated 29 Aug. 1611, from the signatories
to Henslowe, signed :]
John Townsend : John Rice
Will : Barksted Robt Hamlen
Joseph Taylor Will Carpenter 5
William Eccleston Thomas Besse
Gilles Gary Joseph Moore
Thomas Hunt allexander foster
Sigill et deliber in pntia
Thome Mason scr 10
Ire Curial london
[on the back :]
The Condicon of this obligacon is suche That if the wthin bound John Town-
send William Barksted Joseph Tayler Giles Gary Robert Hamlyn Thomas
Mun. 38. 31. The second endorsement refers to a separate document, now Mun. 43.
Mun. 46. The original draft, MS. II. 5, is dated 24 Nov. 1604, so that the patent here
referred to must have been a later grant, presumably in answer to the petition, MS. II. 9, of
c. 1607. Various papers relating to Thomas Radford's commissions, dated May-Sept. 1613, arc
preserved, MS. II. 21-30.
Mun, 47. io-i, 'Thomae Mason, scriptor litterae curialis,' i.e. writer of court-hand.
MUN. 49] 19
Huntc Joseph Moore John Rice William Carpenter Thomas Basse and
Allexander fibster their execute's admlstrators and assignes and cache and every 15
of them doe for their and every of their ptf well and trulie hould observe paie
pfourme fulfill and kepe All and every the Covenntf grauntf articles payment^
and agreement^1 \vch on their and each and every of their ptf are or ought to be
houlden observed pfourmed paid fulfilled & kepte menc5ned and contayned in
certen Articles indented bearinge the date wthin written made betvveene the wthin 20
named Phillipp Henslowe on thone pty and the pties aboue menc5ned on thother
pty and that in and by all things according to the tenor effect purport and true
meaning of the same articles in every respect That then this pnte obligacdn to be
void & of none effect Or ellf to remayne in full force & vertue
No. 49.
[Contract by Gilbert Katherens with Philip Henslowe and Jacob Meade, dated 29 Aug.
1613, for the rebuilding of the Bear Garden at the cost of .£360. Bearing Katherens' mark
and autograph signatures of witnesses. Printed, Malone, iii. p. 343; see also Collier, 1831, iii.
p. 285; 1879, iii. p. 99.]
Hl'ttClCS Covenauntes grauntes and agreement^ Concluded and agreed vppon
this Nyne and Twenteithe daie of Auguste Anno Dni 1613 / Betwene Phillipe
Henslowe of the pishe of S* Savior in sowthworke wth in the coutye of Surr •
Esquire, and Jacobe Maide of the pishe of Sfc Olaves in sowthworke aforesaide
waterman of thone ptie, And Gilbert Katherens of the saide pishe of Sb Saviour 5
in sowthworke Carpenter on thother ptie, As followeth That is to saie
JttprilUfS the saide Gilbert Katherens for him, his execute's administrate1"8
and assignes dothe convenaunt pmise and graunt to and \vtu the saide Phillipe
Henslowe and Jacobe Maide and either of them, thexecutors administrators &
assigns of them and either of them by theise pfites in manner and forme follow- 10
inge That he the saied Gilbert Katherens his executors administrate1'8 or assignes
shall and will at his or theire owne proper costes and charges vppon or before
the last daie of November next ensuinge the daie of the date of the date of
theise pntes above written, not onlie take downe or pull downe all that Same
place or house wherin Beares and Bulls haue been heretofore vsuallie bayted, And 15
also one other house or staple wherin Bulls and horsses did vsuallie stande, Sett
lyinge and beinge vppon or neere the Banksyde in the saide pishe of S* Saviour
Mun. 49. 4. Jacob Maide, or rather Meade, whose name also appears in the forms Maiden
and Meaden, was Keeper (an office distinct from Master) of the royal game of bears, bulls, and
dogs, as appears from a warrant dated 24 Nov. 1599 (Mun. 19). He was joint lessee with Hens-
lowe of the Bear Garden, and later joined in various theatrical enterprises. See further under
MSS. Land II. below.
2O [MuN. 49
in sowthworke Comonlie Called or knowne by the name of the Beare garden /
But shall also at his or theire owne proper costf and Charges vppon or before
the saide laste daie of November newly erect, builde and sett vpp one other Same 20
place or Plaiehouse fitt & convenient in all thinges, bothe for players to playe Jn,
And for the game of Beares and Bulls to be bayted in the same, And also A fitt
and convenient Tyre house and a stage to be carryed or taken awaie, and to
stande vppon tressells good substanciall and sufficient for the carryinge and
bearinge of suche a stage, And shall new builde erect and sett vp againe the 25
saide plaie house or game place neere or vppon the saide place, where the saide
game place did heretofore stande, And to builde the same of suche large com-
passe, fforme, widenes, and height as the Plaie house Called the Swan in the
libertie of Parris garden in the saide pishe of Sl Saviour, now is / And shall also
builde two stearecasses wthout and adioyninge to the saide Playe house in suche 30
convenient places as shalbe moste fitt and convenient for the same to stande
vppon, and of such largnes and height as the stearecasses of the saide playehouse
called the Swan, nowe are or bee / And shall also builde the Heavens all over the
saide stage to be borne or carryed wthout any postes or supporters to be fixed or
sett vppon the saide stage, And all gutters of leade needfull for the carryage of all 35
suche Raine water as shall fall vppon the same, And shall also make Two
Boxes in the lowermost storie fitt and decent for gentlemen to sitt in / And shall
make the pticons betwne the Rommes as they are at the saide Plaie house
called the Swan / And to make Turned Cullumes vppon and over the stage /
And shall make the Principalls and fore fronte of the saide Plaie house of good 40
and sufficient oken Tymber, And no furr tymber to be putt or vsed in the lower
most, or midell stories, excepte the vpright postes on the backparte of the saide
stories (All the Byndinge Joystes to be of oken tymber) The Jnner principall
postes of the first storie to be Twelve footes in height and Tenn ynches square,
the Jnner principall postes in the midell storie to be Eight ynches square The 45
Jnner most postes in the vpper storie to be seaven ynches square / The Prick
postes in the first storie to be eight ynches square, in the seconde storie seaven
28. The Swan, in Paris or Parish Garden, which, however, must not be confused with the
Paris Garden house, which was the same as the Bear Garden, was projected by Frances Langley
as early as Nov. 1594 (Index to the Remembrancia, p. 353). Exactly when it was opened is not
known. It appears as a polygonal building in Visscher's View of London, in 1616, and de
Witt's sketch of the interior, which is of uncertain date, was discovered at Utrecht by K. T.
Gaedertz and published in 1888. The house was in disrepair in 1632, as we learn from N.
Goodman's Hollands Leaguer published that year.
33. The heavens were the same as the shadow (see above, Mun. 22), namely the roof over
the stage. In the Swan it may be remarked that it was not 'all over' the stage, but covered
the back portion only, also that it was supported by pillars.
46. ' Prick-post. A timber framed into the principal beam of a floor.' Halliwell, Arch. Die.
MUN. 49] 21
ynches square, and in the vpper most storie six ynches square / Also the Brest
sommers in the lower moste storie to be nyne ynches depe, and seaven ynches
in thicknes and in the midell storie to be eight ynches depe and six ynches in 50
thicknes / The Byndinge Jostes of the firste storie to be nyne and Eight ynches
in depthe and thicknes and in the midell storie to be viij and vij ynches in
depthe and thicknes / 3tClH to make a good, sure, and sufficient foundac5n of
Brickes for the saide Play house or game place and to make it xiijteene ynches at
the leaste above the grounde JtCtU to new builde, erect, and sett vpp the saide 55
Bull house and stable wth good and sufficient scantlinge tymber plankes and
bordes and ptic5ns of that largnes and fittnes as shalbe sufficient to kepe and
holde six bulls and Three horsses or geldinges, wth Rackes and mangers to the
same, And also a lofte or storie over the saide house as nowe it is / Hltfc shall
also at his & theire owne prop costf and charges new tyle wth Englishe tyles all 60
the vpper Rooffe of the saide Plaie house game place and Bull house or stable,
And shall fynde and paie for at his like proper costes and charges for all the
lyme, heare, sande, Brickes, tyles, lathes nayles, workemanshipe and all other
thinges needfull and necessarie for the full finishinge of the saide Plaie house Bull
house and stable / And the saide Plaiehouse or game place to be made in 65
althinges and in suche forme and fashion, as the saide plaie house called the
swan (the scantling of the tymbers, tyles, and foundac5n as ys aforesaide wthout
fraude or coven) Hilt) tbC SaifcC Phillipe Henslow and Jacobe maide and either
of them for them, thexecutors administrator and assignes of them and either of
them doe covenant and graunt to and wth the saide Gilbert Katherens his 70
execute's administrator and assignes in mannr and forme followinge (That is to
saie) That he the saide Gilbert or his assignes shall or maie haue, and take to his
or theire vse and behoofe not onlie all the tymber benches seates, slates, tyles
Brickes and all other thinges belonginge to the saide Game place & Bull house or
stable, And also all suche olde tymber whiche the saide Phillipe Henslow hathe 75
latelie bought beinge of an old house in Thames street, London, whereof moste
parte is now lyinge in the Yarde or Backsyde of the saide Bearegarden Hltt)
also to satisfie and paie vnto the saide Gilbert Katherens his executors adminis-
trator or assignes for the doinge and finishinges of the Workes and buildinges
aforesaid the somme of Three Hundered and three score poundes of good and 80
lawffull monie of England in mann1' and forme followinge (That is to saie) Jn
hande at thensealinge and deliuery hereof Three score pounds wch the saide
Gilbert acknowlegeth him selfe by theise pntes to haue Receaued, And more
over to paie every Weeke weeklie duringe the firste Six weekes vnto the saide
Gilbert or his assignes when he shall sett workemen to worke vppon or about the 85
48. ' Breastsummer. A ' summer' or beam extending horizontally over a large opening, and
sustaining the whole superstructure of wall, etc.' N.E.D.
22 [MuN. 49
buildinge of the prmisses the somme of Tennepoundes of lawffull monie of Eng-
landc to paie them there Wages (yf theire wages dothe amount vnto somuche
monie,) And when the saide plaie house Bull house and stable are Reared then
to make vpp the saide Wages one hundered poundes of lawffull monie of England,
and to be paide to the saide Gilbert or his assignes, And when the saide Plaie 90
house Bull house and stable are Reared tyled walled, then to paie vnto the saide
Gilbert Katherens or his assignes, One other hundered poundes of lawffull monie
of England / And when the saide Plaie house, Bull house and stable are fullie
finished builded and done in mannr and forme aforesaide, Then to paie vnto the
saide Gilbert Katherens or his assignes, One other hundred Poundes of lawffull 95
monie of England in full satisfacon and payment of the saide somme of CCClx11
And to all and singuler the Covenantes grauntes Articles and agreement^1 above
in theise pntes Contayned whiche on the parte and behalfe of the saide Gilbert
Katherens his executors administrators or assignes are ought to be observed
pformed fulfilled and done, the saide Gilbert Katherens byndeth himselfe his 100
executors administrators and assignes, vnto the saide Phillipe Henslowe and
Jacob Maide and to either of them, thexecutors administrators and assignes of
them or either of them by theise pntes 3ll WltHCS whereof the saide Gilbert
Katherens hath herevnto sett his hande and scale the daie and yere firste above
written 105
the mark G K of Gilbert Katherens
[no trace of seal ; witnessed on back :]
Sealed and Deliuered in the prsence of
witnes Moyses Bowler
Edwarde Griffin
[endorsed, last three words added by Alleyn :]
Gilbert Katherens article^ & bond no
[13. of the date of the date, sic. 31. the same to, altered from them to. 38. betwne, sic.
54 &c. A small fragment of vellum has here become detached, leaving a hole in the document.
91. tyled [and] walled.
Katherens, being a carpenter, employed a builder to do the brickwork for him, as appears
from Mun. 51, which contains articles between him and John Browne, of St. Saviour's South-
wark, bricklayer, whereby the latter, for £80, covenants to make the brickwork of 'one Game
place or plaie house, a bull howse and a stable neere or vppon the place whereas the Game
place of the Beare garden now or latlie stoode,' the same to be 'of as large a compasse and
height as the plaie howse called the Swan in the libertie of Parris Garden in the said parishe
of St. Saviour now ys.' Dated, 8 Sept. 1613. Signed by J. Browne and witnessed by Henslowe
and Meede. See Warner, p. 241.]
no. The bond is now Mun. 50.
MUN. 52] 23
No. 52.
[Articles between Philip Henslowe and Jacob Meade, and a company ot actors represented
by Nathan Field. Circa 1613. The lower edge has been torn, and has further suffered badly
from the decay of the vellum owing to damp. Printed, Allevn Memoirs, p. 118.]
of agreement made concluded and agreed vppon and wch are on the
pte and behalfe of Phillipp Henslowe Esquier and Jacob Meade Waterman to
be pfourmed touchinge & concerninge the Company of players wch they haue
lately raised viz*
the saide Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade doe for them their 5
executors and admistrators Covennte promise and graunt by theis pnt^ to and
\vth Nathan ffeilde gent That they the saide Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob
Meade or one of them shall and will duringe the space of Three yeares at all
tymes (when noe restraynte of playinge shalbe) at their or some of their owne
prop costf and charges fynde and provide a sufficient howse or howses for the 10
saide Company to play in And also shall and will at all tymes duringe the
saide tearme disburse and lay out all suche some & somes of monny as ffower or
ffive Sharerf of the saide Company chosen by the saide Phillipp and Jacob
shall thinck fittinge for the furnishinge of the said Company wth playinge
apparrell towardf the settinge out of their newe playes And further that the 15
saide Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade shall and will at all tymes duringe
the saide tearme when the saide Company shall play in or neare the Cittie of
London furnish the saide Company of players aswell wth suche stock of apparrell
& other propties as the said Phillipp Henslowe hath already bought As also
\vth suche other stock of apparrell as the saide Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob 20
Meade shall hereafter provide and buy for the said Company duringe the saide
tearme And further shall and will at suche tyme and tymes duringe the saide
tearme as the saide Company of Players shall by meanes of any restraynte or
sicknes goe into the Contrey deliuer and furnish the saide Company wth fitting
Mun. 52. Although the date of this document has disappeared, and it is even impossible to say
whether it was ever executed or not, there is a strong probability that it refers to the company
raised, according to the Articles of Grievance (MS. I. 106), in March 1613/4. Field was evidently
a member of that company, though he appears to have left it before the Articles of Agreement
with Alleyn (MS. I. 107), dated 20 Mar. 1615/6. Since, however, Henslowe was at that time
breaking companies at the rate of one every seven months, it is impossible to be certain of the
identity. Cf. MS. I. 106, particularly notes on 11. 3 and 20 ; also Apx. I. 2.
7. Nathan Field, whose well-known portrait is preserved at Dulwich, was at the head of the
Chapel Children in 1600-9, as appears from Jonson's plays, after which he appears in the Revels
Company. We now find him under Henslowe, with what were apparently the Lady Elizabeth's
men. After leaving them he joined the King's men. He wrote two plays, A Woman is a
Weathercock, 1612, and Amends for Ladies, 1618. He died in 1633.
24 [MUN. 52
apparrell out of both the saide stockf of apparrell HUfc further the saide Phillipp 25
Henslowe and Jacob Meade doe for them their executors and admlstratovs
covennte and graunt to and wth the saide Nathan ffeilde by theis pntf in manner
and fourme followinge that is to say That they the saide Phillipp Henslowe and
Jacob Meade or one ot them shall and will from tyme to tyme duringe the saide
tearme disburse and lay out suche some or somes of monny as shalbe thought 30
fittinge by ffower or ffive of the Sharerf of the saide Company to be chosen by
the saide Phillipp & Jacob or one of them to be paide for any play wch they
shall buy or condicSn or agree for ; Soe alwaies as the saide Company doe and
shall truly repaye vnto the saide Phillipp and Jacob their executory or assignes
all suche some & somes of monny as they shall disburse for any play vppon the 35
second or third daie wheron the same play shalbe plaide by the saide Company
wthout fraude or longer delay And further that the saide Phillipp Henslowe
and Jacob Meade shall and will at all tymes vppon request made by the Maior
pte of the Sharers of the saide Company vender their] handes remove and putt
out of the saide Company any of the saide Company of playerf if the saide 40
Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade shall fynde [the s]aide request to be iust
and that ther be noe hope of conformety in the ptie complayned of And further
that they the saide Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Mea[de shall] and [will]
at all tymes vppon request made by the saide Company or the maior pte therof
pay vnto them all suche somes of monny as shall come vnto their handf v[ppon 45
of] any forfectures for rehearsallf or suche like payment^ And also
shall and will vppon the request of the said Company or the maior pte of the[m]
sue [ ] ar[ ] psons by whom any forfecture shalbe made as
aforesaid and after or vppon the recovery and receipte th[ero]f (their charges
disbursed about the recovery [ b]einge first deducted and allowed) shall 50
and will make satisfaccon of the remaynder therof vnto the said Company wthout
fraude or guile And [the]y the s[ai]de Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade
ar[ g]raunte and agree that ther shalbe due
accompte given Every night to any one that shall by the Company be appoyntcd
ther vnto [ ] half of the 55
galleries alloJVJed toward f the payment of the s[ ] hundred t[w]enty
& fower poundf [abouementioned] [
] and also any w[ ] to
be tlis[ a]fore said by the said Phillipp and Jacob [
] fully paid The [ ] 60
Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade shall [
T
J
56. According to the Articles of Grievance (MS. I. 106) it was towards a debt of ^126 that
Henslowe was to be allowed half the galleries.
MUN. 53] 25
Compa[ny ] devided accord] ing to their se[
yjeouen the [ 65
[It is clear, I think, that although Collier printed certain words which cannot now be made
out, he could not really read more than is now legible. Several of his readings can be shown
to be impossible, while some of his blanks can be easily filled up. His reprint stops at 1. 56.
39. i\nder their\ handcs. C. blank. 40. if. C. of. 45-6. v\_ppon causes of] ? C. read
the of. I think es can be read. 47-8. the\tn. . . .~\£sons. C. them [blank] the persons. The
reading the is impossible. 50. \therof b~\einge ? C. of the same being, but there is not room
enough. 52-3. Meade ar\^ . . . g~\raunte and. C. Meade doe covenant and, which would not
fill the space. I think the letters ute ( ? covenaunte) can be read near the end of the gap.
56. the s[ . . . ] hundred. C. the said sum of 'one hundred, said cannot be right, since the sum
has not been previously mentioned ; there is moreover hardly room enough, one may have
been formerly legible, I can find no trace of it now. 57. \abouementioned\. The word
is scored through. 63. se\yeral\ ? though it does not agree very well with the remains of the
letters still visible. 65. y\eouen the. If this reading is correct, of which I have little doubt,
there is not much of the document lost.]
No. 53-
[Assignment of leases formerly held by Philip Henslowe, 15 Feb. 1616. Not executed.
Warner, p. 241, enumerates three leases only.]
[Abstract] Assignment by ' Agnes Henslowe widdowe Executrixe and late
wife of Phillip Henslowe late of the parish of Sfc Savious wthin the Borrough of
Southwark in the Countie of Surrey Esq^ deceased ' to ' Gregorie ffrancklyn
Cittizen and Sadler & Drewe Stapley Cittizen & Grocer of London And John
Hamond Cittizen and Merchantayler of London ' of four leases : (a) the first 5
from ' Edward Alleyn Esq$ by the name of Edward Alleyn of the parish of S*
Saviours in the Countie of Surreye gentleman ' to the said Philip Henslowe,
dated 4 April, 43 Eliz. [1601], of 'the moyetie or one half of a Playhouse and of
a certayne plott of ground wherevpon the said Playhouse was builte and of all
the necessaries and appurtenncf thereof wthin the compassc of the saide Plott, 10
and the moyetie or one half of all such other growndes adioyninge to the said
house as then were inclosed to be belonginge to the said house on the North and
West side thereof And the moyetie or one half of parcell of the plott of ground
on the South side of the said house extendinge from the outmost boundes
thereof at the West Eastward thirtie ffoote of assize And from the 15
Mun. 53. 8. This lease was subsequent to the contract for the erection of the Fortune
(Mun. 22), in which Henslowe appears as partner with Alleyn. They presumably shared
the cost of the erection of the playhouse, so that the rent of ,£8 would be for ground rent.
Alleyn assigned the leases of a portion of the property to Henslowe on 4 May 1610, but the
deed may have been voided when Alleyn obtained possession of the whole property at the end
of the month. See Mun. 37.
If. P. E
26 [MUN. 53
uttermost boundes thereof on the South towards the North fibwerteene ffoote
of Assize wth a competent waye the Breadth of a Carte waye at the least
on the south side aforesaid of the said house from one doore of the said
house to an other to be vsed in Common by and betweene the said parties
theire executors & assignes wth free ingresse egresse and regresse into and 20
from the said house by the waye and wayes there vnto nowe vsed and
accustomed Jn so large & ample manner & forme as the said Edward Alleyn
then had or enioyed the same waye and wayes And also the moyetie or one
half of all the gaynes comoditie some and somes of money and proffittf what-
soever wch from tyme to tyme should cleerelie come arise and be gotten in or 25
by the vse and occupacdn of the said Playhouse wth the appurtenncf either by
reason of playinge there or otherwise howsoever by the graunt demise vsinge
or lettinge of the said Edward Alleyn and Phillip Henslowe theire executors or
assignes or any of them . . . The allowance and parte of the company wch for
the tyme being shall playe there wch shall be allowed to them by the ioynte 3°
consente & agreem* of both the said parties their executors & assignes
excepted ' and also excepted and reserved other grounds adjoining particularly
a house then newly erected by Alleyn ' adioyninge & fixed to the Southside of
the said Playhouse ', from the feast of the Annunciation last passed before the
date above mentioned for the term of 24 years for the yearly rent of ^8 35
payable half yearly : (b} the second from ' Richard Woar Cittizen and dier of
London' to 'James Russell then of the parish of Sl Saviours in Southwark
in the Countie of Surreye Shipwrighte' dated 3 Aug., 35 Eliz. [1593], of 'All
that Messuage or Tenem* wth the appurtenncf lyinge wth in the parish of Sfc
Saviours aforesaid wthin the liberties of the Bisshop of Winchester . . . Together 40
wfch the Stronde before the said Messuage or Tenem* from the high way to
the lowe Water Mark then in the tenure of the said James Russell or of his
Assignes ', from the feast of S* John the Baptist last past before the date above
mentioned for the term of 34! years for the yearly rent of £14 payable
quarterly, the said lease having been by James Russell assigned to Philip 45
Henslowe on 5 March, 45 Eliz. [1602/3] : (c) the third from 'Leonard Bilson of
Bisshoppes Waltham in the Countie of South* Esq^ ' to Philip Henslowe, dated
37. James Russell appears as a waterman in the petition (MS. 1. 17) to Lord Howard, 1592 (?).
The original lease to Russell is now Mun. 101. Russell had mortgaged the lease for ^100 to
Cuthbert Hackett, of London, dyer, 18 Sept. 1602 (Mun. 128). The assignment to Henslowe is
now Mun. 129. A list, dated 1602, of ' The tenantes of Jemes Russelles Leace ' appears in the
Diary (177V).
40. If the charge brought against Henslowe of keeping houses of ill-fame was well founded, the
property in question was no doubt that mentioned in this lease. Winchester Place in South-
wark, which was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop, was notorious on this account, as appears^
for instance, from the phrase 'goose of Winchester' in Troilus and Cressida, V. x. 55.
MUN. 56] 27
I Dec., 10 James I [1612], of 'All that Messuage or Tenemfc then commonlie
called or knowne by the name or signe of the James otherwise called the ffooles
head sometymes beinge two Messuages or Tenemts ... in the tenure or 50
occupacon of Nicholas Ridgwaye or of his assignee or assignes scituate and
beinge in the libertie of the Clinck wth in the Parish of S* Saviours in Southwark
aforesaid in the said Countie of Surrey', Leonard Bilson holding the said
messuage on lease from ' the Reverend ffather in God Thomas then and yett
Bisshoppe of Winchester for diverse yeares then enduring', from the feast of 5 5
Sfc Michael the Archangel last past before the date above mentioned for the
term of 20 years, for the yearly rent of £4. payable quarterly : (cT) and the fourth,
from and to the same parties and bearing the same date, of another messuage
and wharf in the tenure and occupation of Henslowe in the same liberty and
held on the same lease, from the same date for the same term of years, for a 60
yearly rent of £$ payable quarterly: all which leases were by will of the said
Philip Henslowe dated 6 Jan. last past before the date above mentioned,
bequeathed to the said Agnes Henslowe. Dated 15 Feb., 13 James I [1616].
Not executed, being without seal or signature.
[2. Savtous, sic. 13. half ofparcell, sic, the of is interlined.]
No. 56.
[Lease of the Fortune, 31 Oct. 1618. Counterpart. Signatures autograph. Followed
(Mun. 57) by a bond in £60 of the same date from the lessees to observe covenants.]
[Abstract] Lease dated 31 October, 16 James I, 1618, from 'Edward Alleyn
of dulwich in the Countie of Surrey esquire to ' Edward Jubye william Bird
als Bourne ffranck Grace Richard Gumnell Charles Massie william Stratford
william Cartwright Richard Price william Parre and Richard ffowler Gentlemen '
of ' All that his great building now vsed for a playhowse and comonly called by 5
49-50. The Fool's Head and the James' Head were distinct, being the names of the two
original tenements. In the Diary we find an undated account belonging apparently to 1593 'ffor
tremynge of the ffolles head' (lv 8), and a subsequent entry ' bowght the Jemes is head the 24
of aguste 1595 for — xxx11' (3V 14). They may have been houses similar to those mentioned
above.
Mun. 56. Under the date 31 October 1618, we find in Alleyn's diary (MS. IX) the following
entry : ' water over to tuchbornes to drawe Hids interrogtiue & after dinner w4 ye fortune men
att selling [i. e. sealing] the leasse.'
2-4. Edward Juby, Admiral's man from 1595. William Birde or Borne, Admiral's man from
1597. Francis Grace, Prince's man from 1603. Richard Gumnell, Gunnell, or Gannill, Pals-
grave's man from 1613. Charles Massye, Admiral's man from 1598. William Stratford,
Prince's man from 1603. William Cartwright, Palsgrave's man from 1613 ; his portrait is at
Dulwich. Richard Price, Prince's man from 1603 (?). William Parr, Prince's man from 1603.
Richard Fowler, Palsgrave's man from 1618, later Prince Charles' man 1631.
28 [MuN. 56
the name of the ffortune scituate lying and being betweene whitecrosse street
and golding lane in the Countie of Midd in the pish of Sfc Giles wthout Creple-
gate london togither wth all lightf waies passages easem^ Comodities and
apprtenunces to the same belonging or appteyning or therewth now vsed
occupied or enioyed, togither wth one messuage or Tente therevnto adioyning 10
called the Taphowse nowe in the occupacon of one Marke Brigham or his
assignes ; and also one peece of grownd as yt is now impaled conteyning in
length east and west Cxxiij foote of assize more or lesse & in breadth north &
south seaventeene ffoote of assize more or lesse & rangeth wth the passage on
the south side of the said playhowse ' from the feast of Sfc Michael the Archangel 1 5
last past before the date above mentioned for the term of 31 years for the yearly
rent of £200 payable quarterly, ' And also two rundlettf of wyne the one sack
and the other Clarett of ten shilling^ a peece price to be deliured at the feast of
Christmas yearely ' ; with provision that if the said Edward Alleyn die within
the term of 31 years the rent be reduced to £120 for the residue ; the lessees 20
covenanting ' that they nor any of them their execute's admlstrators or assignes
shall not at any tyme hereafter alter transpose or otherwise Convert the said
playhowse to any other vse or vses then as the same is now vsed ' ; the lessees
to receive a rent of 24^. yearly to be reduced to 4^. at Alleyns death, due from
John Russell on a lease for 99 years, dated 20 June 1617, of a tenement of two 25
rooms adjoining the playhouse. Sealed, five out of the ten seals remaining, and
signed : ' Edward Juby W birde ffrank Grace R Gunll [?] Charles
massye william Stratford william cartwright Richard Price William
Parr Richard ffowler ' ;
witnessed on back : 30
' Sealed and deliured in the prsence of vs
Leonell Tychebourne Tho: Downton Geo: Brome '
and endorsed by Alleyn : ' The counterpte of the lease of the ffortune play-
howse, rent 2OO1 at 4 feastf or wthin 3 . weekf. & 2 rundlett^ of wyne at
Christmas / ' 35
No. 58.
[Lease of a share in the Fortune, 20 May 1622. Counterpart. Signatures autograph.
Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 167.]
[Abstract] Lease, dated 20 May, 20 James I, 1622, from 'Edward Alleyn
of Dulwich in the County of Surrey Esquire' to 'Charles Massy of London
32. Lionel Tichborne, scrivener, is frequently mentioned in Alleyn's diary, as above. He
was one of the witnesses to the Deed of Foundation of Dulwich College, and is there described
as notary public. Thomas Downton, see above Mun. 33. George Brome was clerk to the
College, and appears as witness to the original Book of Statutes and to the Founder's will.
MUN. 58] 29
gent' of one twenty fourth part of 'all that part or parcell ot ground vpon
part whereof lately stood a Playhouse or building called the ffortune with a
Taphouse belonging to the same, a tenement in the occupacon of Marke 5
Briggum, one other tenement heretofore demised to one John Russell, one other
tenement in the occupacon of William Bird als Bourne, and one other
tenement in the occupacon of John Parson conteyning in breadth from East
to West one hundred and thirty foote and in length one hundred thirty one
foote and eight inches or thereabout, abutting on the East West North 10
and South as is specified in a plottforme,' and also of 'one other messuage
or tenement contayning a shopp a Chamber and a Garrett towards the
streete, and two Roomes and a Garrett behinde the same, And one yard
thereto belonging late in the tenure of william Garrell, and now in the
occupacon of Henry Smith scituate on the North side of the way leading to 15
the said playhouse All scituate lying and being betweene Whitecrossestreete
and Golding lane in the parish of Sfc Giles without Creeplegate in the County
of Midd vpon part of which said ground there is intended to be erected and sett
vpp a new playhouse,' from the feast of St. John Baptist next after the date
above mentioned for a term of 51 years, for a yearly rent of ^5. 6. u. and 20
in consideration 'that the said Charles Massy is to pay or cause to be paid
vnto Anthony Jarman and Thomas Wigpitt for the new building and erecting
of a playhouse in Golding lane aforesaid according to a plottforme by them
allready drawne for his part the some of fforty one pounds thirteene shillings
and foure pence pporcSnably according to the foure and twentith part thereof, 25
and according to such dayes and tymes as in one paire of Jndentures of Articles
of agreement indented and bearing date with these p'esentf made Betweene
Thomas Wigpitt Cittizen and Bricklayer of London and Anthony Jarman
Cittizen and Carpinter of London of thone part And Thomas Sparkes Cittizen
and Merchantaylor of London William Gwalter Cittizen and Jnholder of London 30
Richard Gunnell of London gent Charles Massy of London gent Richard Price
of London gent Adam Jslipp of London Stationer John ffisher of London Barber
Chirurgion Edward Jackson of London gent and ffrauncis Juby of Southwark
in the County of Surrey widowe of thother part' the said Charles Massye
covenanting to bear a proportionate part of all repairs, and also that he will 'not 35
at any tyme hereafter devide part alter transport or otherwise convert the . . .
edifices and buildings that now are or shalbe hereafter erected and sett vp
as is aforesaid to any other vse or vses then as a playhouse for recreacSn of
his Mats : subiectf his heires and successors ' Sealed, a fragment of the seal
remaining, signed : 40
Muu. 58. 4. The Fortune, erected in 1600, was burned down in the night of 9-10 Dec. 1621.
33. Francis Juby was presumably the widow of Edward Juby mentioned above.
3O [MuN. 58
' Charles massye ', witnessed on the back :
' Sealed and deliured in the prsence of
Henr : vnderwood
Mathias Alleyn '
and endorsed by Alleyn ' Charles Massyes Counterpane ' 45
[Five other leases of shares in the same property follow, thus (Warner, p. 244) :
MUN. 59. Lease to Richard Price, of London, gent., of one twenty-fourth part, on the same
terms, and of the same date. Counterpart, signed ; with seal.
MuN. 60. Lease to William Gwalter, of London, innholder, of one sixth part, for ;£i66. 13. 4.
in hand and a yearly rent of £21. 7. 8., of the same date. Endorsed with a note that the
present lease was surrendered to Edward Alleyn on 19 June 1623, and that, on 20 June, a new
lease was granted of a moiety of the same sixth part to William Gwalter and another lease of a
moiety to Robert Leigh. Followed by the counterpart, Mun. 61.
MUN. 62. Lease to Anthony Jarman, of London, carpenter, of a twelfth part for ^33. 6. 8.
in hand and a yearly rent of ^10. 13. 10., of the same date. Counterpart, signed.
MUN. 63. Lease to Margaret Grey, of London, widow, of a twelfth part of the 'new Playe-
house or building called the Fortune, with a Taphouse belonging to the same, in the occupation
of Rob. Hart, and five other tenements in Whitecross Street and Goulding Lane, for 49! years
at a rent of ^10. 13. 10. Dated 29 Jan., 21 James I, 1623/4. Witnesses, Thomas Alleyn,
Charles Massye, &c. Counterpart, signed ; with seal.
MUN. 64. Lease to George Bosgrave, of the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, gent.,
of half of one twelfth part of the premises as above, no. 63, for 49^ years, at a rent of ^5. 6. 1 1.
Dated 20 Feb., 21 James I, 1623/4. Counterpart, signed; with seal.
Certain further documents deal with the tenure of the property at subsequent dates down to
1649. Concerning the state of the house in 1656, see MS. I. 124. The draft of a lease dated
Mar. 1 66 1/2, Mun. 72, mentions 'the ground whereon ye late demolished Fortune playhowse
and taphowse heretofore stood.']
44. Mathias Alleyn, first cousin of the Founder, became Warden of the College in 1619, and
Master in 1631. His handwriting, as it appears in this signature, is indistinguishable from that
of Edward Alleyn.
45. ' Counterpane ' is a quite correct old form of ' counterpart,' now obsolete.
It would appear from a bill in Chancery of 1647 (Mun. 67), that not all the leases of shares in
the Fortune are recorded above. According to the preamble of the bill the Fortune was divided
by Alleyn in 1622 into twelve shares, and on 20 May 1622, leases of whole shares for 5 1 years at a
rent of £10. 13. 10. were granted to Richard Gunnell, Edward Jackson, Thomas Sparkes, and
Anthony Jarman (Mun. 62), and leases of half shares for 51 years at a rent of ^5. 6. II. to
Francis Juby, George Massye, Richard Price (Mun. 59), John Fisher, Thomas Wigpitt (or
Wiggett, cf. MS. I. 115), and Charles Massye (Mun. 58). Further leases at the same rents
were made to Margaret Graye of a half share for 50 years, i Aug. 1623, and a whole share for
40^ [49!] years, 29 Jan. 1623/4 (Mun. 63) ; to George Bosgrove (Mun. 64) and John Blak of
half shares for 49^ years, 20 Feb. 1623/4 ; to Mary Bryan of a whole share for 49^ years, 24
Mar. 1623/4; and to Thomas Gibborne (or Gilbourne) of a whole share for 40^ [49^] years,
21 Apr. 1624. [Warner, p. 246.]
Further leases have recently been discovered, and are catalogued by Bickley in the Second
Series. These are discussed below, p. 112.
MS. I. 2] 31
MANUSCRIPT I
ALLEYN PAPERS. Vol. I. Letters and Papers relating to the English
Drama and Stage during the life of Edward Alleyn and to the subsequent
History of the Fortune Theatre; 1559-1662.
ARTICLE 2.
[Deed of sale, dated 3 Jan. 1588/9, by Richard Jones to Edward Alleyn, for ,£37. 10., of his
share of theatrical property held jointly with Alleyn and others. Sealed, the impression showing
the initials R. I. The signatures are autograph. On the verso is a list in Alleyn's hand of
thirteen documents relating to the family of Calton and their property at Dulwich, dated from
1542 to 1611. They are preserved among the Muniments. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 198.]
Be it knowen vnto all men by theis pntf ' That J Richarde Jones of London
yoman for and in consideracon of the some of Thirtie Seaven poundes and
Tenne shillings of lawfull mony of Englande to me by Edwarde Allen of
London gent well and trulie paid • Haue bargayned and solde and in playne
and open Market wthin the citie of London haue delyured to the same Edwarde 5
Allen All and singuler suche Share parte and porcion of playinge apparrellf
playe Bookes, Instrument^, and other comodities whatsoeu1" belonginge to the
same, as J the saide Richarde Jones nowe haue or of right ought to haue Joyntlye
wth the same Edwarde Allen John Allen Citizen and Jnholder of London and
Roberte Browne yoman, To haue holde and enioye All and singuler my said 10
Share of playinge apparcll Playe bookf Jnstrumentf and other comodities
whatsoeur aboue Bargained and solde, to the same Edwarde Allen his Executors
adfhstrators and assignes as his and theire owne goodf freelie peaceablie and
quyetelye foreurmore wthout let clayme or dysturbaunce of me the saide Richarde
Jones my execute's Admstrators or assignes or any of vs or of any other pson 15
or psons by or meanes consent or procurement / Jn witnes whereof J the saide
Richarde Jones to this my pnt writinge haue set my hande and Scale the Thirde
I. 2. i. Richard Jones and Edward Alleyn were members, as early as 1583, of Worcester's
company (Kelly, p. 213), which is no doubt that to which the above deed refers. Jones is found
as one of the Admiral's men in Feb. 1592 (?) (see below Art. 8), and appears constantly as such
in the Diary from 1 594 onwards.
9. John Alleyn was the elder brother of Edward. He was evidently an actor as well as an
innholder, for he appears in Nov. 1580 as servant to Lord Sheffield (i. e. Edmond, third Baron ;
see MS. IV. 11, and Alleyn Papers, p. i), and in July 1589 to the Lord Admiral (MS. III. 3 ;
Alleyn Papers, p. 5). He died before 4 May 1596 (Mun. no, Diary, 3V 24).
10. Robert Browne also belonged to Worcester's company in 1583, and led the Admiral's
men on their tour in Germany in 1592 (?) (Art. 8), He had also been with a company to Leyden
in 1 590 (Cohn, p. xxxi). See Warner, p. 5.
32 [MS. I. 2
daie of Januarye a° dni • 1588 And in the one and Thirteethe yeare of the
raigne of or souraigne Ladie Elizabethe by the grace of god Quene of England
fraunce and Jrelande defendor of the ffaithe &c / 20
By me Richard Jones
Sigillaf et delibat1" in pntia mei Johnis
Haruey appntic Tho: Wrightson Scr. /
[Art. 3-5 arc deeds of sale to John and Edward Alleyn of apparel, evidently theatrical, to
the value of £41. 10. dated 1589-1591, James Tonstall's name appearing as a witness to the
last two. Arts. 4 and 5 are printed, Alleyn Papers, pp. II and 12.]
ARTICLE 6.
[W. P. to Edward Alleyn concerning a theatrical wager, with copy of verses. Finely
written, the letter in an English, the verses in an Italian hand, the words ' Ned Allen', 'sweete
Nedd' and 'English Crowne' in gilt letters. Printed, Malone, iii. p. 335 ; Alleyn Memoirs,
p. 12 ; Dyce's Peele, 1828, p. x ; Bullen's Peek, 1888, p. xxv.]
Your answer the other nighte, so well pleased the Gentlemen, as J was satisfied
therewth, though to the hazarde of ye wager ; and yet my meaninge was not
to prejudice Peeles credit ; neither wolde it, though it pleased you so to
excuse it, but beinge now growen farther into question, the partie affected to
Bentley, (scornynge to wynne the wager by yor deniall), hath now giuen you 5
libertie to make choice of any one playe, that either Bentley or Knell plaide,
and least this advantage, agree not wth"yor rninde, he is contented, both the plaie
and the tyme, shalbe referred to the gentlemen here prsent. J see not, how you
canne any waie hurte yor credit by this acc'on ; for if you excell them, you will
then be famous, if equall them ; you wynne both the wager and credit, yf short 10
of them ; we must and will saie Ned Allen still.
Yor frend to his power
W: P.
I. 4, 5. James Tonstall, again a member of Worcester's company in 1583, and no doubt
the same as the James Donstall or Donstone who appears in the Diary as one of the Admiral's
men from 1595 to 1597.
I. 6. 3. No doubt George Peele, the poet. His biographers have assumed that he was an
actor as well, but of this there is no clear evidence. The meaning of the present passage is
doubtful, but had Peele been a rival of Allcyn's on the stage, we must have heard a good deal
more of his powers. I have little doubt that it was of Peele's credit as an author that Alleyn
had shown himself careful.
6. Bentley and Knell are only known as actors from occasional allusions. Heywood
mentions them together with others in his Apology for Actors (1612 ; Shak. Soc. 1841, p. 43),
as having flourished before his time, i. e. before c. 1594. Nashe in Pierce Penniless (1592 ; ed.
McKerrow, 1904, i. p. 215) couples them with Alleyn and Tarlton. Bentley was with the Queen's
men in 1583 at Norwich when an affray occurred, concerning which depositions remain (see
Halliwell, Illustrations, p. 118). Apparently both Bentley and Knell had ceased acting at the
date of the above letter, but the wager evidently was that Alleyn would equal them (not Peele)
jn any of their own parts.
MS. I. 8] 33
Deny me not sweete Nedd, the wager's downe,
and twice as muche, commaunde of me or myne : 1 5
And if you wynne J svveare the half is thyne ;
and for an ouerplus, an English Growne.
Appoint the tyme, and stint it as you pleas,
Your labor's gaine ; and that will proue it ease. /
[addressed :]
To Edward Allen 20
ARTICLE 8.
[Richard Jones to Edward Alleyn, Feb. 1591/2 (?). Autograph. The date is fixed by the -
passport from Lord Howard in favour of Robert Browne, Richard Jones, and others dated 10
Feb. i59i[/2?] (see Cohn, Shakespeare in Germany, 1865, p. xxviii). Printed, Malone, xxi, p.
396 ; Alleyn Memoirs, p. 96 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 19.]
mr alien J commend my love and humble duty to you geving you thankes for
yor great bounty bestoed vpon me in my sicknes, when J was in great want,
god blese you for it, sir this it is, J am to go over beyond the seeas w* mr browne
and the company but not by his meanes for he is put to half a shaer, and to stay
hear, for they ar all against his goinge now good sir as you have ever byne my 5
worthie frend so healp me nowe J have asut of clothes and acloke at pane for
three pound and if it shall pleas you to lend me so much to release them J
shalbe bound to pray for you so longe as J leve, for if J go over and have no
clothes J shall not be esteemed of and by godf help the first mony that J gett J
will send it over vnto you, for hear J get nothinge, some tymes J have a shillinge 10
aday, and some tymes nothinge, so that J leve in great poverty hear, and so J
humbly take my leave prainge to god J and my wiffe for yor health and mistris
allenes wch god continew,
Yor poor frend to command
Richard Jones 1 5
[note in different hand, probably bearer's :]
Receved of master alien the [ ] of february the somme of t[ ]
[endorsed by Alleyn :]
mr Jones his Letter wher on J Lent Hym 31
[6. asut of clothes and acloke at pane, i. e. a suit of clothes and a cloak at pawn.]
I. 8. Concerning Jones. See above, Art. 2.
4. With Cohn (p. xxxii) I must confess my inability to understand this statement. It is
evident, however, that only a portion of the company went abroad. How long they remained it
is impossible to say. Jones was certainly back in 1594 (Diary 15 i), and some of the Admiral's
men were at Leicester 19 Dec. 1592 (Kelly, p. 227).
12-13. If the date assigned above to this letter be correct, the mention of Mrs. Alleyn is
curious, since Alleyn did not marry Joan Woodward till 22 Oct. 1592 (Diary, 2 5). There was,
however, a tradition at Dulwich that the founder was three times married, and it receives some
support from the above letter. [-W.]
H, P, F
34 [MS. I. 9
ARTICLE 9.
[Edward Alleyn to his wife, Chelmsford, 2 May 1593. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 24.]
My good sweett harte & loving mouse J send the a thousand comendations
wishing thee as well as well may be & hoping thou art in good helth w* my
father mother & sister J haue no newes to send thee but y* J thank god we ar all
well & in helth wch J pray god to contine[w] w* vs in the contry and w* you in
london, but mouse J littell thought to hear y* wch J now hear by you for it is 5
well knowne they say y* you wear by my lorde maiors officer mad to rid in a
cart you & all yor felowes wch J ame sory to herar but you may thank yor ij
suporters yor stronge leges J mene y* would nott cary you away but lett you fall
in to the hands of suche Tarmagants but mouse when J com horn Jl be revengd
on them till when mouse J bid thee fayerwell J pre thee send me word how 10
thou doste & do my harty comendations to my father mother & sister & to
thy owne self and so swett hart the lord bless thee from Chellmsford the 2 of
maye 1593
thyn ever & no bodies els by god of heaven
Edwarde Alleyn 1 5
farwell mecho mousin & mouse & farwell bess dodipoll
[addressed to himself :]
To E Alline on the bank side
[7. herar, \. e. hear.]
I. 9. The plague, which became serious in London in Sept. 1592, only relaxed slightly
during the winter, and raged almost throughout the following year. The Rose was closed from
the beginning of Feb. till Christmas (Diary, 8V). During this time Alleyn was travelling in the
country with Strange's men, as appears from the Warrant of the Privy Council dated 6 May
1593, wherein he is, however, described as servant to the Lord Admiral (Halliwell, Illustrations,
p. 33). The above letter with those that follow constitute his correspondence with Henslowe's
household at that period. Alleyn's wife, Joan, appears to have been still residing with her
step-father, though Alleyn had a house and garden of his own. The former appears, however,
to have been in the hands of the workmen. Joan was the daughter of Agnes Woodward, who
had married, as her second husband, Philip Henslowe. Alleyn and Henslowe habitually called
each other father and son ; Joan's sister Bess, called ' bess dodipoll } below and ' elizabeth ' in
Art. 10, is possibly the same as Alleyn's 'sister phillyps' of Arts, n and 14. In that case she
may have been the wife of Edward Phillips, with whom Henslowe was involved in litigation
over the administration of Edmond Henslowe's estate in 1593-4 (Diary, 41, 72). There is an
undated letter from ' E. Philippes' to Alleyn (MS. III. 118). Collier suggests (Actors, p. 79)
that she may have been the wife of Augustine Phillips, the actor, but since he is mentioned in
the warrant of 6 May 1 593, he was probably travelling with Alleyn, whereas Alleyn's sister and
her husband appear to have remained in London (Art. 14).
6. It is not clear from Alleyn's words what had happened. The allusion, of course, is to
' carting,' but it is sufficiently obvious that the whole passage is written in jest. Mrs. Alleyn's
' felowes ' can hardly have been the players, as Collier imagined.
MS. I. ii] 35
ARTICLE 10.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, 5 July, 1593. Autograph.]
Sonne Edward alien as your mother & J with your syster elizabeth hath in
generalle or hartie comendaticions vnto you & very glade to heare of your health
wch we praye god to contenew to his wille & pleasure & allthowge laste yet not
leaste your mowse desiereth to be Remembered vnto you & she sendeth frome
her harte that comendationes vnto you wcb youe desyer of & prayeth nyght & 5
daye for your good health & quicke Retorne the cause of our writinge vnto you
Js to seartefie you yfc the Joyner hath bene wth vs & hath broth thinges & hath
the money wch you promesed hime & all other maters thanckes be to god ar
weall & to you1' lickinge & thus J sease to trubell you of forther maters but John
gryges & his wife hath hartily comendations vnto you & J praye you lyck 10
wise doe my comendations vnto all the Reste of your fealowes & J praye god to
seand you all that good health y* we haue as yet at london wch J hoope in god
yt will contenew frome london the 5 of July 1593
Your power mowse for euer
& your asured frendes tell 1 5
death phillipe Henslow
&ag
[addressed :]
This be delyvered vnto my welbeloued Husband mr edward alien \vth speade
[2. comendaticions, sic. 7. broth, i. e. brought.]
ARTICLE 11.
[Edward Alleyn to his wife, Bristol, i Aug. 1593 (?). Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi,
p. 389 ; Alleyn Memoirs, p. 25.]
Emanell
My good sweett mouse J comend me hartely to you And to my father my
mother & my sister bess hopinge in god thought the siknes beround about you
yett by his mercy itt may escape yor house wch by ye grace of god it shall
therfor vse this corse kepe yor house fayr and clean wch J knowe you will and 5
every evening throwe water before yor dore and in yor bakesid and haue in yor
windowes good store of rwe and herbe of grace and w* all the grace of god wch
must be obtaynd by prayers and so doinge no dout but ye lord will mercyfully
defend you : now good mouse J haue no newse to send you but this thatt we
haue all our helth for wch the lord be praysed J reseved yor letter att bristo by 10
I. 11. This letter is wrongly dated ' 24 July, 1593 (?) ' by Warner.
i. Emanell, i.e. Emmanuel; cf. similar pious superscriptions to letters forming Arts. 13,
38, 67.
36 [MS. I. ii
richard couley for the wich J thank you J haue sent you by this berer Thomas
popes kinsman my whit wascote because it is a trobell to me to cary it reseave
it wi this letter And lay it vp for me till J com if you send any mor letters
send to me by the cariers of shrowsbery or to west Chester or to york to be
keptt till my Lord stranges players com and thus sweett hartt w* my harty 15
comenda to all or frends J sess from bristo this wensday after saint Jams his day
being redy to begin the playe of hary of Cornwall mouse do my harty comend
to mr grigshis wif and all his houshould and to my sister phillyps
Yor Loving housband E Alleyn
mouse you send me no newes of any things you should send of yor domesty- 20
call matters such things as hapens att home as how yor distilled watter proves
or this or that or any thing what you will
and Jug J pray you Lett my orayng tawny stokins of wolen be dyed a very
good blak against J com horn to wear in the winter you sente me nott word of
my garden but next tym you will but remember this in any case that all that bed 25
wch was parsley in the month of September you sowe itt w* spinage for then is
the tym ' J would do it my self but we shall nott com horn till allholand tyd
and so swett mouse farwell and broke our Long Jorney w* patienc
[addressed :]
This be clelyvered to mr hinslo on of the gromes of hir maist chamber
dwelling on the bank sid right over against the clink 3°
[3. thought . . . beround, i. e. though ... be round. 18. grigshis, i. e. Grigs'; it is a
long s after the g.~\
ARTICLE 12.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, August IS93(?), evidently after the receipt
of Art. ir. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 27.]
Welbeloved Sonne edward alien After owr hartie Comendationes bothe J & your
mother & syster bease all in generall dothe hartieley comende vs vnto you & as
II-I2. Both 'R. Cowley' and 'Mr. Pope' appear in the plot of 2 Seven Deadly Sins ( 1592),
the latter being also named in the warrant of 6 May 1593 (see above Art. 9, note). Cowley
presumably only joined the company at Bristol, but in any case he would probably not have
been mentioned in the warrant as he does not appear to have been a sharer at this date. Both
later belonged to the Chamberlain's company.
14. shrowsbery. The entry ' Item, paid and yeven to my L. Strange and my L. Admyralls
players, xls.' occurs in the Shrewsbury Corporation MSS., 1593 (Halliwell, Illustrations, p. 33).
14. west Chester, i. e. Chester.
17. hary of Cornwall appears in the Diary (7 10) as acted by Strange's men on 25 Feb.
1591-2 and subsequently, but was not a new piece.
29. Henslowe's appointment to this office must have been recent, for his name is not in the
list attached to a warrant dated 7 Apr. 1592 (B.M. Add. MS. 5750, f. 114). It stands last but
two in a similar list dated 26 Jan. 1599 (ibid. f. 117). [-W.]
MS. I. 12] 37
for you mowse her comendationes comes by yt seallfe wch as she sayes comes
from her harte & her sowle prainge to god day daye & nyght for your good
heallth wch trewley to be playne we doe soe alle hoopinge in the lorde Jesus 5
that we shall haue agayne a mery meting for J thanke god we haue be flytted
wth feare of the sycknes but thankes be vnto god we are all this time in good
healthe in owr howsse but Rownd a bowte vs yt hathe bene all moste in every
howsse about vs & wholle howsholdes deyed & yt my frend the baylle doth
scape but he smealles monstrusly for feare & dares staye no wheare for ther 10
hathe deyed this laste weacke in generall 1603 of the wch nomber ther hathe died
of them of the plage 1 1 3-0-5 wch hause bene the greatest that came yet & as
for other newes of this & that J cane tealle youe none but that Robert brownes
wife in shordech & all her chelldren & howshowld be dead & heare dores sheat
vpe & as for your Joyner he hath browght you a corte coberd & hath seat vp 1 5
your portowle in the chamber & sayes you shall have a good bead stead & as for
your garden yt is weall & your spenege bead not forgoten your orenge colerd
stockens died but no market in smythfylld nether to bye you1" cloth nor yet to
sealle yor horsse for no mane wold ofer me a bove fower pownd for hime therfor
J wold not sealle hime but haue seante hime in to the contrey tylle youe 20
Retorne backe agayene this licke poore peapell Reioysinge that the lorde hath
in compased vs Rownd & kepeth vs all in health we end prayinge to god to
seand you all good health that yet maye pleasse god to send that we maye all
merelye meat & J praye you do ower comendationes vnto them all & J wold
gladley heare the licke frome them & thankes be to god your poore mowsse 25
hath not ben seack seance you weant.
You1" lovinge wiffe tylle Your poore & a sured frend
death Jone alien tell death Phillipe Hensley
[addressed :]
To my wealle loved Sonne Edward alien one of my lorde Stranges Players this
be delyuered wth spead 30
[4. day daye, sic. 6. be, i. e. been. 9. vt, i. e. yet. 12. These figures have not been
explained. Collier printed nj. But Kenslowe originally wrote 1135 and then altered it as above.
He probably meant ' 1130 to 1135.' 21. this, i. e. thus, a common confusion with Henslowe.]
I. 12. 6. flytted, this should mean ' forced to remove,' but there is no indication that they
had done so. Possibly Henslowe meant ' frighted.'
9. baylle, i. e. no doubt Matthew Woodward, bailiff to Lord Montague (see below Art. 38,
also MS. IV. 43, 45).
13. Robert browne, see above Art. 2. Browne was probably travelling, though not, it would
seem, with Alleyn. He may have still been abroad.
15. corte coberd, i.e. court-cupboard, a movable sideboard or cabinet used to display
plate, etc.
16. bead stead. In 'A note what mrs alien hathe payd sence her husband went into the
contrey . . . 1593' occurs the item 'pd vnto the Joyner for the beadstead— xvs ' (Diary -, 1T 17).
38 [MS. I. 13
ARTICLE 13.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, 14 August 1593. Autograph Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 29.]
Jesus
welbeloued Sonne edwarde alien J and your mother & your sister Beasse haue
all in generalle our hartie commendations vnto you & verey glad to heare of
your good healthe wch we praye god to conetenew longe to his will & pleassur
for we hard that you weare very sycke at bathe & that one of your felowes weare 5
fayne to playe your parte for you wch wasse no lytell greafe vnto vs to heare
but thanckes be to god for a mendmente for we feared yt mvche because we had
no leatter frome you when the other wifes had leatters sente wch mad your mowse
not to weape a lyttell but tocke yt very greauesly thinckinge y* you hade
conseved some vnkindnes of her because you weare ever wont to write wth the 10
firste & J praye ye do so stylle for we wold all be sorey but to heare as often
frome you as others do frome ther frendes for we wold write oftener to you then
we doo but we knowe not whether to sende to you therfor J praye you for geat
not your mowsse & vs for you scant in one leatter that we Rettorned not answeare
wheather we Receued ym or no for we Receued one wch you made at scant James 1 5
tide wher in mackes mensyon of your whitte wascote & your Ivte bockes & other
thinges wch we haue Receued & now lastly a leater wch petr browghte wth your
horsse wch J wilbe as carfull as J cane Jn yt now sonne althowge longe yt at
the laste J Remember a hundered comendations from you1 mowsse wch Js very
glade to heare of your healthe & prayeth daye & nyght to the lord to contenew 20
the same & lickewisse prayeth vnto the lord to seace his hand frome punyshenge
vs wth his crosse that she mowght haue you at home wth her hopinge hopinge
then that you shold be eased of this heavey labowre & toylle & you sayd in
your leater that she scant you not worde howe your garden & all your things
dothe prosper very well thanckes be to god for your beanes are growen to hey 25
headge & well coded & all other thinges doth very well but your tenantes weax
very power for they cane paye no Reant nor will paye no Rent whill myhellmas
I. 13. 15. Apparently Art. n above, but there is no mention there of any lute books. In
a deed, dated 26 Apr. 1595 (Mun. 106), Alleyn is formally described as a 'musicion.' [-W.]
There were clearly two letters, one sent at St. James' tide (25 July) and a subsequent one sent
by Peter when he brought up Alleyn's horse. This must evidently have been received previous
to the writing of I. 12. It is not quite clear which of these letters is that preserved as I. n.
This is evidently the one referred to later on, and one would imagine, therefore, that it was the
more recent, but in that case one would have expected it to contain instructions regarding the
sale of the horse.
17. pef. Perhaps the same described by Henslowe in an entry dated 1596 as 'my soger
peter,' i. e. the soldier furnished and armed by him (Diary, 20 10).
MS. I. 14] 39
next & then we shall haue yt yf we cane geat yt & lyckewisse your Joyner
comendes hime vnto you and sayes he will mack you such good stufe and suche
good peneworthes as he hoopeth shall weall licke you & contente you wch J hope 30
he will do because he sayes he will prove hime seallfe ane onest man & for you1"
good cownsell wch you gaue vs in your leater we all thanck you wch wasse for
kepinge of our howsse cleane & watringe of our dores & strainge our windowes
wth wormwode & Rewe wch J hope all this we do & more for we strowe yt withe
hartie prayers vnto the lorde wch vnto vs Js more avaylable then all thinges eallsse 35
in the world for J praysse the lord god for yt we are all in very good healthe & J
praye ye sonne comend me harteley to all the Reast of your fealowes in generall
for J growe poore for lacke of them therfor haue no geaftes to sende but as good
& faythfull a harte as they shall desyer to haue comen a mongeste theme nowe
sonne we thanck you all for your tokenes you scant vs and as for newes of the 40
sycknes J cane not seand you no Juste note of yt be cause there is command-
ment to the contrary but as J thincke doth die wth in the sitteye and wth out of
all syckneses to the nomber of seventen or eyghten hundreth in one weacke &
this praynge to god for your health J ende frome london the 14 of aguste 1593
You1' lovinge wiffe to 45
comande tell death You1' lovinge ffather & mother
Johne Allen to owr powers P H • A
[addressed :]
Too my wealbeloued husbande mr Edwardc Allen on of my lorde stranges
players this to be delyuered wth speade.
[18. longe yt, i. e. late yet. 22. hopinge hopinge, sic. 27. rwhill. Henslowe started to
write while and changed his mind to till."}
ARTICLE 14.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, 28 September, 1593. Autograph. The lower
edge of the paper is decayed, and a portion of the text wanting. There are several pen and ink
sketches on the outer leaf, one apparently for some scenery in perspective. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 31.]
Righte wealbeloved Sonne edward alien J & your mother & you1" sisster beasse
haue all in generall our hartie Comendations vnto you & as for your wiffe &
mowsse she desieres to send heare Comendationes alone wch she sayes Comes
ffrome heare very harte but as ffor your wellfare & heallth we do all Joyne to
geather in Joye and Rejoysse ther att & do all to geather wth one consent praye 5
to god longe to contenew the same now sonne leate vs growe to alyttell
vnkindnes \vth you becausse we cane not heare frome you as we wold do that is
when others do & if we cold as sartenlye send to you as you maye to vs we wolcl
40 [MS. I. 14
not leat to vesete you often ffor we beinge wth in the crosse of the lorde you
littell knowe howe we do but by sendinge for yt hath pleassed the lorde to vesette 10
me Rownd a bout & almoste alle my nebores dead of the plage & not my howsse
ffree for my two weanches haue hade the plage & yet thankes be to god leveth
& are welle & J my wiffe & my two dawghters J thanke god ar very well & in
good heallth now to caste a waye vnkindnes & to come to owr newes that is that
we hade a very bade market at smyth fylld for no mane wold ofer a bove fower 1 5
pownd for your horsse & therfor haue not sowld hime but to saue carges J haue
sent him downe Jn to the contrey ther to be keapte tell you Retorne & as for
your clocke cloth ther wasse none sowld by Retaylle for all wasse bowght vp by
wholle saylle in to dayes so the fayer lasted but iij dayes & as for yowr stock-
ings they are deyed & yor Joyner hath seate vp your portolle in the chamb3 & 20
hath brothe you a corte cobert & sayes he will bringe the Reaste very shortley &
we beare wth hime because his howsse is visited & as for you1" garden that is very
weall your spenege bead & all sowed & as for my lorde a penbrockes wcb you
desier to knowe wheare they be they ar all at home and hausse ben t[his] v or
sixe weackes for they cane not saue ther carges [w]th trauell as J heare & weare 25
fayne to pane the[r] parell for ther carge [&j when J wasse in smythfell a selling
of your h[orsse] J meate wth owld
[about eight lines are wanting at the foot of the page : the letter continues on the back :]
To aske for yt for yf we dead we wold haue sowght yt owt but we never had yt
& this J eand praysinge god that it doth pleass him of his mersey to slacke his
hand frome visietinge vs & the sittie of london for ther hath abated this last two 30
weacke of the sycknes iiij hundreth thurtie and five & hath died Jn all betwext
a leven and twealle hundred this laste weack wch J hoop Jn the lord yt will con-
tenew in seasynge euery weacke that we maye Rejoysse agayne at owr meatinge
& this wth my hartie comendations to thy own seall & lickwise to all the Reaste
of my felowes J genereall J praye you hartily comende me from london the 28 35
of septmb} 1593
You1' asured ovvne seallfe Your lovinge father & frend to my power
tell deathe Jonne alien tell death Phillipe Henslow
comendinge to her mvnshen
I. 14. 1 8. It is evident from this and Art. 12, 1. 18, above, that in the lost letter Alleyn had
ordered a new cloak. From 11. 23-4 we gather that the same letter contained inquiries concern-
ing Pembroke's men
22. -visited, i. e. with the plague.
27. owld. It is tempting to conjecture that the person whom Henslowe met at Smithfield
market, was John Garland of the ' Old Ford,' whom at a later date he calls 'owld garlland' in
the Diary (100 20). Garland was a member of Lennox' company, which may possibly have
been the continuation of Pembroke's,
MS. I. is] 41
your wiffe prayeth you to send her word in you1 next leater what goodman 40
hudson payes you yerley for his Reante for he hause the sealer and all stille in
his hand & as for your tenenantes we cane geat no Rent & as for greges & his
wife hath ther comendations vnto you & your sister phillipes & her husband
hath leced two or thre owt of ther howsse yt they in good health & doth hartily
comend them vnto you 45
[addressed :]
This be delyuerd vnto my welbeloued husband mr edward alien one of my lord
stranges players geue wth spede
[6. alyttell, i. e. a little. 12. leveth, C. ar very well. 16. therfor [J] haue. 21. brothe,
i. e. brought. 27. In the middle of the next line are visible the tops of certain letters which
may be &~> he told. 28. dead, i. e. did. 29. this, i. e. thus. 34. seall, \. e. self. 35. y[n].
41. he haitse, i.e. he has ; C. the house. 42. tenenantes, sic. 44. yt, i. e. yet.]
ARTICLE 15.
[John Pyk to Mistress Alleyn, undated, but evidently while travelling in the country, in the
hand of Edward Alleyn, with autograph signature ; the statement in the postscript being part of
the joke — Downton never spelt his name 'Doutone.' In the inside of the sheet are several lines
of scribble arranged after the manner of a letter, perhaps by Pyk.]
mysteris yor honest ancyent and loving servant pige hath his humbell comenda
to you and to my goode master hinsley & mystiris and to my mrs sister
bess for all her harde delyng w* me J send her harty Comenda hoping to be
behowlding to her agayne for the opinyng of the coberde : and to my neyghbore
doll for calynge me vp in a mornyng and to my wyf sara for making clean my 5
showes & to that ould Jentillman mounsir pearle y* even fought w* me for the
blok in the chemeney corner & though yo11 all Look for the redy retorne of my
proper person yett J swear to you by the fayth of a fustyan kinge never to retorne
till fortune vs bryng w* a Joyfull metyng to lovly london J sesse
yor petty prety pratlyng parly ng pyg 10
by me John pyk
mystiris J praye you kepe this that my mayster may se it for J gott on to wright
it mr doutone & my mr knowes nott of it
[addressed :]
To his loving nV8 mysteris Alline on the banck syd over agaynst the clynk
[9. sesse, i. e. cease.]
40-1. goodman hudson had paid 15^. rent to Mrs. Alleyn on 14 Aug. previous (Diary, lv 5).
1. 15. Pyk or 'Pig' acted in Frederick and Basilea 1597 (see below, Apx. II. 3, also 5),
and his name also occurs in the inventories (see below, Apx. I. i). He is mentioned in the
Diary in 1597 and 1599, where Malone's and Collier's emendations of 'Psyche' and 'Page'
are equally wide of the mark.
H. P. G
42 [MS. I. 16
ARTICLE 16.
[Petition from Strange's men to the Privy Council, July-Aug. I592(?) Contemporary copy.
The date has been much disputed. Warner places it in 1 593, but during the ' longe vacation '
of that year the plague was raging as appears from the foregoing letters, and to have petitioned
would have been lost labour. I prefer to connect it with the restraint of June 1 592, which was
on account of riots. See Acts of the Privy Council 1591-2, xxii, p. 549. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 33.]
To the right honorable or verie good Lorclf, the Lordf of her
mate. moste honorable privie Councell /.
Our dueties in all humblenes remembred to yor honors • ffbrasmuche (righte
honorable) oure Companie is greate, and thearbie or chardge intolerable, in
travellinge the Countrie, and the Contynuaunce thereof, wilbe a meane to bringe 5
vs to division and seperacdn, whearebie wee shall not onelie be vndone, but alsoe
vnreadie to serve her matie, when it shall please her highenes to commaund vs,
And for that the vse of or plaiehowse on the Banckside, by reason of the passage
to and frome the same by water, is a greate releif to the poore watermen theare,
And or dismission thence ' nowe in this longe vacation, is to those poore men • a 10
greate hindraunce, and in manner an vndoeinge, as they genrallie complaine,
Both or, and theire humble peticon and suite thearefore to yor good honnors is,
That yo11 wilbe pleased of yor speciall favor, to recall this or restrainte, and pmitt
vs the vse of the said Plaiehowse againe / And not onelie or selues But alsoe a
greate nomber of poore men • shalbe especiallie bounden to praie for yor 15
Honors /
Your honors humble suppts •
The righte honorable the Lord Straunge
his servantf and Plaiers /.
ARTICLE 17.
[Petition from the Watermen of the Bankside to Lord Howard, July-Aug. I592(?), evidently
on the same occasion as Art. 16. The signatures and marks are autograph and the names of
the marksmen entered in the hand of Philip Henslowe. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 34.]
To the right honnorable my Lorde Haywarde Lorde highe Admirall
of Englande and one of her maties moste honnorable previe Counsayle /
In most hvmble manner Complayneth and sheweth vnto your good Lorde-
shipp, your poore suppliant^ and dayly Orators Phillipp Henslo, and others the
poore watermen on the bancke side / whereas yor good L. hathe derected your 5
I. 17. i. Whether the watermen were in any way under the patronage of the Lord
Admiral, I do not know, but it would be difficult otherwise to account for the petition being
addressed to him. A copy was probably presented to the Council together with Art. 16.
MS. I. 18] 43
warrant vnto hir matics Justices, for the restraynte of a playe howse belonginge
vnto the saide Phillipp henslo one of the groomes of her matics Chamber So it is
if it please your good Lordshipp, that wee yor saide poore watermen have had
muche helpe and reliefe for vs oure poore wives and Children by meanes of the
resorte of suche people as come vnto the said playe howse, Jt maye therefore 10
please your good L.' for godes sake and in the waye of Charetie to respecte vs
your poore water men, and to give leave vnto the said Phillipp Henslo to have
playinge in his saide howse duringe suche tyme as others have according as it
hathe byne accustomed / And in yor honnors so doinge you shall not onely doe
a good and a Charitable dede but also bynde vs all according to oure dewties, 15
wth oure poore wives and Children dayly to praye for your honnor in muche
happynes longe to lyve
Jsack Towelle William dorret mr of her maiestes barge
Gylbart -^ Rockett marke on wyllfh hedges quens man
of her mties wattermen 20
Edward £ Robartes mark on ofj Thomas + Jarmonger on ofl
her mties wattermen J her mties wattermen /
thomas toy william M Tuchenner on ofl
Thomas + Edmanson marke her mties mean J
Edwarde + Adysson on of| James Russell 25
her mties wattermen J Henry Draper
W T Jeames + Granger fardinandoo Black
xpoffer ^{7 topen marke Parker Playne
[19. hedges, the reading is doubtful.]
ARTICLE 18.
[Warrant from the Privy Council for the reopening of the Rose. August i592(?). Con-
temporary copy. Dated by Warner l tire. April, 1594,' but Lord Strange became Earl of
Derby in September 1593. It is evidently in answer to the petitions, and was, I believe, issued
too late to enable the Rose to be reopened before the plague became serious in the first days
of September 1592. Performances began again on 29 December. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs,
P- 36.]
Wheareas not longe since vpon some Consideracons we did restraine the Lorde
Straunge his srvauntf from playinge at the rose on the banckside, and enioyned
them to plaie three daies at newington Butts, Now forasmuch as wee are
satisfied that by reason of the tediousnes of the waie and y* of longe tyme plaies
7. The petition must consequently be after 7 Apr. 1592 (see above I. 11).
I. 18. 3. newington Butts. Little is known of this house which lay some distance south of
the river. The Chamberlain's and Admiral's men were acting there for a short time in
June 1594.
44 [MS. I. 1 8
haue not there bene vsed on working daies, And for that a nomber of poore 5
watermen are therby releeved, You shall pmitt and suffer them or any other there
to exercise yem selues in suche sorte as they haue don heretofore, And that the
Rose maie be at libertie wthout any restrainte, solonge as yt shalbe free from
infection of sicknes, Any Comaundem*1 from vs heretofore to the Contrye not-
vvth standinge : ffrom. 10
To the Justices Baylififes Constables and others to whome yt shall Apperteyne :
ARTICLE 21.
[Petition from Richard Topping to Henry Carey, first Lord Hunsdon, with answer by Philip
Henslowe, I596(?). Contemporary copies. This and the two following articles are included
on account of their biographical interest, they are of no historical importance. On the question
of chronology see p. 172. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, pp. 42-3.]
To the right honorable the Lord Hunsdon
Lord Chamberlaine to her matie
Most humblie showth to yor honorable Lo That whear yor poore suppli Richard
Topping of the Strand taylor Hath hadd a debte of seaven poundes odd monny
for this viij yeares dew unto him by one Thorns Lodge who hath from tyme to 5
tyme waged Lawe & put yor suppli to extreame Charge by meanes of one Phillip
Inclow (as he saith) one of the gromes of her matlj Chamber yet in thend was
forced to put yor poore suppli in securitie and pcured the sayd Phillipp Inclowe
to become bound by bond wth him either to bring in the boddye of the sayd
Thorns Lodge into the Clynke in Southwarke or to answere his Condemnation, 10
wch he hath not Accordingly pformed, by meanes whereof a Judgement hath
passed for twelue poundf odd monny & execution therevpon graunted forth
against them / And the sayd Phillipp Inclowe having bene frindly intreated for
paym* thereof, or to acquant yor suppli whear the sayd Lodge is, that some frindly
end might be takin therein, vtterly refuseth the same, affirming that he will kepe 15
yor suppli from it this seaven yeares / May it therefore please yor ho : in that the
sayd Inclowe (as he saith) is her mats servant, to graunt wth yor honors favor
leaue to yor suppli either to arrest him, or to sett downe such order therein,
whereby yor suppl may haue his owne, being most willing to referr the same to
yor honorable Considerac5n and order, And he as most bound shall pray for the 20
prservacon of yor honorable estate
Righte honorable * my duetie In all humblenes remembred ' Maie it please
yor good Lpp : that • this Complainte • and the Content^ theareof • is in all pointy •
most vntrue • & deuised & suggested by the saied Toppinge of malice • to pro-
uoke • (if he might) yor honnors • displeasuer • against me : ffor in verie truth 25
(right honorable) as J will auouch • J neuer knewe of anie debte or matter twixt
MS. I. 22] 45
Lodge & him • and thearefore could be noe hinderer to him frome the attayne-
inge to his debte • supposed, as he hath first suggested : But aboute half a yeare
nowe past • Toppinge haveing arrested Lodge to the Clincke in Southwarke •
vppon an accon of debte • Att Lodge * his earnest request • & for meere goodwill 30
beeinge somewhat acquainted wth him • J became his baile, And before any yssue
theare tried • Lodge remoued the accon by heas Corpus * to the kingf benche.
And theare (by thacceptaunce of the Judges) putt in newe * baile ' Toppinge
mislikeinge that Baile ' pcured a Procedendo * to trie thaccon • in the Clinck
vvheare it first began, And theare (as it seemeth) hath pceeded, onlie of purpose 35
to laie thexecuc5n on me • for the money he hath recoured. Albeit he knoweth
wheare Lodge the Principall ys • and howe he maie easelie come by him : Jn
other sorte then thus as Baile • J never became bounde • to him • Nowe my good
lord J am adu[ijsed by my learned Counsell th^at] by reason of thacceptance of
the last Baile vppon the Habeas corpus • J am dischardged & cleere of the first 40
Baile : And in that respect (J doe Confes) J haue been vnwillinge to paie another
mans debte • wherein J trust yor honnor will holde me excused : And thus beeinge
re[a]die to make further aunsweare face to face • wth Topping^e] yf it shalbe yor
Ippf pleasuere • J rest •
yor honnors in all humblen^es] att Comandm* • 45
Phillipp Hensleye /
[endorsed :]
The humble peticon of Richard Toppinge
[and again :]
mr phyllyp hentchloe
ARTICLE 22.
[Petition to Richard Topping to George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon, with Lord Hunsdon's
endorsement dated 29 January 1597/8. Contemporary copies. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs,
p. 44.]
To the right Ho. the Lo. Hunsdon Lorde
Chamberlayne of her Mats Howshold
In all humilitie besecheth yor good Lo : yor dailie Sup : Richarde Toppin that
whereas yor Sup : about iij yeres past was constrayned to psecute sute against
one Thomas Lodge for a debt of vij11 : and vpwardes principall debt, wch wth 5
Charges of lawe surmounteth xij11, the debt at the first vij yeres forborne before
yor. sup. attempted any sute, Nowe so it is Right Ho : That one Phillip Hindi-
low One of the gromes of her Mats Chamber, of his owne willingnes and wth intent
to delaie yor supp. became Bayle for the saide Lodge and bothe vnconcianablie
and very arrogantly ptesteth to spende jC11 to kepe yor supp: from his saide 10
46 [MS. I. 22
debt, althoughe the saide Lodge affirmeth that he hathe made Henchley full
satisfacon to thende yor sup : might be paide / vpp5 these Jniuries yor sup :
Complayned to yor lo. late father of Right H. memorie) by peticon and then
henchley entreated yor sup. staie, vowinge yor supp : shold be paide, neverthe-
lesse contrarie to all honestie and equitie, ymeediatly after pcured a writt of Error 1 5
for further delaye and enforced yor sup. to make his further sute to the L.
Cobham late L. Chamberlaine who tooke the cause into his hearinge, and
ordered the sd Henchley shold ether paie yor supp : his debt, or bringe in Lodge
vppon warrant wch his Lo. graunted and Henchley thereof possessed, But no-
thinge pformed so greatly henchley beareth him selfe of his place He therefore 20
most humblie besecheth yor honor to extende yor Lordships releefe herein to yor
sup : as to yor ho8 : wisdome shall seeme good and most agreeinge wth equitie /
And he shall ever praie that yor ho : maie most honorablie happelie long live /
[endorsed :]
The Coppie as followeth /
The humble peticon of Richard Toppin 25
Henchley yo11 are to satisfie this Petitioner in what shalbe due vnto him, or
otherwise he is to' take his remedie by Course of lawe against yo11. Courte this
29th of Januarie 1 597
G. Hunsdon /
[2. her, C. his. 13. father [ ( ] oj. 23. honorablie [and] happeliel\
ARTICLE 23.
[Answer by Philip Henslowe to the above, I598(?) There are two copies extant, one a
rough draft in the hand of Philip Henslowe in which certain forged additions appear, the other
a contemporary fair copy without the additions. The following is from the latter. Printed,
Alleyn Memoirs, p. 45, from the rough draft; Ingleby, Was Thomas Lodge an Actor f, 1868,
from the fair copy.]
To the righte honnorable my very good Lorde
The Lorde Hunsdon, Lorde Chamberlen : /
Whereas right honnorable, one Richard Toppin did of late prferr vnto yor honnor
a petic5n againste me, Suggestinge therin divers vntruthes to the intent to
bringe yor Lpp : into some harde conceipt of me ; The truth is right honnorable, 5
that one Lodge beinge about a yeare nowe paste arrested, wthin ye Libertie
of the Clincke (where J am a dweller) at ye sute of yc said Toppin vppon an
accSn of debte, and havinge of me some knowledge and acquaintaunce requested
me to be his bayle : Before any issue there tried Lodge removed ye accon by
heas Corpus to the Kingf Benche, and there (by the acceptaunce of ye Judge) 10
put in newe bayle Toppin mislikinge that baile pcured a Procedendo to trie ye
MS. I. 24] 47
accon in ye Clinck, where yt first began. And there hath pceaded onlie of
purpose to lay the Execution on me : Nowe for soe much as J am aduised by my
Councell that by reason of the acceptaunce of ye newe bayle vppon ye heas
Corpus J am clere in lawe, and yk ye debte (if there be any) noe way concrneth 1 5
me, J have byn vnwillinge from tyme to tyme (J must needf confesse) to yealde
satisfaccon wthout lawfull compulc5n as any man ells woulde in like case, By
meanes whereof Toppin hath made sundrie formr Complaint^ to yor late honnor-
able father, and ye late Lord Cobham • before whome in this like reasonable
manner J made my excuse But where Toppin affirmeth that Lodge hath lefte 20
sufficient in my handf to pay ye debte, and y* J have willfullie refused to satisfie
ye same, wth prtence to put him to chardge & trouble, And y* therfore ye Lo :
Cobham did enioyne me either to pay ye debte, or bringe forth Lodge : My good
Lo : theis informacons are in all pointf most vntrue, onlie this was don, ffor that
Toppin suggested y* J was privie to ye place of Lodge his beinge (wch was alsoe 25
vntrue) The Lo : Cobham enioyed me to doe my endevour to attache him, and
to y* ende gave me his Lppf warrant, wch accordinglie J put in Execution, but by
noe meanes coulde attaine to him, for that he is (as J heare) passed beyonnde ye
seas, and more then this his Lpp : did not enioyne me vnto : Neverthelesse if yt
please yor Lpp : to order ye cause albeit J never had nor am like to have any 30
manner of restitucSn J shalbe content to submitt my self to yor honno™ Judge-
ment, wth hope of yor ho : favorable consideracSn of ye mittigacon of ye Exe-
cution, wch being privylie recovered is broughte to xij11 and odd money, The debte
beinge merely vij11 and noe more, Soe that there is aboue v11 awarded • besidf the
debte * And thus J reste in all dutye : / 35
Yor honnors moste humble
Phillipp Henslowe : /
[endorsed :]
The aunswere of Phillipp Henslowe to the Complainte of Richarde Toppin : /
ARTICLE 24.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, 26 September 1598. Autograph with some
sketches and scribble on the outer leaf. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 50.]
ssonne Edward alleyn J haue 1^7 your leatter the woh you sent vnto me by the
careyer wher in J vnderstand of both your good healthes wch J praye to god to
contenew and forther J vnderstand you haue considered of the wordes wch you and
J had betwen vs concernynge the beargarden & acordinge to your wordes you
and J and all over frendes shall haue as mvch as we cane do to bring yt vnto a
1.24. See below, MS. II. i.
48 [MS. I. 24
good eand therfore J wold willingeley that you weare at the bancate for then
wth our losse J shold be the meryer therfore yf you thincke as J thinck yt weare
fytte that we weare both her to do what we mowgh[t] & not as two frends but
as two Joyned in one therfor ned J love not to mack many great glosses &
protestaciones to you as others do but as a poor frend you shall comande me as 10
J hoope J shall do you therfore J desyer Rather to haue you1" company & your
wiffes then your leatters for ower laste talke wch we had abowte mr pascalle assure
you J do not for geatte now to leat you vnderstand newes J will teall you some
but yt is for me harde & heavey sence you weare wth me J haue loste one of my
company wch hurteth me greatley that is gabrell for he is slayen in hogesden 1 5
fylldes by the hands of benge[men] Jonson bricklayer therfore J wold fayne haue
alittell of you1" cownsell yf J cowld thus wth hartie comcndations to you & my
dawghter & lyckwise to all the Reast of our frends J eande from london the 26 of
septembj 1598
You1' assured frend 20
to my power
Phillippe Hcnlowe
[addressed :]
To my welbeloued ssonne mr Edward alleyne at mr arthure langworthes at the
brille in susex giue this
[5. over, i. e. our. 11-12. your wiffes. C. good wisses. 22. Hen\s\lowe.
Art. 25 is a bond from Richard Bradshawe and others to William Bird, for payment of 50?.,
dated 10 October 1598, with a note, dated 8 January 1604/5, by the same William Bird 'of
Hogsdon' of a debt to Edward Alleyn of icxr., with power to recover the same upon the bond.]
7. ivth our losse. Henslowe may possibly mean ' in spite of our loss,' but more probably our
is a slip for out.
12. William Paschall, gentleman sewer to the Queen and an officer of the Lord Chamberlain,
as appears from Henslowe's Diary (90 and 90V).
15. Gabriel Spenser, Admiral's man in Oct. 1597, last mentioned in the Diary on 19 May 1598
(42 24). Collier (Actors, p. xxii) quotes from the register of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch : ' 1598.
Gabriel Spenser, being slayne, was buryed the xxiiijth of Septemb.' Drummond recorded of
Jonson in his Conversations (Shak. Soc. 1842, p. 18) that he was taken from school ' and put to ane
other craft (I think was to be a wright or bricklayer), which he could not endure ' ; also that
' since his comming to England, being appealed to the fields, he had killed his adversarie, which
had hurt him in the arme, and whose sword was 10 inches longer than his ; for the which he
was emprissoned, and almost at the gallowes.' From the Middlesex Session Rolls it appears
that Jonson killed Spenser on 22 Sept. in the Fields by Shoreditch with a three-shilling rapier,
was tried at the Old Bailey and convicted on his own confession of felonious homicide, pleaded
clergy and was branded with the Tyburn T on his left thumb (Athenceum, 6 Mar. 1886).
15. hogesden, i. e. Hoxton by Shoreditch.
23. See below, MS. II. 2.
I. 25. Bradshaw is described as Spenser's 'man' in 1598, and as 'player' in 1600-1 in
Henslowe's Diary (42 25 and 85). *
MS. I. 27] 49
ARTICLE 26.
[Robert Shaa to Philip Henslowe, 8 November 1599. Autograph. The date is fixed by
Wilson's acquittance in Henslow's Diary (65 25) for £8 for the second part of Henry Richmond,
to which play the scenes indicated evidently belonged. They were identified by Warner,
Collier having suggested Jonson's Richard Crookback. Printed, Malone, xxi, p. 392 ; Alleyn
Papers, p. 24 ; Warner, p. 16 ; and in part Alleyn Memoirs, p. 122.]
mr Henshlowe we haue heard their booke and lyke yt their pryce is eight
poundf, wch J pray pay now to mr wilson, according to our promysse, J would
haue Come my selfe, but that J ame trobled wth a seytation.
yors Robt Shaa
[on the back]
1. See Wm Wor : & Ansell & to them ye plowghmen 5
2. See : Richard Q. & Eliza : Catesbie, Louell, Rice ap Tho : Blunt, Banester
3. See: Ansell Dauye Denys Hen : Oxf: Courtney Bourchier & Grace
to them Rice ap Tho : & his Soldiers
4. See : Mitton Ban : his wyfe & children
5. See : K Rich : Catesb : Louell. Norf. Northumb : Percye 10
[6. C. and Q. Eliza. 7. Dauye. C. Daugr (in Memoirs, omitted in Papers). 9. C. Miltonl\
ARTICLE 27.
[Warrant from Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, for the building of the Fortune, dated
12 January 1559/1600. Signature autograph and seal of arms. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 55.]
Weareas my Servant Edward Allen • in respect of the dangerous decaye of
that Howse wch he and his Companye haue nowe, on the Banck, And for that the
same standeth verie noysome for resorte of people in the wynter tyme) Hath
thearfore nowe of late, taken a plott of grounde neere Redcrossestreete Ion don.
(verie fitt and convenient) for the buildinge, of a new Howse theare, and hath 5
prouided Tymber and other necessaries for theffectinge theareof • to his greate
chardge : fforasmuche as the place ' standeth verie convenient, for the ease of
People, And that her Matie. (in respect • of the acceptable Service, wch my saide
Servant and his Companie * haue doen and presented before her Highenes to her
I. 26. 2. Robert Wilson appears in the Diary as a playwright from Mar. 1598 to Jan. 1600.
4. Robert Shaa, as he always wrote his own name, or Shaw, as others wrote it for him, was
with the Admiral's men from Aug. 1597 to the beginning of 1600, and frequently appears in the
Diary.
I. 27. 2. The Rose. In a letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Mayor, 22 June 1600,
it is the Curtain theatre in Shoreditch, not the Rose on the Bankside, which Alleyn's new house
is said to be intended to replace (Index to the Remembrancia, p. 354)- [-W.]
4. Redcross Street is the southern continuation of Golden Lane, between which and (Upper)
Whitecross Street the Fortune was situated.
H. P. H
50 [MS. I. 27
greate likeinge and Contentm* ; aswell this last Christmas as att sondrie other 10
tymes) ys gratiouslie moued toward^ them ' wth a speciall regarde of fauor in their
proceeding^1 : Theis shalbe thearefore to praie and requier you • and everie of you •
To permitt and suffer my saide Servant to proceede in theffectinge and finishinge
of the saide New howse, wthout anie yor lett or molestation • towardf him or any
of his woorkmen • And soe not doubtinge of yor observacon in this behalf • J 15
bidd you right hartelie farewell • att the Courte • at Richmond • the xijth of Januarye •
1599
Notingham
To all & euery her mats Justices & other Ministers • and Officers • wthin the
Countye of Midds • & to euery of them • And to all others whome it shall 20
Concerne :
[2.
ARTICLE 28.
[Address of the Inhabitants of Finsbury to the Privy Council, undated but no doubt
contemporary with Art. 27. Signatures and marks autograph. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs,
P- 58.]
To ye righte honorable the Lordes and others
of her mats most honorable privie Councell :
In all humblenes • wee the Jnhabitantf of ye Lordshipp of • ffynisburye • wthin
the parrishe of S* Gyles wthout Creplegate London) doe certifie vnto yor honnors •
That wheare the Servant^ of the right honorable Earle of Nottingham • haue 5
latelie gone aboute to erect and sett vpp • a newe Playehowse • wthin the said Lp :)
Wee could be contented, that the same might proceede • and be Tollerated (Soe
it stande wth yor honnors pleasuers) ffor the reasons and Causes followeinge /.
First because the Place • appoynted oute for that purpose Standeth very toller-
able • neere vnto the ffeildes, and soe farr distant and remote frome any person 10
or Place of accompt • As that none cann be Annoyed thearbie :
Secondlie because the Erectors of the saied howse, are contented to give a
very liberall porcon of money weekelie, towardf ye releef of our Poore, The
nomber & necessity whereof, is soe greate that the same will redounde to ye
contynuall comfort of ye saied Poore : 1 5
10. The Admiral's men had performed at court on 27 Dec. 1599 and i Jan. 1600 (Fleay,
Stage, p. 122). One of the plays acted was no doubt Old Fortunatus, for writing a new ending
to which 'for the corte,' Dekker received 40^. on 12 Dec. (Diary, 66V i)
MS. I. 29] 51
Thirdlie and lastlie wee are the rather Contented to accept this meanes of
releif of or Poore, because our Parrishe is not able to releeue them • neither hath
the Justices of the Sheire taken any order, for any Supplie oute of ye Countrye,
As is enioyned by ye late Acte of Parliamte : /
hary stapelforde
Thomas Reade
Anthonie marlowe
william baylle
willfn W G Garruld
Nycolas sherman
Thomas stapullford
Martyn W ff fforde
Stephen <$? Abbott
Nicholas R Russell
John ^{7 Johnson
Thomas whelple
Richard Lewes
20
William VB Browne Constable Edward Gateward
William Hewlett John Remys
Roger Wild
Richard goode
George Garland overseir for or poore 25
John Webbe
John Kitchens overseer for or poore
Awsten A G Garland
Roger : osborne.
O Nicholas Warden 30
Thomas T Gibbes
Thomas A Nicholle
[endorsed :]
The Certificate of ye Jnhabitantf of ye Lp : of ffynisburye of theire Consent to
the Tollerac5n of the Erection of a newe Plaiehowse theare : /
[3. [ ( ] wfhin. 5. That [ ( ] ivheare. 28. A G and 29. R, readings doubtful.]
ARTICLE 29.
[Warrant from the Privy Council for the building of the Fortune, dated 8 April 1600.
With autograph signatures and the Council seal bearing the letters S S C. Printed, Alley n
Memoirs, p. 57.]
After our hartie comendacons • Whereas • her Matie. (haveinge been well
pleased heeretofere • at tymes of recreacon • wth the services of Edward Allen and
his Companie ; Servantf to me the Earle of Nottingham • wheareof, of late he
hath made discontynuance •) Hath sondrye tymes signified her pleasuer, that he
should revive the same agayne : fforasmuche as he hath bestowed a greate some
of money, not onelie for the Title of a plott of grounde, scituat in a verie remote
and exempt place neere Goulding lane, theare to erect a newe house • but alsoe
is in good forwardnes • aboute the frame and woorkmanshipp theareof • The
conveniencie of wch place ' for that purpose ys testified vnto vs ; vnder the handes
I. 29. 3-4. This phrase is odd. There is nothing whatever in the Diary to suggest that
there had been any cessation of activity at' the Rose at this date, while, as we have seen above,
the company had performed at Court both at Christmas and New Year.
52 [MS. I. 29
of manie of the Jnhabitantf of the Libertie of fynisbury • wheare it is • and 10
recomended by some of the Justices them selves • Wee thearfore havinge informed
her Matle lykewise of the decaye of the house, wherein this Companye latelie
plaied ' scituate vppon the Bancke • verie noysome, for the resorte of people in the
wynter tyme • haue receaued order to requier yo11 • to Tollerate the proceedinge of
the saide New howse neere Goulding lane • And doe heerbye requier you • and 15
everie of yo11 • To permitt and suffer the said Edward Allen to proceede in
theffectinge and finishinge ' of the same Newe howse, wthout anie yor lett or
interrupcon, toward^ him, or anye of his woorkmen • the rather because an other
howse is pulled downe, in steade of yt • And soe not doubtinge of yor conformitye
heerin • wee comitt yo11 to God, frome the Courte at Richmond the viijth of 20
Aprill 1600.
Yor lovinge frendes
Notingham
G Hunsdon
Ro : Cecyll 25
To ye Justices of Peace of y° Countye of Midds especially of S* Gyles • wthout
Creplegate • And to all others • whome it shall Concerne.
ARTICLE 30.
[Inventory of theatrical apparel in the hand of Edward Alleyn, with forged additions ;
c. 1590-1600. It may be reasonably conjectured that the date of this inventory is the same as
that of Henslowe's, printed as Apx. II. 2, namely Mar. 1598. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs^ p. 19 ;
Warner, p. 18.]
Clokes
1 A scarlett cloke w* ij brode gould laces : w* gould buttens of the sam downe
the sids for Leir
2 A black velvett cloke
3 A scarlett cloke layd downe w* silver lace and silver buttens 5
4 A short velvett cap clok embroydered w* gould and gould spangles
5 A watshod sattin clok w* v gould laces
6 A purpell sattin welted w* velvett and silver twist Romeos
7 A black tufted cloke cloke
8 A damask cloke garded cloke garded w* velvett 10
9 A longe blak tafata cloke
18-9. It is not clear what the 'other howse' was. The most obvious suggestion is that the
Rose was intended to be demolished, but it is not known to have been. Otherwise the
Curtain may be meant (cf. Art. 27, 1. 2). But this also remained. It is also possible that the
allusion is to the Theatre which had been pulled down in 1598. But this was replaced by the
Globe.
MS. I. 30] S3
10 A colored bugell for a boye
1 1 A scarlett w* buttens of gould fact w* blew velvett
12 A scarlett fact w* blak velvett
1 3 A stamell cloke w* gould lace 1 5
14 blak bugell cloke
Gownes
1 hary ye viii gowne
2 the blak velvett gowne w* wight fure
3 A crimosin Robe strypt w* gould fact w* ermin 20
4 on of wrought cloth of gould
5 on of red silk w* gould butens
6 a cardinalls gowne
7 wemens gowns
8 9 i blak velvett embroyder w* gould 25
10 i cloth of gould candish his stuf
1 1 i blak velvett lact and drawne out w1 wight sarsnett
12 A black silk wfc red flush
1 3 A cloth of silver for parr
14 a yelow silk gowne 30
15 a red silk gowne
1 6 angels silk
17 ij blew calico gowns
Antik sutes
1 a cote of crimosen velvett cutt in payns and embroydird w* gould 35
2 i cloth of gould cote w* grene bases
3 i cloth of gould cote w* oraing tawny bases
4 i cloth of silver cott w1 blewe silk & tuisell bases
5 i blew damask cote the moro in Venus
6 a red velvett horsmans cote 40
7 A yelow tafata ps
1.30. 15. stamell, 'a kind of fine worsted.' Halliwell, Arch. Die.
26. Candish is, I suppose, a man's name, but I can throw no light upon his identity. It is a
form of Cavendish. Cf. below, 1. 74.
27. Sarsnet or sarsenet is 'a thin, slight kind of silk.' Halliwell, Arch. Die.
28. I suppose, red facing ; or can it mean shot with red ?
29. par*. Perhaps W. Parr who acted in i Tamar Cam, 1602 (cf. Apx. II. 7).
35. Panes were ' Strips made by cutting or slashing a garment longitudinally for ornamental
purposes ; e. g. to show the fine stuff with which it was lined, or of which an undergarment was
composed.' N. E. D.
36. A base was ' A plaited skirt, of cloth, velvet, or rich brocade, appended to the doublet,
and reaching from the waist to the knee, common in the Tudor period.' N. E. D.
54 [MS. I. 30
8 cloth of gould horsmans cote
9 cloth of bodkin hormans cote
10 orayng tany horsman8 cot of cloth lact
1 1 daniels gowne 45
12 blew embroyderd bases
13 will somers cote
14 wight embroydr bases
1 5 gilt lether cot
1 6 17 ii hedtirs sett w* stons 5°
Jerkings and Dublets
1 A crymosin velvett pes w* gould buttens & lace
2 a crymasin sattin case lact w* gould lace all over
3 A velvett dublett cut dimond lact w* gould lace and spang8
4 A dublett of blak velvett cut on sillver tinsell 5 5
5 A ginger colored dublett
6 i wight sattin cute on wight
7 blak velvett w* gould lace
8 green velvett
9 blak tafata cut on blak velvett lacte w* bugell 60
10 blak velvett playne
1 1 ould wight sattin
12 red velvett for a boy
1 3 A carnation velvett lacte w* silver
14 A yelow spangled case 65
1 5 red velvett w* blew sattin sieves & case
1 6 cloth of silver Jerkin
17 faustus Jerkin his clok
fren chose
1 blew velvett embrd w* gould paynes blew sattin scalin 70
2 silver payns lact w* carnation salins lact over w* silver
3 the guises
43. Cloth of Baudekin (i. e. Baldacco = Baghda'd), ' A rich embroidered stuff, originally made
with warp of gold thread and woof of silk ; later, with wider application, rich brocade, rich shot
silk.' N.E.D.
47. Will Sommer, Henry VI IPs fool. See the Admiral's men's Inventories below (Apx.
I. i. 1. 25).
53. A 'case' was an outer garment.
— -J 68. Faustus' jerkin, and his cloak (cf. Apx. I. i.).
L/
MS. I. 31] 55
4 Rich payns w* long stokins
5 gould payns wl blak stript scalings of canish
6 gould payns w* velvett scalings 75
7 gould payns w* red strypt scaling
8 blak bugell
9 red payns for a boy wi yelo scalins
10 pryams hoes in Dido
1 1 spangled hoes for Pericles 80
Venetians
1 A purpell velvett cut in dimonds lact & spangels
2 red velved lact w* gould Spanish
3 A purpell vellvett emproydered w* silver cut on tinsell
4 green velvett lact w* gould Spanish 85
5 blake vellvett
6 cloth of silver
7 gren strypt sattin
8 cloth of gould for a boye
[The following items are crossed off: — Cloaks, 2, 4; Gowns, i, 6, 10, 16 ; Jerkins, 3; French
hose, 4 ; Venetians, i, 3. The forged additions are printed in Clarendon type. 9. cloke
cloke, sic. 10. cloke garded cloke garded, sic. 39. moro, altered to more by the forger.
41. ps, i. e. piece (?), cf. 1. 52. 43. hor\s&\mans. 50. hedtirs, i. e. head-tires. 69. frenchose,
i. e. French hose. 71. s[c\ftlins. 84. emproydered, sic.]
ARTICLE 31.
[Robert Shaa to Philip Henslowe, 14 June 1600. Autograph. The date is fixed by the
record of the payment of 44.9. for Fair Constance in Henslowe's Diary (69V 15). On the verso
appear some figures, the name ' Robarte wilsone ' and a drawing of a dog. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 394 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 26.]
J pray you mr Henshlowe deliuer vnto the bringer hereof the some of fyue
& fifty shillinges to make the 3" — fyue shilling^ wch they receaued before, full six
poundf in full payment of their booke Called the fayre Constance of Roome.
79. Priam's hose, probably for the play of Troy acted by the Admiral's men 22 June 1596
(Diary, 21V 22), perhaps Heywood's Iron Age. Collier's forgery is hardly happy, since Priam
was dead before the action of Dido opens.
81. 'Venetians. A kind of hose or breeches made to come below the garters.' Halliwell,
Arch. Die.
I. 31. 3. The authors mentioned as receiving payment for this play in the Diary (69V) are
Dekker, Drayton, Hathway and Munday ; there were therefore no less than five playwrights
concerned-
56 [MS. I.3i
whereof J pray you reserue for me mr willsons whole share wch is xj8. wch J to
supply his neede deliuered him yesternight. 5
yor lovinge ffreind Robt Shaa.
ARTICLE 32.
[Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe, 4 April 1601. Autograph. See Diary, 86 18.
Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 391 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 23.]
Mr hinchloe J haue harde fyue shetes of a playe of the Conqueste of the
Jndes & J dow not doute but Jt wyll be a verye good playe tharefore J praye
ye delyuer them fortye shyllynges Jn earneste of Jt & take the papers Jnto yor
one hands & on easter cue thaye promyse to make an ende of all the reste '.
Samuell 5
[note in Henslowe's hand :] Rowlve
lent the 4 of aprell
1 60 1 — xxxx8
ARTICLE 33.
[Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe, April 1601 (?) Autograph. The latest entry 01 a pay-
ment for the Conquest oj Spain by John of Gaunt is dated 16 April 1601 (Diary, 86V i).
Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 393 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 22.]
Mr hynchlo J praye ye let mr hathwaye haue his papars agayne of the playe
of John a gante & for the Repayement of the monye backagayne he Js contente
to gyue ye a byll of his hande to be payde at some cartayne tyme as Jn yor
dyscressyon yow shall thinke good 1 \vch done ye may crose Jt oute of yor boouke
& keepe the byll '. or else wele stande so muche indetted to yow & kepe the byll 5
or selues
Samuell Rowlye
ARTICLE 34.
[Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe, 8 June 1601. Autograph. See Diary, 87V 26.
Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 392 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 23.]
M1' hynchlye J praye ye dow so muche for vs Jf Jhon Daye & wyll houghton haue
I. 32. 1-2. A play by Day, Haughton and Smith, for which payments amounting in all to
£6. 15. are recorded (Diary, 86-93). See also below Art. 35.
5-6. Samuel Rowley, one of the Admiral's men, appears constantly in the Diary, from Aug.
1597 to Nov. 1602.
I. 33. 2. Payments for this play to Hathway and Rankins amounting to £i. 19. are
recorded in the Diary (86-86v) between 24 Mar. and 16 Apr. 1601.
I. 34. The only play this can refer to is the Six Yeomen of the West for which Day and
Haughton received ^3. 10. in part payment on 20 May and 4 and 6 June 1601, followed by a
final payment of 30^. on 8 June (Diary, 87-87v).
MS. I. 35] 57
reseved but thre pounde ten shyllynges as to delyver them thurtye shyllynges
more & take thare papers
yors to comande
Samuell Rowlye 5
ARTICLE 35.
[Samuel Rowley to Philip Henslowe, 4 June 1601 (?). Autograph, with note and copy of
verses in the hand of John Day. The payment mentioned in Art. 34 was the full and final one
for the Si.v Yeomen ; the present letter must therefore be earlier. The ' rest due ' would probably
mean due up to date for papers delivered, possibly the first three acts. It implies, however,
that it was not the first payment, 20 May. The next on 4 June, for £2, is entered as paid to Day,
but it may have been at his appointment, and this may have been his share only, for two days
later there is a payment to Haughton of 15^. See Diary, 87 and 87V. The verses by Day are in
a minute and almost illegible scrawl. I have followed Warner's transcript with few alterations,
but I think he would be ready to admit that some of the readings are open to question, while
the spelling throughout is largely a matter of conjecture. The words enclosed in square brackets
below are struck out in the original, and those printed in italic are interlined. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 392 (without the verses) ; Alleyn Papers, p. 23 ; Warner, p. 23.]
Mr henchloe J praye ye delyver the Reste of the Monye to John daye & wyll
hawton dew to them of the syx yemen of the weste
Samuell
Rowlye
[note in Day's hand :]
J have occasion to be absent about the plott of the Jndyes therfre pray delyver 5
it to will hamton sadler
by me John Daye
[on the verso, in Day's hand :]
brother they were too nebers of our state
yet both infected wth a strong disease
& mortal sicknes proud ambytion 10
wch being ranck & villanously neare
had they not been prevented might have proved
fatall & dangerouse then synce [proud] scornfull death
hath like a skillfull artist cured that feare
wch might have proved so hurtefull to or selves 15
I. 35. 5. For the Conquest of the West Indies see above, Art. 32. Day was still engaged
upon it in the following September.
8. Lines spoken apparently by Henry, Prince of Wales, to his brother, John of Lancaster,
over the dead body of Hotspur ; cf. Shakespeare, I Henry IV, V. iv. There is a difficulty,
however, with regard to the second of the ' two neighbours of our state,' since the Earl of
Worcester, who would seem to be intended, was not killed in the battle of Shrewsbury, but was
executed afterwards. [-W.] The lines do not appear to belong to any play of Day's mentioned
in the Diary.
H. P. I
58 [MS. I. 35
lets [hear them hence] vs Commit in sad and mournfull sound
there worthes to fame there bodyes to the ground
for the [brave] dead percy bore a gallant mynd
Jngland has my prayers left behind
[5. therf\o\re. 6. M. Will Haughton. C. Will Hunt, the Pedler. 11. villanously
neare, doubtful. 16. sad and mournfull sound, very doubtful. The following readings of C.
will illustrate the difficulty of deciphering the hand : — Brother, they would be rulers of our
state . . . proud abylitie Which being vast, and almost measureless . . . since their death , . .
Lets to the Court instead, and after send Their wretched wifes — their bodies to the grave; For
the dead Percy had a gallant band, And glad has my pursuers left behinde.]
ARTICLE 36.
[Robert Shaa to Philip Henslowe, 7 January 1601/2. Autograph. See Diary, 96 11.
Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 393 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 25.]
J pray you mr Henshlowe deliuer in behalfe of the Company, vnto the fifty
shillingf wch they receaud the other day, three poundf & tenn shilling^ more,
in full payment of six poundf the pryce of their play Called to good to be true.
yors Robt Shaa.
ARTICLE 37.
[Acquittance from William Playstowe to Philip Henslowe for £3, 4 August 1602. Autograph.
Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 395.]
Receved of mr Henslowe the iiijth of Agust 1602"!
for one monthes pay due vnto my mr mr Edmund I. ..n
Tylney vppon the xxxjth day of July last pastj
the som of iij11 J say R/ J
p mei Will Playstowe
bookes owinge for /5/
baxsters tragedy
I. 36. 3. A play by Chettle, Hathway, and Smith. The payments recorded in the Diary,
14 Nov. 1601, and 6-7 Jan. 1602 (95v-96), amount to ,£6. 5. ; Chettle having received a
preliminary advance of $s.
I. 37. 1-5. Several similar monthly quittances appear in the Diary, signed by Plaistowe
or other deputies of Edmund Tilney, Master of the Revels (e. g. 81V, 82, 83V, 100, 101).
6. Books on which the "js. for licence had not been paid to the Master of the Revels.
Various notes of payments for such licences appear in the Diary from Jan. 1598 to Sept. 1601.
7. Warner identifies this with Day's Bristow Tragedy, which is possible though hardly likely.
We find 'one Baxter' mentioned as a member of Henslowe's company (Art. 106. 1. 24) c. 1615,
who may plausibly be identified with the William Backsted or Barksted of Art. 107 (1615) and
Mun. 47 (1611) and with the member of the Queen's Revels who acted together with Field in
Jonson's Epicoene in 1609. Barksted's name appears as author on the title-page of some copies
of Marston's Insatiate Countess, which Fleay thinks was acted by the Lady Elizabeth's men
MS. I. 38] 59
Tobias Comedy
Jepha Judg of Jsrael & the Cardinall
loue parts frendshipp 10
[9. A modern hand, apparently Malone's, has added the note : ' Probably Cardinal Wolsey.']
ARTICLE 38.
[Joan Alleyn to Edward Alleyn, her husband, 21 October 1603. The postscript is partly lost
owing to the decay of the paper at the bottom of the sheet. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 62,
with spurious interpolations in the postscript. For this latter see Warner, p. 25.]
Jhesus
My Jntyre & welbeloved sweete harte still it Joyes me & longe J pray god
may J Joye to heare of yor healthe & welfare as you of ours Allmighty god be
thancked my owne selfe yor selfe, & my mother & whole house are in good healthe
& about vs the sycknes dothe Cease, & likely more & more by godf healpe to 5
Ceace. All the Companyes be Come hoame & well for ought we knowe, but
that Browne of the Boares head is dead & dyed very pore, he went not into the
(Henslowe's company c. 1613) 'whereunder we find mention of the present play as Baxter's or
Barksted's Tragedy.' He presumably means to refer to the present document, but the date of
this is at least ten years too early. Barksted can hardly have been more than twelve or thirteen
in 1602. His Mirrha was registered 12 Nov. 1607, and he was still one of the 'Children of
Her Majesties Revels,' in 1609. There was a Robert Baxter who was with the Chapel Children
in 1600. But the entry in question may refer to the title of some unrecorded play.
8. Tobias by Chettle, 27 June 1602 (Diary, 106V 21).
9. Jephthah by Dekker and Munday, 5 May 1602 (Diary, 105V 2 and 114 4).
The 'Remaynder of carnowlle wollsey' was licensed on 3 Sept. 1601, the present must there-
fore refer to Chettle's Rising of Cardinal Wolsey, evidently a fore-piece, 12 Nov. 1601, mended
15 May 1602 (Diary 93V 9, 94V 29, 105V 6).
10. Love Parts Friendship by Chettle and Smith, 4 May 1602 (Diary, 105 26).
I. 38. 1603 was a plague year, the total deaths amounting to 30,561. Mistress Alleyn's
pious anticipations were not quite realised, for the deaths from plague continued to be over forty
a week from 9 June to 22 Dec. They seem, however, to have been shared by the players
generally, since they had returned to town in anticipation of being able to reopen the houses.
7. Apparently not Robert Browne the actor (see below Art. 66). Perhaps the house meant
was the famous Boar's Head tavern in Eastcheap. Oxford's and Worcester's men were playing
there in 1602 (Index to the Remembrancia, p. 355). [-W.] There was a holding of the name on
the Bankside, lists of Henslowe's tenants in which are extant from 1604 onwards (Diary, 177V,
and MS. XVIII. 6). Before this, however, the leasehold appears to have been in the possession
of Alleyn (Mun. 1 1 1 and MS. VIII. f. 43 ; cf. Alleyn Papers, p. xvii, Warner, p. 256), and Browne
may have been one of his tenants. It would seem, however, that he belonged to some company.
He may possibly have been the Edward Browne, who belonged to Worcester's men in 1583,
appears in the Diary 25 Jan. 1600 (?) (20V 15), and is last mentioned in i Tamar Cam in 1602
(cf. Apx. II. i), and who was, therefore, with the Admiral's men. He must, however, have left
them, since all Alleyn's ' owne Company ' were well.
60 [MS. I. 38
Countrye at all. & all of yor owne Company ar well at theyr owne houses, my
father is at the Corte but wheare the Court ys J know not J am of your owne
mynde, that it is needles to meete my father at Basynge the Jncertayntye being 10
as it ys & J Cofhend your discreation Jt were a sore Journey to loase yor labour
besyd expenses & Change of Ayre rhighte hurte you therfore you are Resolved
vpon the best Course, for yor Cominge hoame J am not to advyse you neither
will J, vse yor owne discreation yet J longe & am very desyrous to see you, & my
poore & symple opinion is yf it shall please you you maye safely Come hoame, 15
heare is none now sycke neare vs, yet let it not be as J wyll but at yor owne best
lykynge, J am glad to heare you take delight in hauckinge, & thoughe you have
worne your appayrell to Rags the best ys you knowe wheare to have better, & as
wellcome to me shall you be wth yor rags as yf you were in Cloathe of gold or
velvet, trye & see. J have payd fyfty shillings for yor Rent for the warfe the 20
Lordes Rent. mr woodward my Lordf bayly was not in towne but poynted his
deputy who Receaved all the Rentes, J had witnesses wth me at the payment of
the money & have his quittance but the quyttance cost me a groat, they sayd it
was the baylives fee, you knowe best whether you were wont to paye it, yf not
they made a symple woman of me. you shall Receave a letter from the Joyner 25
hym selfe & a prynted bill. & so wth my humble & harty Comendations to yor
owne selfe m1' Chaloners & his wyfe wth thanckes for yor kynde vsage, wth my good
mothers kyndest Comendations wth the rest of yor houshould [ ] is well
but Can not speake J ende prayenge allmighty god s[ti]ll to blesse vs for his
mercyes sacke & so swete harte once more farwell till we meete vvch J hope shall 30
not be longe. this xxith of October [ij6o3
Abovte a weeke a goe ther[e cam]e a youthe who said he was
mr frauncis Chalo[ner]s man [and wou]ld have borrow|V]d xs to
have bought things for [hi]s M"[s ]t hym
Cominge wthout[ to] ken [ ]d 35
J would have[
[fjf J bene sue[
And inquire after the fellow & said he had lent hym a horse, J
feare me he gulled hym thoughe he gulled not vs, the youthe
9. The court appears to have been at Winchester on Oct. 18, but had removed to Wilton by
Oct. 25. The king had been at Basing, near Basingstoke, the seat of William Powlet, fourth
Marquis of Winchester, on 17 Aug. (Nichols, James /, i. pp. 291 and 252).
20-21. This property Alleyn held by assignment from Robert Bromfield, 28 Apr. 1601 (Mun.
122). For acquittances from Woodward, see MS. IV. 43 and 45. Cf. above Art. 12.
27. Probably Francis or Thomas Chaloner, of Kenwardes, in Lindfield, co. Sussex (Berry's
Sussex Genealogies, p. 345). [-W.] This does not account for the fragment of the address still
legible. Thomas Chaloner twice appears in the Diary in 1592 and 1595 (19 and 124).
MS. I. 39] 61
was a prety youthe & hansom in appayrell we know not what became 40
of hym. mr Bromffeild Cofhendf hym he was heare yesterdaye. nicke
& Jeames be well & Comend them so dothe mr Cooke & his weife
in the kyridest sorte & so once more in the hartiest manner
farwell.
yor faithfull & lovinge weife 45
[fragment of address still legible :] Joane Alleyne
]ex. [ ] Susse[
[10. Jncertayntye. C. enter lay nment. 28. Portions of some letters are still visible, possibly
h . . . die, but I cannot even guess what the missing word is. C. read he before is, wrongly.
29. god . . . for. C. god to blesse you for. 30. harte once more. C. harte noe more.
47. From certain traces of letters before and after the ex it is possible that the address ran
hex . hill Sussex.]
ARTICLE 39.
[Warrant from the Privy Council for the three authorised companies. Dated 9 April 1604.
Contemporary copy. Along the bottom edge of the paper is a forged list of the members of the
King's company. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 66; Halliwell, Illustrations, p. 115; see also
Malone, Inquiry, p, 215.]
After our hart^ie ]s to yor [Lo.] Wheras the kings matiea Plaiers have
given ty[ ] hyghnes good service in ther Quallitie of Playinge
and for as much Lickwise as they are at all times to be emploied Jn that Service
whensoever they shalbe Comaunded we thinke it therfore fitt the time of Lent
being now Passt that yor L doe Permitt and suffer the three Companies of 5
Plaiers to the King Queene and Prince publicklie to Exercise ther Plaies in ther
severall and vsuall howses for that Purpose and noe other vz The Globe scituate
in maiden lane on the Banckside in the Countie of Surrey, the fortun in Golding
Lane, and the Curtaine Jn Hollywell in the Cowntie of midlesex wthout any lett
or Jnterupption Jn respect of any former Lres of Prohibition heertofore written 10
by vs to yor Lo. Except there shall happen weeklie to die of the Plague Aboue
41. Robert Bromfield, cf. above 11. 20-1.
On 25 Dec. 1601, 14^. were paid for 'hosse for nycke to tvmbell in before the quen' (Diary,
95V 13). He was no doubt a boy belonging to the Admiral's men.
42. Perhaps James Bristow, the boy Henslowe bought of Augusten in 1597, and whose
wages were still being paid (or owing) to Henslowe from the Admiral's men in 1601 (Diary,
232 26, and 85V 32). R. Jones also had a 'boy' James in 1599 (Diary, 13V 10). See also
Apx. II. 4, 5, and 7.
I. 39. Warner states that Halliwell printed 'from another copy,' but this must be an error,
for Halliwell specifies 'a contemporary Transcript preserved at Dulwich' as his source, and the
lacunae in 11. i and 2 also appear in his reprint.
5-6. The King's Players were the former Chamberlain's men, the Queen's, Worcester's, and
the Prince's, the Admiral's or Nottingham's.
7-io. The Globe was used by the King's men, the Curtain by the Queen's, and the Fortune
by the Prince's ; the warrant has them in the wrong order.
62 [MS. I. 39
the Number of thirtie wthin the Cittie of London and the Liberties therof. Att
wch time we thinke it fitt they shall Cease and forbeare any further Publicklie to
Playe vntill the Sicknes be again decreaced to the saide Number, and so we bid
yor Lo. hartilie farewell ffrom the Court at whitehalle the ixth of Aprille 1604 15
Yor very Loving ffrends
Nottingham
Suffock
Gill Shrowsberie
Ed Worster 20
W '. Knowles
J ! Stanhopp
To or verie good L the Lord Maior of the Cittie of London and to the Justices
of the Peace of the Counties of Midlesex and Surrey
L. Maiore 25
ARTICLE 40.
[Warrant from the Duke of Lennox for his company, dated 13 October 1604. Signature
autograph and seal of arms. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 69.]
Sr J am given to vnderstand that you haue forbidden the Companye of Players
(that call themselues myne) the exercise of their Playes ; J praie yo11 to
forbeare any such course against them, and seeing they haue my License, to
suffer them to continue the vse of their Playes ; and vntill you receaue other
significacdn from me of them, to afforde them yor favoure and assistance. And 5
so J bidd yo11 hartely farewell, ffrom Hampton Courte the xiijth of October. 1604
Yor loving freende
Lenox
To all maiors Justeses of peas Shreefes Balifes Constabells and all other his
highnes officers and lofing subiects to whome it shall or may in any wise 10
appertale.
[addressed :]
To my loving freend mr Dale esqr & all other Justeses whatsoeuer
[Art. 41. Power of Attorney from Abraham Sauere, of Westminster, gent., to Francis
Hinchle, of Southwark, gent., to recover ^40 from John Garland, of 'the ould forde,' forfeited on
a bond ' for the deliuere of a warrant, which was mayd vnto me frome the gratious the duke of
Linox'; i March 1604/5.
I. 40. 8. Lodovick Stuart, second Duke of Lennox, created later Duke of Richmond. Of
his company which was a travelling one, and does not appear in London, nothing is known
beyond the present documents and the Diary.
I. 41. Savery and ' owld garlland' are mentioned in connection with Francis Henslowe
as Lennox' men in the Diary (100 20).
' ould forde,' on the River Lea, near Hackney Marsh
MS. I. 66] 63
Art. 42. Bond from Francis Henslowe, of London, gent., to Philip Henslowe, of St.
Saviour's, Southwark, esq., in ,£60 to observe articles of agreement ' betweene the said Frauncis
Henslowe and John Garland and Abraham Saverie his ffellowes, servantes to the most noble
Prince the duke of Lennox' ; 16 March, 2 James I, 1605.
Art. 45. Note by Abraham Sauere, of Westminster, gent., of a debt to ' Phillip Hinchle, of
the Banck Syde, gent.,' of 20.5-., payable on demand ; II March 1605/6.
Arts. 43, 44, 46, 53-65 deal with the tenure of the Fortune playhouse. They are summarised
above in connection with Mun. 37.
Arts. 47-52 deal with the local administration of the Liberty of the Clink.]
ARTICLE 66.
[Robert Browne to Edward Alleyn, Clerkenwell, n April 1612. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Papers, p. 51.]
Mr Alleyn J comend me hartely vnto yow '. J vnd'stand that Mr Rose is
entertayned amongst the princes men & meanes to stay & settell him self in
that company & to sett vp his rest & to do his best endevors onely in that
companye, his money is but small, but he hopes so to carry him selfe amongst
them that in time he will so beare him selfe that but according to his deserts they 5
will vse him, in the mene time he hath requested me to be solicitus for him to
yow (who he knowes can strike a greter stroke amongst them then this) as to
pcure him but a gathering place for his wife for he hath had many crosses, &
it wilbe some comfort & help to them both & he makes no dout but she shall
so carry her self in that place as they shall think it well bestowd by reason of 10
her vpright dealing in that nature, now sir if for my sake you will pcure it J will
not one acknoledg my self greatly beholding to yow but he also shall have reason
to pray for yor health & happy pceedings, he hath been an old servant of mine
allwayes honest trusty & trew & J would if J could do him eny good J can, &
now he meanes to apply him self onely in this cowrse. thus hoping yow will 1 5
show him what favor yow may J cease prayeng for yor helth as for mine owne,
Clarken well this 11 of Aprill 1612
yor loving ffrend
Robt Browne
[addressed :]
To his Assured ffrend Mr Edward Alleyne Esquier geve thes 20
[12. 0
I. 66. I. Nothing further is known of Rose.
8. The duty of a ' gatherer ' was the collecting the money either at the entrance or for the
various seats (cf. Art. 104). It appears that this office was sometimes performed by women,
but in the earlier days at any rate the gatherers must have been for the most part men, as they
appear as 'supers' in the extant 'plots' (see Apx. II. 3). It would appear from Art. 106, 1. 51,
that the number of gatherers was considerable.
19. As may be inferred from the letter itself, Browne was not a member of the Prince's
64 [MS. I. 67
ARTICLE 67.
[Charles Massye to Edward Alleyn, 1613 (?). The letter covers one side of the inner leaf
which is much decayed at the margin. On the back of the outer leaf are acquittances to Alleyn,
in his own hand, for payments on account of sea coal and bricks, dated 9 August 1613 and 30
July 1614. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs^ p. 109 ; Warner, p. 36.]
Emarivell
Ser J beseche your pardon in that J made boulde to wryte to you wordf con-
sernynge my selfe, and Jt may be distastfvll to you but nessessete hath no lawe,
and ther fore J ho[p]e the contra[ry]e Ser diverse ocasions before the prynses
d[ea]the a[n]d ma[nye] crosses sense hath brovght me in tow det a[nd J se]e 5
dange[r] wch if you woulde please to helpe [me ] shovld [ ] not-
withstandinge J ever shall reste e[ver t]o be c[omman]ded by [you] ne[ve]r
wovld J desire you shovld hasard the [losse of] one p[enny] by me, for ser J know
[you] vnd[er]stande th[at ther] is [the] composisions betwene ovre compenye that
if [any] one gi[ve] over wth consent of his fellowes, he is to r[ece]ve thr[ee] score 10
and ten povnd^ (antony Jefes hath had so mv[ch)] if any on dye his wi[dow] or
frendf whome he appoyntf it tow reseve fyfte povndf (mres pavie, and mres tovne
hath had the lyke) be sidf that lytt[ell] moete J have in the play hovsses, wch J
wovld willing[ly] pas over vnto you by dede of gifte or any covrse you [w]ovld
set dovne for your secvrete, and that you sho[vl]d be shvre J dow it not wth ovte 1 5
my wiffes consenn[te] she wilbe willinge set her hand to any thinge that myght
secvre it to to you, Ser fifte povndf wovld pay my detes, \vch for on hole twelve
month J would take vp and pay the intreste, and that J myght the better pay it
in at the yeares ende, J wovld get mr Jvbe to reseve my gallery mony, and my
qua[r]ter of the hovse mony for a yeare to pay it in wth all, and if in [six] 20
monthes J sawe the gallerye mony wovld not dow [then in] the other six
company. Warner conjectures that he 'may have belonged to the Red Bull Theatre, in St.
John Street, Clerkenwell.' According to the patent of 15 Apr. 1609, however, that house was
occupied by the Queene's men, whereas Browne is mentioned on 4 Jan. 1609-10 as one of the
patentees of the Queene's Revels, a children's company which seems to have acted at
Whitefriars. Between 1591/2 (cf. Art. 8) and 1610 the only mention of Browne is in a payment
to him on 1 8 Feb. 1600 on behalf of Derby's men for a performance at court (Fleay, Stage,
p. 122).
I. 67. 4-5. Henry, Prince of Wales, died of typhoid, 6 Nov. 1612.
9. ovre compenye, formerly the Admiral's and Prince's, now the Palsgrave's.
ir-12. Anthony Jeffes had been a member of the Admiral's company as early as 1597 ; he
probably retired soon after 1610. Agnes Towne was the wife of Thomas Towne who belonged
to the company as early as 1594/5, and died early in 1612 (cf. MS. II. 10). Mrs. Pavie must
have been the widow of the Pavy who appears in one of the fragmentary 'plots' (Apx. II. 6)
but of whom nothing further is known. He must, of course, not be confused with Salathiel
Pavy, the boy of the Queen's Chapel who died c. 1601.
19. Edward Juby joined the Admiral's men in 1597, and is last heard of as joint-lessee of
the Fortune in 1618.
MS. I. 68] 65
monthes he shovld reseve [my whole] share, only reservirige a marke a wek[e
to furnish] my hovse with all, the eyghtenth of this [month J have to] pay to mr
bankes thvrte povndf, and o[ther men also] other dettf J owe, if ether you
ser wo[vld advance] the monye, or any other whome you shall appoynt, for J 25
knowe wher you will you may, J shall ever reste your pore servant, to parforme
any ofifyse you shall comand me, ther is one mr mathvs at the bell in newgat
market, that six wekes agoe, did offer me fifte povndf for a twelfmonth gratis,
bvt he desird good secvrete, Ser J besech howsoeuer pardon me, in that bovldly
J have presvmed to wryt vnto you, thvs not daryinge to treble you any longer J 30
comyt you to god to home J will ever pray to blesse you,
ever to be comded by you
Charles massye
[addressed :]
To his worshipffvll good ffrende mr Edwarde Allen at his house at dvlledg
give these 35
[W. read a good deal that is now illegible. In C. the blanks are larger. I have supplied
the following readings by conjecture : — 1. 9, the ; 1. 23, to furnish ; 1. 24, men also. 6. ' to help
me now J shvld escape' (?). There may, however, be nothing lost after shovld. n. W. mvcJi)
and, if. 13. moete, i. e. moiety. 16. W. willinge \to~\ set. 17. W. it to you. 22. W. [all
my], but this would not fill the space, and part of the first stroke of the m is visible.
31. [vrtyome.]
ARTICLE 68.
[Nathan Field to Philip Henslowe, with notes from Robert Daborne and Philip Massinger,
i6i3(?). Each portion autograph. In an undated letter, which however evidently belongs to
this year, Art. 100, a play by Daborne and Field is promised for I August. The payment was
to be ^20, of which £10 were to be advanced. It also appears from Daborne's letter of 30
July, Art. 83, that he was then writing in collaboration. Apparently the £10 due on i August
is that mentioned as still due in the present letter. The agreement was probably made at the
end of June, for up till then Daborne was busy over the Machicwel and the Devil, and the
present letter therefore would probably fall early in July, for on 16 July Daborne received another
2os. so that there would no longer be £10 due. The fact that Massinger was also engaged
on the play helps to date Art. 76, from which we learn that dissension had arisen as to the
divisions of Daborne and Massinger's shares. See Fleay, Drama, i. p. 77. The Daborne
correspondence has also been reprinted from M alone and Collier by Swaen in Anglia (xx. pp.
155, etc.). I should be disposed to place Art. 100, 69, 68, in that order, between Art. 81 and 82 ;
and Art. 76, between Art. 83 and 84. Printed, Malone, iii. p. 337 ; Alleyn Memoirs, p. 120;
Gifford's Massinger, 1805, i. p. xv.]
Mr Hinchlow
you vnderstand or vnfortunate extremitie and J doe not thincke you so void of
33. Massye first appears as an Admiral's man in 1598, and was joint-lessee of the Fortune
in 1618 and again in 1622. From a bill in Chancery of 1637 (Art. 115) it appears that he died
before 6 Dec. 1635, leaving a widow, Elianor (Warner, p. 54).
H. P. K
66 [MS. I. 68
christianitie, but that you would throw so much money into the Thames as wee
request now of you ; rather then endanger so many innocent Hues ; you know
there is x1. more at least to be receaued of you, for the play, wee desire you to 5
lend vs v1. of that, wch shall be allowed to you w%out wch wee cannot be bayled,
nor J play any more till this be dispatch'd, it will loose you xx1. ere the end of
the next weeke, beside the hinderance of the n'ext new play, pray Sr. Consider
our Cases w*h humanitie, and now giue vs cause to acknowledge you our true
freind in time of neede ; wee haue entreated Mr. Dauison to deliver this note, as 10
well to wittnesse yor loue, as or promises, and allwayes acknowledgment to be
euer
yor most thanckfull ; and louing friends,
Nat: Field
The mony shall be abated out of the mony remayns for the play of mr ffletcher 1 5
& owrs
Rob: Daborne
J have ever founde yow a true lovinge freind to mee & in soe small a suite it
beeinge honest J hope yow will note faile vs.
Philip massinger 20
[addressed in Field's hand :]
To our most louing frend Mr. Phillip Hinchlow, Esquire these.
I. 68. 5. the play. This Mr. Fleay identifies, on grounds which are plausible enough,
though not altogether convincing, with the Honest Man's Fortune, acted in 1613, re-licensed in
1625, and printed in the Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.
14. Field, born in 1587, joined the Chapel Children in 1600, the Queen's Revels in 1610, was
a member of the Lady Elizabeth's company 1613-14 and of the King's company 1616-18 (Fleay,
Stage, p. 372). It was during his connection with the third of these companies that he came
into relation with Henslowe.
15. What Fletcher's connection with the transaction may have been, does not clearly appear,
but the obvious inference is that he shared in the collaboration. Fleay thinks that the burning
of the Globe on 29 June may have been the cause of his writing for another company.
17. Daborne was the author of two plays only which have come down to us. His Christian
turned Turk was printed in 1612, his Poor Man's Comfort in 1655. He was one of the
patentees of the Queen's Revels, 4 Jan. 1609/10. For a year his impecunious existence appears
in detail in the ensuing correspondence with Henslowe, and it will be seen that he was in
constant hope of bettering his position. Preferment came at last, and at some unknown date,
probably in the few years succeeding 1614, he took orders. He became Chancellor of
Waterford in 1619, Prebendary of Lismore in 1620, Dean of Lismore in 1621, and died 23 Mar.
1627/8. He probably belonged to the family of Daborne of Guildford (Warner, p. 38).
20. Massinger, the well-known dramatist, was born in 1583, and lived till 1640. His words
imply relations with Henslowe of some standing, but the present is the first extant record of
any connection between the two. Nor does their subsequent intercourse appear to have been
intimate, the bond of 4 July 1615 (Art. 102) being the only evidence that remains. He was,
however, acquainted with Alleyn, and together with Daborne witnessed certain documents
relating to lands at Dulwich (MS. XVIII. 8).
MS. I. 70] 67
[with acquittance in Davison's hand :]
Recd by mee Robert Dauison of mr Hinshloe for ye vse of mr Dauboern mr
ffeeld m1' messenger the some of v1
Robert Dauison
ARTICLE 69.
[Nathan Field to Philip Henslowe, 1613 (?). Autograph. This may have preceded and may
refer to the same occasion as Art. 68, but it is impossible to be certain. Printed, Alleyn Papers,
P- 65-]
Father Hinchlow
J am vnluckily taken on an execution of 30'. J Can be discharg'd for xx1, x1 J
haue from a freind, if now in my extremity you will venture x1 more for my
liberty, J will neuer share penny till you haue it againe, and make any satisfaction
by writing, or otherwise y* you Can deuise, J am loath to importune because J 5
know yor disbursments are great nor must any know J send to you for then my
Creditor will not free me, but for the whole some ; J pray speedily Consider my
occasion, for if J be putt to vse other meanes, J hope all men, and yor selfe w[i]ll
excuse me, if (inforcedly) J Cannot prooue so honest, as towards you, J euer
resolu'd to be 10
yor loving son Nat : Field
[endorsed in another hand :]
natte felldes letter
ARTICLE 70.
[Agreement between Philip Henslowe and Robert Daborne for the delivery of Machiavel
and the Devil in consideration of the payment of £20. Dated 17 April 1613. In Daborne's
hand. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 396 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 56.]
Memorandum tis agreed between phillip hinchlow Esq & Robert daborn
gent, y* ye sd Robert shall before ye end of this Easter Term deliver in his
Tragoedy cald matchavill & ye divill into ye hands of ye sd phillip for ye sum of
xxty pounds, six pounds whearof ye sd Robert aknowledgeth to hav receaved
in earnest of ye sayd play this 17th of Aprill & must hav other four pound vpon 5
delivery in of 3 acts, & other ten pound vpon delivery in of ye last scean pfited.
Jn witnes hearof the sd Robert daborn hearvnto hath set his hand this 17th of
Aprill 1613
me Rob : Daborne
I. 70. 2. The Easter Term ended on 31 May in 1613.
3. An old play called Machiavel had been acted ^by Strange's men 2 Mar. 1591/2
(Diary, 7 15).
68 [MS. I. 71
ARTICLE 71.
[Bond for the observance of the above agreement, 17 April 1613. Vellum.]
Noverint vniursi [Bond in £20 from Daborne to Henslowe, dated 17 April 1613
and signed :]
Robert Daborne
Sigillat et delibit
ad usii diet phillipi 5
Henslow in pntia mei
Edwardi Griffin Scr.
[on the back :]
The Condicon of this obligacon ys suche That if the wthin bounde Robert
daborne his executors or assignes doe deliuer vnto the wthin named Phillipe
henslowe his executors or assignes one playe called Machivell and the divell 10
vppon or before the last daie of Easter terme now next ensuinge the daie of the
date of theise prites wthin written, accordinge to a memoraindu or note made
vnder the hande of the saide Robert daborne of the daie of the date of theise
pritc wthin written, without fraude or Coven, That then this prsent obligacSn to
be voyde and of none effect, Or els to stande and be in full force and vertue. 1 5
ARTICLE 72.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 28 April 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi. p.
397 ; Alley n Papers, p. 57.]
Good mr Hinchlow I am vpon ye sodeyn put to a great extremity in bayling
my man comitted to newgate vpon taking a possession for me, & J took less
money of my kinsman a lawier y* was wth me then servd my turn J am thearfor
to beseech yu to spare me xxs which will doe me so great pleasure y* yu shall
find me thankfull & pforming more then ever J promisd or am tyed to so bold 5
vpon so great an occation to truble y" J crave y1' favorable interpretation & rest
25 Aprill ever at yr comaund
1613 Rob: Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
Lente mr daborne this money
wittnes 10
Hugh Attwell
I. 72. 11. For Hugh Attwell, the actor, see below, Art. 107.
MS. I. 74] 69
ARTICLE 73.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 3 May 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi. p.
398 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 59.]
mr Hinchlaw J am inforced to make bold with yu for one 2OS more of ye x1
& one ffryday night J will deliver in ye 3 acts fayr written and then receav ye other
40" & if y11 please to have some papers now yu shall but my promise shall be as
good as bond to yu & if y11 will let me have pvsall of any other book of yrs J
will after ffryday intend it speedyly & doubt not to giv yu full content so \vth 5
my best remembranc J rest
3 May at yr comaund
1613 Rob: Daborne
[note in a different hand :]
R?d the some of xxs of mr Hinchley to the vse of mr daborne the 3 of Maye
1613 by me Thomas Moro 10
ARTICLE 74.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 8 May 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 399 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 60.]
mr Hinchlow my trubles drawing to some end have forced me to be trublesom
to yu beyond my purpose bycause J would be free at any rate some papers
J have sent yu though not so fayr written all as J could wish ; J will now wholly
intend to finishe my promise which though it come not wthin compass of this
Term shall come vpon ye neck of this new play they ar now studijnge, my 5
request is the x1 might be made vp whear of J have had 91 if y11 please to
appoynt any howr to read to mr Allin J will not fayle, nor after this day
loose any time till it be concluded ; my best remembranc to yu J rest
8 May yrs
1613 Rob : Daborne 10
I. 73. This letter requires some explanation. Daborne was to have £4 on delivery of 3
acts and further ,£10 on completion of the play (Art. 70). He has not yet delivered the 3 acts,
but has already received an advance of 2os. (Art. 72). He now asks for a further advance of
2os. and will take the balance of 40^. when he delivers the 3 acts on Friday (7 May). The £10
mentioned in 1. i refers to the £6 paid on 17 Apr. (Art. 70), together with the £4 due on
completion of 3 acts.
4. By the ' book ' is no doubt meant, either an old play for revision, or some work upon
which a play could be founded.
I. 74. Daborne had not delivered the 3 acts on 7 May as promised (Art. 73), and now only
sends 'some papers.' He has had 2oj. more in the mean time, of which record is lost, and
now asks that the £10 be made up by the advance of a last 2os. He fears he cannot fulfil his
agreement to deliver the whole by the end of Term (Arts. 70 and 71) but it shall be finished by
the time the company is ready for it, and he is prepared to read to Alleyn what is so far written.
70 [MS. I. 74
[note in another hand :]
R?d the some of xxs of mr^
Hinchlowe, to the vse of mr j- xxs
Daborne 8° Maij pd . . J
Tho : Moro.
ARTICLE 75.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 16 May 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 399 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 60.]
mr Hinchlow, yr tried curtesy hath so far ingaged me yi howsoever this term
hath much hindred my busines, yu shall see one Tuesday night J have not bin
Jdle, J thank god moste of my trubles ar ended vpon cleering whearof J have
taken home my wife agayne soe y* J will now after munday intend yr busines
carefully y* the company shall acknowledg themselfs bound to yu J doubt not 5
one Tuesday night if yu will appoynt J will meet yu & mr Allin & read some for
J am vnwilling to read to ye generall company till all be finisht which vpon my
credit shall be to play it this next Term wth ye ffirst ; Sr my occations of expenc
have bin soe great & soe many J am ashamed to think how much J am forct
to press yu whearin J pray let me finde yr favorablest construction, & ad one 10
xxs more to ye mony J have receaved which maks xi1. and yu shall one Tuesday
see J will deserv to my best ability yr love which J valew more in it self then ye
best companies in ye town, so my self & labors resting at yr service J corhit y*
to god
1 6 May yrs to comand 15
1613 Rob : Daborne
[note in another hand :]
Receued by mr Garrett Leniaghe .... xxs
ARTICLE 76.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, undated. Autograph. I take this letter to refer
to the final payment for the play by Daborne, Field and Massinger mentioned in Art. 68,
which was to be delivered on i August. It was postponed to 5 August as appears from Art. 83.
The present letter would presumably be shortly after this. Monday is presumably 9 August.
The new play to be announced for Wednesday can hardly be that delivered the previous
Thursday : it may be the Machiavel and the Devil. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 401 ; Alleyn
Papers, 'p. 61.]
Sr J did think I deservd as much mony as mr messenger although knowinge
yr great disbursements J forbour to vrdge yu beyond yr own pleasure, but my
I. 75. 2. Tuesday, i. e. 18 May ; the letter was written on Sunday. The term is over but
the play is not yet finished. Whether the 3 acts had been delivered is not said ; probably they
had, for Daborne gets an advance of 20.9. of the final ,£10.
MS. I. 78] 71
occations press me so neerly y1 I cannot but expect this reasonable curtesy
consydcring J pay y11 half my earnings in the play besyds my continuall labor
& chardge imployd only for yu which if it prove not profitable now yu shall see 5
J will giv y11 honnest satisfaction for the vtmost farthinge J owe yow & take
another course, whearfore this being my last J beseech y11 way my great occation
this once and make vp my mony even wth mr messengers which is to let me have
xs more J am sure J shall deserv it & yu can never doe me a tymelyer curtesy
resting 10
at yr comaund
Rob : Daborne
J pray sr let ye boy giv order this night to the stage keep to set vp bills agst
munday for Eastward hoe & one wendsday the New play /
ARTICLE 77.
[Acquittance from Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, for £16. Dated 19 May 1613.
Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 400 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 57.]
Mem J have receavd of mr Hinchlaw the full som of sixteen pounds in pt
of twenty pounds due to me Robert daborne for my Tragoedy of matchavill &
ye divill J say receaved sixteen pounds this 19th of may as aforesayd Jn witnes
whearof J hearvnto hav sett my hand 1613 /
Rob : Daborne 5
This play to be delivered in to mr hinchlaw wth all speed
[witnessed with autograph signature :]
John Alleyn
ARTICLE 78.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 5 June 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 397 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 58.]
I. 76. 4. By ' my earnings in the play ' I suppose Daborne to be referring to some
benefits accruing to him as patentee of the Queen's Revels company. He does not appear to
have been an actor, and distinguishes between these ' earnings ' and his ' continuall labor ' as a
writer. He was evidently in Henslowe's debt and had engaged half his income from some
particular source.
14. Eastward Hoe was an old play by Chapman, Jonson and Marston, produced in the
winter of 1604-5 by the Queen's Revels children. It was printed in 1605.
I. 77. Daborne receives apparently another ^5 and gives an acquittance for the £16 paid
up to date.
7. Son of the John Alleyn, brother of Edward, who died in 1596. His signature, which
occurs several times as witness, closely resembles that of his uncle.
I. 78. The play is still unfinished, but two sheets more are delivered. Daborne asks for 40^.
but only gets 2os. A new play called the Arraignment of London has been arranged for, and
Daborne has commissioned Tourneur to write one act so as to hasten its composition. It
probably had some connection with the ' book' mentioned in Art. 73.
72 [MS. I. 78
Mr Hinchlow, the company told me yu wear expected thear yesterday to con-
clude about thear corning over or goinge to Oxford, J have not only labord
my own play which shall be ready before they come over but given Cyrill
Tourneur an act of ye Arreignment of london to write y1 we may have y* like-
wise ready for them, J wish y11 had spoken wth them to know thear resolution for 5
they depend vpon yr purpose, J hav sent yu 2 sheets more fayr written vpon my
ffayth sr they shall not stay one howr for me, whearfor J beseech yu as heathcrto
so yu would now spare me 40® which stands me vpon to send over to my counsell
in a matter concerns my whole estate & wher J deale otherways then to yr content
may J & myne want ffryndship in distress so relijng one yr favor which shall 10
never reap loss by me J rest
5° June at yr comaund
1613 Rob: Daborne
[note in another hand :]
Receued by me Garred leniaghe
20s 15
[8. 40*, crossed out and 2(f substituted in the hand of Garrett Leniaghe.]
ARTICLE 79.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 10 June 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 403 ; Alley n Papers, p. 58.]
Sr J expected y" one munday J pceav yu misdoubt my readynes ; sr J would
not be hyred to break my ffayth wth yu, Before god they shall not stay one
hour for me for J can this week deliver in yc last word & will y* night they play
thear new play read this ; whearof J have sent y" a sheet & more fayr written
yu may easyly know thear is not much behind & J intend no other thing god is 5
my judg till this be finisht ; ye necessity of term busines exacts me beyond
my custom to be trublesome vnto y" whearforc J pray send me ye other 2OS J
2. ' This " comming over " refers, I think, to the project of leaving the theatre in Whitefriars
for Paris Garden, rebuilt and rechristened The Hope in 1614. Henslow's company (Lady
Elizabeth's) was most likely still performing at Whitefriars.' — Fleay, Drama, i. p. 77. But the
date is June 1613, and from what Daborne says below it would appear that the decision affected
the immediate movements of the company.
3. Cyril Tourneur, born c. 1575, died 1626, was the author of two extant plays, the Revenger's
Tragedy, 1607, and the Atheisfs Tragedy, 1611. Another, the Nobleman, entered in 1612, was
among the lost Warburton MSS.
I. 79. i. Monday, \. e. 7 June. Trinity Term ended on 12 June and Machiavel was not yet
finished. Since the acquittance for £16 (Art. 77) Daborne had had 2os. more (Art. 78), and now
requests and obtains another 2os., which leaves 40^. to be paid when he reads the completed
play ' next week,' i. e. before 19 June.
4. It is impossible to say what the 'new play' was, probably none of Daborne's
MS. I. 81] 73
desyred & then when J read next week J will take ye 40* y* remayns & doubt
not yu shall receav thanks in doing me this curtesy so presuming one yr favour
J rest yrs to comaund 10
10 June 1613 Rob : Daborne
[endorsed in Henslowe's Hand :]
Lent vpon this notte xxs wittness mr greffen & moysses bowler at mr dabbornes
howsse
ARTICLE 80.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 18 June 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 403 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 64.]
Sr J sat up last night till past 12 to write out this sheet & had not necessity
inforct me to ye comon place bar this morning to acknowledg a ffynall recovery
J would this day hav delivered in all J hav bin heartofor of ye receaving
hand yu shall now find return to yr content & y* speedyly J pray sr let me
have 4OS in earnest of ye Arreighnment & one munday night J will meet yu at 5
ye new play & conclud farther to yr content J doubt not resting my self &
whole Jndevors wholy at yr service
1 8 June 1613 Rob : Daborne
ARTICLE 81.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 25 June 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xx.
p. 404 ; Alleyn Papers, 64.]
mr Hinchlow J pceave y11 think J will be behind wth my Tragoedy if soe y11
might worthely account me dishonest, indeed for thear good & myn own J have
took extraordynary payns wth the end & altered one other scean in the third act
which they have now in parts, for ye Arreighnment if y11 will please to be my
paymr as for the other, they shall have it, if not, try my Tragoedy first & as 5
y1 proves so deal wth me, in the mean my necessity is such y* J must vse other
means to be furnisht vpon it; Before god J can have 251 for it as some of ye
I. 80. The 'new play' must have been postponed since it is now to be acted on Monday,
21 June. Daborne sends another sheet but has not yet completed the play. He asks for \os.
in earnest of the Arraignment but does not get it. He would seem to have already received
the balance for Machiavel, or else perhaps Henslowe had refused the final payment till all the
papers were given in.
I. 81. Still the 'Tragedy,' i. e. Machiavel, is unfinished, but alterations have been made in
the third act, which is already in the actors' hands in parts. No agreement has yet been
concluded with regard to the Arraignment. Daborne begs for 40 . 'till we seal,' i. e. till a bond
for the new play is signed, but only gets 2os., on which play does not appear. ' I do not find
any evidence that Henslowe did advance any money on The Arraignment, or that this play was
acted by his company.' Fleay, Drama, i. p. 77. But see below, Art. 84.
H. P. L
74 [MS. I. 8 1
company know, but such is my much debt to y11 y* so long as my labors may
pleasure them & yu say ye word J am wholy yrs to be
ever comaunded 10
Rob : Daborne
J pray sr if yu resolv to do this curtesy for ye company, let me hav 40" more
till we scale,
25 June 1613
[note in the hand of Moses Bowler (cf. Art. 83) :]
pade to mr Daborne xxs 15
[endorsed in Henslowe's hand:]
mr dabbornes notes
ARTICLE 82.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 16 July 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 402 ; Alley n Papers, p. 62.]
mr Hinchlow of all ffryndship let me be beholding to y11 for one xxs which shall
be the last J will request till the play be fully by vs ended Vpon my honnest
ffayth wth yu which J will never break J will request no more & soe much will
be due to me then Sr this is my last request of yr trouble which my speedy
occation presses me to soe J rely vpon yr lov hearin for which yu shall ever 5
1 6 July comand me
1613 Rob: Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
dd this xxs the 16 of July 1613
ARTICLE 83.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 30 July 1613. Autograph. This letter was written
on Friday ; the following Thursday would be 5 August, and the play then to be delivered was
doubtless that promised for i August in Art. 100. See above, Art. 68. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 403 ; Alley n Papers, p. 63.
Mr Hinchlow J wrote a leter to mr griffyn requestinge thearin yr awnswer &
end to those businesses & debts betwixt vs but J cannot hear from him my desyre
was y* eather yu would be my paymayster for another play or take x1 of y1 mony
I. 82. The use of the second person plural shows that this and the following letter (Art. 83)
refer to the play by Daborne, Field, and Massinger (see Art. 68). Machiavel has been finally
disposed of.
I. 83. i. Edward Griffin, a scrivener (cf. Art. 99). His signature occurs repeatedly as a.
witness.
MS. I. 84] 75
we hav had into y1' hands agayne & security for the rest, sr it is not vnknown
to yu y* J could & had good certeynty of means before J wrote vnto y11 which 5
vpon hopes of yr love J forsooke and must now if yu & J had ended return to them
agayne, for my occations vntill J have made sale of yfc estate J have ar soe vrgent
y* J can forbear no longer, whearfor I pray Sr of yr much ffryndship doe me
one curtesy more till Thursday when we deliver in or play to yu as to lend me
twenty shillings & vpon my ffayth and Christianyty J will then or giv y11 content 10
or secure yu to the vtmost farthing yu can desyre of me, sr J pray of all yr gentle-
nes deny not this curtesy to me & if yu fynd me not most iust & honnest to yu
may J want a frynd in my extremyty it is but till thursday J request yu hearin
& so rest
at yr comaund 15
Rob : Daborne
Sr yu hav a receipt of myne for twenty shillings which J sent y11 by the waterman
at the cardinalls hatt that or this shall sufficiently giv yu assurance /
30 July 1613
{autograph note :]
witnes Moyses Bowler 20
\
ARTICLE 84.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 23 August 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 405 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 66.]
Mr Hinchlow J hav ever sine J saw yu kept my bed being so lame that J
cannot stand J pray sr goe forward wth that reasonable bargayn for the Bellman
we will hav but twelv pownds and the overplus of the second day whearof J hav
had ten shillings and desyer but twenty shillings more till yu hav 3 sheets of my
papers, good sr consyder how for yor sake J hav put my self out of the assured 5
way to get mony and from twenty pownd a play am come to twelv thearfor in
my extremyty forsake me not as y11 shall ever comand me my wif can aquaynt
I. 84. I have little doubt that the Bellman of London was the same as the Arraignment of
London, and was founded on Dekker's tract of the same title, 1608, and its sequel Lanthorn and
Candlelight, or the Bellman's second Night-walk, 1609. The ' we ' means Daborne and Tourneur.
Daborne has had icw. and now gets 2os. more out of a total of £12. The ' Book' of Art. 73 may
therefore have been Dekker's volume. The payment, however, is low for a new play, only
£12. Was it a re- writing of an old piece? If so, can the 'book' have been Greene and Lodge's
Looking Glass for London and England acted by Strange's men at the Rose in 1 592 and
possibly remaining in Alleyn's hands? This, brought up to date by matter from Dekker's
tract, would be uist such a play as we may, from the title, assume the Arraignment of London to
have been.
76 [MS. I. 84
y" how infinit great my occation is and this shall be sufficient for the receipt till
J come to set my hand to yor booke
23 Aug yls at corhand 10
1613. Rob: Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
Lent mr daborne vpon this not the 23 of aguste in earneste of a playe called
the bellman of London . . . xxs
[endorsed in another hand :]
Players private debts
ARTICLE 85.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 14 October 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 408 ; Alley n Papers, p. 69.]
Mr Hinchlow J builded vpon yr promyse to my wife neather did J aquaint the
company wth any mony J had of yow bicause they should seek to yu as J know
they will & giv you any terms y11 can desyre if they doe not J will bring yu
yr mony for the papers & many thanks neather will J fayle to bring in the whole
play next week whearfor J pray sr of all ffryndship disburse one 40" & this note 5
shall suffice to aknowledg my self indebted to yu wth my qrters rent 81 for which
yu shall eather hav the whole companies bonds to pay yu the first day of my play
being playd or the kings men shall pay it y11 & take my papers, sr my credit
is as deer to me now as ever & J will be as carefull of it as heartofore or may J
never prosper nor myne so desyring this may satisfy y11 till yu appoynt a tyme 10
when 1 shall bring yu the companies bond J rest expecting yr no more defering me
xiiij octob ever at yr comand
1613 Rob: Daborne
[autograph note :]
Witnes Moyses Bowler
ARTICLE 86.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 29 October 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 406 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 67.]
Sr J hav bin twise to speak wth yu both for the sheet J told yu off as also to
know yr determination for the company wheather y11 purpose they shall have the
play or noe, they rale vpon me J hear bycause the kingsmen hav given out they
I. 85. 5. 'next week,' i.e. by 23 Oct. Daborne gets 40^., making ^3. 10., or, with his
quarter's rent [,£4. 10.], ^8.
I. 86. Daborne asks for 30-$-. and gets 20^., making ,£4. 10., but the play is not yet complete.
MS. I. 88] 77
shall hav it if y11 please J will make y" full amends for thear wrong to yu in my
last play before they get this for J know it is this play must doe them good if yu 5
purpose any to them J hav sent y11 2 sheets more so y* y11 hav x sheets & I
desyre yu to send me 30" more which is iust eight pound besyds my rent which J
will fully satisfy yu eather by them or the kings men as y11 please good sr let
me know yr mynd for J desyre to make y11 part of amends for yr great ffryndship
to me wishing my labor or service could deserv yu so trusting one yr gentlenes 10
which cannot long be wthout satisfaction now J rest
ever at yr comaund
Rob : Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
Lent mrs daborne ^
vpon this bille more j-xxs 15
the 29 of octobj 1613;
ARTICLE 87.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 5 November 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 410 ; Alley n Papers, p. 71.]
Sr out of the great love J hav felt from y11 J am to request yu to my great occa-
tion & present necessity which wth less money will be vnsupplied to send me 2OS
J pray sr accoumpt me not amongst the number of those yfc wholy serv thear own
turns for god knows it is not mony could hyre me to be dishonest to so worthy
a ffrynd as y" ar whearfor sine thear remayns so small a som J pray part with it 5
to my good which xs will not J protest doe, yu know it is term tyme & a litle
mony wanting will much hynder me whearfor good sr let me fynd yu put some
trust in me which when I deceav god forsake me & myne one munday J will be
wth yU so during yu to send me the Book yu promysd & no less than 20" J rest
5 Nov ever at yr comaund 10
1613 R: Daborne
[autograph note :]
Witnes Moyses Bowler
ARTICLE 88.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 13 November 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 407 ; Alley n Papers, p. 67.]
I. 87. Daborne asks and gets 2os. ; total ,£5. 10. Will come to Henslowe on ' Monday' i. e.
8 Nov. The ' Book' was probably again either an old play or some work to serve as the basis
of a new one, as in Art. 73.
I. 88. Daborne promises the finished play for next day, Sunday, 14 Nov., and begs for los.
which he does not get. He replies that the King's men are ready to give him the money advanced
by Henslowe on the play, together with 30^ use, if he will let them have the work.
78 [MS. I. 88
Sr yr man was wth me whoe found me wrighting the last scean which J had
thought to have brought y11 to night but it will be late ear J can doe it & being
satterday night my occation vrges me to request yu spare me xs more & for
yr mony if yu please not to stay till Johnsons play be playd the kings men hav
bin very earnest wth me to pay yu in yr mony for yr curtesy whearin yu shall have 5
3OS proffit wth many thanks purposing to morow night if yu call not vpon me
to com & shew yu ffynis J pray sr supply this my last occation which crowns ye
rest of yr curtesies to which J will now giv speedy requitall resting
Sater No 13 ever at y1' cornand
1613 Rob: Daborne 10
ARTICLE 89.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 13 November 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 409; Alley n Papers, p. 69.]
Mr Hinchlow yu accuse me with the breach of promise, trew it is J promysd
to bring yu the last scean which y* yu may see finished J send y?1 the foule sheet
& ye fayr J was wrighting as yr man can testify which if great busines had not
prevented J had this night fynished sr yu meat me by ye comon measuer of poets
if J could not liv by it & be honest J would giv it over for rather then J would 5
be vnthankfull to yu J would famish thearfor accuse me not till y11 hav cause
if yu pleas to pform my request J shall think my self beholding to yu for it
howsoever J will not fayle to write this fayr and pfit the book which shall not
ly one yr hands
yrs to cofhand 10
Ro : Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
Lent at this tyme vs
the 13 of Novemb} 1613
ARTICLE 90.
we, 27 Novembe
Sr J have sent to yu to request yu to send me the twenty shillings J soe earnestly
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 27 November 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 409 ; Alley n Papers, p. 70.]
4. Johnsons play. Fleay (Drama, \. p. 80) follows Malone in identifying this with Ben
Jonson's Bartholomew Fair. That play was first performed by Lady Elizabeth's men, 31 Oct.
1614, at the Hope, but may have been intended for the previous year.
I. 89. Clearly Henslowe in refusing the advance taunted Daborne with not fulfilling his
engagements. Daborne sends him the rough copy of the last scene, in earnest of his good
faith, but only gets an advance of 5-r. This makes £5. 15., or, with rent, £,\\. 5. Only 15^.
therefore remained due on final delivery.
I. 90. Daborne promises to satisfy his obligation to Henslowe on ' Tuesday,' i. e. 30 Nov
and obtains 2os.
MS. I. 91] 79
desyred yu to lend me last night for which as all the rest of yr mony J will give
yow that honnest & iust satisfaction one Tuesday next if yu please to come or
send to me as J told y11 y* y11 shall never repent yr many curtesyes to me which
ty me so far to pform the faythfull part of an honnest man y* J shall never 5
trewly rest contented till J manyfest myself worthy yr great favor which ever J
will aknowledge in all servic
27 Nov to be cofhonded
1613 Rob: Daborne
[autograph note :]
Wittnes 10
Moyses Bowler
[and by Henslowe :]
dd xx8
[endorsed by Henslowe :]
this bill not payd
ARTICLE 91.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 9 December 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone
xxi. p. 411 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 72.]
Sr J wrote to yow by my wif hoping vpon yr receipt of all my papers y* yow
would have pleasured me with 2OS if not vpon the play yow have yet vpon my
other out of yr book which J will vndertake shall make as good a play for
yr publiq' howse as ever was playd for which J desyre but ten pounds & J will
vndertake vpon the reading it your company shall giv y11 2O1 rather then part 5
\vth it sr howsoever my want inforces me for a tyme J shall shortly be out of it
& be able to forbear a play till J can make the best it is but 2OS J desyre till
yr have mony or security to yr content for y* y" ar out of J have vpon my wifes
words kept one all this day heer assuring my self y11 would for my much good
have pleasured me this one which J beseech at yr hands though y11 never lay out 10
penny more in which trust J rest
9 dece ever at yr cornaund
1613 Rob : Daborne
I. 91. The papers must be the final sheets of the Bellman. Daborne begs for zos., if not
upon this play, for which he had already apparently been paid in full, yet in earnest of a new
play made out of the ' Book' Henslowe had sent him (Art. 87). As he only asks ^10 for this it
is clearly a case of revision. Whether he received the 2os. does not appear ; probably he did,
as he signed a bond for delivery of the Owl next day.
4. Henslowe evidently had more than one house under his management. His ' private '
house was presumably the Whitefriars, his ' public ' house was the old Bear Garden, known after
its rebuilding in the autumn of this year as the Hope (see Mun. 49). The building was to have
been ready by 30 Nov. and the company were evidently about to move thither.
8o [MS. I. 91
Sr doe not thinke J incroch vpon y lor god is my judg J mean playnly &
Justly & yu shall make yr own terms with me in any thinge 15
ARTICLE 92.
[Bond from Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, for the delivery of the Owl. Dated
10 December 1613. Signatures autograph. Seal of arms, a chevron between three trefoils,
with initials W. H. (Walter Hopkins?). Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 412 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 73.]
Noverint unirsi [&c. Bond in £40 dated 10 Dec. 1613.]
The condition of this obligacon is such that if the aboue bounden Robert
daborne shall deliuer or Cause to bee delivered one plaie fullie perfected and
ended Called by the name of the Oule vnto the said Phillip Henchlowe att, or
vppon the tenth daye of ffebruarie next ensuinge the date hereof wch : the said 5
Phillip Henchlow shall approove alowe and accept of • that then and from hence-
foorth this present obligacon to bee voyde and of non effect or else to remayne
in full power strength and virtue
Robert Daborne
Signed Sealed and delured in the presence of 10
Edwarde Griffin
Walter Hopkinss
Geo : Hales
[endorsed in Henslowe's hand :]
mr dabornes bande
ARTICLE 93.
[Acquittance from Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, for £j. Dated 24 December 1613.
Signature autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 412 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 73.]
Receaved by mee Robert daborne gentleman of Phillipp Henchlowe Esquier
the 24 of december 1613 the some of seaven poundf in parte of payment of the
some of tenn poundf wch. J am to receave of the said Phillip Henchlowe in full
satisfacon of a plaie Called the Oule when J have fynished and made perfect the
same accordinge to a bond made by mee to the said Phillip for the same. Jn
wittnes whereof J have hereto sett my hand the daye and yeare first above
written
Rob : Daborne
ARTICLE 94.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 31 December 1613. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 413 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 74.]
MS. I. 95] 81
Sr J yeeld yu many thanks for yr last kindnes which did me infinite pleasure
J hav bin very ill this week of an extream cold ells J had come this night vnto
you J will request no farther curtesy at your hands vpon any occation till yu
hav papers in fully to yr content only the other tenn shillings which J requested
agst this day being a tyme y* requires me beyond my present meanes Sr think 5
not yr curtesy can loose by me J will be any thing rather then Jngratefull to so
much love as J hav receaved from yu as yu hav donn what J can desyre in doing
this, so now look for my honnest care to dischardge my bond J will not truble
y" wth many words god send yu many hapy new years & me no otherwise then
J approv my self honnest to y11 IO
3 1 dec yrs ever at comaund
1613 Rob : Daborne
one munday J will come to yu & appoynt for the reading the old Book &
bringing in the new /
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
pd vpon this bille toward the owle xs 1 5
ARTICLE 95.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, undated. Autograph. I take this letter to be later
than Art. 93, i. e. 24 Dec. when Henslowe ' in part ' supplied his necessities, and before Art. 94,
i. e. 31 Dec. when he begs for the 'other' ten shillings. Three acts are promised by Friday, and
on 31 Dec., which was a Friday, he puts off delivery till the following Monday, i. e. 3 Jan. See
Fleay, Drama, i. p. 81. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 410 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 71.]
Mr Hinchlow J acquaynted you wth my necessity which J know you did in
part supply but if you doe not help me to tenn shillings by this bearer by the
living god J am vtterly disgract one ffryday night J will bring you papers to the
valew of three acts Sr my occation is not ordynary that thus sodeynly J write
to you whearfor J beseech you do this for me as ever y11 wisht me well which if 5
I requite not heaven forget me
yrs at comaund
Rob : Daborne
[note in Henslow's hand :]
Lent vpon this bille xs dd to the fencer vpon the owle
I. 94. 13-4. Monday would be 3 Jan. 1614. The 'old Book' must refer to the Bellman
and the ' new ' to the Oivl,
H. P, M
82 [MS. I. 96
ARTICLE 96.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 11 March 1613/4. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 401 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 62.]
Sr if yu doe not like this play when it is read yu shall hav the other which shall
be finished wth all expedition for before god this is a good one & will giv y11
content howsoever y11 shall never loose a farthing by me whearfor J pray
misdoubt me not but as y11 hav bin kynd to me so continew it till J deserv the
contrary and J pray send me ten shillings & take these papers which wants but 5
one short scean of the whole play so J rest
Yrs at cofhaund
Rob : Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
pd vnto your \
dawghter the 1 1 of j- xs 10
mrche 1613 . . . J
ARTICLE 97.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 28 March i6i[3/j4. Autograph. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 402 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 82.]
Mr Hinchlow y11 hav now a full play J desyr yu should disburse but 12' a
play till they be playd J mean to vrdge yu no farther for if y11 like not this y11
shall hav another to yr content befor god y11 shall hav the full play now & J
desyr but 2OS to serv my ordynary turn till J hav finished one y4 y11 may hav yr
choyse for J would hav yu know J can hav mony for papers though J hav cast 5
my self vpon yu wth a purpose to deserv y1' love as for mr Pallat is much
discontented wth your neglect of him J would J knew yr mynd to giv him
awnswer Sr if yu deny me this reasonable kyndnes it will fore me to ingage a
play which y11 will miss so desyring yr awnswer J rest
28 march yvs at comand 10
1613 R: Dab:
I. 96. I take 'this play' to be the Owl; 'the other' the She Saint. To the former
identification Fleay objects (Drama, i. p. 81) that ' in the next letter Daborne asks £12 for it,
and he had already sold The Owl for £10.' But in Art. 97 Daborne seems to be speaking of
what he will ask in future, ' I21 a play till they be played,' and demanding payment for the
papers sent. Fleay's suggestion of the Faithful Friends is therefore uncalled-for.
I. 97. Daborne receives los. in full for the Owl, which, with the similar sums mentioned in
Arts. 94-6, makes £2 since the acquittance for £j (Art. 93). He had then received another 2os.
probably between Arts. 94 and 96. He also on 2 April gets an advance of 8.y. on the She Saint
of which we hear nothing further.
MS. I. 99]
[notes in Henslowe's hand :]
dd vnto mr daborne the 2
of ap'ell 1614 in earneste of
the shee saynte at his owne
howsse the some of . . viii8
Lent of this bille the 29
of mrche [in] full payment
of his new playe laste
written the some of
[6.
ARTICLE 98.
[Robert Daborne to Philip Henslowe, 31 July (?) 1614. Autograph. Printed, Malone, xxi.
p. 395 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 68.]
Sr if ever my service may do y11 so much pleasure or my ability make yu pay-
ment for it, let me receav now this curtesy from yow being but xs by god had it
not bin Sunday J would not have for twise so much wrote to y11 in this manner
but my lord willoughby hath sent for me to goe to him to morow morning by six
a clock & J know not how profitable it may be to me & wthout yr kindnes
hearin J cannot goe he goes away wth the kinge to morow morning whearfor J
must be thear by tymes making this last tryall of yr love & favor J rest
Yrs to comand
Rob : Daborne
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
Lent vpon this bille the 2 of aguste 1614
ARTICLE 99.
[Robert Daborne to Edward Griffin, undated. Autograph. Fleay (Drama, i. p. 81) places
this between Arts. 94 and 96. The mention of Griffin in Art. 83 might suggest an earlier date.
The pawn or patent was in that case probably connected with the estate Daborne was endeavour-
ing to realise. I should place it tentatively between Arts. 83 and 84, probably later than Art.
76, i. e. circa 9/20 August 1613. Cf. Apx. I. 3. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 411 ; Alleyn Papers,
P- 72-]
mr Griffin my occation is so much above ordynary loss y* if yu cannot procure
mr Hinchlow to let me have the 4OS He deliver yu a pawn worth a hundred
pownd into yr hands for it till J pay it agayn whearfor J pray sr doe my
I. 98. The date of the letter is a little doubtful. It was written on Sunday, but Henslowe's
note is dated 2 Aug., a Tuesday. Probably the money was sent on Sunday and note of the fact
not made till two days later. Fleay remarks that Henslowe put the wrong date ' from ignorance
... or to avoid dating a loan on a Sunday ' (Drama, 5. p. 82), but himself dates the letter
i Aug., i. e. Monday.
4. Robert Bertie (1572-1642), Lord Willoughby of Eresby, created Earl of Lindsey in 1626.
It may have been through his means that Daborne obtained preferment in the Church, but he
was still connected with his old associate in 1615 (Arts. 102 and 107). Lord Willoughby was
2rhaps the mysterious ' Lord Burte ' of the Diary (3V 9).
IO
84 [MS. I. 99
extremyty this courtesy & J will requite it more then J will write J pray sr let
me instantly speak wth y11 for it concerns me nearly 5
yr much distressed frynd
Rob : Daborne
[note in Henslowe' hand
Lent vppon a pattentl ,s
to mr dawborne . . J
ARTICLE 100.
[Nathan Field to Philip Henslowe, undated. Autograph. For reasons given above, Art. 68,
I place this letter after Art. 81, dating it the end of June 1613. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 395 ;
Alleyn Papers, p. 48.]
Mr Hinchlow
Mr. Dawborne and J, haue spent a great deale of time in conference about this
plott, wch will make as beneficiall a play as hath Come these seauen yeares, Jt is
out of his loue he detaines it for vs, onely x1. is desir'd in hand, for wch, wee will
be bound to bring you in the play finish'd vpon the first day of August ; wee 5
would not loose it, wee haue so assured a hope of it, and, on my knowledge Mr.
Dauborne may haue his request of another Companie ; pray let vs haue speedie
answere, and effectuall, you know, the last money you disburs't was iustly pay'd
in, and wee are now in a way to pay you all so, vnlesse yor selfe, for want of
small supplie, will put vs out of it, againe, pray let vs know when wee shall 10
speake w% you ; Till when and Euer J rest
yor louing and obedient Son : Nat : Field
[unfinished address :]
To his louing
ARTICLE 101.
[Memorandum book, chiefly in the hand of Edward Alleyn, containing accounts of timber,
brick-making, building a kiln, &c., 1614-5 ; also some recipes. On the second leaf occurs the
entry printed below, which appears to refer to the receipts from some play, and is probably in
the hand of Philip Henslowe. See Warner, p. 48.]
14 day the noble grandchild
hole - -o- - 16 - - 9
half - - o - i - - 6
re - o - i - - 2
creset o o 3 5
15 day
I 101. I can offer no suggestion as to the meaning of these entries.
MS. I. 104] 85
ARTICLE 102.
[Bond from Robert Daborne and Philip Massinger to Philip Henslowe for payment of ,£3.
Dated 4 July 1615. Signatures autograph. Sealed, that of Daborne with arms as above, Art.
92. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 121.]
Noverint vniversi [&c. Bond in £6 dated 4 July 1615 :]
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bownden Robert
daborn and Phillip massinger or eather of them shall pay or cause to be payd
vnto the above named Phillip Henchlow his exec administrators or assignes the
full and Jntier sofh of three pownds of lawfull mony of England at or vpon the 5
first day of August next insuing the date of these presents at the now dwellinge
howse of the sd Phillip Henchlow scituate one the Banksyde wthout fraude or
farther deley Then & from thencforth this present obligation to be voyd and of
noe effect or ells to remayn & abide in full power strengh and virtue /
Rob : Daborne 10
Philip massinger
Sealed and delivered in the presence of vs
Walter Hopkins
[endorsed by Henslowe :]
mr dabornes & mr messengers band for payment of iij1 the [i] of aguste 1615
lente 1 5
[14. The figure in the date appears to have been altered and is now illegible.]
ARTICLE 104.
[William Birde to Edward Alleyn, undated. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 32.]
Sir there is one Jhon Russell, that by yowr apoyntment was made a gatherer wth
vs, but my fellowes finding often falce to vs, haue many tymes warnd him ffro
taking the box. And he as often, with moste damnable othes, hath vowde neuer
to touch, yet not wth standing his execrable othes, he hath taken the box, &
many tymes moste vnconsionablye gatherd, for wch we haue resolued he shall 5
neuer more come to the doore yet for yor sake, he shall haue his wages, to be a
nessessary atendaunt on the stage, and if he will pleasure himself and vs, to
mend our garmentf, when he hath leysure, weele pay him for that to, J pray
send vs word if this motion will satisfye you ; for him his dishonestye is such we
knowe it will not, IO
I. 104. Probably the same John Russell who occupied a tenement adjoining the Fortune in
1617 (see Mun. 58) and to whom Agnes Henslowe left a legacy (MS. IX.; Warner, p. 181 ;
Young, ii. p. 146). Concerning gatherers, see Art. 66.
86 [MS. I. 104
Thus yealding our selues in that & a farr greater matter to be comaunded by
yo11 J cofnitt you to god
yor loving
ffrend to comaund
W Birde 15
[addressed :]
To his loving ffrend mr Allin Giue these
[2. finding [him] often f alee. C. finding \hirn often\falce^\
ARTICLE 105.
[William Birde to Philip Henslowe, undated. Autograph. The date is 22 April 1599,
cf. Diary, 42V i. Printed, Malone, xxi. p. 392 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 33.]
mr hinchlowe J pray let me intreate yo11 to lend me forty shilling^ tell the
next weeke and Jle then paye it you agayne by the grace of god J pray as you
loue me fayle me not, here is one at home must receaue it presently if you will
doe me this fauour yo11 shall comaunde me in a greater matter. /
yors will : Birde 5
[note in Henslowe's hand :]
feched by william Felle his man
ARTICLE 106.
[Articles of Grievance and of Oppression against Philip Henslowe, 1615. Printed, Malone,
xxi. p. 416 ; Alleyn Papers, p. 78, from Malone.]
Articles of [ ]uaunce against
M[ ] Hinchlowe
Jmprimis in March 1612 vppon mr : Hynchlowes Joyninge Companes wth :
mr : Rosseter ye Companie borrowed So11 : of one m1' : Griffin and the same was
put into mr : Hinchlowes debt ; wch : made itt sixteene score poundf whoe 5
I. 106. In printing this document from Malone, Collier erroneously states that it is 'not now
found at Dulwich.'
4. Philip Rossiter was one of the patentees, and appears to have been the manager, of the
Queen's Revels Company, 4 Jan. 1610. Henslowe's company with which his amalgamated in
March 1612/3, the Lady Elizabeth's men, had apparently been raised in 1611, and consisted of
the players who signed the duplicate bonds of 29 Aug. (Mun. 74 and MS. XVIII. 9). Griffin
was, no doubt, Edward Griffin as in Arts. 83 and 99.
5. The debt here is ,£320 ; in the case of the subsequent company formed a year later it was
only ,£126 (1. 26). The sum mentioned both in the articles with Field (Mun. 52) and with
Dawes (Apx. I. 2) is ,£124. This agrees so nearly with that mentioned in 1. 26 as to force us to
the conclusion that it is to the formation of the later company that those documents apply. See
also 1. 20, The date of the articles with Dawes is 7 Apr. 1614; he may have come in rather
later (cf. 1. 41) or the date ' March' in 1. 20 may be a slip.
MS. I. 106] 87
La]fter the receipt of the same or most parte thereof in_March 1613 hee broke
the saide Comp[any ajgaine and Ceazed all the stocke ; vnder Culler to satisfie.
what remayned due to [him] ; yet pswaded Mr : Griffyne afterwardf to arest
the Companie for his So11 : whoe are still in daunger for the same ; Soe nowe
there was in equitie due to the Companie So11 : 10
Jtcm mr Hinchlowe having lent one Taylor 30°: and 2O11 to one Baxter fellowes
of the Companie Cunninglie put theire said privat debts into the generall accompt
by wch : meanes hee is in Conscience to allowe them 50" :
Jtem havinge the stock of Apparell in his handf to secure his debt he sould
tenn poundf_vrarth of ould apparrell out of the same wth : out accomptinge or 1 5
abatinge for the same ; heare growes due to the Companie IO11
Also vppon the depture of one Eglestone a ffellowe of the Companie hee
recovered of him 14° : toward^ his debt wch : is in Conscience likewise to bee
allowed to the Companie 14
Jn March 1613 hee makes vpp a Companie and buies apparrell of one Rosseter 20
to the value of 63" : and valued the ould stocke that remayned in his handf at
63" : likewise they vppon his word acceptinge the same at that rate, wch being
prized by Mr : Daborne iustlie, betweene his partner Meade and him Came but to
40" : soe heare growes due to the Companie 23" :
Jtem hee agrees wth : the said Companie that they should enter bond to plaie 25
wth : him for three yeares att such house and houses as hee shall appointe and to
allowe him halfe galleries for the said house and houses ; and the other halfe
galleries towardf his debt of 126": and other such moneys as hee should laie
I r. Joseph Taylor was an original member of Lady Elizabeth's company. It is possible that
he may have been related to John Taylor, the water-poet. A John Taylor witnessed the
company's bond (MS. XVIII. 9), and the water-poet writing in 1614 paid the company the
rather surprising tribute : ' Such a company, I'll boldly say, That better (nor the like) e'er play'd
a play.' (Collier, 1831, iii. p. 320.)
Baxter. This was apparently William Barksted or Backsted ; the names seem to have been
constantly confused (cf. Art. 37). He was also a member of the original Lady Elizabeth's
company.
17. William Ecclestone, another original member. His movements between his leaving
Henslowe in 1613 and joining the King's men in 1616 are not known.
20. The new company was formed in March 1613/4 apparently by combining the previous
amalgamation with the remains of Prince Charles' (formerly Duke of York's) men. At any rate
an agreement between Henslowe and Meade and one Robert Dawes who appears in the patent of
the Duke's men (30 March 1610) bore the date 7 Apr. 1614 (see below, Apx. I. 2). The fact of
Henslowe's buying apparel of Rossiter would seem to imply that the latter had retired from the
management of the company. This would further serve to connect the Articles forming Mun.
52, in which Field stands on behalf of the company, with this rather than the earlier recon-
struction. Rossiter reappears as owner of the new Blackfriars house in 1615. Cf. Apx. I. 4.
88 [MS. I. 106
out for playe apparrell duringe the space of the said 3 yeares, agreeinge wth them ;
in Consideracon theareof to scale each of them a bond of 2OO11 : to find them a 30
Convenient house and houses ; and to laie out such moneies as fower of the
sharers should think fitt for theire vse in apparrell wch : att the 3 yeares, being
paid for ; to be deliuered to the sharers ; whoe accordinglie entered the said
bondf ; but Mr : Henchlowe and Mr : Mead deferred the same ; an in Conclusion
vtterly denied to scale att all. 35
Jtem Mr : Hinchlowe havinge promised in ConsideracSn of the Companies
lying still one daie in forteene for his baytinge to give them 50* : hee havinge
denied to bee bound as aforesaid gave them onlie 40* : and for that Mr : ffeild
would not Consent therevnto hee gave him soe much as his share out
of 50" : would have Come vnto ; by weh : meanes hee is dulie indebted to ye 40
Companie x11 :
Jn June followinge the said agreement, hee brought in Mr : Pallant and shortie
after Mr : dawes into the said Companie ; promisinge one 12s : a vveeke out of his
part of the galleries ; and the other 6 : a weeke out of his parte of the galleries ;
and because Mr : ffeild was thought not to bee drawne therevnto ; hee promissed 45
him six shillinges weekelie alsoe ; wch : in one moneth after vnwilling to beare
soe greate a Charge ; he Called the Companie together ; and told them that this
24s : was to bee Charged vppon them ; threatnlge those wch : would not Consent
therevnto to breake the Companie and make vpp a newe wth : out the[m]
Whearevppon knowinge hee was not bound ; the threequarters sharers advaunc- 5°
inge them selves to whole shares Consented therevnto by wch : meanes they are
out of purse 30° : and his parte of the galleries bettred twise as much .... 30" :
37. The company had, probably since the end of 1613 or early in 1614, been acting at the
Hope on the Bankside. This, the converted Bear Garden (see Mun. 49), was still used for baiting.
39. Henslowe was to pay 50-5-. to the company for each day, one every other week, on which
the house was used for baiting. Field claimed his share out of a total of ^50. The number of
days lost was therefore twenty. This would mean 40 weeks from 7 Apr. 1614, which would take
us to 12 Jan. 1615. This, if we allow for a few weeks' cessation in the summer, agrees with the
' ffebruarie last 1614,' i. e. 1614/5 of 1. 57. It will be noticed that the company claimed more than
its due, for the ^10 would include Field's share which had been paid. As to the sum agreed
upon see the articles with Dawes (Apx. I. 2).
42. Robert Pallant was a member of Strange's company in 1592 (see Apx. II. i), of
Worcester's in 1602 (Diary, 118 22). He seems later to have belonged to the Queen's, King's,
Lady Elizabeth's and Prince Charles' men.
43. This statement concerning Robert Dawes cannot be correct since the agreement with him
is dated 7 Feb. 1614 (see Apx. I. 2.) Fleay thinks that Pallant and Dawes, though acting with
the company since March, did not become sharers till June (Stage, p. 188), but the agreement is
with Dawes as a whole sharer.
50. These operations are as mysterious to the uninitiated as the transactions of the modern
company promoter, and probably as nefarious.
MS. I. 106] 89
Jtem havinge 9 gatherers more then his due itt Comes to this yeare from the
Companie lo11 :
Jtem the Companie paid for [Arrays and other properties 40": wch : Mr:55
Henchlow deteyneth 40" :
Jn ffebruarie last 1614 perceavLing]e the Companie drewe out of his debt and
Called vppon him for his accompts hee brooke the Companie againe ; by \vth :
drawinge the hired men from them ; and sellf theire stocke (in his hands) for
4OO11 : givinge vnder his owne hand that hee had receaved toward f his debt 300" : 60
Which wth : the iuste and Conscionable allowances before named made to the
Companie wch : Comes to 267" : makes 567" :
Articles of oppression against
Mr : Hinchlowe. /
Hee Chargeth the stocke wth : 6oou : and odd ; towardf wch hee hath 6$
receaved as aforesaid 567" : of vs ; yet sellf the stocke to strangers for
fower hundred pound f ; and makes vs no satisfacon. /
Hee hath taken all bound £ of our hired men in his owne name whose wages
though wee have truly paid yet att his pleasure hee hath taken them a waye;
and turned them over to others to the breaking of our Companie. / 7°
ffor lendinge of vj11 : to p^ay] them theire wages ; hee made vs enter bond to
give him the profitt of a warraunt of tenn poundf due to vs att Court. /
Alsoe hee hath taken right gould and silver lace of divers garment^ to his
owne vse wth : out accompt to vs or abatement. /
Vppon everie breach of the Companie hee takes newe bondf for his stocke ; 75
and our securitie for playinge wth : him Soe that hee hath in his handf, bondf
of ours to the value of 5000" : and his stocke to ; wch : hee denies to deliuer and
threatens to oppresse vs : with
Alsoe havinge apointed a man to the seeinge of his accomptf in byinge of
Clothes (hee beinge to have vis : a weeke ; hee takes ye meanes away and turnes 80
the man out. /
The reason of his often breakinge wth : vs ; hee gave in these wordf should
these fellowes Come out of my debt, J should have noe rule wth : them
Alsoe wee have paid him for plaie bookf 200" : or thereabout^ and yet hee
denies to give vs the Coppies of any one of them. / 85
53. Here again the bearing is unexplained ; cf. Art. 66.
84. This is of some importance. From the Daborne correspondence we may assume that
Henslowe paid on an average some £20 a play. He may, as Daborne suggests, have made a
H. P. N
90 [MS. I. 106
Also wth : in 3 yeares hee hath broken and dissmembred five Companies. /
[37-8. 50* . . . 40". M. jo" . . . 40''. 42. short\\~\ie. 55. M. Arras. The word may
have been legible in his day. 65. M. odd pounds. 78. ?/, i. e. us, not $s. 80. wcekej [)]•]
ARTICLE 107.
[Articles of Agreement between Edward Alleyn and Jacob Meade and certain players for the
discharge of a debt to Philip Henslowe, deceased. Dated 20 March 1615/6. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 127.]
[Abstract.] ' Articles of Agream* Jndented had made concluded & agreed
vppon the Twentith daye of Marche Anno Dni 1615 • Betwene Edward Allen
and Jacob Meade of the one ptie And William Rowley Robt Pallant
profit on reselling them to the company, but on the other hand the majority may have been
purchased directly on behalf of the company, as provided by the articles with Field (Mun. 53),
and not as a private venture, as in the case of Daborne's work. We may assume therefore that
the company did not produce more than ten new plays, between 29 Aug. 1611 and Feb. 1615.
This is a period of some 178 weeks, so that assuming the company to have been acting
continuously they only produced one new play about every four months. Fleay (Stage, pp. 203-4)
enumerates thirteen, but several of these are highly conjectural. For certain may be assigned
(i) the Proud Maid acted at court 25 Feb. 1612 (according to Fleay Middleton's Chaste Maid
in Chcapside published in 1630 as having been acted by them at the Swan, but this may have
been later : Fleay appears to have«withdrawn the identification, see Drama, ii. p. 328) ; (2) a
'new play' was being studied 8 May 1613 (Art. 74), and was no doubt that acted 21 June
following (Art. 80) ; (3) Machiavel and the Devil was finished about the end of June 1613, and
was probably the ' new pkiy ' acted 1 1 Aug. (Art. 76) ; (4) the play of composite authorship
(Arts. 68, etc.), possibly the Honest Mart's Fortune, was delivered 5 Aug. 1613 (Art. 83) ; (5) the
Bellman of London (probably the same as the Arraignment of London) was delivered before 9
Dec. 1613 (Art. 91) ; (6) the Owl was delivered 29 Mar. 1614 (Art. 97) ; (7) the She Saint was
being written 2 Apr. 1614, and may have been delivered by the following Aug. (Art. 97) ; (8)
Jonson's Bartholomew Fair was acted at the Hope 31 Oct. 1614. The other ascriptions in
Fleay's list appear doubtful.
86. During the period in question, Aug. 1611 to Feb. 1615, about 3^ years strictly speaking,
only three different companies are now traceable: i Lady Elizabeth's, Aug. 1611; 2 Lady
Elizabeth's (i.e. i L. E. + Queen's Revels), Mar. 1613 ; and 3 Lady Elizabeth's (i.e. 2 L. E. +
Prince Charles') Mar. -Apr. 1614. There must, then, have been minor crises within these com-
panies. Another company consisting of the same elements had been constituted by May 1615
when Rossiter obtained his Privy Seal for the erection of the new Blackfriars house.
I. 107. It seems likely that this is connected with the preceding document, or more pro-
bably with some consequent negotiations now lost. It is not quite clear what the company
acknowledged or claimed in the Articles of Grievance, but it would seem most reasonable to
suppose that they acknowledged a debt of ,£33. They appear to have had further transactions
with Henslowe previous to his death, c. 9 Jan. 1616, and there is now a claim against them for
,£400 which Alleyn and Meade are willing to compound for the sum of ^200. Meade had been
Henslowe's partner before, so it is clear that Alleyn inherited Henslowe's dramatic interest.
3, etc. William Rowley, the dramatist, had joined the company with Prince Charles' men in
1614 ; he was originally a Queen's man in 1607. For Pallant, see above, Art. 106. John Newton
MS. I. 1 08] 91
Josephe Taylor Robt Hamlett John Newton Hugh Ottewell Willia Backstede
Thorns Hobbf Antony Smyth & William Penn gent of thother ptie ' whereby, 5
the latter parties standing indebted to ' Phillipp Henchlowe escjj deceassed ' and
the said Jacob Meade, for loans and 'playinge apparell,' to the extent of ,£400
and upwards, the said Edward Alleyn covenants to accept in full discharge of the
said debt, the sum of .£200 on the following terms, namely that the latter parties
' shall & will dayly & everye daye well & truly satisfye content & paye vnto 10
the said Edward Allen his executors admlstrat™ and assignes the ffowerth pte of
all suche some & somes of monny pffit & gayne as shalbe gathered or taken by
playinge or otherwise out of & for the whole galleryes of the playehowse
comonly called the hope scituate in the pishe of S* Saviors in the countye of
Surrey or in anye other howse private or publique wherein they shall playe, as 15
the same shalbe dayly gathered or taken accordinge to the full rate & proporcdn
of the gayne and proffitt of the fowerth pte of the said galleryes vntill the said
some of 200" shalbe there wth fully satisfyed & paid ' and further that they ' shall
and will playe at the said howse called the hope, or elswheare wth the likinge of
the said Edward & Jacob accordinge to the former Articles of Agreem* had & 20
made wth the said Phillipp & Jacob or eyther of them and their late pmis synce
in that behalfe made wth the said Edward & Jacob ' and the said Edward &
Jacob agreeing, furthermore, that the some of £200 being duly paid, the latter
parties ' shall or maye have to their owne vse all such stock of apparell as they or
anye of them had or receaved of or from the said Phillip Edward & Jacob or anye 25
of them/ signed : ' william Rowley Robt Pallant Joseph Taylor Robt
Hamlen John newton Hugh Attwell Will. Barksted Anthony Smith
T hobbs william penn
Sealed & deliuered in the prsence of
Robert Daborne Tho fibster : Edw : Knight : ' 30
ARTICLE 108.
[Thomas Dekker to Edward Alleyn, 12 September 1616. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs^ p. 131 ; Pearson, Dekker, 1873, i- P-
and Thomas Hobbs came with Rowley, but are not known before 1610. Anthony Smith appears
for the first time ; he was later with King Charles' men. Taylor, Hamlet or rather Hamlen, and
Backsted or Barksted appear in the original list of the Lady Elizabeth's men (see MS. XVIII. 9
and Mun. 47). Hugh Ottewell, or rather Atwell, and William Penn were members of the
Queen's Revels, and joined the Lady Elizabeth's men in March 1613.
14. Thus they were still acting at the Hope as well at the new Blackfriars house. There
is some doubt as to whether this later house was ever used, but it appears to have been so (cf.
Art. 1 10). Apparently an order to stay the building was disregarded, but a subsequent one to
demolish was presumably effective in 1617. The whole history, however, is obscure.
I. 108. Dekker appears to have been in prison in the King's Bench from 1613 to 1619.
g:» [MS. I. 108
Sr
Out of that respect wch J euer caryed to yor Worth, (now heightned by a
Pillar of yor owne erecting) doe J Send theis poore testimonies of a more rich
Affection. J am glad (yf J bee the First) that I am the first, to Consecrate to
Memory (yf at least you so embrace it) So noble & pious a Worke, as This, yor 5
Last and Worthiest is. A passionate desire, of expressing a gladnes, to See
Goodnes so well deliuered, having bin long in labour in the world made mee
thus far to venture. And it best becomes mee to Sing any thing in praise of
Charity, because albeit, J haue felt few handes warme, thorough that complexion,
yett imprisonment may make me long for them. Yf any thing in my Eulogium 10
(or Praise) of yo11 &. yor Noble Act, bee offensive, lett it be excused, because J
live amongst the Gothes & Vandalls, where Barbarousnes is predominant
Accept my will howsoever And mee
Ready to doe yo" any seruice
Kings Bench, Tho : Dekker 1 5
Sept : 12. 1616.
[addressed :]
To my worthy and wor11 : freind Edw : Allin csquier at his house at Dullidge./
theis.
ARTICLE 109.
[Thomas Dekker to Edward Alleyn, i6i6(?). Signature autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs p. 186; Pearson, Dekker, \. p. xxxi.]
Sr:
J giue you thanks for the last remembrance of yo1' : loue J write nowe not
poetically but as an orrator not by waye of declamation but by petition that you
would be pleased vpon my lounge lynes to receave a yonge man (sonn to a worthie
yeoman of kent here prisoner) able by his owne meanes to mayntayne himselfe, 5
whose fortunes will answere itt. Hee is a yonge man louinge you, beinge of your
name, and desires no greater happines than to depend vpon. You shall doe mee
much honor if you thinke him fitt to serve you as a servant ; and him much loue,
because of yor : name to receave. The yonge man is of good parts, both of bodie
and mynd ; J knowe you respect such a one, and I would not (vpon that reputacon 10
J hold with. you) offer a servant to bee vnworthie of yor : attendance. Jf you
please to receave him vpon my Commendation and your owne tryall, J shall
thinck my selfe beholden to you ; And you as I hope no waye repent the
receavinge of such a servant of yor : owne name. Soe J rest
Yor : louinge freind 15
Tho : Dekker.
[7. vpon [you].]
MS. I. no] 93
ARTICLE no.
[Certain players to Edward Alleyn, 1616/7 (?). Signatures autograph, and the body of the
letter possibly in the hand of William Rowley. Printed, Alleyn Papers^ p. 86.]
Mr Allen, cofnendf :
S1 J hope you mistake not or remoouall from the bankes side : we stood the
intemperate weather, 'till more Jntcmperate Mr Meade thrust vs over, taking
the day from vs wch by course was ours ; though by the time wee can yet claime
none, & that power hee exacted on vs ; for the prosecution of or further suite 5
in a house wee entreate you to forethink well of the place, (though it craue a
speedic resolution) lest wee make a second fruitlesse paines and as wee purpose
to dedicate all or paines powers and frendfall referent to yorvses ; so wee entreate
you in the meane time, to looke toward or necessityes ; leauing you ever a
certaine forme of satisfaction ; wee haue neede of some monie (indeed vrdgent 10
necessitie) wch wee rather wish you did heare in conference then by report in
writing, we haue to receiue from the court (wch after shrouetide wee meane to
pursue wth best spcede) a great summe of monie, meane while if you'le but
furnish vs wth the least halfe, wch will be fourtie poundf ; it shall be all confirm'd
to you till your satisfaction of the fourty what wee can do for yor auaile or 1 5
purpose, wee professc or readiest furtherance and you shall comand it, for wch
wee entreate this kindnesse from you ; still resting
Jn yor emploimentc
frendf to their best powers
Robt Pallant william Rowley 20
Joseph Taylor
John newton
Robt hamlen
Hugh Attwell
Anthony Smyth 25
[addressed :]
To or worthy and much respected ffrend : M1 Allen these bee dd /
I. 110. The date is uncertain. Fleay places it c. Feb. 1616, i. e. close upon Henslowe's
death (Stage^ p. 265), but I incline to think the following winter more probable, in spite of the
' intemperate weather.'
3. thrust vs over, i.e. from the 'bankes side' over into Middlesex. They presumably had
the Blackfriars house to perform in, though this is not quite certain (cf. above Art. 107).
4. According to the arrangement in Mar. 1614, Meade was to have one day in fourteen for
baiting. If this still held good we may suppose that he claimed a day in the intervening week
as well.
20. From this list it appears that Barksted, Hobbs and Penn had left the company since the
Articles of 20 Mar. 1616 (Art. 107). The first had probably retired, but the other two appear in
later lists of Prince Charles' men.
94 [MS. I. in
ARTICLE in.
[Richard Jones (?) to Edward Alleyn, undated and fragmentary. Printed, Warner, p. 52.]
Mr allene J most hartilly commend me to you and to yor good bedffelow
mistres alien to mr hinsslow and mistres hinslow '. trustinge in god you ar all in
good health and J geve you great thankf for yr kyndnes in sending me the
reseait, yff god geve me lif J will not be vnthankfull to you for it, my vvif and J
have a request vnto you and this it is, she have reseavcd a letter that her father 5
is dead, to her great greff and sorovve and myn, and she knowcs not what will he
hath made, but for the libardf head in shorclich that is nowe my wifes so longe as
she leves, my father had alease of mr vahan dwelinge in the spitell for three lives,
wch lease she have hear w* her, good mr alen let me intrat so muche frendshipe
at yor handf as to take vpe the rent of the howese for me and my wif, and to 10
kepe it for vs tell our returne in to Jngland, for J have no frend nowe but yor
seilf whom J acount as my dearest frend, the rent of the libardf head is x
poundf a year, out of wcb, iij pound f ayear is to be payd to mr v[ah]an the
landlord dwelinge in [th]e spitell, it [
[8. alease, \. e. a lease. 10. A detached fragment has been misplaced by the mender.
13. ayear, i.e. a year. 14. The tops of letters in the next line are visible, but I can make
nothing of them.]
ARTICLE 112.
[Haris Jones to Edward Alleyn, i April 1620. Printed, Warner, p. 53.]
Ladvo from dansicke The ffirste of
Apriell 1620
my Aproved Good ffrinde mr Allin your helleth wished in the lord witith your
Good wife trvsting in God you Ar both in Good hellth As J was at the
wryting her of thes few lines is to in tre[ajte your worshype to stand owr Good 5
frinde As you hath bin before J sente you A leeter of Atorny by mr bapties
Abowte the lebickes hed J Cnowe not whither you hath Reseafed it or no J
I. 111. The writer was evidently the husband of 'Haris Joones' of Art. 112. Probably,
therefore, he was Richard Jones ; the more so as the handwriting has a resemblance to that of
Art. 84 and the signature of Art. 2. Henslowe being still alive, or his death not yet known to
the writer, the date can hardly be later than 1616, and it is not unlikely that Jones, who had
travelled as early as i592(?), may have been a member of the company which acted at Danzig
in July 1615 (Herz, p. 53), or else of another company which visited that town in July 1616
(Herz, p. 28). Another company was there in July 1619 (Herz, p. 51). He had left the Admiral's
men in Feb. 1602 (Diary, 104 29). [-W.]
7. libard^ head, i. e. Leopard's Head, a house, perhaps an inn, in Shoreditch.
13. mr vahan, presumably ' Vaughan.' He appears twice in the Diary (41 8, 72 i).
I. 112. 6. mr bapties, presumably ' Baptist' ; nothing is known of him.
MS. I. 124] 95
wowlld intreate your worship to send me word how mr Rowly hath delte with me
for my Rente by this baer her of my Husband Js with the prince And as yt J
am here in dansicke lockinge Evry daye to Gooe to him thvs desierin God to 10
bles you with your Good wife J Commyt you to the all myty God
your pore frinde to
Command haris
Joones +
H I 15
[addressed :]
To the Rite w5fo mr Edward Allinn deliver this at dvlige nere London
[i. W. Ladro (?). 3. ivitith, \. e. with. 7. lebickes hed, i.e. Leopard's Head. 9.
i.e. bearer. 10. \V. dayc \to\gooe. The to, however, is there, though very faint. 16. wofo,
i. c worshipful.]
ARTICLE 124.
[Report by Edward Jarman and John Tanner on the state of the Fortune playhouse, 18
July 1656. A contemporary copy was in the possession of J. P. Collier, and is now preserved
in B.M. MS. Egerton 2623, fol. 32. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 98.]
To all whome theisc presents may Conccirne, wee whose names are heerto
subscribed being desired by ye Mrs and Warden of Dulwich Colledg to vew ye
ground and building of the late playhouse Called the ffortune scituate betweene
Whitecrossestreet and Goulding laine in ye County of Middlesex : after Con-
sidcracon had on each pticuler doe humbly Certefy as ffolloweth Vizt :
8. mr Rowly. Whether Samuel Rowley, the Palsgrave's man, or William, Prince Charles'
man, was intended does not appear : probably one or the other.
9. the prince. Probably George William, Elector of Brandenburg, succ. 23 Dec. 1619, died
21 Nov. 1640. His wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, was sister of Frederic, Elector Palatine and King
of Bohemia, the husband of Princess Elizabeth. [-W.]
I. 124. The subsequent history of the house can be briefly told. For nearly four years after
this report nothing was done. On 5 Mar. 1659-60 the Court of Assistants of Dulwich College
signed an order for the lease of the house ' at present soe ruinous yl parte thereof is already
fallen downe and ye rest will suddainly follow,' and of the ground 'therevnto belonging' (Art.
125). An advertisement to that effect was inserted in the Mercurius Politicus of 14-21 Feb.
1661. By 4 Mar. 1660/1 no tenant, however, had been found, and order was made for the sale
of the materials (Art. 126). On 16 Mar. a contract was entered upon with William Beaven, for
the purchase of the materials for ,£75, and of the ground on the north and south side at the rate
of 2s. 6d. for 'each foote running measure' (Art. 127). The materials were sold and finally paid
for on 8 July (Art. 128). The ground was apparently not sold, for on 24 July a lease was signed
to William Beaven for 45 years at a rent of ,£34. 10. (Art. 129). The ordinances of the College,
however, forbade the granting of any lease for more than 21 years, and in Nov. Beaven filed a
bill in Chancery against the College for non-fulfilment of the agreement (Art. 131 and Mun. 71).
This was clearly done with the concurrence of the Court of Assistants, and on 21 Nov. was
granted a decree in Chancery (Art. 132) empowering the College to grant a lease, subsequently
signed 4 Mar. 1661/2, to Beaven for 21 years with renewals for 21 years and for 3 years (Art.
133). On 28 July 1662 Beaven paid his first year's rent (Art. 134).
96 [MS. I. 124
That ye sd late playhouse and Tapphouse : belonging to ye same : standeth
vpon a peece of ground Conteyninge in length from East to West one hundred
memorand • Twenty and seven ffoote : and a halfe : a little more
the o-round cont' or lesse : and in breadth from North to South : one
I Rood or quarter of hundred twenty and nine ffot a little more or les, And 10
anAcree: and556ofot that by reason ye lead hath bin taken from ye sayd
wch is £ of an Acre : building : the Tyling not secured and ye foundation
of ye sd play house not keept in good repair great p* of ye sayd play house : is
ffallen to ye ground, the tymber thereof much decayed and Rotten : and the
Brick walls soe Rent: and torne : y* ye whole structure is in noe condition 15
capable of Repaire but in greate danger of ffalling : to ye Hazzard of Passengers
Hues, And ffurther though ye sd building did in our opinions cost building : about
Two thouzand pound yet in as much as greate pt of ye tymber is Rotten : ye
Tyles much broaken and decayed and ye brick walls much shaken : and ye Charge
for demollishing ye same will bee Chargable and dangerous, vppon these con- 20
sideracons our opinions is that : ye sayd Materialls may not bee more worth then
eightty pound. /
And secondly : in as much : as, wee ffynd there are severall tenemts North-
ward of ye gate way next Whitecrosstreete belonging to ye sd hospitall which
are out of lease and others in goulding laine which are neere out of Lease • that 25
our opinions is it will bee most convenient and profitable for the sayd hospitall
to Cutt a streete of twenty fower foote wyde from whitecrosstreete to Goulding
laine and that there may bee fowerteene : tenemts erected betweene ye sd streete
and laine one ye North syde thearof : besydes ye tenemts one y" streete syde • each
of which tenemts may conteyne in ffront from East to West • aboute Eighteene 30
ffoote And in depht from North to South ffifty ffoote or therabouts also that
there may bee Nine tenemts erected betweene ye sd streete and Laine one ye south
syde therof Each of which sayd tenemts may Conteyne in ffront ffrom East to
West Eighteene ffoote : or therabouts and in depht from North to South ffifty
ffoote or therabouts and y* ye ground on which ye sd twenty three tenemts may 35
bee erected will or may yeild ye sd hospitall about three shill each ffoote in ffront '
and y* ye sd two ffronts doe Conteyne in lenth from East to West • fower hundred
and ffifteene ffoote : or thereabouts, and that Each ffoote of ye sd ffront may bee
worth ye som three shill soe y* ye whole ffower hundred and ffifteene ffoote may
amount unto ye sum of: sixty and two pound fVive shilling beside the tenements 40
standing. Jn testemony of the truth of which pticulers wee haue heerunto sett
our hands this 18° day of July 1656
Edw : Jerman
John Tanner
MS. II. i] 97
Memorand it is [necessary] that when any take ground to build after this 45
Manner : and soe acquitt ye landlords from any charge therein yl ye sd landlords
doe demise ye sd ground for ye tearme of 40 or 50 yeers, or more : but for lesse
tym? fe\v will vnder take ye same : and it is ffurther necessary that each builder
bee tyed to a fforme and scantling for such buildings
Edw : Jerman 50
John Tanner
[addressed :]
ffor the master or wardin of dullige thise
[endorsed ; the writing much injured by the seal :]
July IS [
\ } Duhvich
J /
Jo": Tan [ ] J 55
[endorsed again in a later hand :]
mr. Jarman & m1. Tanners view of the fortune play house ground & theire
report thereupon. /
[21. opinions is, sic. 31, 34. depht, i.e. depth. 39. som [of] three. 45. when any
take ground. C. who may take the ground.
Art. 138 is a copy of the part of Orlando in Robert Greene's Orlando Furioso. This will be
found reprinted in Apx. III.]
MANUSCRIPT II
ALLEYN PAPERS. Vol. II. Letters and Papers of Philip Henslowe and
Edward Alleyn, as Joint Masters of the Royal Game of Bears, Bulls and
Mastiff Dogs ; 1598-1626.
ARTICLE i.
[Philip Henslowe to Edward Alleyn, London, 4 June 1598. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 48.]
Sonne edward alleyn J comend me vnto you & to my dawghter & very glade to
heare of yourr healthes \vch god contenewe the causse whie J writte vnto you is
this mr Bowes liesse very sycke & every bodey thinckes he will not escape in so
H. 1. 3. Ralph Bowes, Master of the Royal Game, by patent of 2 June 1573 (see Mun. 7).
He was dead a few days after Henslowe wrote, as appears from a letter to Sir Robert Cecil
from Henry Lok (Calendar of State Pafers, 1598-1601, p. 60). [-W.]
II. P. O
98 [MS. II. i
mvche that J feare J shall losse alle for doctor seasser hath done nothinge for me
& as for ower other matter betwext vs J haue bene wth my lord admeralle a 5
bovvte yt & he promyssed me that he wold move the quene a bowte yt & the
next daye he Rides frome the corte to winser so that ther is nothinge ther to be
hade but good wordef wch trvbelles my mynd very mvche for my losse you
knowe is very mvche to me J did move my ladey edmones in yt & she very
onerabley vssed me for she weant presentley & moved the quene for me & 10
mr darsey of the previ chamber crossed hir & made yt knowne to her that the
quene had geven yt all Readey in Reversyon to one mr dorington a pensenor
& J haue talked wth hime & he confesseth yt to be trew but as yet mr bowes
lyveth & what paynes & travell J haue tacken in yt mr langworth shall mack
yt knowne vnto you for J haue had his heallpe in yt for so mvche as Jn hime 1 5
lyesse for we haue moved other great parsonages for yt but as yeat J knowe not
howe yt shall pleasse god we shall spead for J ame sure my lord admerall will
do nothinge & this J comitte you bothe to god leavinge the wholle descord to
be vnfolded to you by mr langworth for london this 4 of June 1598
Your to my power 20
Phillippe Henslow
4. Dr., afterwards Sir, Julius Caesar, judge of the Court of Admiralty and Master of Requests.
He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1606, and Master of the Rolls in 1614, and
died in 1636. [-W.] Henslowe had been in communication with him (a bowt the changing
of ower comysion' in 1597 (Diary, 38 8-18).
5. Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, Lord Admiral, and Earl of Nottingham
since 1596. The 'other matter' may have been the building of the P'ortune, which, however,
was not begun till 1600 (cf. MS. I. 27). [-W.]
9. Probably the wife of Sir Thomas Edmonds, Comptroller of the Household, and the
Dorothy Edmonds mentioned as gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber in 1580 (MS. Lansd. 29,
fol. 161). Annuities granted her by the Queen were still paid in 1614 (MS. Lansd. 165, fol.
247). [-W.]
11. Edward Darcy, groom of the Privy Chamber. [-W.]
12. John Dorrington of Nottinghamshire, gentleman pensioner, knighted at Whitehall
23 July J6o3. The grant to him of the office, with a fee of lod. a day and ^d. for his deputy,
was made on 7 Aug. 1598 (Cal. State Papers, 1528-1601, p. 79). His patent was dated 11 Aug.,
and was renewed by James I, 14 July 1603 (Mun. 25). [-W.]
14. Arthur Langworth, a friend of Henslowe and Alleyn, frequently mentioned in the Diary.
He \vas evidently in town at this moment while his wife was entertaining the Alleyns in the
country. Alleyn was still, or again, there when Henslowe sent his subsequent letter of 26 Sept.
(MS. I. 24). Langworth's house was the Brill or Broyle, in the parish of Ringmere, Sussex
(Visitation of Sussex, 1634, MS. Karl. 1562, fol. 118). He married Rose, daughter of William
Durant of Cottesmore in Rutland, and died in 1606, the probate of his will being dated 6 Nov.
(MS. IV. 54). John Langworth, the only one of his children not mentioned in his will, died in
1612. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Chaloner, belonging, no doubt, to the family with
which Alleyn was on intimate terms (cf. MS. I. 38). [-W.]
MS. II. 2] 99
J praye you comend me vnto mrs langworth and to all the Reast of our
friend f thir
[addressed :]
This be dd vnto mr Edwardc Alleyn at mr arthur Langworthes at the Brille
in Sussex dd this 25
[2. yourr, sic. 18. (his, \. e. thus. 19. for, i, e. from.]
ARTICLE 2.
[Arthur Langworth to Edward Alleyn, June 1598 (?). Autograph. Printed, Warner, p. 66,
in part.]
Mr Alley wheras you saie you sent me a letter the last weeke J t^ non neither
heard any such thing at my depling from you you said J shuld not neede to
come till after twelfday : and therfor no cause saie out of sight out of mynde
and wheras you saie all my frind voues are as yeasly forgotten as promises you
do yor self wrong to Charg me vniustly J vowe nothing to you but good will 5
J told you J had delt for the offir for you weh J haue don assone as the ptie is fett
the sonner the better for me Therfore J tell you plaine if it came not from
you whom I haue ev1' Lovid J shuld disclaine to answer such Comanding
mattr wth out cause if it please god to take awey m1' Bowes J cannot helpe it but
be sorry : you knowe J suddenly devised awey to helpe if yor lord wold do it 10
Therefor J forslowd it not : J was not acqueinted howe my L of Nottingham wold
geve ov1' the stafife my lord told you what to do therfore blame yor selfe
suddenly you may do it still As J said before J told you J wold gett yo11 a place
if the ptie and you could agree so do J tell you still J told you the derest price
and the lowest or neere theraboutf J assure you if J had not lovid you J wold 15
wold not haue taken so much paynes and made such a vile Jorney not for the
thing But to finish if otherwise you can better helpe yo1' self do it J will loose my
Labore : But if you cannot J will pforme this you shall haue the place agreing
and paicing for it And J wilbe reddy as a frend to helpe the best J can and J will
hast to you as much as J knowe may serve the torne it shall not be many dais 20
but J wilbe wth yov : it semeth you wer not yor owne man when you write this
II. 2. I am unable to explain this letter. It would seem from the postscript as though
Alleyn were with the company in London (unless by 'company' is merely meant Langworth's
family and friends at the Brill), and yet Langworth appears to have been busying himself there
on Alleyn's behalf. The allusion to Bowes' illness points strongly to the beginning of June
1598 as the date, but this is hardly consistent with the mention of 'twelfday,' and I can find
nothing at that date which could suggest that Nottingham ' wold geve ovr the staffe.' It may
be remarked that Alleyn 'left [pjlaying' some time before 29 Dec. 1597 (Diary, 43 2), and
appears from these letters to have remained inactive for some months.
ioo [MS. II. 2
and J as mellincolly to answer such a letter to on J haue lovid so well and so
litle regarded But J shalbe wiser on day ; love and kindnes may make me
breake my hart But Jmperious speches doth nothing wth me
Yor trewe (Trend ffrend 25
Ar : Langworth
J pray you comend me to mrs Alleyn and the whole company
[addressed :]
To my very Loving ffrend mr Edward Alleyn hast this
[i. Alley, sic. 4. yeasly, i.e. easily. 11. forslowd, W. forsJio u'd. 13. a [marshalls?]
place ; a word has been crossed out. 15-6. ivold iv old, sic. 20. may, W. will. 25. ffrend
ffrend, sic.]
ARTICLE 3.
[John Dorrington to Philip Henslowe, Wigell, May 1600. Autograph. Printed, Alleyn
Memoirs, p. 60.]
mr henslow J haue Recevid a letter to haue hir maty games to be at the court
of mvnday next next so short a worning as J never knew the lycke and my
self not well having had a fytt of an agew on frydaye at nyght but yf ther be no
Remydye then good mr henslow pull vp yow1' speryttf and Jackcobe to furnyshe
yt as well as yow canne and J have written to my syster hide to lett hir maty 5
vnder stand of the losse we haue had this wynter of our best bears and to
signyfy so mvch to them that executf my lord chamberlins place and so J will
leve you for this time hoping yow will dow all yow1' best Jndevers to satisfy hir
maty in this servisse from wigell this [ ] of m aye 1600
Your very frend 10
John dorington
[addressed :]
To my very good frend m1 henslow geve thes
[2. next next, sic. 8. to satisfy, C. to so satisfy. 9. maye, C. march.
II. 3. 2. mvnday next. The occasion was perhaps the same as that referred to in a letter
from Rowland White to Sir R. Sidney, 12 May 1600: 'tomorrow she hath commanded the beares,
the bull and the ape to be baited in the Tiltyard ; (Sidney Papers, 1746, ii. p. 194). [-W.] But
12 May 1600 was itself a Monday, so that 'tomorrow' would be Tuesday.
4. Jackcobe, i. e. Jacob Meade, keeper of the Royal Game 1599 (Mun. 19), and joint lessee
with Henslowe of the Bear Garden.
5. Presumably Mrs. Luce Hyde, gentlewoman, who appears among the ladies of the court
who gave presents to the Queen on New Year's Day, 1599-1600 (Nichols, Elizabeth, iii.
p. 455)- [-W-]
MS. II. 5] 101
Art. 4 is an acquittance from Richard Lefwicke to Philip Henslovve and Edward Alleyn
for £10, for 'i quarters rent dewe vnto my Mr, M> Doryngton, for the commissyon for the
Beargarden'; i Jan. 1601/2. Printed, Alleyn Papers, p. 26. A similar acquittance, dated
II Apr. 1602, and signed by Dorrington himself, is in the Diary (151). The commission of ^40
a year was paid to Uorrington, as Master of the Royal Game, for licence to bait at the Bear-
Garclen. For Alleyn's connection with the Garden, see MS. VIII and MS. XVIII. 7. —
Warner, p. 67.]
ARTICLE 5.
[Draft of royal Patent for the Mastership of the Game of Bears, Bulls and Mastiff Dogs,
dated 24 November 1604. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 72.]
[Extracts.] Patent from James I to Henslovve and Alleyn of the Office of
Master of the Game of Bears, Bulls & Mastiff Dogs. Imperfect, beginning
abruptly 'and advantages whatsoever to the said Office of Cheefe Mr. Overseer
and Ruler of our beares Bulls and mastiffe dogges in any wisse belonginge in as
large and ample manner as Sr. William steward knight or before him Sr. John 5
darrington knight deceased or as Raphe Bowes or any other at any tyme ever
had, vsed, perceaved or enjoyed in for or by reason of the same Office / Giuinge
by theise pfites for vs our heries and successors vnto the said Phillip Henslow
and Edward Allen and to either of them Joyntly and severallye and to the deputie
or deputies of them or either of them duringe the naturalle lives of the said 10
Phillipe Henslowe and Edward Allen and the life of the longer liver of them full
power comission and authoritie not onlie to take vp & kepe for our service
pastyme and sporte any mastife dogge or doggf and mastife Bitches Beares,
bulls and other meete and convenient for or said service and pastymes or any of
them beinge wthin this or Realme or other our dominions at and for such reason- 15
able prices as our said servauntes or either of them, there deputie or deputies or
the deputie or deputies of either of them can agree wth the Owner or owners of
the Beares and bulls, but also to staye or cause to be stayed at their or either of
there discrecons all and every such Mastiffe dogges and Bitches as the said
Phillip Henslow and Edward Allen or either of them, or there assignes or the 20
assignes of either of them shall fortune at any tyme hereafter to take or fynde
goinge passinge or conveyinge or to be conveyed in any wise into any partes of
beyond the Seas wthout or speciall warrant and comission for conveyinge of the
same / . . . And further we doe give and graunt full power and authoritie by
theise pntes to the said Phillip Henslow and Edwarde Allen and to either of them 25
to bayete or cause to be bayted our said Beares and others beinge of our saide
games in all and every convenient place and places at altymes meete at there and
II. 5. 5. The grant to Steward was made on 20 July 1604 (Cal. State Papers, 1603-1610,
p. 154); and the docket of the grant to Henslowe and Alleyn on his surrender bears date
14 Nov. 1604 (ibid. p. 167). [-W.]
102 [MS. II. 5
either of there discrec5ns . . . And of our further grace certaine knowledge and
meere mocon we doe by these pntes for vs our heires and Successors give and
graunt to the said Phillip Henslow and Edward Allen Joyntly and severally the 30
office and Roome of kepper of our Bandoggf Mastiffes and Mastiffe bitches, and
the said Phillipe Henslow and Edward Allen and either of them kepper and
Ruler of our Mastiffes and Bandoggf, and of the Mastiffes and Bandoggf of of vs
our heirs and successors we do ordaine and make by theise pntes / . . . Moreover
we do by theis pntes for vs our heires and successors give and graunt to the saide 35
Phillipe Henslowe and Edwarde Allen for occupyinge and exercisinge of the saide
office and keppinge of Twentie mastiffe Bitches the fee and wages of Tenn pence
sterlinge by the daie, and for there deputie for exercisinge of the saide Rowme
vnder them the fee and wages of ffower pence by the daie / . . . And the saide
ffee to be had and yerelie receaved out of the Treasure of our Chamber and of our 40
heires and Successors by the hands of or Treasurer of the saide Chamber for the
tyme beinge Quarterly by even porcons, Together wth all fees advantages profittf
and Comodities therevnto belonginge . . . Witnes our sclfe at Westminster the
ffower and Twentith daie of November in the yere of or Raigne of England
ffraunce and Ireland the seconde And of Scotlande the Eight and Thirteeth' 45
[endorsed, the last five words being in Alleyn's hand :]
M1 Hinslowe. bergarden a draft off ye pattent
[8. hcrics, i.e. heirs. 22-3. partes of beyond, sic. 33. of of, sic.
Art. 6 is an acquittance from Sir William Steward to Henslowe and Alleyn for ^450 paid for
the assignment of a patent of the Mastership of the Game of Bears, Bulls and Mastiff Dogs,
dated 28 November, 2 James I, 1604, and signed ' Williame Steuarte.' Printed, Alleyn Memoirs,
P- 7I-]
ARTICLE 7.
[Contract of Peter Streete with Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn for the rebuilding of
part of a tenement belonging to the Bear Garden. Dated 2 June 1606. Sealed; Streete's
mark and witnesses' signatures autograph. On the back are acquittances from Street down to
9 Jan. 1607. The building in question was not, as has been supposed, the Bear Garden
itself. The contract, according to Collier, 'gives so minute and so particular an account of all
that Streete was to perform, that a most accurate notion may easily be formed of the size,
convenience, and even general appearance of the fabric.' This is quite true, but from the
abstract here given it will be seen that the building was a long, shallow house, only sixteen feet
from front to back, and was wholly divided into rooms. It is, however, described as the
' foreside ' of the Bear Garden and may possibly have abutted upon the actual baiting house.
Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 78.]
[Abstract] Contract of Peter Streete, of London, carpenter, with Philip Hens-
lowe and Edward Alleyn, of the parish of St. Saviour's Southwark, esquires,
MS. II. 8] 103
for £6$, to pull down 'so much of the Tymber or Carpenters worke of the
foreside of the messuage or Tenemente called the beare garden next the River
of Thames in the pishe of S* Saviors aforesaide, as Conteyneth in lengthe from 5
out side to out side ffyftie and sixe foote of assize and in bredth from out side to
out side sixteen foote of assize ' and to rebuild the same ' of good newe sufficient
and sounde Tymber of oke,' the building to 'Conteyne in height Twoe storyes and
a halfe, The two whole storyes of the same frame to be in height from flower to
flower Ten foote of assize apeece and the halfe story to be in height ffower foote 10
of assize,' the lowest story to ' seperate and devide into ffower romes,' the second
story to ' seperate into three romes . . . And the halfe storry above to be
divided into Twoe romes ; ' 2 June, 4 James I, 1606. Signed with Streete's mark,
and witnessed :
' Sealed and deliurd in the prsence of 1 5
me Thomas Bolton Screv
John Allyn '
[endorsed :]
Peter Streetf covenant^ and bond for the building of the bearegarden
ARTICLE 8.
[Draft of a letter of warrant from Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn to Christopher Goffe
their deputy, dated June 1607. In Alleyn's hand. On the back of the first leaf are some
accounts for bear's meat at ' Darford, Gravesend, Rochester, Maydstone, Sittingborne, ffever-
sham, Caunterbury, Dover, ffolstone, Ashford, Wye.' Printed, Warner, p. 69.]
Christopher Goffe we Comends vs vnto ctct :
yor sodayne departur out of the Towne att yor last being w* vs, and our then
ocassion of busines, made that to be neclected, wch : otherwise should haue been
pformed we mean yor deputation, yett nott w* standing we Haue thought good
to diricht theys ourr letter3 vnto you, wch shalbe a sufition warant, for yo11 to deale 5
in our busines, by wch : we do not only will and requier you as our sufitient seruant
and deputie, but also doe Authorise yo11 to pseed in the busines, acording to theys
directions folowing, vidlct that whear as by reson of oil1' great seruis this year
both be for the k : matie, the french princ, and w* y° hous, on1' whole store of
doggs are wasted and spent as yor self can Testifie so that we ar forced to sent 10
clowne His matis Comissio in to theys Cuntries, to Tak and bring vp such and so
many suffitient doggs (wrier of we vnderstand you Haue great store) as shall sufies
II. 8. 9. The French prince was Charles de Lorraine, Prince de Joinville, eldest son of
Henry, third Duke of Guise. He came to England 8 May 1607, and was present at Jonson's
masque before the King at Theobalds, 22 May (1616, p. 887; Nichols, James /, ii. pp. 126-8).
Both Jonson and Camden in his Annales describe him as brother of the Duke of Guise. [-W.]
104 [MS- II. 8
to pforme any servis when His matie shall Comand, never ye less considering
our speches wee Had w* yo11 for ye good of yc gamsters of yor Cuntrie, and His
maties seruis that they shall Haue no ocasion of dislik, nor our offic vnfurnished, 1 5
nether at this Tym nor Heer after, we do by yo11 make this offer vnto them, that
iff they will Cale them selues to gether, in Eueri Town and vilage wher such
doggs ar kept, and sett down among them selues How many Eueri plac yearly
will alow for the sayd servis, and them to send vp to our offic att pallass garden
between Easter and whitsvntid, that in so doing the Comission shall never Com 20
downe to Take any doggs from them but theyr wholl store shalbe left to them
selues and for more securitie wher of we will at Euerie reseat of such doggs
yerly, giue vnder our Hands and sealls a sufitient dischard for ye sayd year, this
shall yon pmiss in our names wch : they pforming we will keep, but otherwise we
must be forsed to send ye Comissio oftner among them, and Espetially to those 25
places wch shall refuse this kind offer, send vs word of this busines as sone as
you Can, and the names of those places that do Acept of itt, sertifide vnder theyr
own Hands that we may vse them kindly and those that do refuce vnder yo
Hand that we maye know them thus w* our Hartie salutations we Comitt you
to god london this of June 1607 30
[5. our*, sic. 10. sent, i. e. send. 11. Connssio[n\. 15. offic [be] unfurnished, W.
25. Comissio\vi\. 30. Blank left for date.]
ARTICLE 9.
[Petition to James I from Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn, 1607 (?). There are three
copies, a draft in Henslowe's hand, which is here reprinted, a fair copy of the same and another
fair copy somewhat differently worded. Printed, Alleyn Memoirs, p. 75, from the first ; Lysons,
Environs of London, \. p. 92, from the second.]
To the kingf most exsellent magestie
The humble pctticion of phillipe Ilenslow And Edward alleyn you1" niatie3
servant^
wheras it pleassed you1' moste exselent matie after the deathe of Sr John
Dorington to grant the offes of mr of your game of bearef bullf & dogef wth the 5
fee of xvjd p dium vnto Sr wm steward knight at wch tyme the howse & bearef
being you1" maties petticinors but we not licensed to bayte them & sr vv"1 steward
refusynge to tacke them at our handef vpon any resonable termes we weare ther
fore inforsed to bye of hime the saide office pastime & fee at a very highe Ratte
and wheras in respecte of the great charge that the kepinge of the saide game 10
contenewally Requirethe and also the smalnes of the fee in the Late quenes
tyme fre libertie was pmited wth owt restrainte to bayght them wch now is tacken
a way frome vs especiallye one the sondayes in the after none after devine
MS. II. 9] 105
service wch was the cheffest meanes and benyfite to the place and in the tyme
of the sicknes we haue bene restrayned many tymes one the workey dayef thes 15
hinderances in generalle wth the losse of diuers of thes Beastes as before the
kinge of denmarke wch loste a goodlye beare called gorge stone and at our laste
beinge before your matie weare kylled iiij of our beaste bearef wch in your king-
dom are not the licke to be hade all wch weare in valley worth 3C" and also our
ordenary charge^ a mownteh yearly vnto ijC" & beatter thes losses and charge 20
are so heavey vpon your petticinors that wheras formerly we cowld haue Leatten
it forth for 100" a yeare now none will tacke it gratis to beare the charge wch is
your pore servantf vncloinge vnles yor mtio of your gratious clemensey haue
consideration of vs
Thes cawses do in forse vs moste humblie to be come sewters to your matie in 25
respecte of the pmesies & for that we haue ever sence your gratious cnterance
into this kingdom done you1' matie service wth all dewtie and observance it wold
plcasse your matie in your moste Rialle bowntie now so to Releue vs as we mayc
be able to contenew our service vnto your matie as herto fore we haue done and
to that eand to grant vnto vs free libertie as hath byn graunted in the late qucnes 30
tyme & also in respecte of our great and dayle charge to ade vnto our said fee
ij3 viij'1 beinge never as yet incresed sence the firste fowndation of the office
and wheras ther ar diuers vagrantf and persons of losse and Jdell lifiTe that
vsalley wandreth throwgh the contreyes wth bearef & bullef wth owt any lycence
and for owght we know servinge no man spoy Hinge and kyllinge doges for that 35
game so that your matie cane not be served but by great charges to vs fetchinge
them very fare wch is derectly contrary to a statute made in that behallfe for the
Restraynynge of suche your matie wold be pleassed in your moste gratious favouer
to Renew vnto your petticinours our pattyne and to grant vs and our deputies
power and atorette to apprehend suche vagrantf & to convent them before the 40
next Justice of pece ther to be bownd wth surties to forfet his said beares &
bullet to y°ur maties vsse yf he shalbe tacken to go a bowt wUl any suche game
contrary to the Lawef of this you1' matips Realme & your pore servant^ will
dayle praye for your maties longe and hapey Rayne
II. 9. 17. The King of Denmark, Christian IV, brother of Anne, Queen of James I, visited
England 17 July-i4 Aug. 1606 (Stowe-Hawes, Chronicle, 1631, p. 885; Nichols, James /, ii.
p. 54). [-W.] George Stone was a well-known bear. He was apparently called after a bear-
ward, for in the OwTs Almanack, 1618 (p. 6), occurs the sentence : 'Since that loyalt souldier,
George Stone, of the Bear-garden, died, 8 yeares,' which would place his death c. 1610. Jonson
speaks of the time 'when Ned Whiting, or George Stone, were at the stake' (Epicoene, III. i.
1616, p. 553), and the author of the Puritan also mentions 'George Stone the Bar' (III. vi,
Shakespeare, 1664, p. 66). See Nares, p. 841.
H. P. P
io6 [MS. II. 9
[endorsed :]
peticiones to the kinge
[15. ivorkey, s\c. 19. jCa, C. jo1'. 20. mownte\\\h. 30. byn graunted, C. by tin
geaven us.
Article 10 is a rough memorandum - book, containing the receipts and payments of a
travelling bear-ward, employed by Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn, when on a provincial
tour in Berks, Wilts, and Gloucestershire ; 13 Aug.-ao Sept. 1608. (See Alleyn Memoirs, p. 84.)
Part of the book, fols. 34-37, is occupied by acquittances from Thomas Towne, the actor, to
Edward Alleyn for quarterly payments of an annuity, originally granted 28 Oct. 1608 (Mun. 32),
of £12 'out of ye manor off Dullwich' ; 28 Oct. 1608-15 Jan. 1611/2. Towne must have died
soon after this date, and we find an acquittance to ' widdow Towne ' dated 5 Nov. following
(MS. V. 8.)— Warner.]
ARTICLE 41.
[Advertisement of the Beargarden. Written in a large hand, being probably the original
placard exhibited. Printed, Lysons, Environs of London, i. p. 91 ; Collier, Dramatic Poetry,
1831, iii. p. 284, 1879, iii. p. 98.]
Tomorrowe beinge Thursdaie shalbe seen at the Beargardin on the banckside
a greate Mach plaid by the gamstirs of Essex who hath chalenged all comers
what soeuer to plaie v dogges at the single beare for v pounds and also to wearie
a bull dead at the stake and for your better content shall haue plasant sport with
the horse and ape and whiping of the blind beare 5
Viuat Rex
ARTICLE 42.
[Advertisement of a prize shooting. Printed.]
A Generall Prize, For all those that desire to approue their skill, either with
Musket or Long Bow.
Whereas amongest the well experient Marke men both of London and Surrey,
at their seuerall Traynings there hath appeared great desire to expresse their
singular skill, and to carry away the credite due to the best deseruer : Know all 5
men by these presents, that vpon Monday next, being the xxj. day of this
present Month of August ; in Saint Georges Fieldes shall bee seuerall markes
set vp, as well for Muskets with Cock-matches, as for Long-bow and Arrowes,
according as is here vnder ordered. And euery man that pleaseth to be a party
at either of the said Games, shall according to the charge required, put in his 10
money betweene this and the day specified, into the hands of M. Euan Floyd
gentleman, dwelling in Winchester house neare S. Mary Queries in Southwarke;
in whose custody the Prizes appointed and mentioned are intrusted : And from
thence to march in order with their colours into the said Fieldes,
MS. VIII] 107
f A faire peece of Plate,| Crownes 1 The charge or ven-j {- • }\ 15
t valuable, J J ture, J ' J
fA standing bowle, valm xv, Crownes. /Charge or venture,^ ij.s.-o ^
j A bell Salt, valuable x. Crownes. j Charge or venture, I j.s.-vjcl I
I A scale Ring, valuable.; v. Crownes. ICharge or venture,; j.s.-o J
He that winnes any of these prizes, shall at his choice haue so much money 20
as is mentioned, or the prize it selfe : neither shall the number at any of these
games exceede fourscore.
God saue the King.
[MS. III. Alleyn Papers. Vol. III. General Correspondence of Edward Alleyn and
Philip Henslowe ; 1577-1626.
MS. IV. Alleyn Papers. Vol. IV. Legal and Miscellaneous Papers of Edward Alleyn
and his Family; 1461-1611.
MS. V. Alleyn Papers. Vol. V. Legal and Miscellaneous Papers of Edward Alleyn and
his Family; 1612-1626.
MS. VI. Alleyn Papers. Vol. VI. Legal and Miscellaneous Papers relating to Dulwich
College after the Death of the Founder; 1627-1744.
MS. VII. Henslowe's Diary; 1592-1609. Printed, Collier 1845; Greg 1904.]
MANUSCRIPT VIII
MEMORANDUM-BOOK of Edward Alleyn ; 1594-1616. The contents, which
occupy a small portion only of the volume, consist chiefly of notes of the
purchase of the Bear Garden, the Fortune Theatre, Dulwich manor, and other
properties, with lists of ' evidences ' and particulars of price, subsequent profits,
etc. On fol. 41 v is 'a generall note of all my writings, deedes or evidencis,
bondes or bills belonging to me E. Alleyn.' All these notes, the lists of
'evidences' excepted, are printed, Alleyu Papers, pp. xiii, etc. [Warner, p. 164.]
Fol. 5V :-
'What The Bear garden Cost me for my owne part in December 1594
i
first to mr : burnabye 200
Then for the patten 250
Some is 450
I held itt 1 6 year & R? 60* p anum wch : is 96o!
Sowld itt my father Hinchloe in februarie 1610 for 580''
[cf. Warner, p. 67.]
VIII. In the 'generall note' occurs a list of 'The Wrightings of the Bear Garden' from
which Collier extracted the following : — Ballards lease to Pope ; Morgin Pope to Edward
Does ; Rafe Boes and Edward Boes to Morgin Pope ; Rafe Boes and Edward Boes to
Burnable ; Burnable to Edward Alleyn ; Edward Alleyn to Phelop Henslow ; Jacobe Meades
lease. None of these documents appear to be extant. For Pope, see Mun. 7.
io8 [MS. VI 1 1
Fol. 6V :—
' What The fortune Cost me novemb 1599
first for ye leas to brew 24°
then for ye building ye playhowe 52°
For other pruat buildings of myn owne 1 2O1
So in all itt hathe cost me for ye leasse 88o!
bought the ynheritance of the land of the gills of ye Isle of man wch : is yc
fortune & all the Howses in whightcrosstrett & gowlding Lane in
June 1610 for the some of 34Ql
bought in John garretts Lease in reuertion from the gills for 21 years for . . 100'
So in all itt Cost me 1320'
Bleased be ye Lord god Euerlasting.' [cf. Warner, p. 28.]
[3. playhow\<s\e. 4. pt\\\uat.~\
[MS. IX. Alleyn's Diary; 1617-1622. Printed, Warner, pp. 165-195 (in part), Young, ii.
pp. 51-255 (in full, with facsimiles).
MS. X. Register of Dulvvich College ; 1616-1757.]
MANUSCRIPT XI
' A generall Collection of all the offices in Englande withe ther ffees in the
queenes g[uifte] ' ; circa 1 600.
Among the items are the following, fol. 15V : —
' Players of interludes — fe a peece 66s p Annu '
and fol. 25V : —
' Parris garden /.
Keep of the queenes beares fee 12". 8s. id. ob
Keep of queenes mastiues fe 2I11 5s. iod ob'
The following notes are in the hand of Philip Henslowe ; fol 29V : —
'ty lo11
pd for my Lor worsters mens warant for playinge at the cort vnto the\ ..s
clarke of the cownselles for geatynge the cownselles handf to yt. . . J
Fol. 6V. The lease from the Gills to Brew is now Mun. 12, his assignment to Alleyn, Mun. 20
(see Mun. 37). The contract for the building is now Mun. 22. The deed of sale from the Gills
is now Mun. 38. The assignment from Garrett is now Mun. 36.
XI. Fol. 29V. There is no record of any performances at court by Worcester's men, so
that this entry must mean that Henslowe paid the 7^. at court for their warrant. The date of
the following entries suggests that we probably have to do with their warrant on becoming
Queen's men.
MS. XVIII. 6] 109
pd at the Receuinge of the mony owt of the payhowsse to m moysse\ s .rt,
for fese /
and on fol. 30 : —
' 1603
Layd owt as folowethe for sewinge at the cort when the kinge laye at
grenwiche
Jtm pd for a petion wch mr doryngton had xijd
Jtm pd for a petion wch my Lo chamberlen hade xijd
Jtm pd for a peticon to dd to the cownsell table xijd
Jtm pd for mackinge of ij lycenses in parchment iijs
Jtm pd for our warent for baytynge vijs
Jtm pd for goinge & comminge by wat1' 4 tymes ijs
Jtm pd for goinge by wat1' ij tymes in a daye xvjd '
[cf. Warner, pp. 198-9.]
MANUSCRIPT XVIII
ALLEYN PAPERS. Vol. VII. Miscellaneous Papers connected with Edward
Alleyn and Dulwich College; 1330-1662.
ARTICLE 6.
Rent-book of Philip Henslowe containing the names of his tenants in various
holdings ; 1604-161 1. The following headings occur : —
'The tenantes of Jeames Russells as foloweth 1606'
'The tennantes of John mowntes Landes as foloweth 1606'
' The tenantes of m1 malthowsse 1606' also 1609.
'The kinges Rentes bowght of mre keayes 1604'
'The Bores Heade Tennantf as foloweth 1604' c
'The Tenement^ of James Russells as ffoloweth 1606'
Fol. 30. We find James I at Greenwich 20 May, and also during the greater part of June,
for certain on 15 and 23 (Nichols, /ames /, i. pp. 155, 161, 164). The mention of Mr. Dorrington
shows that the entry must be before 23 July (cf. MS. II. i).
XVIII. 6. i. Cf. Diary, 177V i.
3. Cf. Diary, 178 2 1 and 22 2,
4. Cf. Diary, 178T 3, 72V 14-6, and 178 5.
5. Cf. Diary, 177V 20.
no [MS. XVIII. 6
' The Tenant^ of mr mvnseys Rentf as ffoloweth 1609
' Severalle Tenement^ on the banck side as foloweth 1609' also 161 1.
'm1' Throgmourton sowld me his landf called the pickegarden the first of June
in the seventh year of his matics Rayne ' IO
'the Tenantes of mr Throgmortons Begininge mighell daye in the yeare 1609'
ARTICLE 7.
[Statement in the hand of Edward Alleyn of his expenditure on the Bear Garden and
the Fortune; 1602-1608. Printed, Warner, p. 339, in part.]
beargden Play Howse
1 s d Is
1602 - - 121 - ii - 6 089-05 - o
1603 -- 118-07- ° 004-02- o
1604-- 153-14- o 232-01- 8
1605 -- 092- 12- 4 108-14-3 5
486-04-10 434-02 ii
1606 - 127-00-00
1607 pd f°r ye building - 163-00-00
1608 of ye Bowses wdl - 121 -06-00
may be Counted to - 360' IO
Some totall - 846 -04-10 41 1 - 06 - oo
[on the back :] totall 845'- OS - 1 1
1 s d
874 - 04 - 9 - ob
212 -02 - 8 - ob
83 - 12 - ii -ob 15
019-19- 9-ob
ooi -02 -01 - o
1191 -02-04.
Besids ye money wch : wase
Taken vp for y° Reull8. 20
7-1 1. Cf. MS. V. 24. 'A note of such evidences as doe concern the land bought [by
Henslowe, 22 Jan. 1606/7] of James Munsey,' and of 'evidences concerning the Pikegarden,'
bought of Henry Throgmorton and Sara, his wife, and Eliz. Gibbons, heirs of John Gibbons,
I June 1609; dated 7 May 1616. (Warner, p. 141.)
-XVIII. 7. 8-10. The houses no doubt included those mentioned in MS. 11.7. Details
of the expenditure would probably appear in the ' building book ' mentioned in Alleyn's Diary
(MS. IX) in the summary following 24 Dec. 1621 (Young, ii. p. 226) were it extant.
13. The bearing of these accounts on the back does not appear.
MS. XVIII. 9] in
ARTICLE 9.
[Bond for the performance of certain articles, 29 Aug. i6ir. Signatures autograph ; seals
all wanting. Almost identical with Mun. 47. Vellum.]
Noucrint vniucrsi [&c. Bond in £500, dated 29 Aug. 1611, from the
signatories to Henslowc, signed :]
John Townscnd
Joseph Taylor
William Ecclcston 5
Sigill et dclibcr in pfitia Robt hamlen
Thome Mason Scr Thomas Hunt
Ire Curial London Joseph Moore
John Alleyn John Rice
John Taylor william Carpenter 10
allexander foster
Thomas Basse
Fr vvamvs
[on the back :]
The Condicdn of this obligacon is such That if the wthin bound John Towns-
cnd Joseph Tayler William Egglcstonc Giles Gary Robert Hamlin Thomas 15
Hunte Joseph Moore John Rice William Carpenter Allexander ffostcr and
ffrauns Waymtis & Tho : Basse there cxecutors admstrat" : & assignes and every
of them doo for there and every of there ptf well and truly hould obscru pay
pform fulfill & keepc all and every the Covefmtf grauntf payment^ articles &
agreement^ wch on their and every or any of their ptf arc or ought to be 20
houlden obscrued paid pformcd fulfilled & kept mencdncd & contayncd in
ccrten articles of agreement^ indented bearing the date wthin written made by
& bctweenc the wUlinnamed Phillipp hcnslow on thonc ptc and all & every the
pties abouemenconcd on thothcr pt and that in & by all thingf according to
the tcnor effect purport & true meaning of the same articles in every respect 25
That then this pnt obligacon to be void & of none effect Or els to rcmayne in
full force & vertuc
[MS. XIX is the Plott of the Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins which will be found
printed together with other dramatic plots in Appendix II.
MS. XX. The Tcll-Tale, a comedy in five acts ; unfinished. Early seventeenth century ]
112
ADDENDUM TO PAGE 30
The following leases were not discovered till 1902, and are catalogued in the Second Series
(Bickley, pp. 122-5) :
100. 7. Lease to John Fisher, of London, barber chirurgion, of one twenty-fourth part of the
ground whereon the Fortune playhouse stood, for 51 years at a rent of £5. 6. u.,and £41. 13. 4.
in hand, 20 May 1622.
100. 8. Lease to Richard Gunnell, of London, gent, of one twelfth part, for the same term,
at a rent of ^10. 13. 10., and ^83. 6. 8. in hand, same date.
100. 9. Lease to Adam Islipp, of London, stationer, of one twelfth part, on the same terms
and of the same date.
100. 10. Lease to Edward Jackson, of London, gent, of one twelfth part, on the same terms
and of the same date.
100. n. Lease of which Mun. 62 is the counterpart.
100. 12. Lease to Francis Juby, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, widow, of one twenty-fourth
part on the same terms as No. 7 and of the same date.
100. 13. Lease to Charles Massy, of St. Giles' without Cripplegate, gent, of one twelfth part
(in addition to the twenty-fourth part of Mun. 58) on the same terms as No. 8 and of the same
date. Surrendered 14 Mar. 1622/3, and followed by (100. 14) counterpart.
100. 15. Lease to George Massye, citizen and merchant tailor of London, of one twenty-
fourth part on the same terms as No. 7, and of the same date. With memorandum of non-
payment of rent in 1635.
100. 1 6. Lease to Thomas Wigpitt, citizen and bricklayer of London, of one twenty-fourth
part, on the same terms and of the same date.
100. 22. Lease to John Blake, of High Holborn, in St. Giles' in the Fields, glazier, of a
moiety of one twelfth part of the new Playhouse called the Fortune for 49^ years at a rent of
£$. 6. ii., dated 20 Feb. 1623/4.
100. 23. Lease to Marie Brian, of Clerkenwell, widow, of one twelfth part in the same, for
49j years at a rent of 53.?. %\d. for the first quarter, and for the rest of the term at £,\o. 13. 10.
a year, 24 March, 1623/4.
100. 24. Lease to Thomas Gilbourne, citizen and clothvvorker of London, of one twelfth part
for 49^ years, at a rent of £10. 13. 10., dated 21 Apr. 1624.
Comparing these leases with those preserved in the Muniments (58-64) and with the Bill in
Chancery of 1647 mentioned on p. 30 (Mun. 67) it will be seen that leases of a whole share (one
twelfth part) to Thomas Sparkes dated 20 May 1622, and of a half share (one twenty-fourth
part) to Margaret Gray dated I Aug. 1623, are missing. It will also be remarked that the Bill
of 1647 makes no mention of whole shares leased to C. Massy, Gwalter, Leigh and Islipp. The
history of the shares may therefore be reconstructed as follows. On 22 May 1622 the property
was divided into 12 full shares, and leases were granted to Fisher, Gunnell, Gwalter, Islipp,
Jackson, Jarman, Juby, C. Massye, G. Massye, Price, Sparkes, Wigpitt. These make up 1 1
shares, Alleyn retaining one for himself. On 14 Mar. 1622/3 C. Massye surrendered one share
out of his holding of one and a half, and Alleyn thus became possessed of two shares. On 20
June 1623 Gwalter parted with one of his two shares to Leigh. On i Aug. 1623 Alleyn parted
with one half share to Gray, leaving himself with one and a half. At some unknown dates
before the spring of 1624 Gwalter, Leigh, and Islipp surrendered their three shares to Alleyn,
raising his holding to four and a half shares. Out of these he leased whole shares to Grey,
29 Jan. 1623/4, Brian, 24 Mar. 1623/4, and to Gilbourne, 21 Apr. 1624, and half shares to
Bosgrove and Blake, 20 Feb. 1623/4, again retaining only one half share in his possession.
APPENDIX I
DOCUMENTS formerly belonging to the Dulwich collection, but not now
known, together with some preserved elsewhere.
ARTICLE i.
[Inventories of properties, apparel, and play-books, belonging to the Admiral's men, made,
to judge from the spelling, by Henslowe, and dated 1598. This might refer to 1598/9 (see note
on 1. 80), but it would seem more probable that lists were drawn up at the time of the amalgama-
tion of the Admiral's and Pembroke's men in the winter of 1597-8. The list of plays (11. 185-99)
is later and may be dated on internal evidence c. Sept. 1598. It will be noticed that there are
no properties entered as belonging to any of the later plays in this list. The document was
discovered by Malone, who wrote in 1790 (vol. i. pt. 2. p. 289) : ' In a bundle of loose papers
has also been found an exact Inventory of the Wardrobe, play-books, properties, etc. belonging
to the Lord Admiral's servants.' In spite of this, Collier, in his edition of Henslowe's Diary
(p. xii), stated that the document in question had formed part of that volume, and consequently
reprinted it from Malone in an appendix (p. 271). Having excluded it from my own edition
(cf. Diary, p. xvi), I here give it from Malone's original text. I have, however, like Collier,
omitted the glosses introduced by him within brackets. In most cases the sense is evident
to any one familiar with Henslowe's spelling, while in several cases Malone's conjectures are
wrong : other cases will be found discussed in the notes. Printed, Malone, 1790, i. pt. 2. p. 300;
'Variorum,' 1821, iii. p. 309 ; Collier, Diary, p. 271.]
The booke of the Inventary of the goods of my Lord Admeralles men, tacken the
10 of Marche in the yeare 1598.
Gone and loste.
Item, j orenge taney satten dublet, layd thycke with gowld lace.
Item, j blew tafetie sewt.
Item, j payr of carnatyon satten Venesyons, layd with gold lace.
Item, j longe shanckes sewte.
Item, j Sponnes dublet pyncket.
Apx. I. Art. 1. A valuable list of apparel and properties, extracted and arranged chrono-
logically under the plays to which they belonged, is given by Fleay (Stage, p. 114) and has been
freely drawn upon in the following notes. In doubtful cases I have distinguished his conjectures
by an initial. Often, no doubt, a property served in more plays than one.
4. orange tawny (cf. 1. 158).
7. Longshancks (i. e. Edward /) was a new play 29 Aug. 1595 (Diary, 12V 38).
8. sponnes, ?Spaines = Spanish (cf. 1. 153).
H. P. Q
ii4 [Arx. I. i
Item> j Spanerds gyrcken.
Item, Harey the fyftes dublet. 10
Item, Harey the fyftes vellet gowne.
Item, j fryers gowne.
Item, j lyttell dublet for boye.
The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Swetes, with dievers other
sewtes, as follow eth, 1598, the 10 of March. 15
Item, j senetores gowne, j hoode, and 5 senetores capes.
Item, j sewtte for Nepton ; Fierdrackes sewtes for Dobc.
Item, iiij genesareyes gownes, and iiij torchberers sewtes.
Item, iij payer of red strasers, and iij fares gowne of buckrome.
Item, iiij Herwodes cottes, and iij sogers cottes, and j green gown for Maryan. 20
Item, vj grene cottes for Roben Hoode, and iiij knaves sewtes.
Item, ij payer of grene hosse, and Andersones sewte. j whitt shepen clocke.
Item, ij rosset cottes, and j black frese cotte, and iij prestes cottes.
Item, ij whitt sheperdes cottes, and ij Danes sewtes, and j payer of Danes hosse.
Item, The Mores lymes, and Hercolles lymes, and Will. Sommers sewtte. 25
10-1. Henry V, new 28 Nov. 1595 (Diary, 14 16).
12. The friar was a character no doubt common to many plays. One appears in Frederick
and Basilea, new 3 June 1597 (Diary, 27 5, and Apx. II. 3. 1. 40).
1 6. Probably for Caesar and Pompey, new 8 Nov. 1594 (Diary, 10V 17).
17. Neptune's suit for Selio et Olympo (= Hey wood's Golden Agel\ new 5 Mar. 1594/5
(Diary, llv 15). -F.
For firedrakes cf. Diary 93 32 ; but that entry is too late.
1 8. Janisaries' gowns for Mahomet ( = Peele's Turkish Mahomet and Fair Hiren ?), 14 Aug.
1594 (Diary, 9V 41). -F. But see 1. 65.
19. Strossers, i. e. tight hose (cf. Henry V,\\l. vii. 57). Presumably the same as trusser, 1. 36.
fares, \. e. fairies'.
20. Herwodes. ' Query, Hayward's.' -F. I think 'heralds'.'
Maryan, i.e. Maid Marion in i and 2 Robin Hood ( = Downfall and Death of Robert Earl
of Huntingdon}, 15 Feb. 1598 (Diary, 44 32, and cf. 1. 195).
21. Six green coats for the same.
22. Sir Cuthbert Anderson is a character in Greene's James IV, but there is no evidence of
that play having belonged to the Admiral's men. Possibly the name of an actor.
shepen, perhaps ' shepherds',' or possibly ' shippen ' (cf. 24).
25. The Moor's limbs, apparently for Peele's Battle of Alcazar (see Act V, ed. Bullen, p. 294,
also the 'bloody banquet,' Act IV, p 273, and cf. Apx. II. 4. 11. 65 and 98-9).
Hercules' limbs, presumably for 2 Hercules ( = Heywood's Brazen Age!}, new 23 May 1595
(Diary, 12V 5). They are not needed, however, in the printed version (see Act V, ed. 1874,
p. 254).
Will Sommer, Henry VI IPs fool, 'possibly in Nash's Summer's Last Will, which Henslow
may have purchased from the Chapel children, as he did Dido and Aeneas by Nash and
Marlow [did he? cf. Drama, ii. p. 306]'. -F. See MS. I. 30. 1. 47, where, however, the
reference may possibly be to Cardnal Wolsey, 5 June 1601 (Diary, 87V 17).
APX. I. i] 115
Item, ij Orlates sewtes, hates and gorgetts, and vij anteckes cootes.
Item, Cathemer sewte, j payer of cloth whitte stockens, iiij Turckes hedes.
Item, iiij freyers gownes and iiij hoodes to them, and j fooles coate, cape, and
babell, and branhowittes bodeys, and me.len gowne and cape.
Item, ij black saye gownes, and ij cotton gownes, and j rede saye gowne. 30
Item, j mawe gowne of calleco for the quene, j carnowll hatte.
Item, j red sewt of cloth for pyge, layed with whitt lace.
Item, v payer of hosse for the clowne, and v gerkenes for them.
Item, iij payer of canvas hosse for asane, ij payer of black strocers.
Item, j yelow leather dublett for a clowne, j Whittcomes dublett poke. 35
Item, Eves bodeyes, j pedante trusser, and iij donnes hattes.
Item, j payer of yelow cotton sieves, j gostes sewt, and j gostes bodeyes.
Item, xviij copes and hattes, Verones sonnes hosse.
Item, iij trumpettes and a drum, and a trebel viall, a basse viall, a bandore, a
sytteren, j anshente, j whitt hatte. 40
Item, j hatte for Robin Hoode, j hobihorse.
Item, v shertes, and j serpelowes, iiij ferdingalles.
Item, vj head-tiers, j fane, iiij rebates, ij gyrketruses.
Item, j longe sorde.
26. Orlates (?).
27. Cathemer, ' Query, kerseymere.' -F.
The four Turks' heads were either head-tires (cf. 1. 65) or else belong to the Battle of Alcazar
(see Apx. II. 4. 1. 98).
28. freyers, cf. 1. 12.
29. Branholt's bodice in Branholt, 26 Nov. 1597 (Diary, 43V 13).
Merlin's gown, probably for Uther Pendragon ( = Birth of MerlinY), new 29 Apr. 1597 (Diary,
26V 17).
31. mawe gowne, possibly for the Set at Maw, new 14 (15) Dec. 1594.
32. pyge, i. e. John Pig, or Pyk, cf. MS. I. 15 and Apx. II. 3. 1. 8 and 5. 1. 42.
34. asane (?).
35. Whittcome, an actor? poke, probably wide sleaves.
36. Eve's bodice, is not required for any known Admiral's play.
38. Verone's son's hose for the Comedy of Humours ( — Chapman's Humorous Day's Mirth ?),
new ii May 1597 (Diary, 26V 27). -F.
39. bandore, 'A musical instrument resembling a guitar or lute, with three, four, or six wire
strings, used as a bass to the cittern.' N.E.D.
40. anshente, i. e. ancient, an ensign or flag.
41. See 1. 20. I have no doubt that the audience demanded a morris dance with a hobby-
horse in any play connected with Robin Hood.
42. serpelowes. Malone glossed this as 'surplices', but this hardly seems likely. It looks
strangely like a misreading of ' furbelows ', but that word is not found for another century or
more.
43. fane, i.e. fan. gyrketruses, evidently a compound of jerkin and trussers (cf. 11. 19
and 36).
u6 [APX. I. i
The Enventary of all the aparell for my Lord Admiralles men, tacken the 10 of 45
marche 1 598. — Leaft above in the tier-house in the cheast.
Item, My Lord Gaffes gercken, & his hoosse.
Item, j payer of hosse for the Dowlfen.
Item, j murey lether gyrcken, & j white lether gercken.
Item, j black lether gearken, & Nabesathe sewte. 50
Item, j payer of hosse, & a gercken for Valteger.
Item, ij leather anteckes cottes with basses, for Fayeton.
Item, j payer of bodeyes for Alles Pearce.
The Enventary tacken of all the properties for my Lord Admeralles men, the 10 of
Marche 1598. 55
• Item, j rocke, j cage, j tombe, j Hell mought.
Item, j tome of Guido, j tome of Dido, j bedsteade.
- Item, viij lances, j payer of stayers for Fayeton.
» Item, ij stepells, & j chyme of belles, & j beacon.
Item, j hecfor for the playe of Faeton, the limes dead. 60
' Item, j globe, & j golden scepter ; iij clobes.
Item, ij marchepanes, & the sittie of Rome.
Item, j gowlden flece ; ij rackets ; j baye tree.
Item, j wooden hatchett ; j lether hatchete.
Item, j wooden canepie ; owld Mahemetes head. 65
47. Gaffes, possibly Caiaphas, as Malone suggested, in Pontius Pilate, revived 12 Jan. 1601/2
(Diary, 96 18). Fleay's suggestion of ' Caphys or Capys one of the unnamed Trojans in Dido1
seems rather baseless.
48. Dowlfen, i.e. the Dauphin in Henry V (see 1. 10). -F.
49. White leather appears to have been used to represent nudity (cp. E. K. Chambers,
Mediaeval Stage, ii. p. 143).
50. Nabesath (?).
51. Valteger or Vortiger ( = Mayor of Queensboro" ?), new 4 Dec. 1596 (Diary, 25V 8).
52. Phaeton ( = Suns Darling!}, 15 Jan. 1598 (Diary, 44 14).
53. Alice Pierce, 10 Dec. 1597 (Diary, 43V 28). Worn by Pig, see Diary, 37V 11 and 43V 21.
56. cage, for Tamberlain, new 28 (30) Aug. 1594 (Diary, 10 5). -F.
57. Guido, new 19 Mar. 1597 (Diary, 26 27).
Dido, i.e. Dido and Aeneas, 3 Jan. (new 8 Jan.) 1597/8 (Diary, 44 7, u). There is no
tomb in the Marlowe-Nashe play.
58. See 1. 52.
60. See 1. 52. Fleay queries a 'heifer for sacrifice.'
62. The city of Rome for Faustus (1604, sc. vii), 30 Sept. 1594. -F.
63. The golden fleece for 2 Hercules (see 1. 25).
65. Old Mahomet's head ' i. e. head-dress, not the brazen head in Alphonso. Compare
subsequent entries [which ?].' -F. But there is no instance, with the possible exception of 1. 70,
of Henslowe using 'head' for head-tire, and the expression is a remarkable parallel to 'old
APX. I. i] 117
Item, j lyone skin ; j beares skyne ; & Faetones lymes, & Faeton charete ; &
Argosse hcade.
Item, Nepun forcke & garland.
Item, j crosers stafe ; Kentes woden leage.
Item, lerosses head, & raynbowe ; j littell alter. 7°
Item, viij viserdes ; Tamberlyne brydell ; j wooden matook.
Item, Cupedes bowe, & quiver ; the clothe of the Sone & Mone.
Item, j bores heade & Serberosse iij heades.
Item, j Cadeseus ; ij mose banckes, & j snake.
Item, ij fanes of feathers ; Belendon stable ; j tree of gowlden apelles ; Tantelouse 75
tre ; jx eyorn targates.
Item, j copper targate, & xvij foyles.
Item, iiij wooden targates ; j greve armer.
Item, j syne for Mother Readcap ; j buckler.
*Item, Mercures wings ; Tasso picter ; j helmet with a dragon ; j shelde, with iij 80
lyones ; j el me bowle.
Mahomets pow.' No doubt the play was Mahomet, 14 (16) Aug. 1594 (Diary, 9V 41), but I
am inclined to identify this rather with Greene's Alphonsus than with the lost play of Peele,
cf. 1. 1 8.
66. The lion's skin was no doubt for Hercules (see 1. 25).
Phaeton, see 1. 52.
Argus' head to* Jupiter and lo (in Five Plays in OneT), new 7 Apr. 1597 (Diary, 26 40).
68. For Selio et Olympo (see 1. 17).
69. I can only suggest that Kent's wooden leg may have belonged to the Wise Man of West
Chester (=John a Kent?), new 2 Dec. 1594 (Diary, 10V 37), in which Kent repeatedly appears
in disguise, though no wooden leg is mentioned in the imperfect MS. that survives.
70. Iris' head for i Hercules ( = Hey wood's Silver AgeT), new 7 May 1595, Diary, llv 36).
The altar for 2 Hercules (see 1. 25).
71. viserdes, masks.
Tamberlain, see 1. 56.
72. Cupid's bow and quiver for Dido and Aeneas (see 1. 57). -F. But why not for Cupid
and Psyche if that formed one of the Five Plays in One (cf. 1. 66) ?
The cloth of the sun and moon, taken in connection with the city of Rome (1. 62), certainly
suggests, as Malone observed, some sort of rudimentary scenery.
73. Boar's head for 2 Hercules (see 1. 25).
Cerberus' three heads for i Hercules (see 1. 70).
74. Caduceus for the same. The snake was probably also for the same, but two are
required.
75. Bellendon, new 8 June 1594 (Diary, 9 23).
The tree of golden apples was for i Fortunatus (cf. Old Fortunatiis, ed. Scherer, 1. 589 (9) ),
3 Feb. 1596 (Diary, 14V 14). Fleay suggests that Tantalus' tree may have appeared in the
same play.
79. A sign for Mother Redcap, 5 Jan. 1597/8 (Diary, 44 5).
80. Mercury's wings for I Hercules (see 1. 70).
Tasso's picture for Tasso 's Melancholy, new u Aug. 1594 (Diary, 9V 38). If we accept
n8 [Apx. I. i
Item, j chayne of dragons ; j gylte speare.
Item, ij coffenes ; j bulles head ; and j vylter.
Item, iij tymbrells ; j dragon in fostes.
Item, j lyone ; ij lyon heades ; j great horse with his leages ; j sack-bute. 85
Item, j whell and frame in the Sege of London.
Item, j paire of rowghte gloves.
Item, ] poopes miter.
• Item, iij Imperial crownes ; j playne crowne.
Item, j gostes crown ; j crown with a sone. 90
Item, j frame for the heading in Black Jone.
Item, j black dogge.
Item, j cauderm for the Jewe.
The Enventorey of all the aparell of the Lord Admeralles men, taken the \^th of
Marche 1 598, as followeth : 95
Item, j payer of whitte saten Venesons cut with coper lace.
Item, j ash coller satten doublett, layed with gold lace.
Item, j peche coller satten doublett.
Item, j owld white satten dublette,
Item, j bleu tan" tie sewtte. 100
Item, j Mores cotte.
Item, Pyges damask gowne.
Item, j black satten cotte.
Item, j harcoller tafitie sewte of pygges.
Item, j white tafitie sewte of pygges. 105
Malone's conjecture that this was the picture mentioned under 14 July 1598 (Diary, 47V 8), we
shall have to date the inventories March 1 598/9. This is by no means impossible in spite of
the date in 1. 201 ; but see head-note. In his accounts (Diary, 54V) Henslowe has 31 Mar.
1 598 followed by 7 Apr. 1 599.
The shield with three lions was very likely borne by Richard I in I Robin Hood (see 1. 20).
82. Chain [ = pair?] of dragons for Medea in 2 Hercules (see I. 25). -F.
83. cojfenes, probably real coffins ; the word, however, also meant a kind of bakemeat.
Bull's head for 2 Hercules (see 1. 25).
vylter (?).
84. The dragon-car in Faustus (1604, sc. vii (chorus), see 1. 62).
85. Presumably the wooden horse of the Greeks in Troy ( = Heywood's Iron Aget\ new
24 (25) June 1596 (Diary, 21V 21).
86. Siege of London ( = i Edward I VI} 26 (27) Dec. 1594 (Diary, 11 5).
- / 88. For Faustus (see 1. 62).
89. Possibly as Fleay suggests for i Fortunatus (see 1. 75).
91. Cf. 1. 185.
93. Evidently a mistake for the cauldron in the Jew of Malta, 4 June 1594 (Diary, 9 20).
APX. I. i] 119
Item, Vartemar sewtte.
Item, j great pecholler dublet, with sylver lace.
Item, j white satten dublet pynckte.
Item, j owld white satten dublet pynckte.
Item, j payer of satten Venesyan satten ymbradered. 1 10
Item, j payer of French hosse, cloth of gowld.
Item, j payer of cloth of gowld hosse with sylver paines.
Item, j payer of cloth of sylver hosse with satten and sylver panes.
Item, Tamberlynes cotte, with coper lace.
Item, j read clock with white coper lace. 1 1 5
Item, j read clocke, with read coper lace.
Item, } shorte clocke of taney satten with sieves.
Item, j shorte clocke of black satten with sieves.
Item, Labesyas clocke, with gowld buttenes.
Item, j payer of read cloth hosse of Venesyans, with sylver lace of coper. 120
Item, Valteger robe of rich tafitie.
Item, Junoes cotte.
Item, j hode for the wech.
Item, j read stamel clocke with whitte coper lace.
Item, j read stamel clocke with read coper, lace. 125
Item, j cloth clocke of russete with coper lace, called Guydoes clocke.
Item, j short clocke of black velvet, with sieves faced with shagg.
Item, j short clocke of black vellet, faced with white fore.
Item, j manes gown, faced with whitte fore.
Item, Dobes cotte of cloth of sylver. 1 30
Item, } payer of pechecoler Venesyones uncut, with read coper lace.
Item, j read scarllet clocke with sylver buttones.
Item, j longe black velvet clock, layd with brod lace black.
Item, j black satten sewtte.
Item, j blacke velvet clocke, layd with twyst lace blacke. 135
106. Probably Valteger (see 1. 51).
114. Tamberlain, see 1. 56.
119. For Labesha in the Comedy of Humours (see 1. 38). This brilliant identification is
Fleay's.
121. Valteger, see 1. 51.
122. Probably for i Hercules (see 1. 70).
123. wech, i. e. witch.
126. Guido, see 1. 57.
127. shagg, 'A sort of rough cloth ?' Nares.
128. fore, i. e. fur.
130. Dobe was perhaps the same as the boy-actor Dab (see Apx. II. 4.)
[Apx- !• T
/few, Perowes sewt, which Wm Sley were.
Item, j payer of pechcoler hosse with sylver corlled panes.
Item, j payer of black cloth of sylver hosse, drawne owt with tufed tafittie.
Item, Tamberlanes breches of crymson vellvet.
Item, j payer of sylk howse with panes of sylver corlled lace. 140
Item, j Faeytone sewte.
Item, Roben Hoodes sewtte.
Item, j payer of cloth of gowld hose with gowld corlle panes.
Item, j payer of rowne hosse buffe with gowld lace.
Item, j payer of mows coller Venesyans with R. brode gowld lace. 145
Item, j flame collerde dublet pynked.
Item, j blacke satten dublet, layd thyck wyth blacke and gowld lace.
Item, j carnacyon dubled cutt, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j white satten dublet, faced with read tafetie.
Item, j grene gyrcken with sylver lace. 15°
Item, j black gyrcken with sylver lace.
Item, j read gyrcken with sylver lace.
Item, j read Spanes dublett stychecl.
Item, j peche coller satten casse.
Item, Tasoes robe. 155
Item, j murey robe with sieves.
Item, j blewe robe with sieves.
Item, j oren taney robe with sieves.
Item, j pech collerd hallf robe.
Item, j lane robe with spangells. 160
Item, j white & orenge taney skarf spangled.
Item, Dides robe.
Item, iij payer of basses.
Item, j white tafitie sherte with gowld frenge.
136. 'A [female] character called Pero [also a courtier called Pyrhot] occurs in Chapman's
Bussy D'Ambois, which may have been refashioned from an Admiral's play ; but if so, where is
this play mentioned by Henslowe?' So Fleay, who, however, has overlooked the far greater
difficulty of the mention of Will Sly, who never belonged to any company but the Strange-
Chamberlain-King's men. Possibly for the Civil Wars of France, 22 Sept. 1598 (Diary, 50V 6).
138. ' Tuft-taffaty. A taffaty tufted, or left with the nap on it, like velvet.' Halliwell,
Arch. Die.
139. Tamberlain, see 1. 56.
141. Phaeton, see 1. 52.
142. Robin Hood, see 1. 20.
155. For Tasso's Melancholy (see 1. 80).
1 60. lane, i. e. long.
162. For Dido and Aeneas (see 1. 57).
APX. I. I] 121
Item, the fryers trusse in Roben Hoode. 165
Item, j littell gacket for Pygge.
Item, j womanes gown of cloth of gowld.
Item, j orenge taney vellet govve with sylver lace, for women.
Item, j black velvet gowne ymbradered with gowld lace.
Item, j yelowe satten gowne ymbradered with sylk & gowld lace, for women. 170
Item, j greve arrner.
Item, Harye the v. velvet gowne.
Item, j payer of crymson satten Venysiones, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j blew tafitie sewte, layd with sylver lace.
Item, j Longeshankes seute. 175
Item, j orange coller satten dublett, layd with gowld lace.
Item, Harye the v. satten dublet, layd with gowld lace.
Item, j Spanes casse dublet of crymson pyncked.
Item, j Spanes gearcken layd with sylver lace.
Item, j wattshode tafitie dublet for a boye. 180
Item, ij payer of basses, j whitte, j blewe, of sasnett.
Item, j freyers gowne of graye.
A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I
have bought since the ^d of March 1598-
Blackc Jonne. Woman will have her will. 185
The Umers. Welchmans price.
Hardicanewtes. King Arthur, life and death.
Borbonne. I p* of Hercules,
Sturgflaterey 2 pte of Hercoles.
Brunhowlle. Pethagores. 190
Cobler quen hive. Focasse.
Frier Pendelton. Elexsander and Lodwicke.
Alls Perec. Blacke Battman.
Read Cappe. 2 p. black Battman.
Roben Hode, I. 2 p* of Goodwine. 195
Roben Hode, 2. Mad mans morris.
Phayeton. Perce of Winchester.
Treangell cockowlls. Vayvode.
Goodwine.
165. Robin Hood, see 1. 20. 172 and 7. Henry V, see 1. 10.
175. Longshancks, see 1. 7. 180. wattshode, i. e. watchet, light blue.
183. In order not to divide this list the notes have been placed on the next page. The letter
a indicates the first column, b the second.
H. P. R
122 [APX. I. I
A Note of all suche goodes as I have bought for the Companey of my Lord 200
Admirals men, sence the 3 of Aprell, 1598, as followeth :
£ s. d.
Bowght a damaske casock garded with velvett 018 o
184. This list cannot be earlier than Aug. 1598 (see 1. 198 b). A comparison with the
entries in the Diary will show that the list only includes a portion of the plays actually paid for.
The following pieces probably came from Pembroke's men (Diary, 27V 15) : Slack Joan,
Hardicamrte, Bourbon, Stark Flattery, Branholt, and Alice Pierce.
185 a. Cf. 1. 91 ; not otherwise known.
1 86 a. The Comedy of Humours (see 1. 38).
1 87 a. Hardicanute, 30 Oct. (?) 1597 (Diary, 27V 20).
i88a. Bourbon, 2 Nov. 1597 (Diary, 27V 22).
189 a. Stark Flattery (?), not otherwise known.
1 90 a. Branholt (see 1. 29).
191 a. The Cobler of Queenhithe, 21 Oct. 1597 (Diary, 43V 8).
192 a. Friar Pendleton (Spendleton], new 31 Oct. 1597 (Diary, 27V 21).
193 a. Alice Pierce (see 1. 53).
194 a. Mother Redcap (see 1. 79).
195^. i Robin Hood ( = Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntingtori), 15 Feb. 1598 (Diary,
44 32).
196(2. 2 Robin Hood (= Death etc.), 20 Feb. 1598 (Diary, 44V 6).
197^. Phaeton (seel. 52).
198^. The Triangle (Triplicity} of Cuckolds, \ Mar. 1598 (Diary, 44V 17).
199 a. Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, 30 Mar. 1598 (Diary, 45 26 and cf. 1. 195^).
185 b. A Woman will have her Will, 18 Feb. 1598 (Diary, 44V 3).
1 86 b. The Welshmaris Prize (?). Either the Welchman, 29 Nov. 1595 (Diary, 14 17), or
more probably Henry I and the Prince of Wales, 13 Mar. 1598 (45 3, 7).
187^. King Arthur, u Apr. 1598 (Diary, 46 3).
i88& i Hercules (see 1. 70). This and the four following pieces were bought by the
company from Slaughter 16 May 1598 (Diary, 45V 30).
2 Hercules (see 1. 25).
Pythagoras, new 16 Jan. 1595 (Diary, 14 48).
191 b. Phocas, new 19(20) May 1596 (Diary, 15V 33).
192 <£. Alexander and Lodovick, new 14 Jan. 1597 (Diary, 25V 37).
193 b. i Black Bateman of the North, 22 May 1598 (Diary, 46 7).
194 />. 2 Black Bateman of the North, 26 June 1598 (Diary, 47 2).
195^. Earl Goodwin, 6 June 1598 (Diary, 46 19 and cf. 1. 199).
196^. The Madman s Morris, 31 June 1598 (Diary, 47 9).
197 b. Pierce of Winchester, 28/9 July 1598 (Diary, 48 16).
198 b. Vayvode, 21 Aug. 1 598 (Diary, 49V 2), bought of Alleyn 21 Jan. 1 598/9 (53 2). Strictly,
this entry should prove that the list was after 21 Jan. 1599, when this play was added to the
stock, but in that case we should have to account for the absence of a number of plays purchased
in the later months of 1598. It is simpler to suppose that Henslowe forgot or disregarded the
fact that the piece belonged to Alleyn.
200. These accounts should appear in the Diary, but only a few can now be traced.
202. ' Lent vnto the company to by a damask cassocke garded wth velluet the 7 of aprell 1598
the some . . . xx".' Diary, 45 31.
APX. I. 2] 123
£ s. d.
Bowght a payer of paned rownd hosse of cloth whiped with sylk,~j
drawne out with tafitie, I o 8 o
Bowght j payer of long black wollen stockens, J 2OS
Bowght j black satten dublett )
Bowght j payer of rownd howsse paned of vellevett /
Bowght a robe for to goo invisibell )
Bowght a gown for Nembia J
Bo\vght a dublett of whitt satten layd thicke with gowld lace, and a^i 210
payer of rowne pandes hosse of cloth of sylver, the panes layd I 7 o o
with gowld lace J
Bowght of my sonne v sewtes 20 o o
Bowght of my sonne iiij sewtes 170 o
ARTICLE 2.
[Articles between Robert Dawes, an actor, and Philip Henslowe and Jacob Meade. Dated
7 April 1614. The original is not now known. It was given by Boswell as among the Dulwich
papers which he had from Malone, and was no doubt overlooked when he returned the others.
It was probably among the papers sold in the Boswell sale in 1824, but seems to have escaped
the notice of the Dulwich authorities (cf. plot of 2 Seven Deadly Sins, Apx. II. p. 128).
Printed, 'Variorum,' 1821, xxi. p. 413; Allcyn Papers, p. 75, from 'Variorum.' I have
followed Boswell.]
[Articles of Agreement,] made concluded and agreed uppon and wch are to be
kept & performed by Robert Dawes of London Gent unto and with Phillipp
Henslowe Esqre and Jacob [Meade Waterman] in manner and forme followinge,
that is to say
Imprimis, the said Robert Dawes for him his executors and administrators 5
doth covenante promise and graunt to and with the said Phillipp Henslowe and
Jacob Meade their executors administrators and assynes in manner and formme
followinge that is to saie that he the said Robert Dawes shall and will plaie with
such company as the said Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade shall appoynte
for and during the tyme and space of three yeares from the date hereof for and 10
206-7. ' Lent^vnto wm borne the 25 of July 1598 to by a sewte of satten for the playe of the
made manes moris the some of . . . iiij11 xiij" 4d.' Diary, 48 i. This may possibly refer to the
same transaction. 209. Nembia (?).
210. ' Lent vnto the company the 9 of maye 1598 to bye a dvblett & a payer of hoosse layd
licke wth gowld lace the some of ... vij11.' Diary, 45V 23.
213-4. my sonne is, of course, Alleyn. The suits were very likely among the items
catalogued in MS. I. 30.
Art. 2. 9. The company was, in point of fact, the Lady Elizabeth's men.
I24
at the rate of one whole Share accordinge to the custome of players ; and that he
the said Robert Dawes shall and will at all tymes during the said terme duly
attend all suche rehearsall which shall the night before the rehearsal 1 be given
publickly out ; and if that he the saide Robert Dawes shall at any tyme faile to
come at the hower appoynted, then he shall and will pay to the said Phillipp 1 5
Henslowe and Jacob Meade their executors or assignes Twelve pence ; and if he
come not before the saide rehearsall is ended then the said Robert Dawes is con-
tented to pay twoe shillings ; and further that if the said Robert Dawes shall not
every daie whereon any play is or ought to be played be ready apparrelled and
to begyn the play at the hower of three of the clock in the afternoone unles 20
by sixe of the same Company he shall be lycenced to. the contrary, that then he
the saide Robert Dawes shall and will pay unto the said Phillipp and Jacob or
their assignes three [shillings] and if that he the saide Robert Dawes Happen to
be overcome with drinck at the tyme when he [ought to] play, by the Judgment
of ffower of the said company, he shall and will pay Tenne shillings and if he 25
[the said Robert Dawes] shall [faile to come] during any plaie having noe lycence
or just excuse of sicknes he is contented to pay Twenty shillings ; and further
the said Robert Dawes for him his executors and administrators doth covenant
and graunt to and with the said Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade their
executors administrators and asignes by these presents, that it shall and may be 30
lawfull unto and for the said Phillipp Henslowe and Jacob Meade their executors
or assignes during the terme aforesaid to receave and take back to their own
proper use the prt of him the said Robert Dawes of and in one moyetie or halfe
part of all suche moneyes as shal be receaved at the Galleries & tyring howse of
such house or howses wherein he the saide Robert Dawes shall play ; for and in 35
consideration of the use of the same howse and howses, and likewis shall and may
take and receave his other moyetie the moneys
receaved at the galleries and tiring howse dues towards the pa[ying] to them the
saide Phillip Henslowe and Jacob Meade of the some of one hundred twenty and
fower pounds [being the value of the stock of apparell furnished by the saide 40
company by the saide Phillip Henslowe and Jacob Meade the one part
of him the saide Robert Dawes or any other somes
to them for any apparell hereafter newly to
be bought by the [said Phillip Henslowe and Jacob Meade until the saide Phillip
Henslowe and Jacob Meade] shall therby be fully satisfied contented and paid. 45
And further the said Robert Dawes doth covenant [promise and graunt to and with
ii. Dawes was, therefore, a sharer at this date and not a hired man as Fleay supposed
(cf. MS. I. 106. 1. 41).
40. pounds [being. Probably pounds (being; I imagine the bracket was. in the original.
by, probably an error for to.
APX. I. 3] 125
the said Phillip Henslowe and Jacob Meade that if he the said Robert Davves]
shall at any time after the play is ended depart or goeout of the [howse] with any
[of their] apparell on his body Or if the said Robert Dawes [shall carry away any
propertie] belonging to the said Company, or shal be consentinge [or privy to any 50
other of the said company going out of the howse with any of their apparell on
his or their bodies, he the said] Robert Dawes shall and will forfeit and pay unto
the said Phillip and Jacob or their administrators or assignes the some of ffortie
pounds of lawfull [money of England]
and the said Robert Dawes for him his executors and administrators doth [coven- 55
ant promise and graunt to with the said] Phillip Henslowe and Jacob Meade their
Executors and Administrators, [and assigns]
that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Phillip
Henslowe and Jacob Meade their executors and assignes to have and use the
playhows so appyynted [for the said company one day of] every 60
fower daies, the said daie to be chosen by the said Phillip and [Jacob]
monday in any week on which day it shalbe lawful
for the said Phillip [and Jacob their administrators] and assignes to bait their
bears and bulls ther, and to use their accustomed sport and [games]
and take to their owne use all suche somes 65
of money as thereby shall arise and be receaved
And the saide Robert Dawes his executors administrators and assignes
[doth hereby covenant promise and graunt to and with the saide Phillip and
Jacob,] allowing to the saide company daye the some of ffortie shillings money
of England [In testimony] for every such whereof I the saide Robert 70
Dawes haue hereunto sett my hand and seal this [sev]enth daie of April 1614
in the twelfth yeare [of the reign of our sovereign lord &c.]
ROBERT DAWES.
ARTICLE 3.
[This article and the following were communicated to the Shakespeare Society on 5 May
1844 by J. F. Herbert, and included in the first volume of the Shakespeare Society's Papers
printed the same year. The originals were in his own possession, but he seems to have thought
56. to [and] with.
60. The imperfect state of the original makes it very difficult to follow the arrangements
clearly. According to the Articles of Grievance (MS. I. 106. 1. 35), one day in fourteen was set
aside for baiting (cf. also MS. I. no. 1. 4), and/cnver may, therefore, be a slip tor fourteen.
62. Presumably notice was to be given on Monday.
69. ffortie shillings. See the Articles of Grievance (MS. I. 106. 1. 35) in which $os. is
claimed. The argument of the players is considerably complicated if different actors had
entered into different agreements with Henslowe.
71. With the date here given cf. MS. I. 106. 1. 40.
126 [Apx. I. 3
it likely that they had originally belonged to Dulwich. Whether that was so or not, they
certainly belong to the same series of documents. Both found their way into the hands of
J. P. Collier, and are preserved in a volume of dramatic papers collected by him and bought by
the British Museum at the Ellis sale at Sotheby's, 16-28 Nov. 1885, now MS. Egerton 2623,
fols. 24-5. The whole of Daborne's letter was stated by Herbert to be autograph with the
exception of Foster's name. That is not so, the whole of the postscript being written by
Foster. There was no address. Thomas P'oster witnessed the Articles of Agreement with Alleyn
and Meade (MS. I. 107). Benfield might be William Benfield, of Southwark, assessor of the
Liberty of the Clink in 1609, whose funeral Alleyn attended on 26 Oct. 1619, but Herbert was
probably right in identifying him with the actor Robert Benfield, who is known to have been
with Lady Elizabeth's men, the company for which Daborne was writing, in the spring of 1613.
If so the letter probably refers to Benfield's retirement from the company, for he is not heard of
again till 1616 when he had joined the King's men. The security 'such as noe alderman can
giv you beter' may very likely refer to the 'pawn worth a hundred pownd' of MS. I. 99 (Aug.
1613?) ; while 'my cozin' may conceivably be 'my kinsman a lavvier ' of MS. I. 72. The letter
was no doubt addressed to Henslowe, and may be conjecturally assigned to Aug. 1613 (?).
Original, B.M. MS. Egerton 2623, fol. 24. Printed, Sfiak. Soc. Papers, i. p. 17.]
Sr J hav bin befor the doctor & aknowledged the deed wth the chardg of
13s J pray sr send me the 2O8 yu promysed & for the mans name my cozin
will carry it over himself wthout yr trouble sr yr assuranc is such as noe
alderman can giv you beter & for mr Benfeeld we hav made an absolute end
wth him to y1 content so J rest
Yrs to comand,
Rob Daborne
The deed is acknowledged and the end is made wth Mr Benfeild J pray y11 send
him the monnye
Tho. fibster
ARTICLE 4.
[Certain actors of Lady Elizabeth's company, probably to Henslowe, c. 1613, concerning the
purchase of a stock of apparel for ^55. The occasion cannot be fixed exactly, but for a similar
transaction see MS. I. 106. 1. 21. The agreement is in Rowley's hand, the signatures being
autograph. A portion of Pallant's name, however, and probably others following have been
torn away. Original B.M. MS. Egerton 2623, fol. 25. Printed, Shak. Soc. Papers, i. p. 18.]
Wee are well contented wth that agreement wch was concluded betweene you
and or ffellow Tailor : wdl was five and fifty e pounde : Wee desire that the
clothes may bee here to morrow morning : and bonds shall be sealde for the
paiement of it
William Rowley
Joseph Taylor
Rob pallant
[It should be remarked that J. F. Herbert also communicated two other documents at the
same time, namely some acrostic verses to Thomas Dowton signed John Daye, which he was
APX. II.] 127
probably in error in ascribing to the dramatist, and a letter also signed John Day and probably
by the dramatist, to some patron, sending a poem 'The Miracles of our Blest Saviour' now lost.
These two documents have since found their, way to Dulwich and are catalogued as Second
Series, 94. 2 A and R (Bickley, p. 105).]
ARTICLE 5.
[The following note was sold a few years ago as an Ireland forgery. It is written along the
edge of a quarto leaf the rest of the two sides being covered with scribble by Henslovve which
is undoubtedly genuine. I am strongly inclined to believe that Rowley's note is genuine also,
although the sum mentioned does not correspond to any of those paid by Henslowe for 3
Blind Beggar of Bednal Green or Tom Strowde as recorded in the Diary between 2 1 May and
30 July 1601 (87-92). My reasons for thinking it genuine are (i) that it appears to be older
than some of the scribble which has the appearance of avoiding the signature, (2) that there is
nothing to lead one to suppose that Ireland had the necessary acquaintance with Rowley's
handwriting to make a successful imitation, even if he possessed the requisite skill, and (3) that
if it is a forgery it is far too clever to be the work of Collier. The scribble consists of the
opening formulae of a bond and a petition several times repeated, the words ' god saue or quene
Amen,' the names Samell Rowley, E. Alleyn, Johne Whitte, Mr. Dorington, Mr. Henslow,
John Willsone sitizen & habeifdasher] of London, and the Fortune, also one or two fragmentary
sentences of uncertain import. Undated, i6oi(?).]
Mr hinchloe J praye ye delyver to John Daye Thurtye shyllyngs whych Js vpon
the thurd parte of Tom Strowde
Samuell Rowlye
APPENDIX II
DRAMATIC PLOTS. These plots, or platts, or platforms, are what may be
called the skeleton outlines of the plays they represent, consisting of the entrances
and exits of the characters together with such other directions as would require
the attention of the prompter or call-boy. In most of them the cast also is given
pretty fully, though this is not always so. It has been suggested by Collier and
others that these plots were the outlines of impromptu plays, corresponding to
the Italian commedia deir arte. Whether such ever obtained upon the English
stage may be an open question, but there would be grave reasons to doubt
whether the present plots represented pieces of this sort, even apart from the
conclusive evidence of the Battle of Alcazar, in which case we have the plot of a
printed and extant play. We shall therefore be justified in supposing that for
every play performed there once existed a plot. Upon the information that
might be derived from them, could any considerable number be recovered, it is
needless to speculate ; that any specimens of such ephemeral documents should
128 [APX. II.
have been preserved is strange enough. The plots, some fragmentary, of seven
plays are known. It is probable that these were all at one time in the posses-
sion of Alleyn's company, the Lord Admiral's men, and it is possible that they
may all have once been among the Dulwich papers, though this is more doubtful.
The wildest statements have been made on the subject by persons who had not
troubled to ascertain the facts. Fleay writes : ' Of the four plots found by Malone
in the Alleyn papers at Dulwich College, only one . . . now remains.' Now, there
is no reason to suppose that Malone had ever so much as heard of three out of
the four, nor any direct evidence that these were ever at Dulwich. The facts, I
believe, are as follow. In 1780 Malone issued his Supplement to the Edition of
Shakespeare published in 1778, in which he included (i. p. 60) a reprint of the plot
of 2 Seven Deadly Sins. He wrote (p. 58): ' I shall subjoin a transcript of a very
curious paper now in my possession, entitled, The Platt of the Secound Parte of
the Seven Deadlie Sinns! To this he appended some remarks supplied by George
Steevens, who writes (p. 61): 'This singular curiosity was met with in the library
of Dulwich college . . . [where it formed the cover of the Tell-Tale\, From this
cover I made the preceding transcript.' The original, then, was not in Malone's
hands. Indeed, there is, so far as I am aware, no evidence that Malone saw any
of the Dulwich papers till some ten years later. It is clear that what he intended
to write was: 'I shall subjoin a transcript, now in my possession, of a very
curious paper, entitled,' etc. Later on he did have the original in his hands, though
neither he nor his executor, Boswell, made any further use of it. This we know
from the fact that in 1825 the Tcll-Tale in its cover containing the plot, appeared
in the catalogue of the Boswell sale (lots 3136 and 3140), but was claimed by the
authorities of Dulwich College, in whose care it now remains (MSS. XIX and
XX). Meanwhile in 1790 Malone had prefixed to his edition of Shakespeare an
' Historical Account of the English Stage' in which, however, the plot published
in 1780 did not appear. This Steevens rightly regarded as an unfortunate
omission, and in preparing materials for a future edition he supplied not only the
plot with his own and Malone's accounts from the 1780 Supplement ', but added
transcripts of, and notes on, three other plots which he had in the meantime dis-
covered. These materials were included, after Steevens' death in 1800, by Reed
in what is known as the 'First Variorum' in 1803. After giving the materials
from Malone (iii. p. 404) Steevens proceeds (p. 414): 'To the preceding extract
are now annexed three other Plotts. . . . The originals are in my possession.
There is reason to suppose that these curiosities once belonged to the collection
of Alleyn, the founder of Dulwich College.' The additional plots included The
Dead Mail's Fortune, Frederick and Basilea, and I Tamar Cam. The whole
was reprinted by Boswell in the 'Variorum' of 1821. The first two of the
additional plots appeared in the Steevens sale, on 13 May 1800 and were
APX. II. i] 129
bought by Malone for £11. Together with the imperfect plot of the Battle of
Alcazar and another fragment, they reappeared in the Boswell sale on 2 June
1825 (lots 3137-9), when they were obtained by Thorpe for 395-. Lastly, at the
Heber sale in April 1836, the British Museum purchased a large thin volume,
now MS. Addit. 10,449. This contains The Dead Man's Fortune and Frederick
and Basilea, together with three fragmentary plots, TJie Battle of Alcazar, Troilus
and Cressida (?), and 2 Fortune's Tennis (?). Whether these last had ever
belonged to Steevens is not known. Nothing further, so far as I am aware, has
ever been heard of i Tamar Cam. The four plots printed in the ' Variorum '
editions have, of course, been used by all writers on dramatic history, but the
fragmentary ones in the British Museum MS. appear to have escaped notice.
No doubt some critics have been aware of their existence, but I have found no
printed mention of any of them, except the Battle of Alcazar, which was repro-
duced in facsimile by Halliwell (see p. 151). The plots are all written in two
columns on paper mounted on pasteboard, and have a hole cut near the top to
enable their being hung on a peg in the playhouse.
No. i. 2 SEVEN DEADLY SINS. 1592.
[The identification of this piece with the Four Plays in One performed by Strange's men at
the Rose on 6 March 1592, is one of Fleay's most brilliant contributions to dramatic history
(Stage, p. 83). The Sins were written by Richard Tarlton, who was one of the original members
of the Queen's company in 1583. In 1585 the Queen's men prepared for court two pieces
called Five Plays in One and Three Plays in One (i. e. four sin-plays and induction, and the
other three sin-plays). The present piece consists of three sin-plays and induction, the latter
having for some reason been transferred to the second part. That the plot belongs to a revival
and not to a representation by the original company is evident from the actors mentioned, who
include nearly all of Strange's men known to us and none of the Queen's company. A list is
given in the final note. With regard to the date it should be said that Alleyn had been acting
with Strange's men at various places since 1589 possibly, so that it cannot be certainly said that
the plot belongs to the actual representation recorded in 1592. Although, like Beaumont and
Fletcher's, the piece consists of 'four plays or moral representations in one,' it is arranged for
the stage on the basis of five acts with induction and dramatic epilogue. The acts are marked
by speeches by Lydgate otherwise than as presenter of the dumb shows. The plot divides up
as follows : — Induction, 11. 3-13 ; Act I, 11. 14-33 (with speech by Lydgate as presenter at 1. 25) ;
Interlude A, 11. 34-35 ; Act II, 11. 36-44; Interlude B, 1. 45; Act III, 11. 46-51 ; Interlude C,
I. 52 ; Act IV, 11. 53-69 ; Interlude D, 11. 70-1 ; Act V, 11. 72-84 (with speech by Lydgate as pre-
senter at 1. 80) ; Epilogue, 11. 85-90. Thus it will be seen that the ' four plays ' are arranged as
follows: (i) Induction (Henry VI) includes Induction proper, Interludes and Epilogue;
(2) Envy (Forrex and Porrex), Acts I and II; (3) Sloth (Sardanapalus), Acts III and IV;
(4) Lechery (Tereus), Act V. The plot is at Dulwich where it forms MS. XIX. It is pasted
on the inside of the boards of what was once the cover to the Tell-Tale (MS. XX), and has been
cut in two across the middle, after 11. 25 and 72. Nothing appears to be lost but a portion of
II. 72-3 are rubbed and illegible. The MS. has been reproduced in lithographic facsimile,
Young, ii. p. 5. Printed, Malone, Supplement, 1780, i. p. 60; 'Variorum,' 1803, iii. p. 404;
1821, iii. p. 348 ; Collier, 1831, iii. p. 349 ; 1879, iii. p. 197.]
H. P. S
I3o [Apx. II. i
Gbe platt of £be secounb parte of
tbe Seuen DeaMie sinns.
A tent being plast one the stage for Henry
the sixt • he in it A sleepe to him The Leutenat
A purceuannt R Cowly Jo Duke and I wardere 5
[J Holland] R Pallant • to them Pride • Gluttony
Wrath and Couetousnes at one dore • at an other
dore Enuie ' Sloth and Lechery The Three put
back the foure • and so Exeunt
Henry Awaking Enter A Keeper J Sincler to him 10
a seruaunt T Belt to him Lidgate and the
Keeper • Exit then enter againe • Then Enuy
passeth ouer the stag Lidgate speakes
A senitt • Dumb show •
Enter King Gorboduk wth 2 Counsailers • R Burbadg 15
mr Brian • Th Goodale ' The Queene wth ferrex and
Porrex and som attendaunts follow • saunder W sly
Harry J Duke • Kitt • Ro Pallant • J Holland
After Gordbeduk hath Consulted wth his Lords he
brings his 2 sonns to to seuerall seates They 20
enuing on on other ferrex offers to take Porex his
Corowne • he draws his weopen The King Queen and
Lords step between them They Thrust Them away
and menasing [ect] ech other exit The Queene
and Lords Depart Heuilie Lidgate speaks 25
Enter ferrex Crownd wth Drum and Coulers and soldiers
one way • Harry • Kitt • R Cowly John duke • to them
At a nother dore • Porrex drum and Collors and soldie
W sly • R Pallant • John Sincler • J Holland •
Enter [Gorb] Queene * wth 2 Counsailors • mr Brian 30
Tho Goodale • to them ferrex and Porrex seuerall waies
wth [his] Drums and Powers • Gorboduk entreing in
The midst between • Henry speaks
APX. II. I ]
A Larum wth Excurtions After
Lidgate speakes
35
Enter ferrex and Porrex seuerally Gorboduke
still following them • Lucius and Damasus mr Bry
T Good '
Enter ferrex at one dore • Porrex at an other The
fight ferrex is slayn : to them Videna The Queene
to hir Damasus • to him Lucius.
Enter Porrex sad wth Dordan his man • R P • w sly.
to them the Queene and A Ladie Nick saunder.
And Lords R Cowly mr Brian • to them Lucius Runing
Henry and Lidgat speaks • Sloth Passeth ouer
Enter Giraldus Phronesius Aspatia Pompeia Rodope
R Cowly Th Goodale • R Go • Ned • Nick •
Enter Sardinapalus Arbactus Nicanor and
Captaines marching • mr Phillipps mr Pope R Pa
Kit J sincler • J Holland •
Enter A Captaine wth Aspatia and the Ladies Kitt
40
45
Lidgat speak
Enter Nicanor wth other Captaines R Pall •
J sincler * Kitt • J Holland R Cowly • to them
Arbactus • mr Pope • to him will foole • J Duke
to him Rodopeie • Ned * to her Sardanapalus
Like A woman wth Aspatia Rodope Pompeia
Will foole to them Arbactus and 3 musitions
mr Pope J sincler • Vincent R Cowly to them
Nicanor and others R P ' Kitt
Enter sardanapa • wth the Ladies to them A
Messenger • Th Goodale to him will foole
Runing A Larum
55
60
132 [Arx. II. i
Enter Arbactus pursuing Sardanapalus
and The Ladies fly • After Enter Sarda 65
wth as many Jewels robes and Gold as he can
cary
A larum
Enter Arbactus Nicanor and The other Captains
in triumph • mr Pope • R Pa * Kitt J Roll R Cow ' J Sine
Henry speaks and Lidgate Lechery passeth 70
ouer • the stag
Enter Tereus Philomele • Julio [
R Burbadge • Ro R Pall • J Si[
Enter Progne Jtis and Lords saunder will
J Duke w sly Hary. 75
Enter Philomele and Tereus to them Julio
Enter Progne Panthea Jtis and Lords • saunder
T Belt Will w sly Hary Th Goodale to them
Tereus wth Lords • R Burbadg • J Duk R Cowly
A Dumb show • Lidgate speakes 80
Enter Progne wth the Sampler to her Tereus
from Hunting • wth his Lords to them Philomele
wth Jtis hed in a dish . Mercury Comes and all
Vanish • to him 3 Lords Th Goodale Hary w sly.
Henry speaks to him Lieutenant Purseuaunt 85
and warders R Cowly J Duke • J Holland Joh
sincler • to them Warwick • mr Brian
Lidgete speaks to the
Audiens and so
Exitts. 90
Finis
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133
No. 2. DEAD MAN'S FORTUNE. 1593 (?).
[The paucity of names in this plot, and the fact that the play is not otherwise known,
render the date very uncertain. Since Burbage acted in it, it can only have belonged to
Strange's or the Chamberlain's men, and that at a date before 1 594, when Alleyn, into whose
hands it presumably passed, rejoined his own company, the Admiral's men. Since no trace of
the play is found among those acted by Strange's men at the Rose, Feb. 1 592— Feb. 1 593, it
seems most likely that the play was produced or possibly revived when the company was
travelling the latter year. B[oy] Sam [Gilburne?] would suit this date, and so would the
appearance of R. Lee, if we suppose him also to have been a boy. I cannot imagine Darlowe
to be Marlowe, but no actor of the name appears elsewhere (see Fleay, Stage, p. 85). I there-
fore date it conjecturally 1 593. On the other hand, it should be said that on 22 Feb. 1 598 R.
Lee sold a 'boocke called the myller' to the Admiral's men for 2os. This must have been an
old play which had come into his hands. It can hardly have been the same as the Dead Man's
Fortune, but the transaction suggests that other plays may have passed hands in a similar
manner. Indeed it is even possible that the plot may have been used as a cover for the
' boocke ' of the Miller, just as the plot of 2 Seven Deadly Sins when first discovered formed the
cover of the Tell-Tale (Warner, p. 341). Lee was probably still with the Chamberlain's men in
1598. He is next heard of as belonging to the Queen's men in 1603. This suggests that
before Elizabeth's death he belonged to Worcester's company. Now when the Chamberlain's
men moved to the Globe in 1599, four of the company, Kemp, Beeston, Duke and Pallant,
separated themselves from the rest and reappear among Worcester's men in 1602. I have
little doubt that Lee, though not a sharer, went with them. There is, therefore, the possibility
at least of the plot being several years later than the date I have followed Fleay in suggesting.
The division into five acts is clearly marked by rows of crosses, and in each case there is a
direction for 'musique' to play in the interval. The marginal notes are in a different hand,
except in 11. 16-8 and 34-5. The plot is preserved in the British Museum as MS. Addit. 10,449,
fol. i, and was reproduced in facsimile by Halliwell (see p. 151). Printed, 'Variorum' 1803,
iii. p. 414; 1821, iii. p. 356.]
The plotte of the deade mans fortune /
mus
ique
Enter the prolouge /
Enter laertes Eschines and vrganda
Enter pesscodde to him his father
Enter Tesephon allgeryus laertes w*.h
atendantes : Darlowe : lee : b samme : to
them allcyane and statyra
Enter validore & asspida at severall dores
to them the panteloun
— _ xx - xx _ xx xx xx xx xx xx S/
XX XX ' XX " • - XX XX XX XX XX XX
Enter carynus and prlior to them
statyra and allcyane
10
Dar
lee
sam
Musi
que
Musi
que
[Apx. II. 2
Enter vrganda laertes Echines : Exit
Eschines and Enter for Bell veile
Enter panteloun & his man to them his wife
asspida to hir validore
Enter Tesephoun allgerius alcyane & statyra
wth atendantes to them [to th] carynus &
prelyor to them laertes & Bell veile
Enter valydore & asspida cuttynge of
ruffes to them the maide
Enter panteloun whiles he speakes
validore passeth ore the stage disguisde
then Enter pesscode to them asspida to
them the maide wth pesscodds apparell
— x — x — x — x — x — x — x — x —
Enter carynus and p'lyor = here the
laydes speakes in prysoun
Enter laertes & Bell veile to them the
Jayler to them the laydes
Enter Tesephon allgerius at severall dores
disguised wth meate to them the Jayler
Enter pateloun & pesscode = enter asspida
to hir validore & his man • b • samme to
them the panteloun & pescode wth spectakles
— x — x — x — x — x — x — x — x —
Enter tesephon allgerius wth attendantes Dar
& others to them Burbage a messenger
to them Euphrodore = Robart lee & b samme
Enter carynus & prlyor to them vrganda
wth a lookinge glasse acompaned wth satires
plainge on ther Jnstruments
Enter carynus madde to him prelyor
~d] madde
Enter asspida & [valydore] pescodde to hir
Enters rose
20
& tyre 35
man
40
APX. II. 3]
Musique
Enter
Vrganda
Alcione
Statira
Enter
Laertes
Eschines.
Enter
wl out
disguise
135
Enter panteloun & pescodde
Enter aspida & validore disguisd like rose wth
a flasket of clothes to them rose wth a
nother flasket of clothes to them the pan
teloun to them [to them] pescodde
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Enter kinge Egereon allgeryus tesephon
wth lordes the [x] executioner wth [is] his
sworde & blocke & offycers wth holberds
to them carynus & prlyor then after that
the musicke plaies & ther Enters 3 an
tique faires dancynge on after a nother
the first takes the sworde from the ex
ecutioner and sends him a waye the other
caryes a waie the blocke & the third sends
a waie[s] the offycers & vnbindes allgeryus
& tesephon & as they entred so they departe
Enter to them vrganda laertes and
Eschines leadinge ther laides hand in hand
Enter the[n] panteloun & pescode
Enter validore [and asspida]
Enter asspida to hir rose
Enter the panteloun & causeth the
cheste or truncke to be broughte forth
finis
45
55
60
No. 3. FREDERICK AND BASILEA. 1597.
\Frederick and Basilea was performed by the Admiral's men at the Rose as a new play, on
3 June 1597, and the present plot belongs to that occasion. This is proved by the appearance
of Martin Slaughter among the actors, for he left the company on 18 July following (Diary, 27V
5). 'How, then,' asks Fleay, 'do Mr. Sam [Rowley] and Mr. Charles [Massey] appear so
early with the prefix " Mr.," which indicates a " sharer," while they are omitted in the October
list three months after?' (Diary, 43V 4), and goes on to argue that that list is incomplete. I am
not prepared to say whether the prefix ' Mr.' necessarily indicates a sharer (cf. 1. 48), but Fleay's
difficulty is entirely of his own devising, for the ' Mr.' is not prefixed to the names in question,
either in the original or in the ' Variorum ' reprint with which alone he was acquainted. He
136
[Apx. II. 3
specifically states, indeed, that he was ' compelled to rely on Malone's [sic] transcript for these
other plots [i. e. all but the Deadly St'ns], on the accuracy of which, as printed . . ., Mr. Collier
unjustly throws a slur.' In his ignorance of the original at the British Museum it was clearly
impossible for him to know whether any imputation of Collier's was just or not, and moreover
what Collier said was that ' in that which only I have had an opportunity of comparing, I have
found many errors and variations of greater or less importance,' a censure which a comparison
of Malone's text with the original will show to be not unfounded, though the errors are of little
importance. There is no indication of the divisions of acts. The plot is preserved in the
British Museum as MS. Addit. 10,449, fol. 25 and was reproduced in facsimile by Halliwell
(see p. 151). Printed, ' Variorum,' 1803, iii. p. 414 ; 1821, iii. p. 356.]
plott of ffrebencfc & Basilea
Enter Prologue : Richard Alleine
Enter Frederick Kinge : Mr Jubie R Allenn To them
Basilea seruant Black Dick, Dick.
Enter Gouernor Athanasia Moore : Mr Dunstann. Griffen
Charles, To them Heraclius Seruants. Tho : hunt black Dick
Enter Leonora, Sebastian, Theodore, Pedro, Philippe Andreo
Mr Allen, well, Mr Martyn. Ed. Dutton. ledbeter, Pigg :
To them King frederick Basilea Guarde. Mr Juby. R Allen
Dick Tho. Hunt, black Dick.
Enter Myron=hamec, lords. Tho : Towne. Tho Hunt ledbeter
To them Heraclius, Thamar, Sam Charles.
Enter Gouernor Mr Dunstann, To hym Messenger Th : Hunt
To them Heraclius Sam, To them Myranhamec Goliors.
Enter ffrederick, Basilea, R Allen Dick, To them Kinge
Mr Jubie To them Messenger Black Dick, To them
Sebastian, Heraclius, Theodore, Pedro, Philippo Andreo
Thamar. M1' Allen, Sam : Mr Martyn. leadb : Dutton Pigg.
To them Leonora, Will,
Enter ffrederick Basilea, R Allen : Dick. To them
Philippo, Duttonn, To her King ffrederick, Mr Jubie
R Allenn :
Enter, Myron=hamec Sebastian, Pedroe lords
Tho : Towne. Mr Allenn, ledbeter. Attendaunts
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20
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Enter King Theodore ffrederick, M1' Jubie, Mr Martyn
R Allenn. To them Philipo Basilea E Button his boye Guard
Tho : Hunt. [Black Dick] Gatherers. To them messenger
Black Dick. To them Sebastian Myron=hamec
leonora Pedroe Andreo. Mr Allen : Tho Towne
will : leadbeter Pigg guards gatherers.
Enter ffrederick Basilea To them Pedro confederates
Robt f leadb : Black Dick Gatherers.
Enter ffrederick Guard. Mr Juby R Allen
Th : [Tow] Hunt &c. To them Sebastian [leonora]
Theodore Myranhamec Guard Mr Allen. Martyn
To them Pedro Basilea vpon the walls, come downe
Pedro Basilea. ledb : Dick.
Enter Theodore Andreo. Mr Martyn Pigg To hym
Thamar Heraclius Sam charles.
Enter ffrederick Basilea, ffryer, R Allen : Dick
Mr Dunstann.
Enter Heraclius, Thamar, Andreo, Sam. Charles
Pigg. To them ffryer. Mr Dunstann, To them
Theodore Martynn
Enter ffrederick Basilea R Allen. Dick, To them
ffryer Mr Dunstann, To them Heraclius Sam
Enter Leonora Myronhamec, Sebastian Goliors
Will : Mr Towne, Mr Allen. Tho Hunt black Dick
To the queen Theodore Martynn.
Enter Heraclius Thamar sam charles To him
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Theodore ffryer Dunstan Martynn To them
[
Enter King Basilea ffrederick Messenger
Mr Juby R Allen Dick Black Dick. To them
Sebastian leonora Myronhamec Thamar Goliors
Mr Allen will Tho Towne Charles. Tho : Hunt
Black Dick gatherers.
Epilog8 R Allenn Finis : /
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138
[Apx. II.
No. 4. BATTLE OF ALCAZAR. 1 598 (?).
[This plot, which has been hitherto neglected, in spite of Halliwell's facsimile, is particu-
larly interesting as being the only plot we possess of an extant piece. Peele's play, probably
first acted by the Admiral's men in the winter of 1 588-9, was printed in 1 594. The plot, however,
is much later than this, and must consequently belong to a revival. None such appears in the
Admiral's lists from 1594 to 1597 in the Diary. The mention of 'mr Shaa,' moreover, proves
that the revival must have taken place between Aug. 1597 when he bound himself to play with
the company and the beginning of 1602 when he left (cf. Diary 43V 4 and 104V 30). But the
mention of W. Kendall will, I think, serve to narrow the limits. This actor was hired by
Henslowe for a term of two years on 8 Dec. 1597 (Diary, p. xlix), and as this is the only other
known mention of him we may reasonably infer that the term was not extended, even if it was
completed. The other names are either unknown or throw no further light on the date, except
in the case of the boy called Dab, who may perhaps be identified with the Dobe of the inven-
tories of 1598 (see Apx. I. i. 1. 130). If, as appears probable, the moor's limbs, mentioned in the
inventories (1. 25), were for this play, it must have been performed before 10 March, but this
may mean 1598/9. The play was satirized in Jonson's Poetastet in 1601, and must therefore
have been on the stage within recent years. All considerations thus appear to point to 1598 as
the most probable date for the plot. The play was evidently divided into acts, each preceded
by a dumb show expounded by the presenter. The arrangement has however been obscured
by the imperfect state of the original. The first four dumb shows correspond with those to
Acts I-IV of the edition of 1594, so we must suppose that the fifth has disappeared between
11. 109-110. Act V consists of a single scene. The plot is preserved in the British Museum as
MS. Addit. 10,449, f°l- 3> and was reproduced in facsimile by Halliwell (see p. 151).]
Gbe plott of tbe Battell
of
sound
sennet
sound
sound
sound
Enter a Portingall [to him] mr Rich: Allen to him
i Domb shew
Enter Muly Mahamett mr Ed : Allen, his sonne
Antho: Jefifes: moores attendant: mrSam,mrHunt
& w • Cartwright : ij Pages to attend the moore.
mr Aliens boy, mr Townes boy : to them 2.
young bretheren : Dab : & Harry : : to them
Abdel[m]enen w Kendall : exeunt
Enter Aldolmelec : mr Doughton : Calcepius
bassa mr Jubie : Zareo mr Charles attendatf
wth the Bassa : w Kendall : Rob: Tailor &
George [ ] them Muly mahamet Xeque
Abdula Rais & Ruben • H Jeffes, dick Jubie
& Jeames exeunt.
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sound
sennett
Alaru
brand &
Chopping
knife :
Enter in a Charriott Muly LM]ahamett
& Calipolis : on each side [ ] page
moores attendant Pisano mr Hunt
& w Cartwright and young Mahamet
Antony Jeffes : exit mr Sam manet
the rest : to them m1' Sam a gaine exeunt
sound
chairs
r]es for
Presents
Enter the Presenter : to him
2 domb shew
Enter aboue Nemesis, Tho : Dro^m] to
them 3 • ghosts, w • kendall Dab : [
to them [laying behind the Curtaines 3 •
Furies : Parsons : George & Ro : T[ ]lor
one wth a whipp : a nother wth a [bjlody
tor[c]h : &the 3d wth a Chopping] knif^e] : exeun
Enter Aldelmelec, mahamet
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raw
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[se^nett
sound
Calcepius Bassa [Adb] Abdu[la] Rais : &
Ruben : Attendants : mr Hunt [& GJeorge
& young sonne Dab : exeunt
Enter Diego Lapis : Gouernor of Lisbo[n]ne
mr Rich : Allen. Stukeley : Jonas
Hercules : & an Jrish Bishopp mr
Towne : Ro : Tailor : w kendall & mr
Shaa : exeunt
Enter Mully Mahamet, Calipolis :
young mahamet & 2 moores w Cartwight
& mr Hunt ex^itj muly mahamet manet
the rest : to them muly mahamet a gaine
wth raw flesh exeunt manet muly : exit
Enter [2 Pages :] Sebastian : a Page
Jeames. Duke of Barcelis : m1' Charles
Duke of Auero : mr Jubie : luis de
Silua : mr Jones County Vinioso
George : Christoporo de Tauora : Dick
Jubie to them : 2 : moores : embassadors
mr Sam mr Hunt & 2 Pages : exit
moores : manet the rest : to them stukeley
Jonas, Hercules, & Jrish Bishopp exeunt
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of blood
& a sheeps
gather
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Enter the Presenter : to [them] him
3. domb shew
Enter Nemesis aboue : Tho : Drom
[to] her 3 . Furies bringing in the
Scales : Georg Somersett [ ]n pars[ons
[several lines wanting at foot of first column]
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mr Charles : attendants Ge[orge &
Cartwright : exeun[t] manet Stukeley
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mr Hunt & w • Cartwri[
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mahamet Duke of Auero & Stukeley
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arrangement necessitating the transference of their respective headings to
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No. 5. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (?). i599(?)-
[It is uncertain to what play this fragmentary and hitherto unprinted plot belongs. The
few actors' names that are found serve to show that the play was performed by the Admiral's
men, but not to fix the date very closely. ' Mr. Hunt,' however, appears as plain Thomas Hunt
in No. 3 (1597), and Jones left the company early in 1602 (Diary, 104 30). The play it is
evident dealt with the Trojan war, and the female characters are somewhat prominent for so
warlike a theme. It does not agree either with Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida or with
Heywood's Iron Age. The only other play on the subject of which I am aware is the Troilus
and Cressida on which Dekker and Chettle were at work in April 1 599. To the summer of this
year the plot may, therefore, be plausibly assigned. The original is preserved in the British
Museum as MS. Addit. 10,449, fol. 5.]
No. 6. 2 FORTUNE'S TENNIS (?). 1600 (?).
[It does not seem possible to identify this tantalizing fragment, hitherto unprinted, with
certainty. Only seven actors are named. Of these Singer was a member of the Admiral's
company at least from 1594 to 1602. Tailor is only known otherwise from No. 4 (1598?), Cart-
wright and George from that and No. 7 (1602). Pavy is hardly likely to be Salathiel Pavy
of the Chapel Children 1600-1 ; but rather the actor whose widow is mentioned by Massye,
c. 1613 (MS. I. 67); he is not otherwise known. Sam and Charles are, as usual, Rowley and
Massye who appear in the plots from 1597 to 1602. It is to be noticed, however, that they have
not got the prefix ' Mr.' Whether this must necessarily imply an early date I am not sure ;
they certainly have the addition in Nos. 4 and 7, but see No. 3, 1. 48. The omission, however,
points towards the date 1 597. But then what can the play have been ? The only title I know
which will agree with what remains on the fragment is Dekker's ' boocke called the fortewn
tenes,' i. e. Fortunes Tennis or The Fortime of Tennis, for which the Admiral's men paid 2os.
6 Sept. 1600. This may have been an old play, but there is nothing to indicate that it was a
second part. The characters do not help much towards an identification. The direction
'Enter Orleans melancholike ' occurs in Old Fortunatus (ed. Scherer, 1. 1315), a play which
also recalls the title, but the other characters show no correspondence. So again the Trial of
Chivalry supplies us with Orleans, Lewis King of France and Bella[mira], who does appear
disguised as a pilgrim. But again the other characters are different, and if the plot is connected
with this piece at all it must be with an earlier version. Several other plays introduce a Duke
of Orleans, but offer no other points of similarity. The date and identity of this piece must
therefore be left open. The plot is preserved in the British Museum as MS. Addit. 10,449
fol. 4.]
No. 7. i TAMAR CAM. 1602.
[This is the only plot printed in the 1803 'Variorum,' the whereabouts of which is at present
unknown, and for which we are therefore forced to rely upon the reprint. Tamar Cam originally
belonged to Strange's men, and the second part was performed by them as a new play 28 Apr.
1 592. I have little doubt that it was written as a rival to Tamberlain which belonged to the
Admiral's men. Tamar Cam appears, however, to have belonged, not to the company, but to
Alleyn, and he brought it with him when he rejoined the Admiral's men, probably in 1594.
These revived it as a new play, acting the first part 6 May and the second 11 June 1596.
Finally, 2 Oct. 1602, the company bought the ' Boocke' of Alleyn for £2. This was the usual
APX. II. 7] 145
payment for an old play, and therefore probably only included Pt. I, though this is not specified.
The present plot evidently belonged to the Admiral's men, and the names it contains point to a
late date. The non-appearance of Dunston and Slaughter, and the appearance of the Jeffes and
Juby necessitate a date after 1597, and prove that the plot cannot belong to the original revival
by the Admiral's men in 1596. There is little doubt therefore that Fleay is right in connecting
it with the revival for which doubtless the company purchased the 'Boock' in 1602 (Stag*, p.
144). The divisions of the acts are marked by the appearance of the Chorus (11. 24, 44, 72, 90).
Printed, 'Variorum,' 1803, iii. p. 414 (whence the present reprint), 1821, iii. p. 356.]
plott of Gbe first parte of
Gamar Cam.
Enter Chorus Die Jubie
Sound
Sennet.
Sound
flourish.
Sound.
Alarum.
Alarum.
Sound.
H. P.
Enter Mango Cham, 3 noblemen : Mr.
Denygten i w. Cart. 2 & Tho. Marbeck
& (3) W. Parr, attendants : Parsons & George :
To them Otanes : Tamar : & Colmogra :
H. Jeffs : Mr. Allen & Mr. Burne . exit
Mango & nobles : manet the rest Exit Tamor
& Otanes manet Colmogra Exit.
Enter the Persian Shaugh : Artaxes : Trebassus
Mr. Towne, Mr. Charles & Dick Jubie
attendants : To them a
Scowt : W. Parr : Exeunt.
Enter Tamor Cam : Otanes : Parsons :
Tho : Marbeck : & W. Cart : Exeunt.
Enter Assinico : & a Persian : Mr. Singer
& Parsons : To them Colmogra Exeunt,
manet Colmogra : To him Tamor Cam
Otanes : 3 nobles : W. Cart : Tho : Marbeck :
& W. Parr : Exit Colmogra To them
Colmogra & Mango : guard George : parsons.
Exeunt, manet Colmogra : Exit.
Enter Chorus Dick Jubie : Exit
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Thunder
Sound.
Sound.
Sound
Alarm.
Sound.
Wind
home.
Enter Otanes : To him a spirritt : Parsons :
To him another Spirrit : Pontus : Tho Marbeck
To him another Diaphines : Dick Jubie.
To him another : Ascalon : Mr. Sam : Exit
Spirritts : To him Tamor Cam : Exit Tamor.
To him Spirritts againe : Exeunt.
[Arx. II. 7
25
Enter Colmogra : & 3 noblemen : W. Cart :
Tho : Marbeck & W. Parr. To them Mango.
Enter Otanes : to him Spirritts : Ascalon.
To him Diaphines : Exeunt.
Enter Colmogra : To him 3 nobles
& a Drum : To them Assinico Drunk :
To them Tamor Cam : Otanes : & guard :
& George Parsons : To them Diaphines :
Dick Jubie : Exeunt . manet clowne . Exit.
Enter Tamor Cam : Otanes : attendants :
W. Cart : W. Parr : & Tho. Marbeck : Parsons
& George : To them a Trumpet . Dick
Jubie : Exeunt.
Enter Chorus : exit.
Enter Colmogra : To him Otanes & Mr. Charles a
pledge for Tamor : W. Cart : for the Persian Tho : Marbeck.
Enter at one dore Tamor Cam : Otanes :
a Trompett : W. Parr : Attendaunts : Parsons :
To him at another dore : the Persian :
Mr. Towne attendants Mr. Charles : Dick Jubie.
Exeunt . manet Tamor : Otanes & Persian :
To them Colmogra like a post : Exit
Colmogra : To Otanes enter Ascalon :
Mr. Sam : exeunt.
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40
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Sound.
Drum a
far of.
Sound.
Sound
Enter Colmogra : & 3 nobles : W. Cart :
Tho : Marbeck & W. Parr : to them a
Messenger : Tho. Parsons : To them an
other Messinger : Dick Jubie. To them
Tamor Cam : King of Persia : Tarmia his daughter :
Otanes : noblemen : Mr. Charles : Dick Jubie : Guard
George & Parsons. Exeunt Otanes & nobles
wth the 3 Rabbells : To them Otanes : wth a head.
To them Dick Jubie wth an other head.
Exeunt, manet Otanes. Exit.
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60
Enter Captaine & guarde. George &
Parsons : & W. Parr : Exeunt.
Enter Clowne, Ascalon & Diaphines
To them Otanes & Palmeda.
Enter Tarmia & guarde : Thorn. Marbeck,
Parsons : W. Parr & George : To her the
orracle speakes Mr. Towne . Exeunt
70
Enter Chorus.
[Enter Otanes & Palmeda : Jack Jones to them.
2 spirrits : Exeunt.]
Enter Cam : Otanes : attendants :
W. Cart : & W. Parr : To them Tarmia
the nurss Tho. Parsons wth children. Tho. Marbeck
& George : To them Otanes & Palmida :
& 2. spirritts : Exeunt . manet Tamor &
2. spirrits : Exit . manet spirritts . To them
Assinico . To them Palmida . Exeunt.
manet Palmida . To herr Tamor Cam :
To them Tarmia : To them guard :
Tho. Marbeck : W. Parr : Parsons : To them
the 2. spirritts : To them the Persian
attendants : Mr. Charles : Parsons : George
& soldiers : To them Colmogra : To
them Tarmia & her 2 sonns : Jack
grigerie & Mr. Denygtens little boy . Exeunt.
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Enter Chorus.
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Enter Persian : Tarmia, nobles : Mr.
Charles : Dick Jubie : & Mr. Bourne.
Enter Tamor Cam ; Otanes : & Palmeda.
To them Pitho & linus 2 Satires : & 2
nymphes, Heron, and Thia : Mr. Jubie, A. Jeffs.
Jack Grigorie & the other little boy. To
them Captaines : Tho. Marbeck : & W. Cartwright
To them Ascalon & Diaphines : to them
Palmida : Exeunt.
Enter Attaxes : & Artabisus : Mr.
Charles : Mr. Boornc : attendants : George
W. Parr : & Parsons : Drom and Cullers :
To them Captaine Tho Marbeck : To
them Tamor Cam : & Palmida & Otanes :
Enter the Tartars : Mr. Towne, Mr. Denygten.
Enter the Geates : Gedion & Gibbs.
Enter the Amozins : Jack Grigorie & little Will.
Enter the Nagars : Tho : Rowley : and the red fast fellow.
Enter the ollive cullord moores : A. Jeffs Mr. Jubie.
Enter Canniballs : Rester : old Browne.
Enter Hermophrodites : Jcames, Parsons.
Enter the people of Bohare : W. Parr : W. Cart.
Enter Pigmies : gils his boy & little will Barne.
Enter the Crymms : Mr. Sam. Ned Browne.
Enter Cattaians, Dick Jubie and George.
Enter the Bactrians : [W. Parr] : Tho. Marbeck.
FINIS.
95
100
105
I 10
115
In printing these plots it has been found convenient, instead of placing the notes at the foot
of each page, to collect them together at the end of the appendix, adding tables of the casts.
APX. II.] 149
Plott 1. 3. Column i. No actors' names appear in connection with the parts, either
of Henry or Lydgate (1. n). Fleay has suggested that they were acted respectively by
Shakespeare and Hemings. Though this is, of course, pure con'ecture, it is reasonable enough.
5. i wardere, altered from 2 warders.
17-8. iv sly Harry. Names in wrong order. Sly played Porrex ; cf. 11. 26-9, etc.
37-8. mr I>ry\an] T Good\alz\. The names are probably in the wrong order. Bryan
appears to have played Damasus, cf. 1. 44.
47. Ned : Nick: The order is probably wrong, but it is impossible to be certain. According
1. 56 Ned played Rodopeie, but this name looks corrupt, the form being influenced by the
termination of Pompeia, and moreover both characters are immediately afterwards mentioned
as entering. I cannot agree with Fleay in thinking that Ned is Alleyn.
52. Column 2.
58. 3, altered from 2.
72-3. There is some confusion at this point and the manuscript is defective. Fleay, taking
the R before Pall to be a mere reduplication of the Ro, assigned the part of Philomele to
Pallant, whom he therefore classes as a boy, and that of Julio to Sinkler. But all the other
parts played by Pallant were men's parts. I take Ro to stand for Ro. Go[ugh], cf. 1. 47. Julio
then falls to Pallant, and Sinkler is left over. In 1. 83 Mercury appears, but the part is not
assigned. Fleay gave it to Sam Gilburne, who, however, nowhere else appears in the plot. I
conjecture that it was performed by Sinkler and that the name Mercury has disappeared from
the end of 1. 72.
86. warders. The part acted by Sinkler is described as a Keeper in 1. 10, but probably no
distinction was intended.
J. Holland, possibly an error for R. Pallant as in 1. 6.
Plott 2. The scribe originally began on the other side of the board, but inadvertently omitted
the second scene. At the end of scene iii he discovered his mistake, and began again on the
other side.
i. Column i.
31. pa\ri\teloun.
42. Column 2.
46. flasket, i. e. a long shallow basket.
49. The directions in the margin no doubt refer to a scene to be inserted here, at the
beginning of Act V.
Plott 3. 2. The plot fills one column only.
3. Names in wrong order. Juby played the king, cf. 11. 9, etc.
4. Names in wrong order. Dick played Basilea, cf. 11. 10, etc.
6. Sam's name should appear as playing Heraclius, cf. 11. 12, etc.
8. Mr Allen, well, . . . Ed. Dutton. Icdbetcr, these names in wrong order. Alleyn acted
Sebastian ; Will, Leonora, cf. 11. 24 and 48 : also Dutton acted Philippe ; Ledbeter, Pedro, cf.
11. 1 8, etc.
26. his boy, i. e. Dick, who acted Basilea*
33. The appearance of Juby shows that King has been omitted after Enter.
39. The order should be charles Sam.
48. Mr Towne may be a slip, he is elsewhere plain Tho. Towne. It shows, however, that
too much stress must not be laid on the appearance or absence of the ' Mr.'
49. the queen, i. e. Leonora?
51. The order should be Martynn Dunstan.
53. The order should be Dick R. Allen.
55. will, called Will. Barne by Fleay, cf. Plott 7, 1. 113.
Plott 4. The fragmentary state of this plot makes the explanation of it very difficult, but
I5P [Apx. II.
it remains one of the most important of the series for the size of the cast it reveals. It can
only be fully interpreted through a minute comparison with the text of the play as printed in
1594, but such an investigations this necessarily lies beyond the limits of a work which claims
to be no more than a collection of documents. I hope, however, to have an opportunity of
returning to this highly complex and very interesting subject elsewhere. At present I must
content myself with reproducing the original so far as I am able to decypher it, and to
extracting therefrom as much of the cast as is now possible.
3. Column i.
1 8. The actor who performed the part of Calipolis is nowhere mentioned. He must of course
have been a boy. .If Pig acted Cressida (Plot 5, 1. 42), he possibly also acted Calipolis, but he
was more probably 'mr Aliens boy' (1. 8). Dick, who acted Basilea (Plot 3, 1. 4), was probably
Dick Juby, so that there only remains Will (Plot 3, 1. 8).
27-8. A fragment containing the ends of these lines has been misplaced one line too high.
41. 2 moores, ambassadors ? cf. 1. 50.
. 58. This is the only place in which George's surname appears (cr. however, Plot 6, 1. 4).
It might be questioned whether George and Somersett were the same but for an entry on an
undated scrap printed by Boswell from the Dulwich papers left him by Malone : ' Item for a
Staple for George Sommersetts Dore . . . os iid' ('Variorum', 1821, xxi. p. 394). I cannot
trace this paper among the Dulwich documents.
59. Column 2.
69. r, doubtful. Either 2 has been altered to i or / to 2.
99-102. A fragment containing the ends of these lines has been badly placed in mending.
106-8. A fragment containing the middle portion of these lines has been misplaced too far
to the left in mending.
Plott 5. It is not possible to learn much concerning the cast from this fragment. In the
case of the chief characters the actor was no doubt named at the first mention as in No. 4.
12. Priam, acted by Jones, is intended to replace Antenor. Cf. 1. 35.
19. The name of mr Sam should appear among the moores attendant; cf. 11. 6 and 20.
21. mr Jones his boy. His name appears to have been James, and he is consequently liable
to confusion with Henslowe's 'boy,' James Bristow (cf. Diary, 13V 10).
35. Antenor was originally written correctly. This was struck out to make way for Priam
(as in 1. 13) and this in its turn crossed out in favour of Antenor which had to be written above
the dividing line.
41. It is just possible from this that Pig or Pyk as he wrote his own name (MS. I. 15) acted
the part of Cressida, but it is more likely that the actor of that part, having been mentioned
earlier, is not named here, and that Pig appeared as one of the beggers. Stephen may
possibly have been Steven Maget, the tireman, who is not otherwise known later than 1596
(Diary, 16 12, 22V 21, 23 i-io).
Plott 6. Very little can be gleaned from this, the most fragmentary of all the plots.
Several readings are doubtful and the inferences that can be drawn have not much weight as
evidence.
1. Only the tail of the/ in plott, latter half of the o in second, and the first minim of the n in
fortune's (?) now remain.
2. [Tennjw?
3. [fijve ? The head of an/ or s is visible.
4. somerton. Can this be the same as Somersett in Plot 4, 1. 58? If so, the same as George.
5. diet, the word is not dick as might be supposed.
14. Pau\_y\, the tail of the y is visible. Singer and Pavy appear to have performed the
parts of Mauritius and Boniface.
15. George evidently acted the serving man..
APX. II.] 151
1 6. The names are crossed out.
Plott 7. 4. Column i.
5. Denygten, cf. Doivghton of Plot 4. I have no doubt that Thomas Downton, whom
Henslowe usually calls Dowton, is meant, but I cannot guess how the spelling arose.
8. Mr. Burne. Fleay was nodding when he wrote (Stage, p. 144) : 'Will. Barne has become
Mr. Burne,' since 'little will Barne' occurs in the same plot, 1. 113, and the identification of him
with the Will who acted Leonora in 1597 (cf. Plot 3) is merely his own conjecture. 'Mr.
Burne' was, of course, William Borne or Birde, who joined the company in 1597, binding
himself to Henslowe on 10 Aug. (Diary, 232 i).
59. Tarmia. No actor is mentioned. Fleay queries ' Little Will. Barne ' not improbably.
67. Column 2.
73-4. These two lines are struck out in the original ; they anticipate 11. 77-8. Palmeda
has not appeared before and no actor is mentioned in 1. 77. I think therefore that Fleay is
right in assigning the part to Jack Jones ; there should be no stop after them.
96. the other little boy, i. e., no doubt, Downton's boy, cf. 1. 89.
100. Attaxes,\.e. Artaxes.
107. little Will, apparently distinct from the ' little will Barne ' of 1. 1 13. I suspect, however,
that it is Barne who is meant, and that the name is an error. It was probably Downton's ' boy '
who appeared as the second Amazon, since he formed a pair with Gregory twice over in the
play.
no. Rester, Fleay misprints K ester.
old [R.] Browne, according to Fleay. Robert Brown had travelled with the Admiral's men
in 1592, but according to Fleay himself was with Darby's men in 1600, so that it is improbable
that he is meant here.
in. Jeames [Bristow], i. e. Henslowe's 'boy,' according to Fleay, but more probably, I think,
the Jeames who was Jones' 'boy' (cf. Plot 5, 1. 21).
1 1 6. Parr's name is crossed out, but no other substituted ; he already appears in 1. 112. The
part was most likely filled by Jack Jones.
The following are the casts as they appear from the plots. The first two belong to the
Chamberlain's, the remainder to the Admiral's men. In the Induction to Plot i the characters
in italics appear in the epilogue only. Actors to whose names the title ' Mr. ' is prefixed
(i.;e. sharers?) are distinguished by an asterisk, boy actors by an obelus.
NOTE ON HALLIWELL'S FACSIMILES. (Cf. p. 129.)
'The Theatre Plats of Three Old English Dramas : namely, of The Battle of Alcazar, Frederick
and Basilea, and of The Dead Man's Fortune, From the Originals, which were suspended near
the prompter's station, in the Fortune Theatre, in the latter part of the sixteenth century.
Edited by James O. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S. The facsimiles by Messrs. Ashbee & Danger-
field. London : For private circulation. 1860.' The editorial matter consists of a few lines
of introduction which only aggravate the confusion of the title. It is obvious that no plots can
have been hung up in the Fortune in the sixteenth century, as the house was not then in
existence. The Battle of Alcazar, the plot of which ' does not seem to have been used by any
of our dramatic historians,' is rightly identified with the play printed in 1594 ; Frederick and
Basilea is rightly dated 1597 ; the plot of the Dead Man's Fortune, however, the date of which
is not known, is said to be ' remarkable as containing the earliest notice of Burbage as an
actor,' no notice being taken of the fact that he belonged to the Chamberlain's men and
therefore certainly never performed at Alleyn's house. No mention is made of the fragments.
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APPENDIX III
ORLANDO FuRIOSO. Manuscript of the part of Orlando in Robert Greene's
Orlando Furioso, probably played by Edward Alleyn. Imperfect, the paper
being in places much decayed and worm-eaten, and some portions being
wanting. Written on slips, originally pasted together so as to form a long
roll, six inches wide. It is written in the hand of some scribe, with corrections
and insertions, some of which certainly, and probably all, are by Alleyn. It is,
however, not always possible to tell whether minor corrections may not have
been made by the original scribe. The scribe not unfrequently left blanks,
which were, as a rule, filled in by the corrector. The play, which was printed in
quarto in 1594, appears to have originally belonged to the Queen's men, and
probably passed to Lord Strange's company at the end of 1591. It was played
by them at the Rose on 21 (22) Feb. 1591/2 (Diary, 7 7), and it is presumably to
this revival that the present MS. belongs. The MS. and printed texts differ
considerably. The former is, so far as regards the part contained, considerably
the fuller, but certain lines are also found in the quarto which are wanting in
the MS., and the question of the relationship of the two is not very clear. I have
taken the liberty of altering the position of two small fragments, which were
wrongly arranged when the document was repaired and bound, in order to get
them into what is unquestionably their right order. The smaller of these Collier
correctly placed at the beginning — perhaps in his day it was still stuck to the
following slip — the other he ignored. I have added in the left margin the corre-
spondences with the quarto text, the references being to the lines as numbered
in the facsimile reprint issued by the Malone Society (1907). The document
is preserved at Dulwich as MS. I. 138, occupying folios 261-71. It was first
reprinted by Collier in the Alleyn Papers, p. 198. He failed to make out many
passages which are clearly legible to-day, and where he printed more than can
now be read he is, as a rule, demonstrably wrong. The extracts given by Dyce
in the notes to his edition of Greene's plays (1831) do not rest upon any
independent transcript, but are merely taken from Collier. Recently the MS.
has again been printed by Collins in his edition of Greene's plays (1905),
i. p. 26. Like Collier he too leaves many quite unnecessary blanks. I am
indebted for two brilliant conjectures (11. 213 and 446), fully borne out by a
further examination of the MS., to Mr. R. B. McKerrow, who very kindly read
my proofs.
156 [Apx. III.
\The fragment inserted at the foot offoL 262 belongs herel\
595 ]hma of the gloriouse wayne Part of F. 262
696 ]ewe of Daphnes excellence F. 261
]f morne, faire bewty of ye even
]lando languishing in loue
]ye groues, wheras the nimphes 5
600 ]nce laugh to see the Satyres playe
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kinde Clora make her couch, fair cristall springe IO
605 waslie you her Roses, yf she long to drinck
oh thought, my heaue / oh heauen y* knowes my thought
smyle : [for] ioy in hir, that my content hath wrought.
610 - dwell
Orlando what contrarious thoughtf are those 1 5
that flock wth doutfull motion in thy minde
heauens smile, thes trees doe host ther somer pride
614 Venus hath grave hir triumphes here beside.
616 — shall ensewe.
Angelica ah sweet and blessed name 20
life to my life, an essence to my ioye
620 this gordyon knott together covnites
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hir name hir writing, foolishe and vnkind 25
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hir dignityes along the desert woodes,
630 of Arden, wher the world for wonders waightf.
and yet hir name, for why Angelica
10. Clora, sic, cf. 1. 479; inserted by the corrector.
APX. III.] 157
but mixt wth Medor, then not Angelica
only by me was loued Angelica 35
only for me must live Angelica.
635 J fynd hir drift, phappes the modest pledg
of my content hath wth a privy thought
and sweet disguise restrayned her fancy thus
shadowing Orlando vnder Medors name 40
639 fyne drift, faire nymphe, orlando hopes no lesse
•641 yet more are muses maskine in these trees
forming ther dittyes in conceited lynes
making a goddese in despight of me
644 that haue no goddess but Angelica 45
646? — sorowes dwell.
652? what [Jtaliano p dio]
660 dare Medor court my Venus, can hir eyes
deest bayte any lookf , but suche as must admyre
661 what may Orlando deme 50
Etna forsake the bowndes of Sicelye
for why in me, thy restlesse flames appere
664 refusd, contemd, disdaynd, what not, then thus.
deest - angry brcst
665-6 Argalio- - my Lord 55
deest come hether Argalio, Vilayne behold these lynes
667 see all these trees, carued wth true loue knotty
668 wherin are figured Medor and Angelica.
670 what thinkst thou of it -
672 - is a woema F. 262
673-7 and what then — — some newes 61
678 what messenger hath Ate sent abrode
wth Jdle lookf to listen my lament
680 sirha who wronged happy nature thus
to spoyle thes trees wth this Angelica 65
yet in hir name Orlando they are blest.
685 - folow loue
As follow loue, darest thou disprayse my heaue
offer
[and for] disgrace, and preiudice hir name
43. forming, sic ; Q has Framing. 44. making ; the k has been altered from s.
53. refusd ; the d has been altered from c. contemd ; the m has been altered from n.
62. Ate, inserted by the corrector. 69. offer ; altered by the corrector.
'58 fAi-x. III.
is not Angelica the qucne of Love 70
deckt wth the copound wreath of Ad[om]s flowers
she is, then speak thou peasant what he is
that dare attempt, or court my qucne of louc
or J will send thy soule to Charons charge.
70,1 - & Mcdors louc 75
Nought but Angelica, and Mcdors loue
shall mcdor then posessc Orlandos loue
700 danty, and gladsome beamcs of my delight
deest why feast your glcames on others lustful 1 thought^
707 delicious browes, why smile your heaue for those 80
that woundring you proue poor Orlandos foes.
Lend me your playnte, you sweet Arcadian nimphes
that wout to sing your late dcpted loucs.
thou weping floud leave Orpheus : wayle for me
710 proud Titans neces gather all in one 85
those fluent springe of your lamenting eyes
fuintfiill
and let the streamc along my [faithfull] lookf.
7/7 0fSa[ Jant
tiesunt Argalio seek me out Medor, seek out yl same dogg
that dare inchasc him wth Angelica. 90
- be content
78tt O fcminilc ingcgno di tutti mali sedc
come ti vuolgi et muti facilmente
Contrario oggetto proprio de la fede
736 O infelicc, o miser [ ] crcdi 95
inportune, supcrbc, ett dispettose
priue d' amor di fede et di Consiglio
temerarie, crudeli, inique, ingratc.
per pcstilcnza etcrna al mundo natc
Ml' •!'/! I nil 'I'.: . lOHIVC
Vi lay nc Argalio whcrs mcdor A what lyes he here 100
dragges and braucs me to my face, by heauc Jle tear
him in. him pcccmealc in dcspight of these.
71. A dons ; altered by the corrector. 87. f/u> ; the c has been altered from_y. faintfull ;
altered by the corrector. 92-9. Written in an italic hand, with alterations by the corrector.
95. crcdi ; the c altered from a. 97. d\ crossed to indicate apostrophe. Consiglio, altered
from lontfigla. 99. al; the /has been altered from //. nate; altered from nata, 100. Inser-
tion by the corrector* 101-2. Sidenotes in italic hand.
Ai-x. III.]
159
7/77
7/T.V
3 6 :
on his neck
skfie
704 ?
', r.'.i
desunt
enters wth Villayns provide me straight a lions
a mans legg for J thou seest / J am mighty Herculet 105
see whers my massy clubb vpon my neck
J must to hell to fight wth Cerberus
M
and find out mcdor ther, y[ou | Vilaynes or Jle dye
-shall J doe
ah, ah, ah. Sirha Argalio no
Jle geue the a spear framcl out of [ ]mc [ ]s
Jle hauc the be my Laucpres[a"]d[c
1 the [
{probably two lines wanting ; then follows the frag-
ment bound up as fol. 27 1 ; the other fragment
which is inserted in this place really preceding
fol. 26 1.]
f[ 1 the grca[ t F. 271
and Arthur w"' a crcw[ 1 1 5
to seek for Medor, and [
ffolow me, for nowc J[
out away JVijllayncs [
Orlando.
843
desunt
844
desnnt
solus.
here he
harkcns.
woodcs, trees, leaues, leaues, trees, woodcs.
tria sequntur tria, ergo optimus vir, non est
optimus magistratus, a peny for a pott of
beer, & sixe pence for a pecc of beife.
wound c what am J the worse, o mincrua
salue, god morrow how floe you to day,
sweet goddcsse now J sec thou louest thy
vlisscs, louely Minerua tell thy vlisscs, will
Jouc send Mercury to Calipso to lett me
goe.
Will he, why then he is a good fellow, nay
F. 283
I.'O
125
104-5. Sidenotes in italic hand. 107. Cerbcrux ; the // ha* been altered from I.
112. Potribly La0#resa40,b'At cf \. 213. r2o. Sidcnotc in italic hand.
122-3. Latin in italic hand. 125-6. o minerua salue in italic hand.
i6o
[Apx. III.
847
desunt
he walketh
vp & downe
more he is a gentlema, euery haire of the
head of him, tell him J haue bread &
beife for him, lett him put his arme into
my bagg thus deep, yf he will eate gold
he shall haue it. thre blew beans[
a blewe bladder, rattle bladder [] rattle.
Lantorne & candle light, child [] god, when
desunt
849
desunt
853
856
858
864
866
867
868
870
children a god when,
but soft you minerua, whats a clock, you
lye like a [ ]ne [ jvlisses.
10 he singes j am orland^ ]ty pala[ ], ner be
so bragg, though you be Min[ ]. J knowe
who buggard Jupiters brayne, when you wer
he whistles begotten. Argalio, Argalio,
for him. farewell good Minerua, haue me recomended
to vulcan, & tell him J would fayne see him
dauce a galyard
— my lord
J pray the tell me one thing, dost thou not
knowe, wherfore J cald the
— neither
why knowest thou not, nay nothing thou
mayst be gonne, stay, stay villayne J tell
the Angelica is dead, nay she is in deed
lord
but my Angelica is dead,
he beatf. A. and canst thou not weepe
my lord
Lord
why then begin, but first lett me geue you
A. begins to your watchword. Argalio, Angel[
weepe stay [ ] begin to so[
[about 15 lines wanting at the foot of this leaf.~\
135. gold. There can be no reasonable doubt of the reading, although the tops only of the
last two letters are visible. Collier read goddesse, Collins £0 .... 136. thre blew beans
[in] a. 142. J am orland[o the coun]/y/tf/«[tine], ner be. 143. _fl//«[erva].
APX. III.] I6l
1010 that the belydes, youle fetch me hir sir F. 264
1013 spare no cost, run me to Charlemayne 166
1014 & say Orlando sent for Angelica / away villayne
— your humor
1117 ah, ah as though y* Sagitarr in all his pride
could take faire Leda from stout Jupiter 170
and yet forsooth Medor durst enterprise
1020 to reave Orlando of Angelica
syrha you that are the messenger to Jove
you that can sweep it thorough the milkewhite pathe
that leades vnto the synode howse of Mars 175
fetch me my helme, tempred of azure steele
1025 my sheild forged by ye ciclopps for Anchises sonne
and see yf J dare combat for Angelica.
d£est heauen & hell, godes & deuylls whers Argalio.
1043 — Angelica 180
dtsunt a]li my dear Angelica
syrha fetch me the harping starr from heaue
Lyra the pleasant mynstrell of the sphears
that J may dauce a gayliard wth Angelica
5 r[un] me to Pan, bidd all his waternimphes 185
come wtb ther baggpypes, and ther tamberins.
— for a woema
1045 howe fares my sweet Angelica ?
deest — for hir honesty
1047 Art thou not fay re Angelica 190
s
[wjhose browes a[re] faire as faire Jbythia
that darks Canopus wth her siluer hewe.
1050 - art Angelica
Why are not these, those ruddy coulered cheekf
wher both the lillye, and the blusshing rose 195
1058 syttf equall suted, wth a natyue redd
— a ballad
183. Lyra ; altered from Ly e by the corrector, sphears ; originally written spears, altered
by the corrector, first to shpears, then to sphears. 185. run. Collier printed ride, Collins
R\ide~\, no doubt because a single minim is visible after the r, but had there been a d in the
word the head of it must have escaped the small tear which has carried away the other letters ;
also cf. 1. 166. 191. whose. Collier printed w"1., Collins With, for the sake of the grammar,
but no such reading is possible. It is either those or whose, probably the latter, which is the
reading of Q. Jbythia ; the b has been'altered from /.
H. P. Y
1 62
1055
1056
1061?
1062?
1064-5
1066
desunt
exit.
1168-9
1170
1172-3
1174
desunt
[Apx. III.
Are not my sweet, thes eyes those sparkling lampes
wherout proud Phebus flasheth fourth his lightf
— wth an othe 200
but tell me false Angelica
strupett worse then the whorish loue of Mars
traytresse surpassing trothlese Cresida
that so inchast his name wthin that grove
whers medor, say me for truth wher medor is 205
yf Jupiter hath shutt him, wth young Ganymede
by heauen Jle fetch him, from ye heles of Jove
inconstant base iniurius & vntrue
such strupettf shall not scape away wth life
— god be wth you 210
V[Tjlay[n ]vvher are my s[o]uldiours, whers all
the campe, the captayns, leutenautes, sargeantf
[c]larkes of the band, corporalles, Lancpresades,
gentlemen, & mercenaryes. seest thou not medor
standes braving me at the gates of Rome 215
— to muche wages.
follow me J may goe seek my captaynes out
that Medor may not haue Angelica.
Enter.
IS
Sirha she not like those purple coulered swanes 220
y* gallopp by the coache of Cinthya
her face siluered like to the milkwhite shape
y* Joue came daucing in to Cemele
tell me Argalio, what sayes charlemayne
his nephew Orlando palantyne of frauce 225
[i]s poet laureat for geometry.
Orlando.
in the wor[ld
base mynded traytors. yf you dare but say
Thetis is fayrer then Angelica
F. 265
230
207. heles ; the first e has been altered from o. 208. Line inserted by the corrector.
213. There is no difficulty about reading larkes but there is something before the /, almost lost
in a worm hole. The quite certain emendation clarkes I owe to Mr, McKerrow. 218. Side-
note in italic hand. 225. palantyne, sic, cf. 1. 430.
APX. III.]
163
1176
1180
1185
deest
1187-8?
desunt
1195
desunt
Jle place a peal of rysing rivers [i]n your throat^
did [ ] Virgill, Lucan, ovide [] Ennivs,
sirha wer not these poettf — yes my lord
then Joue trotting vpon proud Eolus
shall not gaynesay, but maugre all his boult£
Jle try wth Vulcane, cracking of a lauce
yf any of the godes mislikes my rondelayes
Argalio these be the lockes Apollo turnd to bowes
when crimson Daphne ran away for loue
loue, whatf loue Vilayne, but the bastard of mars
the poyson of venus, and yet thou seest J wear
badges of a poet laureat. — — the world
Clyme vp the clowdes to Galaxsia straight
and tell Apollo, that orlando sittf
making of verses for Angelica
yf he denye to send me downe the shirt
that Deianyra sent to Hercules
to make me brave, vpon my wedding day
Jle vp the Alpes, and post to Meroe the
watry lakishe hill, and pull the harpe
from out the ministrills handes, and pawne
it st[rai]ght to louely Proserpine, y* she
may fetch me fayre Angelica
Vilayne will he not send me it
— no answerr
So Orlando must become a poet
no the palatyne, is sent champio vnto ye wa^s
take the Lawrell Latonas bastard sonne
J will to flora, sirha downe vpon the grownd
for J must talke in secrett to the stafres.
— doth lye
When Joue rent all the welkin wth a crake
— penylesse
235
240
245
250
255
260
fye, fye tis a false verse —
as how fellow/ Wher is the Artick bear late baighted
from his poel scurvy poetry a lite11 to long
by force
265
Oh my sweet Angelica, brauer then Juno was
but vilayne she converst wth Medor.
239. crimson^ inserted by the corrector.
Collins print), inserted by the corrector.
243. Galaxsia (not Galaxsy as both Collier and
265. poel (i. e. pole), inserted by the corrector.
[Apx-
J give
drownd be Canopus child in those arcadya twins
10 is not that sweet Argalio — — confesse it 270
stabb the old whore, and send her soule to ye diwell
Lend me the nett that Vulcan trapt for Mars
[ ]h[ ]strumpett Ven[u]s, Vilaynes whats here adoe
the court is cald, an nere a Senatour
/f Argalio geue me the chayre, J will be iudg 275
my selfe — — souldioures
So sirs, what sayes Cassius, why stabbd he Cesar
in the senate [v] howse, [masters run not away]
ye
[lest [the] feele] — - his furye
20 Why speakes not vilayne, thou peasaut, 280
yf thou beest a wandring knight, say who
hath crakt a Lauce wth the - - to him
What sayes t ; Js it for the armour of
Achilles, thou doest strive, yf be Aiax
25 shall trott away to troy, geue me thy 285
hand Vlisses it is thyne — — Armorer.
And you fair virgin, what say you
Argalio make her confesse all —
Orlando / F. 266
1287 f — haue relei[ 290
1240 ff[>ire] P[o]lixen[a] the flower of Jliu
fear not Achilles ouermadding boy
pyrrhus shall not Argalio why sufferest
this olde trott, to come so nere me.
away w' thes rages
desunt . fetch me the Robe, that prowd Apollo wears 295
that J may Jett it in the capytoll
Argalio is medor here, say whiche of
these is he / courage for why the palatyne
j of frauce, straight will make slaughter
of these daring foes — 300
currut
1246 Are all the troyans fledd, then geue me
269. child and twins, inserted by the corrector. 290. relei\_f] ? 295. The addition
is interlined by the corrector. 301. Sidenote in italic hand.
APX. III.] 165
some drinke, some drink — - my lord
1254 els will J sett my mouth to Tigris streaes
1255 and drink vp ouerflowing Euphrates 305
— my lord
gesey /
1250 This is the shepherdes bottle that Darius
Jnchaut quaft . so, so, so, oh so —
1260 what heauely sightf of plesauce filles my eyes
that feed ther pride, wth [v]ew of such regard 310
as h[V|aue admyres, to see my slombring dreams,
skyes are fullfild, wth lampes of lasting ioye
that boste the pride, of haught Latonas sonne
1265 who lighneth all the candells, of the night
neymoseney hath kist the kingly Joue 3 1 5
and entertayd a feast wth in my braynes
making her daughters solace on my browes.
methinkf J feel how Cinthias Tyms conceiptf
1270 of sad repent, & meloweth those desires.
that frenzy scarse had ripened in my braynes 320
Ate / Jle kisse thy restlesse cheek awhile
1273 and suffer fruitlesse passion byde controld.
decubit
dreams
1287 What sightf , what shapes, what straug conceipted A
1289 more dreadfull, then apperd to Hecuba 325
when fall of troy was figured in her sleeps
1291-2 Juno methought sent fro the heave by Joue
1293 cam sweping swiftly thorow the glomye ayre
deest and calling Jris, sent hir straight abrode
1294 to sofhon fawnes, ye satyres, and the nimphes 330
desunt the dryades, and all the demygodes.
to secret cousayle, whe1' some parle past
1295 she gaue them violles, full of heauely dew.
1296 wth that mouted, vpo hir pty coulered coach
1299 she slipt wth Jris to the sphear of Joue. 335
what thought^ arise, vpon this fearfull showe
wher in what woodes, what vncouth grove is this
307. gesey, interlined by the corrector. 308. Sidenote and the words so, so, so, oh in italic
hand. 314. ltgh\i\neth. 315. neymoseney, inserted by the corrector. 316. and entertayd,
inserted by the corrector. 318. Tyms, sic, inserted by the corrector. 319. melowetk,
inserted by the corrector, those ; the o has been altered from e. 323. Sidenote in italic
and. 337. ~juoodes ; the second o has been altered from r.
166 [Apx-
1301-2 how thus disguysd ? wher is Argalio. Argalio.
— mad humores
1804 say me sir boy, how cam J thus disguysd
Like madd Orestes quaintly thus attyred
1808 —you are
f As J am villayne, termst me lunaticke
1309—10 \
I tell me what furye, hath inchauted me
1318 what art thou, some sibill, or some godes
or what frely say on.
Orlando.
batt[
Hath then the fr[V]nzy of Alcumenas ch[il]d
ledd fourth my thought^, wth far more egar rage
5 then wrasteld in the brayne of phillips sonne
when madd wth wyne, he practised Clytus fall
of
break from the cloudes, you burning brondf Jre
styrre w*
that [ still] in yc thunderers wrathfull fistes
and fixe your hideous fyers on Sacrapant
10 fro out you1' fatal 1 tresoryes of wrath
you wastfull furyes, draw those eben bowles
that bosted lukewarme bloud at Centawres feast
to choak wth bloud the thirsty Sacrapant
thorough whom my Clymene and hebe fell
15 thorow whom my spirittf wth fury wer supprest
my fancyes post you vnto Pindus topp
ther midst the sacred troupes of nimphs inquire
for my Angelica, the quene of Loue
seek for my Venus, nere Erycinne
20 or in the vale of col^hos, yf she sleep,
tell her Orlando, cue hir second Mars
hath robd th[e] burning hill of Cicelye
of all the Ciclops treasors ther bestowed
ceipts
to vendg hir wrongf , & stoupe thos haught con A
351. ivrasteld, inserted by the corrector. 354. styrre wl, altered by the corrector. Part
of the original reading is illegible. 370. conceipts, properly conceipt^_.
APX. III.]
1352-3
1354-5
1357
1360
1365
1371?
1372
deest
1373
1375
desunt
1376
167
that sought my Jelowsye, and hir disgrace
Ride Nemesis, vpon this angry steel
that thretneth those, that hate Angelica
who is the sonne of glory, that consumes
exit Orlando, cue the phenix of affect. 375
— slaue as he
Princes for shame, vnto your royall campes
base not your selves, to combatt such a dogg
follow the chase, mout on your course's straight
swords
manage your spears, and lett your slaughtring 380
of
be taynted, wth the bloud, [wth] them that flee
fro him passe ye, he shall be combated
— withine
J am thou seest, a cuntry servile swayne
homely attired, but of so hawty thought f 385
as nought can serue to quench the aspiring flames
that scorth as doe the fiers of Cicelye
Vnlesse J win that princly diademe
that semes so ill, vpon thy cowardes head
- a king 390
Then mayst thou deme, some second mars fro heaue
is sent, as was Amphitrios foster sonne
crowne
to vale thy plumes, and heave the fro a
proud what thou art, J wreke not of thy gree
as Lampethusas brother fr5 his coach 395
praucing, & [ ] one went his course
and tombled from Apollos chariott
so shall thy fortunes, and thy honor fall
to proue it, Jle haue y° guerdon of my sword
375. Sidenote in italic hand. 380. swords, properly sword^. 387. scorth, sic,
for scorch. 394. proud, added by the corrector. Collier and Collins both read proue,
which makes sense and is a possible reading. The letter however is more like d than e, and
proud is the reading of Q. I have no doubt the corrector meant to read ' proud that thou art.'
395. Lampethusas; the e has been altered from a. The name of Phaethon's sister was Lampetie.
396. A word has been inserted by the corrector, but what it is is doubtful. There is certainly
an .? in the middle, and this is probably preceded by an i and followed by an e. Collier printed
and visor open, went for which he drew on a fertile imagination. Collins has <$° wise (?) one,
which is possible so far as the MS. is concerned, but gives neither sense nor metre. The whole
passage is probably corrupt.
i68 [APX. III.
wch is the glory of thy diademe 400
1381 - thy name
1882 ffirst thyne-
Orlando F. 268
1884 - Sacrapant
Then lett me, at thy dying day intreat 405
by that same sphear, wherin thy soule shall rest
yf Joue deny not passage to thy ghost
1389-90 thou tell me, yf thou wrongst Angelica, or no
1399 - thy name
desunt Extinguish proud tesyphone those brandes 410
fetch dark Alecto, from black phlegeton
or Lethe waters, to appease those flames
that wrathfull Nemesis hath sett on fire
1400 dead is the fatall author of my yll
vassall, base vilayne, worthlesse of a crowne 415
knowe that the man, that stabd ye dismall stroke
is Orlando the palatyne of frauce
whom fortune sent, to quittauc all thy wrong
foyld &
1405 thou slayne, it nowe behoues me dogg
to hye me fast, to massacre thy men. 420
— Exeunt
1480 - hir loue
ffrench man for so thy quaint aray import^
beest thou a peer, or beest thou Charlemaye
or hadest thou hectors, or Achilles hartf
or neuer dauted thought^ of hercules 425
I486 the infusd Metemsuchosis of them all
J tell the sir thou liest wth in thy throte
the gretest braue Cisalpine frauce can brook
in saing y* sacred Angelica
did offer wrong vnto the palantyne 430
1490 ] am a slavishe Jndia mercenary
yet for J see, the princcsse is abusd
by newcome straglers fro an vncooth coast
J dare the proudest, of the westerne Lordf
to crack a blade, in tryall of hir right. 435
421. The direction has been interlined by the corrector. 430. palantyne, sic, cf. 1. 225.
APX. III.] 169
1510 -foyld
1511-2 Twelue peres of frauce, twelue divylles, whats y*
what J haue spoke, ther J pawne my sword
to seale it, on the helme, of him that dare
Malgrado of his honor combatt me , ,n
- Lordf Jndia
1521-2 You that so proudly bid him fight
out wth your blade, for why your turne is next
tis not this champio, can discorage me.
pugnat 445
desunt N. victus You sir that braued your [c^hevaldry
wher is the honor of the howse of frauce
—to doe
ffaire princesse what J may belongf to the
5 wittnes J well haue hanseled yet my sword 450
now sir you that will chastyce when you meet
bestirr you french man, for Jle taske y5 hard
Oliuer victus —
Provide you lordes, determyne who is next
to pick out the stoutest champio of you all 455
they wer but stripling^, call you these ye pers
1528 hold madam, and yf my life but last it out
Jle gard your pson wth the peires of frauce
1532 ? by my side - — [you] -
1533-4 So sir you haue made a goodly oration 460
1534-5 but vse your sword better, lest J well
1535 beswindg you
F. 269
desunt pugnat by my faith you haue done pretily well, but
sirha french man, thinck you to breath, come 465
fall to this geer close, dispatch for we must
445-6. Sidenote in italic hand. 446. Both Collier and Collins print the last word as
heraldry, but the third letter is undoubtedly i> not r. Moreover there is a trace on a small letter
before the ^-almost lost in a worm hole. The reading chevaldry, which I owe to Mr. McKerrow,
is quite certain. It is a recognised seventeenth century form of chivalry. 450. The last four
words were perhaps added by the corrector. 452. Jle taske. Between these words appears
the first stroke of an unfinished .$• or f. yd, sic, for you. 453. Sidenote in italic hand.
456. The last four words were perhaps added by the corrector. 464. Sidenote in italic hand.
H. P, Z
I/O
1541
154%-si
1548
deest
1552
desunt
APX. III.]
O victus
1553
1562?
1563
desunt
1567
desunt
1569
haue no parle
Orlando
pride
Ogier sweet cuss geue me thy hand my lord
and say thast found the couty Palatyne
Lunacye
So was J Lordes, but geue me leave a while
humbly as mars did to his paramour
head
when as his god wrongd hir wth suspect
so to submitt to faire Angelica
vpo whose louly Roseat cheekf me semes
the cristall of hir morne more clerly spredf
then doth ye dew vpon Adonis flower. /
faire nimphe, about whose browes, sittf clorasA
& Clisias bewty trippes about thy lookf
pdon thy Lord, who perst wth Jelowsie
darkned thy vertues, wth a great ecclipse
pardon thy Lord faire saynt Angelica
whose loue stealing by steppes into extremes
grew by suspition to causlesse Lunacye
— in his
Thankf sweet Angelica,
but why standes the prince of Africa
and Mandrycard the king of mexico
so deep in dumpes, when all reioyse besides.
- Palatyne
And that my leig Durandall hath averd
agaynst my kinsme, and the peires of frauce,
next know my lord J slaughtered Sacrapat
J am the man, y* did the slave to death
who falsely wronged Angelica and me
for when J stabd the traytor to the hart
and he lay breathing on his latest gaspe
he frankly made confession at his death
that he in gravd ye Rondelays on the trees
470
475
480
485
490
495
500
468. Sidenote in italic hand. 480. Clisias, inserted by the corrector. The reading is a
little doubtful, and the majuscule may possibly be intended for an E, though it is probably a C.
Collier printed Elisian (omitting the <&•*), Collins Elisias. 485. causlesse, inserted by the
corrector. 498. on. Collier and Collins print in. On might have the sense of at, but th?
word may be 0#, an error for out.
APX. III.]
1571
1576
and hung the scedule, of poor Medors loue
entending by suspect, to bred debate
deeply twixt me, and fair Angelica
his hope had happ, but we had all ye harme
and now revendg, leaping fro out the seat
of him, that can comaund sterne Nemesis
hath heapd his treasons, iustly on his head.
171
505
honor the
F. 270
1586-7
desunt
1588
1592
Thankf Angelica for her
but now my Lordes of frauce frolick my frendes
and welcome to the courtf of Africa
courage companions, y* haue past the seas
furrowing the playnes of neptune wth your keles
to seek your frend, the couty Palatyne
you thre my Lordes J welcome wth my sword
the rest braue [braue] gentleme my hart & hand
what welth wth in the clime of Africa
what pleasures longst the costf of mexico
LordingC comaund, J dare be bold so far
wth Mandrycard & prince Marsilius
the pretious shrubbes, the & mirh
the fruitf as riche as Eden did aford
whatsoeue1" is faire, & pleasing Lordingf vse,
& welcome to the county Palatyne
— or none
Th[anjkes Affrike vicroye for the Lordes of frauce
and fellow mates be merry, we will home
as sone as pleaseth king Marsilius
to lett his daughter passe wth vs to frauce
meane while wele richly rigg vp all our fleet
more braue, then wer t^hc^e ] keles
515
520
525
530
\thefragmentformingfol. 271 belongs at the foot of
fol. 262, where it will be found printed above^\
526. The first word is slightly blotted. . 531. A tear in the paper has rendered the line
imperfect, but it can never have been metrically complete. The following line has entirely
disappeared except for the tops of two letters, possibly s . . . /, at the beginning.
NOTE ON TOPPING'S PETITIONS, MS. I. 21-3. (Cf. p. 44.)
Concerning these documents Fleay writes (Drama, ii. p. 46) : ' This tailor's affair is so im-
portant in fixing dates for Lodge's career that I must treat it in detail. There are five
documents extant : — i. Topping's [first] complaint to [Henry] L. Hunsdon, L. Chamberlain \c.
June 1595]. ii. Henslow's [second] answer to a further complaint of Topping's [to L. Cobham,
c. December 1596]. iii. Topping's [third] complaint to [George] L. Hunsdon [c. May 1597].
iv. Henslow's [third] answer [c. June 1597]. v. George L. Hunsdon's final order 29th January
1598. William Brooke, Lord Cobham, succeeded Henry Lord Hunsdon as Chamberlain 22nd
July 1596. George L. Hunsdon succeeded him I7th April 1597. It appears from i. that Lodge
incurred a debt ... in 1587, "this eight years due" that c. May ("half a year now past," ii.)
Topping arrested him to the Clink. Henslow, as his bail, was bound for him. . . . The matter
was evidently interrupted by Henry Hunsdon's death, and had to be renewed by a second
complaint to L. Cobham. This Henslow answered in ii. . . . Brooke decided against Henslow,
but . . . after Brooke's death, c. May 1597, Topping made a third complaint to George L.
Hunsdon. From this, iii., we find that the suit was begun in 1594, "about 3 years past," when
the debt had been " 7 years forborne." The two previous complaints are mentioned seriatim,
and it is stated that Henslow's answer to the first complaint was a promise of payment. In
iv. Henslow . . . alleges that he himself had tried to attach Lodge ... In v. Hunsdon
decides against Henslow.' This is an exceedingly ingenious attempt to reconcile the various
indications of date that appear in the documents, but I do not think that it will bear close
examination. The only document that is dated is v., which by the way is a mere endorsement
on iii. Now Henslowe would need a copy of the petition to enable him to prepare his answer ;
he would have no inducement to procure such a copy after he had submitted his answer. But
once he had his copy he would hardly trouble to return it in order to have Hunsdon's award
endorsed on it. We are therefore driven to the conclusion that the copies forming documents iii.
and v. were made at the same time and consequently before iv. This last was then an answer
not only to Topping's petition but to Hunsdon's award, which is, I take it, what Henslowe means
when he solicits 'yor ho : favorable consideracon of ye mittigacSn of ye Execution,' since he denied
there being a previous order against him. This being so we may suppose that Topping's petition
was lodged not long before the award, say December 1597. This would place his suit against
Lodge c. December 1594 and the original debt c. December 1587. The first petition, when
the debt was eight years old, would then fall c. December 1595. The date indications are
however fundamentally irreconcilable. In iv. Henslowe says that Lodge was arrested 'about
a yeare nowe paste,' i.e. c. December 1596, and though this might be reconciled with the
'about iij yeres past' of iii. by supposing that two years passed in litigation before the arrest,
and with the 'aboute half a yeare nowe past' of ii. by supposing that answer to be addressed
to Lord Cobham (placing iv. c. June instead of c. December), there yet remains the absurdity
that it would place the arrest a year later than the first petition (i.) ! The 'yeare nowe paste'
of iv. must therefore in any case be wrong. The other dates are easily reconciled. The suit
begun 'about iij yeres past' according to iii. must have been c. December 1594, and supposing
the arrest to have followed immediately, this would place document ii., when that arrest was
'aboute half a yeare nowe past,' c. June 1595 ; but this would be six months before the original
petition. There must therefore have been an interval of at least six months between the suit
and the arrest. But ii. is copied upon the same sheet of paper as i. and it must therefore, in
spite of the difference of scribe, be regarded as a reply to the first petition. This, however,
precludes the possibility of a lost petition as supposed by Fleay, and dates ii. as at latest c.
June 1 596. Fleay says that two previous petitions are mentioned in iv., but a careful examination
of the documents will, I think, show that he is mistaken. Henslowe appears, on hearing of
Topping's original petition to Hunsdon, to have promised payment in order to gain time and
then to have withdrawn his promise under a Writ of Error. It was no doubt after this that
he lodged his answer to the petition. Topping says, indeed, that he was forced 'to make his
further sute to the L. Cobham,' and this is likely enough, but does not imply a new petition.
Even supposing that Henslowe's answer was submitted in June— and it is quite impossible to
be certain to within a month or two — it is unlikely that it received attention before the death
of Henry Carey in July. Topping then probably appealed to Cobham for his decision on the
petition which no doubt had been handed over with other official documents belonging to his
predecessor in office. Henslowe says that he made his excuse before Cobham, so that the
answer may not have been sent in till after his appointment. He also denies that Cobham
decided against him, maintaining that, erroneously supposing him privy to Lodge's whereabouts,
he gave him a warrant of arrest which he had been unable to make use of. There is therefore no
reason to suppose any lost documents, while the final decision in the matter remains doubtful.
I should be inclined to date the papers, i. c. December 1595, ii. c. August 1595, iii. c. December
.IS97, v. 29 January 1598, iv. c. February 1598; but I do not myself see that the documents
in question are of any importance for fixing the dates of Lodge's career.
INDEX
Abbott, Stephen, 51.
Admiral, The Lord, see Howard, Charles.
Admiral's men, servants of Charles Howard,
Lord Admiral, and Earl of Nottingham from
1 597 : at Leicester, 33 ; at Newington, 43 ;
built the Fortune, 50 ; perform at court, 50 ;
act Troy, 55 ; become the Prince's men,
6 1 ; and later the Palsgrave's, 64 ; their
inventories, 113; amalgamate with Pem-
broke's men, 113 ; one of their plays
possibly refashioned by Chapman in Bussy
D'Ambois, 120; buy the Miller of Lee, 133 ;
act Frederick and Basilea, 135 ; act the
Battle of Alcazar, 138 ; act Troilus and
Cressida by Dekker and Chettle, 144 ; pay
for a play called Fortune's Tennis, 144 ;
act Tamar Cam, 144 ; Plots 3-7 in their
possession, 151 ; for composition see tinder
Companies.
Adysson, Edward, queen's waterman, 43.
Alexander and Lodovick, 121-2.
A lice Pierce, 1 1 6, 121-2.
Alleyn, , recommended by Uekker, 92.
Alleyn, Edward, his interest in the Bear Garden,
i ; friend of Griggs, 3 ; contract with
Streete for building the Fortune, 4 ; lease
of the Long Slip, 12 ; lease to Downton
of a share in the Fortune, 13 ; assign-
ment of lease from Gill, 15 ; assigns the
Fortune tenements to Henslowe, 16 ;
warrant as Master of the Game of Bears,
etc., to a deputy, 18 ; endorsement of a
deed, 22 ; articles with players, 23 ; lease
to Henslowe of half share in the Fortune,
25 ; lease of the Fortune to the Palsgrave's
men, 27 ; leases of shares in the Fortune,
28, 30, 112 ; purchases theatrical properties
from Jones, 31 ; writes a letter for Pig, 41 ;
warrant for building the Fortune, 49 ;
servant to the Earl of Nottingham, 51 ;
his list of properties, 52 ; acquittance to
Massinger, 66 ; to judge a play of Daborne's,
H. P.
70; his brother John, 71; old plays re-
maining in his hands, 75 ; memorandum
book, 84 ; articles of agreement with players,
90 ; acquittance from Dorrington, 101 ;
patent as Master of the Game of Bears,
etc., 101 ; acquittance from Steward, 102 ;
contract for rebuilding the Bear Garden
tenements, 102 ; letter of warrant to a
deputy, 103 ; petition to James I, 104 ;
accounts of his bear-ward, 106 ; acquit-
tances from Towne, 106 ; memorandum
book, 107 ; lease of the Bear Garden to
Henslowe, 107 ; sells Vayvode to the
Admiral's men, 122 ; sells nine suits to
them, 123 ; attends Wm. Benfield's funeral,
126 ; his name in Henslowe's scribble, 127 ;
acts with Strange's men, 129; rejoins the
Admiral's men, 133, 144 ; sells Tamar Cam
to the Admiral's men, 144 ; appears in
Plots 3, 4 and 7, 153-4 ; his boy in Plot 4,
153; plays Orlando and corrects the MS.
of the part, 155 ;
letters from him to his wife, 34-5 ;
letters to him, from his wife, 59 ; Birde, 85 ;
Browne, 63 ; Dekker, 91-2 ; Henslowe, 35,
36, 38, 39, 47, 97 ; H. Jones, 94 ; R. Jones,
33, 94(?) ; Langworth, 99 ; Massye, 64 ;
W. P., 32 ; certain players, 93.
Alleyn, Edward, his wife, mentioned by Jones,
33 ; see also Alleyn, Joan.
Alleyn, Joan, wife of Edward Alleyn, mentioned,
35, 37, 38, 39, 48, 94, 97 5
letter from her to her husband, 59 ;
letters to her, from* her husband, 31,35; Pig,
41.
Alleyn, John, innholder, brother of Edward, 71 ;
his interest in theatrical properties, 31 ;
buys apparel, 32.
Alleyn, John, nephew of Edward, 71 ; witness,
103, m.
Alleyn, Mathias, cousin of Edward, witness, 30.
Alleyn, Richard, in Plots 3 and 4, 153.
A A
174
Alleyn, Thomas, cousin of Edward, witness, 30.
Alphonsus King of Aragon, by Greene, 116,
117.
Amends for Ladies, by Field, 23.
Anne of Denmark, sister of Christian IV, and
wife of James I, 105.
Arnold, Garratt, 16.
Arraignment of London, by Daborne, 71, 72, 73,
75, 9°-
Atheisfs Tragedy, by Tourneur, 72.
Attwell, or Ottewell, Hugh, actor : witness, 68 ;
articles with Alleyn and Meade, 91 ; letter
to Alleyn, 93.
Augusten, William, actor, 61 .
Ballard, , 107.
Bankes, , 65.
Bankside, Henslowe's house on, 4 ; his tene-
ments on, 110.
Baptist, ,94.
Barksted, or Backstede (or Baxter?), William,
bond to Henslowe, 18 : his career, 58 ;
loan from Henslowe (?), 87 ; articles with
Alleyn and Meade, 91 ; leaves the company,
93-
Barnabie, , i.
Barne, Will, in Plots 3 (?) and 7, 153, 154.
Bartholomew Fair, by Jonson, 90.
Basse, or Besse, Thomas, 18, 1 1 1.
Battle of Alcazar, by Peele, 114, 115, 129;
Plot of, as acted by the Admiral's men,
138.
Baxter, see Barksted.
Baxter, Robert, of the Chapel Children, 59.
Baxter's Tragedy, 58.
Baylle, William, 31.
Baylye, Robert, keeper of the Star Chamber
door, 8.
Bear Garden, see under Playhouses.
Bear Garden tenements, contract for rebuilding,
102.
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, Game of, i, 4,
12, 18, 19, 97, 100, IOF, 102, 104.
Beaumont, Francis, his Four Plays in one, 129.
Beaven, William, 95.
Beeston, Christopher, leaves the Chamberlain's
men and joins Worcester's, 133 ; in Plot
!(?), 152.
Bellendon, 1 1 7,
Bell, in Newgate Market, 65.
Bellman of London, by Daborne, 75, 79, 79, 81,
90.
Bellman of London, by Dekker, 75.
Belt, T., in Plot i, 152.
Bemond, Beomond, or Beamond (Beaumont ?),
Radolph, or Raffe, 9.
Benfield, Robert, 126.
Benfield, William, 126.
Benion, John, 8.
Bentley, , actor, 32.
Bertie, Robert, Lord Willoughby of Eresby, 83.
Bilson, Leonard, 26.
Birde, alias Borne or Bourne, William, joint
lessee of the Fortune, 27 ; occupies a tene-
ment near the Fortune, 29 ; 'of Hogsdon,'
bond from Bradshawe, 48 ; in Plot 7, 1 54 ;
letters from, to Alleyn, 85 ; to Henslowe, 86.
Blacbourn, William, 9.
Black Bateman of the North, 2 parts, 121-2.
'Black Dick,' in Plot 3, 153.
Black, Ferdinando, waterman, 43.
Blackfriars, see tinder Playhouse.
Black Joan, 121-2.
Blak, John, 30.
Blind Beggar of Bednal Green, pt. Ill, 127.
Blower, Peter, 2.
Boar's Head Tavern, in Eastcheap, 59.
Boar's Head Tenements, 109.
Bohemia, King of, 95.
Bolton, Thomas, scrivener, 103.
Borne, or Bourne, William, see Birde.
Bosgrove, George, 30.
Bourbon, 121-2.
Bowes or Boes, Edward, i, 107.
Bowes or Boes, Ralph, Master of the Game of
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, 4, 101 ; his
patent, i ; his illness, 97, 99 ; lease of Bear
Garden, 107.
Bowler, Moyses, witness, 22, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79.
Bradburye, Mathye, 13.
Bradshaw, Richard, player, 48.
Brandenburg, George William, Elector of, 95.
Branholt, 115, 121-2.
Brazen Age, by Heywood, 114.
Brew, Patrick, 15, 108.
Brigham, or Briggum, Mark, 28, 29.
Brill or Broyle, in Sussex, 48, 98,
Bristow, James, 61,
175
Brome, George, 28.
Bromfield, Robert, 60, 61.
Browne, , of the Boar's Head, 59.
Browne, 'old,' in Plot 7, 154.
Browne, Edward, with Worcester's men, 59; in
Plot/, 154.
Browne, John, bricklayer, 22.
Browne, Robert, sharer in Worcester's company,
31 ; passport from Lord Howard, 33 ; death
of his wife, 37 ; letter to Alleyn, 63, 59.
Browne, William, constable, 51.
Bryan, George, in Plot i, 152.
Bryan, Mary, 30.
Burbage, Richard, builds the Globe, 5 ; in Plots
i and 2, 152.
Burnabye, , 107.
Burte, Lord, 85.
Bussy D'Ambois, by Chapman, 120.
Bwllear, William, 9.
Caesar, Sir Julius, 98.
Caesar and Pompey, 114.
Caine, Robert, bargeman, n.
Calton family, 31.
Candish, 'his stuf,' 53, 55.
Cannell, Hugh, 17.
Cannell, Jane, wife of Hugh, see Gill.
Canterbury, See of, 13.
Cardinal, see Rising oj Cardinal Wolsey.
Cardinal Wolsey, 114.
Cardinal's Hat, 75.
Carey, George, Lord Hunsdon, Topping's peti-
tion, 45 ; Henslowe's reply, 46 ; his officer,
W. Paschall, 48 ; signs the warrant of the
Privy Council for the building of the Fortune,
52; his deputies, 100; Henslowe's petition,
109.
Carey, Henry, Lord Hunsdon, Topping's peti-
tion, 44 ; Henslowe's reply, 44.
Carpenter, William, bonds to Henslowe, 18,
in.
Cartwright, William, joint lessee of the Fortune,
27 ; in Plots 4, 6 and 7, 153-4.
Cawndun, John, 13.
Cecil, Sir Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 52, 97.
Chaloner, , and his wife, 60.
Chaloner, Francis, 60.
Chaloner, Mary, 98.
Chaloner, Thomas, 60, 98.
Chamberlain, The Lord, see Carey, Henry and
George.
Chamberlain's men, at Newington, 43 ; become
the King's men, 61 ; move to the Globe,
133; own Plots i and 2, 151; for composi-
tion see under Companies.
Chamber of London, 16, 17.
Chapel Children, own Summer's Last Will
and Dido, 114; for composition see under
Companies.
Chapman, George, his Eastward Hoe, 71 ;
Humorous Day's Mirth, 115 ; Bussy
DAmbois, 120.
Charles, see Massye.
Charles de Lorraine, Prince de Joinville, 103.
Chettle, Henry, his Too Good to be true, 58 ;
Tobias, Rising of Cardinal Wolsey, and
Love Parts Friendship, 59 ; Troilus and
Cressida, 144.
Cholmley, John, grocer, 2.
Christian IV, King of Denmark, 104.
Christian, Evan, deemster, 15, 18.
Christian turned Turk, by Daborne, 66.
Civil Wars of France, 120.
Clarke, Elizabeth, wife of William, see Gill.
Clarke, John, 17.
Clarke, William, 17.
Clink, Liberty of, 63.
Clink prison, 41, 44, 46.
Cobham, Lord, 46, 47.
Cobler of Queenhithe, 121-2.
Comedy of Humours (Humorous Day's Mirthl),
115, 119, 121-2.
Companies, Composition of :
Admiral's (Nottingham's) men :
Edward Alleyn, 34, 133, 153, 154.
Alleyn's boy, 153.
Richard Alleyn, 155.
William Birde, 27, 154.
Black Dick, 153.
Edward Browne, 59, 154.
Robert Browne, 31, i54(?)-
William Cartwright, 153
'Dab,' 153.
James Donstall or Dunstan, 32, 145, 153.
Thomas Downton, 13, 153, 15.1-
Thomas Drom, 153.
Edward Dutton, 158.
Dutton's boy Dick, 153.
176
(Admiral's (Nottingham's) men) :
'Griffin,' 153.
'Harry,' 153.
Thomas Hunt, 144, 153, 154.
'James,' 153.
Anthony Jefifes, 64, 145, 153, 154.
Humphrey Jefifes, 145, 153, 154.
Richard Jones, 31, 33, 144, i53> 154-
Edward Juby, 27, 64, 145, 153, 154.
Richard Juby, 153.
William Kendall, 153.
Robert Ledbeter, 153.
Charles Massye, 27, 65, 153, 154.
'Nick,' 61.
Thomas Parsons, 153.
Pig, or Pyk, John, 153.
Samuel Rowley, 56, 153, 154.
Robert Shaa, 49, 138, 153.
John Singer, 144, 154.
Martin Slaughter, 145, 153.
George Somerset!, 153.
Gabriel Spenser, 48.
Robert Tailor, 153.
Thomas Towne, 64, 153, 154.
Towne's boy, 153.
'Will' (Barneor Parr), 153.
Chamberlain's men :
Christopher Beeston, 133, 152 (?).
T. Belt, 152.
George Bryan, 152.
Richard Burbage, 133, 152.
Henry Condell, 152.
Richard Cowley, 36, 152.
' Darlowe,' 152.
John Duke, 133, 152
Thomas Goodale, 152.
R. Gough, 152.
John Heming, I52(?).
John Holland, 152.
William Kemp, 133.
Robert Lee, 133, 152.
'Ned,' 152.
' Nick,' 152.
Robert Pallant, 133, 152.
Augustine Phillips, 152.
Thomas Pope, 133, 152.
'Sam,' 152.
'Sander,' 152
'Vincent,' 152.
(Chamberlain's men :)
William Shakespeare, I52(?).
John Sinkler 152.
William Sly, 120, 152.
'Will,' 152.
Chapel Children :
Robert Baxter, 59.
Nathan Field, 23, 66.
Salathiel Pavy, 64, 144.
Derby's men :
Robert Browne, 64.
King James' men :
Robert Benfield, 126.
William Ecclestone, 87.
Nathan Field, 66.
Robert Pallant, 88.
William Sly, 120.
King Charles' men :
Anthony Smith, 91.
Lady Elizabeth's men :
Hugh Attwell, 91, 93.
William Barksted or Baxter, 87 91
Robert Benfield, 126.
Robert Dawes, 88, 123.
Nathan Field, 23, 66.
Robert Hamlen, 91, 93.
Thomas Hobbs, 91.
John Newton, 91, 93.
Robert Pallant, 88, 91, 93, 126.
William Penn, 91.
William Rowley, 91, 93, 126.
Anthony Smith, 91, 93.
Joseph Taylor, 87, 91, 93, 126.
Lennox' men :
John Garland, 63.
Francis Henslowe, 63.
Abraham Savery, 63.
Palsgrave's men :
William Cartwright, 27.
Thomas Downton, 13.
Richard Fowler, 27.
Richard Gunnell, 27.
Samuel Rowley, 95.
Prince Charles' men :
N Richard Fowler, 27.
' Thomas Hobbs, 93.
Robert Pallant, 88.
William Penn, 93.
/William Rowley, 90
Prince Henry's men :
Edward Alleyn, 18.
Thomas Downton, 13.
Francis Grace, 27.
William Parr, 27.
Richard Price, 27.
' Rose,' 63.
William Stratford, 27.
Queen Elizabeth's men :
' Bently,' 32.
Richard Tarlton, 129.
Queen Anne's men :
Robert Lee, 133.
Robert Pallant, 88.
William Rowley, 90.
Queen Anne's Revels' company :
Hugh Atwell, 91.
William Barksted, 59.
Robert Browne, 64.
Robert Daborne, 66, 71.
Nathan Field, 23, 58, 66.
William Penn, 91.
Philip Rossiter, 86.
Sheffield's men :
John Alleyn, 31.
Strange's men :
Richard Burbage, 133.
Robert Pallant, 88.
William Sly, 120.
Worcester's men (William Somerset's) :
Edward Alleyn, 31.
John Alleyn, 31.
Edward Browne, 59.
Robert Browne, 31.
Richard Jones, 31.
James Tonstall (Dunston), 32.
Worcester's men (Edward Somerset's) :
Christopher Beeston, 133.
John Duke, 133.
William Kemp, 133.
Robert Lee (?), 133.
Robert Pallant, 88, 133.
Condell, Henry, in Plot i, 152.
Conquest of Spain by John of Gaunt, by Hath-
way and Rankins, 56.
Conquest of the Indies, by Day, Haughton, and
Smith, 56, 57.
Cooke, , and his wife, 61.
Cooke, Sander, in Plot i (?), 152.
Cowley, Richard, carries letter to Alleyn, 36 ;
in Plot i, 152.
Crose and Thrale, sawyers, 10.
Crowe, William, parson of Kirke Bride, 15.
Cupid and Psyche, one of Five Plays in One (?),
117.
Curtain, see under Playhouses.
Dab, boy actor, in Plot 4, 119, 138, 153.
Daborne family of Guildford, 66.
Daborne, Robert, note to Henslowe, 66 ; agree-
ment for Machiavel and the Devil, 67 ;
bond for its delivery, 68 ; bond for the
delivery of the Owl, 80 ; acquittance to
Henslowe, 80 ; bond to Henslowe, 85 ;
values theatrical properties, 87 ; prices for
his plays, 89; witness, 91 ; letters to Hens-
lowe, 68-83, I26-
Daborne, , wife of Robert, 70-77.
Daborne, , daughter of Robert, 82.
Dale, , J. P., 62.
Darcy, or Darsey, Edward, groom of the Privy
Chamber, 98.
Darlowe, , actor, in Plot 2, 133, 152.
Davison, Robert, 66.
Dawes, Robert, actor, his articles, 86, 123 ; joins
Lady Elizabeth's men, 88.
Day, John, his Conquest of the Indies, 56 ; his
Six Yeomen of the West, 56 ; note to
Henslowe, 57 ; his Bristoiv Tragedy, 58 ;
letter to a patron with his Miracles of our
Blest Saviour, 127 ; payment for 3 Tom
Strowde, 127.
Daye, John, Acrostic to Downton, 126.
Dead Man's Fortune, 128, 129, 133.
Death of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, i. e. 2
Robin Hood, 114, 121-2.
Dekker, Thomas, his Old Fortunatus, 50 ; Tiis
Fair Constance of Rome, 55 ; \ws, Jephthah,
59; his Bellman of London, 75; his Troilus
and Cressida, 144 ; his Fortunes Tennis (?),
144 ; letter? to Alleyn, 91, 92.
Denmark, King of, 105.
Deputy Master of the Game of Bears, Bulls,
and Mastiff Dogs, 12.
Derby, Earl of, Lord Strange, 43.
Derby's men, perform at court, 64 ; for com-
position see under Companies.
Dick, Dutton's boy, in Plots 3 and 4(?), 153.
1/8
Dido, by Marlowe and Nashe, 55, 114; see
Dido and Aeneas.
Dido and Aeneas, 114, 116, 117, 120.
Dobe, possibly the same as Dab, 119, 138.
Dodd, Richard, 16.
'Doll,' 41-
Dorret, William, Master of her Majesty's Barge,
43-
Dorrington, Darrington, or Dorntone, Sir John,
of Nottinghamshire, Master of the Game of
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, his patent,
i ; acquittance to Henslowe and Alleyn,
101 ; his death, 104 : petition to, 109 ; his
name in scribble, 127 ; letter to Henslowe,
loo ; mentioned, 4, 12, 98.
Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, i. e.
I Robin Hood, 114, 121-2.
Downton, Thomas, actor, lease of share in the
Fortune; 13; witness, 28; said to have
written Pig's letter, 41 ; acrostic on his
name, 126 ; in Plots 4 and 7, 153, 154.
Downton, Thomas, his boy, in Plot 7, 154.
Draper, Henry, waterman, 43.
Drayton, Michael, his Fair Constance of Rome,
55-
Drom, Thomas, in Plot 4, 153.
Duke, John, actor, leaves the Chamberlain's
men and joins Worcester's, 133 ; in Plot i,
152.
Duke of York's men, become Prince Charles', 87.
Dunstall, Tonstall, or Donstone, James, actor,
witness, 32; retires before 1597, 145; in
Plot 2, 153.
Durant, Rose, marries Arthur Langworth, 98.
Durant, William, of Coltismore, Rutland, 98.
Dusst, , 5.
Dutton, Edward, in Plot 3, 153.
Dutton, Edward, his boy Dick, in Plot 3, 153.
Earl Goodwin, 2 parts, 121-2.
East, Gilbert, Henslowe's bailiff, 1 1.
Eastward Hoe, by Chapman, Jonson, and
Martin, 71.
Ecclestone or Eglestone, William, actor, bond
to Henslowe, 18, 111 ; leaves Lady Eliza-
beth's men, 87.
Edmanson, Thomas, waterman, 43.
Edmonds, Dorothy, wife of Sir Thomas and
gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber, 98.
Edmonds, Sir Thomas, Comptroller of the
Household; 98.
Edmones, Lady, 98.
Edward I, by Peele, 113.
Edward IV, pt. I, 118.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, her patent to
Ralph Bowes, I ; patent to Henslowe, 4 ;
Henslowe a groom of her chamber, 36, 44,
45 ; Paschall gentleman sewer to her, 48 ;
plays acted before her, 49 ; Henslowe's suit
to her, 98 ; grants annuity to Dorothy
Edmonds, 98 ; receives a present from
Luce Hyde, 100 ; see also Queen Eliza-
beth's men.
Elizabeth, daughter of James I, and wife of the
Elector Palatine, 95 ; see also Lady Eliza-
beth's men.
Elizabeth Charlotte, sister of the Elector Pala-
tine, wife of the Elector of Brandenburg, 95.
Epicoene, by Jonson, 58, 105.
Exchequer, 16.
Fair Constance of Rome, 55.
Faithful Friends, in the works of Beaumont and
Fletcher, 82.
Faustus, Dr., 54, 116, 118.
Felle, William, Birde's man, 86.
'Fencer, The,' 81.
Field, Nathan, actor, articles with Henslowe and
Meade, 23, 86 ; acts as one of the Children
of the Queen's Revels in Jonson's Epicoene,
58 ; collaborates with Daborne, 70, 74 ;
with Lady Elizabeth's men, 88 ; letters to
Henslowe, 65, 67, 84.
Finsbury, Inhabitants of, petition to the Privy
Council, 50.
Fisher, John, barbersurgeon, 29.
Five Plays in One, part of the Seven Deadly
Sins, 117, 129.
Fletcher, John, collaborates with Daborne, 66 ;
his Four Plays in One, 129.
Floyd, Evan, 106.
Focasse, see Phocas.
Fool's Head, 27.
Forde, Martin, 51.
Fortunatus, pt. I, 117, 118.
Fortune, see under Playhouses.
Fortune estate, leases of ground, i ; assignment
of tenements, 14 : deed of sale to Alleyn, 17 ;
1/9
lease of half the ground to Henslowe, 25 ;
deeds relating to it, 63 ; subsequent
history, 95.
Fortunes Tennis (?), by Dekker, 129; Plot of,
H3> 144-
Foster, Alexander, 18, HI.
Foster, Thomas, 91, 126.
Four Plays in One, part of the Seven Deadly
Sins, 129.
Fowler, Richard, 27.
Francklyn, Gregory, sadler, 25.
Frederic, Elector Palatine, and King of Bohemia,
95-
Frederick and Basilect, 114; Plot of, 128, 135.
Friar Pendlet on (Spendletori], 121-2.
Garland, Austen, 51.
Garland, George, overseer of the poor of
Finsbury, 51.
Garland, John, 40, 62.
Garland, Thomas, 12.
Garrell, William, 29.
Garrett, , n.
Garrett, , 108.
Garrett, John, 15.
Garruld, William, 51.
Gary, Gilles, 18.
Gateward, Edward, 51.
George William, Elector of Brandenburg, 95.
' George,' see Somersett.
' George Stone,' a bear, 105.
Gibbes, Thomas, 51.
Gibbons, Elizabeth, no.
Gibbons, John, no.
Gibborne, Thomas, 30.
Gibbs, , in Plot 7, 154.
'Gideon,' in Plot 7, 154.
Gilburne, Samuel, in Plot i (?), 149 ; in Plot
2(?), 133-
Gilding, Roger, 12.
Giles' boy, in Plot 7, 154.
Gill family, sells the Fortune property to Alleyn,
1 08.
Gill, Daniel, the elder, 14, 17.
Gill, Daniel, the younger, son of Daniel the
elder, 14, 17.
Gill, Edmond, son of Daniel the elder, 15, 17.
Gill, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel the younger,
Gill, Essable, wife of William, son of Daniel the
elder, 15.
Gill, Isabell or Elizabeth, widow of Daniel the
younger, 15.
Gill, Jane, daughter of Daniel the younger, 15.
Gill, Katherine, wife of William, gardener, 14.
Gill, Katherine, wife of Daniel the elder, 15.
Gill, Katherine, daughter of Daniel the younger,
IS-
Gill, Margaret, daughter of Daniel the younger,
15-
Gill, William, gardener, 14.
Gill, William, son of Daniel the elder, 15, 17.
Goffe, Christopher, 103.
Golburne, H., 18.
Golden Age, by Hey wood, 114.
Goodale, Thomas, in Plot i, 152.
Goode, Richard, 51.
Goodwin, see Earl Goodwin.
Gough, R., in Plot i (?), 152.
Grace, Frank, 27.
Granger, James, waterman, 43.
Gray, or Grey, Margaret, 30.
Greene, Robert, his Looking Glass for London
and England, 75 ; his James IV, 114 ; his
Alphonsus King of Aragon, 117 ; his
Orlando Furioso, 155.
Gregory, Jack, in Plot 7, 1 54.
Griffin, , in Plot 3, 153.
Griffin, Edward, scrivener, witness, 22, 68, 73,
80 ; Daborne writes to him, 74 ; lends
money to Lady Elizabeth's men, 86.
Griggs, Greges, or Gryges, John, carpenter, to
build the Rose, 3 ; mentioned in letters, 35,
36> 4i-
Griggs, , wife of John, 35, 36, 41.
Gryffyn, William, I.
Guido, 1 1 6, 119.
Guise, Henry Duke of, 103.
Gunnell, Gunnel, or Gimll, Richard, 27, 29.
Gwalter, William, 29.
Hackett, Cuthbert, 26.
Hales, George, 80.
Hamlen, Hamlyn, or Hamlett, Robert, actor,
bond to Henslowe, 18, in; articles with
Alleyn and Meade, 91 ; letter to Alleyn, 93.
Hammond, John, merchant tailor, 25.
Hamton, William, sadler, 57.
i8o
Hardicanute, 121-2.
Harris, William, 7.
' Harry,' in Plot i, see Condell, H.
' Harry,5 in Plot 4, 153.
Harry of Cornwall, 36.
Hart, Robert, 30.
Harvey, John, 32.
Hathway, Richard, his Conquest of Spain, 56 ;
his Too Good to be True, 58.
Haughton, William, his Conqtiest of the Indies,
56 ; his Six Yeomen of the West, 56, 57.
Hawton, William, see Haughton.
Hayes, , I.
' Hay ward,' Heywood(P), 114.
Heming, John, in Plot I (?), 152.
Henry I and the Prince of Wales, 122.
Henry IV, by Shakespeare, 57.
Henry V, 114, 116, 121.
Henry, Prince of Wales, 64.
Henry Richmond, by Wilson, 49.
Henslowe, Agnes, wife of Philip, assigns leases
left her by her husband's will, 25 ; men-
tioned, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 59, 94.
Henslowe, Edmond, brother of Philip, 34.
Henslowe, Francis, nephew of Philip, power of
attorney from Savery, 62 ; bond to Philip,
63-
Henslowe, Mary, daughter of Edmond, 3.
Henslowe, Henslo, Hensley, Hinshley, Hinchley,
Hynchlowes, or Inclow, Philip, dyer, assign-
ment of lease of the Little Rose, i ; deed of
partnership with Cholmley in the Rose, 2 ;
his patent as Master of the Game of Bears,
Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, 4, 101 ; contract
for building of the Fortune, 4 ; lease of the
Long Slip, 12; lease to Dounton of a share
in the Fortune, 13 ; assignment of the For-
tune tenements, 16 ; warrant to his deputy
as Master, 18 ; bond from Townsend and
others, 18, in ; contract for rebuilding the
Bear Garden, 19 ; articles with Field and
others, 23 ; leaves leases to his widow, 25 ;
heads the watermen's petition, 42 ; Top-
ping's petitions against him, 44, 45 ; answers
to Topping's petitions, 44, 46 ; acquittance
from Tilney, 58 ; at Basing, 60 ; bond from
Francis Henslowe, 63 ; agreement with
Daborne for Machiavel and the Devil, 67 ;
bonds from Daborne, 68, 83, 85 ; acquit-
tance from Daborne, 80 ; entry of the Noble
Grandchild, 84 ; articles of grievance and
oppression against him, 86 ; actors' debt to
him, 90 ; joint lessee of the Bear Garden,
100; acquittance from Dorrington, 101 ;
acquittance from Steward, 102 ; contract for
rebuilding the Bear Garden tenements,
1 02 ; letter of warrant to Goffe, 103 ; peti-
tion to James I, 104; accounts of his bear-
ward, 106 ; lease of the Bear Garden, 107 ;
his rent-book, 109 ; his inventories of the
Admiral's men, 52, 113; buys plays from
the Chapel Children (?), 114; articles with
Dawes, 1 23 ; pays for 3 Tom Strowde, \ 27 ;
his name in scribble, 127; hires Kendall,
138 ; mentioned in letters, 34, 41, 944 ;
letters from him, to Alleyn, 35, 36, 38, 39,
47, 97 ;
letters to him, from Birde, 86 ; Daborne, 68-
83, 126; Dorrington, 100; Field, 65, 67,
84; Lady Elizabeth's men, 126; Rowley,
56, 57, 127; Shaa, 49, 55, 58.
Hercules, pt. I, Hey wood's Silver Age({\ 117,
1 19, 121-2.
Hercules, pt. II, Heywood's Brazen Age$), 114,
116, 117, 118, 121-2.
Hewssen, Hugh, 10.
Heywood, Thomas, his Iron Age, 55, 118, 144;
his Golden Age, 114; his Brazen Age, 114;
his Silver Age, 1 17.
Hid, , 27.
Hide, or Hyde, Luce, sister of Sir John Dor-
rington, 100.
Hiller, John, goldsmith, 16.
Hitchens, John, overseer of the poor of Fins-
bury, 51.
Hobbs, Thomas, articles with Alleyn and Meade,
91 ; leaves Lady Elizabeth's men, 93.
Hodges (?), William, waterman, 43.
Holland, John, in Plot i, 152.
Honest Man's Fortune, in the Works of Beau-
mont and Fletcher, 1647, 66, 90.
Hopkinss, Walter, 80, 85.
Howard, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham,
Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral,
passport from, 33 ; petition from the water-
men, 26, 42 ; warrant for building the For-
tune, 49 ; Alleyn servant to him, 51 ; signs
the warrant of the Privy Council for the
building of the Fortune, 52 ; signs the
warrant for the three companies, 62 ;
Henslowe goes to see him, 98 ; to give
over the staff, 99.
Hewlett, William, 51.
Hudson, , 41.
Humorous Day's Mirth, by Chapman, 115.
Hunsdon, Lord, see Carey, George and Henry.
Hunt, Thomas, bond to Henslowe, 18, in ; in
Plots 3 and 4, 153 ; in Plot 5, 144, 154.
Inclow, Philip, see Henslowe.
Indies, see Conquest of the Indies.
Insatiate Countess, by Marston (Barksted), 58.
Ireland, John, Lieutenant and Captain of the
Isle of Man, 15.
Iron Age, by Heywood, 55, 118, 144.
Isberde, Godfrey, haberdasher, 16, 17.
Islipp, Adam, stationer, 29.
Jackson, Edward, 29.
Jacson, George, 10.
James I, King of England, 109 ; patent to Dor-
rington, 12; Henslowe sewer of his cham-
ber, 18; patent to Henslowe and Alleyn,
101 ; at Theobalds, 103 ; petition from
Henslowe and Alleyn, 104 ; at Greenwich,
109 ; his rents, 109.
James IV, by Greene, 1 14.
James' Head, 27.
'James,' Jones' boy, 61 ; in Plot 4, 153; in Plot
7, 154-
Jarman, Anthony, 29.
Jarman, Edward, 95.
Jarmonger, Thomas, waterman, 43.
Jeffes, Anthony, leaves prince's men, 64; in Plot
4, 153; in Plot 7, 154.
Jeffes, Humphrey, in Plot 4, 153; in Plot 7,
154.
Jephthah, Judge of Israel, by Dekker and Mun-
day, 59.
Jerlandes, , n.
Jew of Malta, 118.
John, bishop of Sodor and Man, see Philips,
John.
Johnson, Benjamin, see Jonson.
Johnson, John, 51.
Joinville, Prince de, 103.
Jones, Cuthbert, 4.
H. P.
Jones, Haris, wife of Richard (?), letter to Alleyn,
94-
Jones, Jack, in Plot 7, 154.
Jones, Richard, deed of sale to Alleyn, 31 ; his
boy James, 61 ; his wife (?), 94 ; death of his
father in law(?), 94; in Plot 3(?), 153; in
Plot 4, 153 ; in Plot 5, 144, 154; letters to
Alleyn, 33, 94 (?).
Jones, Richard, his boy, 61 ; in Plot 5, 154.
Jonson, Benjamin, the. actors in his plays, 23 ;
bricklayer, kills Spenser, 48 ; his Richard
Crookback, 49; his Eastward Hoe, 7 1 ; his
Bartholomew Fair, 78, 90 ; masque at
Theobalds, 103; his Epicoene, 58, 105; his
Poetaster, 138.
Jonsoun, William, 10.
Jordan, or Jordain, Thomas, 9.
Juby, Edward, actor, joint lessee of the Fortune
27, 64 ; his widow, 29 : in Plots 3, 4, 153 ;
in Plot 7, 145, 154.
Juby, Francis, widow of Edward (?), 29.
Juby, Richard, in Plot 3 (?), 153 ; in Plots 4 and
7, 153-4-
Jupiter and lo, in Five Plays in One(l), 117.
Katherens, Gilbert, 19.
Keayes, , 109.
Keeper of the Bears, 19, 100, 108.
Keeper of the Mastiffs, 108.
Kemp, William, actor, 133.
Kendall, William, hired by Henslowe, 138; in
Plot 4, 138, 153-
King Arthur, 121-2.
King Charles' men, see under Companies.
King James' men, forged list of, 61 ; warrant
to play, 6 1 ; Daborne's relations with them,
76, 77, 78; for composition see under
Companies.
King's Bench, Court of, 45, 46.
King's Bench Prison, 91.
'Kit,' Beeston(P), in Plot i, 152.
Knell, , actor, 32.
Knight, Edward, 91.
Knowles, Sir W., 62.
Lady Elizabeth's men, act the Insatiate
Countess (?), 58 ; leave Whitefriars for the
Hope, 72 ; Daborne writes for them, 76 ;
act Bartholomew Fair, 78 ; amalgamate
B B
182
with Rossiter's company, 86 ; borrow
money from Griffon, 86 ; threefold compo-
sition, 90; letter to Henslowe, 126; for
composition see tinder Companies.
Langham, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas, 14.
Langham, Robert, son of Thomas, 14.
Langham, Thomas, fishmonger, I, 14, 17.
Langley, Francis, 20.
Langworth, Arthur, Alleyn at his house, 48 ; to
communicate with Alleyn, 98 ; letter to
Alleyn, 99.
Langworth, John, son of Arthur, 98.
Langworth, Mary, wife of John, 98.
Langworth, Rose, wife of Arthur, 98, 99.
Lanthorne and Candlelight by Dekker, 75.
Laurence, , 12.
Ledbeter, Robert, in Plot 3, 153.
Lee, Robert, sells the Miller to the Admiral's
men, 133 ; in Plot 2, 133, 152.
Lefwicke, Richard, 101.
Leigh, Robert, 30.
Leniaghe, Garrett, 70, 72.
Lennox, Duke of, 62.
Lennox' men, 40, 62 ; for composition see under
Companies.
Leopard's Head, 94.
Lewes, Richard, 51.
Lindsey, Earl of, see Willoughby.
Lithinge, Robert, sawyer, 10.
Lodge, Thomas, his debt to Topping, 44, 45,
46, 172 ; his Looking Glass for London and
England, 75.
Lok, Henry, 97.
Longe, Sir Richard, Master of the Game of
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff dogs, i.
Longshancks, i.e. Edward I, 133, 121.
Long Slip, in Lambeth, 12.
Lord Mayor, his officers, 34 ; letters to, from
the Privy Council, 49, 62.
Love Parts Friendship, by Chettle and Smith,
57-
Machiavel, 67.
Machiavel and the Devil, by Daborne, 65, 67,
68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 9°-
Madman's Morris, 121-2.
Maget, Stephen, in Plot 4(?), 154.
Mahomet, i.e. Turkish Mahomet and Fair Hiren,
or Alphonsus of Aragon(f), 114, 117.
Malthowsse, , 109.
Marbeck, Thomas, in Plot 7, 154.
Marlowe, Anthony, 51.
Marlowe, Christopher, his Dido, 114; the
' Darlowe ' of Plot 2 (?), 133.
Marston, John, his Insatiate Countesse, 58 ; his
Eastward Hoe, 71.
Martyn, , 8.
Mason, Thomas, scrivener, 18, 111.
Massinger, Philip, note to Henslowe, 66 ;
collaborates with Daborne, 70, 74 ; bond
to Henslowe, 85.
Massye, Charles, actor, joint lessee of the
Fortune, 27 ; lease of a share in the Fortune,
28; his wife, 64; in Plot 3, 135, 153; in
Plot 4, 153 ; in Plot 6, 144, 154 ; in Plot 7,
1 54 ; letter to Alleyn, 64.
Massye, Elianor, widow of Charles, 65.
Massye, George, 30.
Master of the Game of Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff
Dogs, i, 4, 12, 1 8, 19, 97, 101, 102, 104.
Master of the Revels, 58.
Mathus, , 65.
Mayor of Queensboro\ 1 1 6.
Meade, Maide, Meaden, or Maiden, Jacob,
contract for rebuilding the Bear Garden,
19 ; articles with Field and others, 23 ;
Henslowe's partner in financing Lady
Elizabeth's men, 87 ; articles of agreement
with actors, 90 ; turns the actors out of the
Hope, 93 ; Keeper of the Bears and joint
lessee of the Bear Garden, 107 ; lease of
the Bear Garden, 107 ; articles with Dawes,
123.
Mercurius Politicus, 95.
Middleton, Thomas, his Cfiaste Maid in Cheap-
side, go.
Miller, sold by Lee, 133.
Miracles of our Blest Saviour, by Day, 127.
Mirrha, by Barksted, 59.
Montague, Lord, 37, 60.
Moore, Joseph, 18, in.
Moore, Katherine, wife of Philip, see Gill,
Katherine, daughter of Daniel the younger.
Moore, Nicholas, 15.
Moore, Philip, 17.
Moro, Thomas, 69, 70.
Mother Redcap, 117, 121-2.
Mownt, John, 109.
Moysse,
109.
Munday, Anthony, his Fair Constance of Rome,
55 ; his Jephthah, 59.
Munsey, , no.
Nashe, Thomas, his Summer's Last Will and
Dido, 114.
'Ned,' in Plot i, 152.
' Ned Whiting,' a bear, 105.
Newgate prison, 68.
Newington Butts, see tinder Playhouses.
Newington, Parish of, 12.
Newman, Thomas, 2.
Newton, John, articles with Henslowe and
Meade, 91 ; letter to Alleyn, 93.
Nicholas, Ambrose, i.
Nicholles, Thomas, 51.
'Nick,' i.e. Tooley(P), in Plot i, 152.
' Nicke,' 61.
Noble Grandchild, 84.
Nobleman, by Tourneur, 72.
Norres, Elizabeth, see Gill, Isabell or Elizabeth,
widow of Daniel the younger.
Norres, or Noreis, William, vicar of Kirke
Lonan, afterwards vicar-general of the Isle
of Man, 15.
Nottingham, Earl of, see Howard, Charles.
Nottingham's men, see Admiral's men.
Old Bailey, 48.
Old Fortunatus, by Dekker, 50, 117, 144.
Orlando Furioso, by Greene, 155.
Osbourne, Roger, 51
Owl, by Daborne, 79, 80, 81, 82, 90.
Owl's Almanack, 105.
Oxford's men, 59.
P., W., letter and verses to Alleyn, 32.
Palace Garden, see Paris Garden.
Palatine, Elector, 95.
Pallant, Robert, discontented with Henslowe,
82 ; joins Lady Elizabeth's men, 88 ; articles
with Alleyn and Meade, 90 ; leaves the
Chamberlain's men and joins Worcester's,
133 ; in Plot i, 152 ; letter to Alleyn, 93.
Palsgrave's men, formerly Prince Henry's,
agreements among them, 64 ; for compo-
sition see under Companies.
Paris, Parish, or Palace Garden, Alleyn lives
near it, 15 ; the Swan built in it, 20 ; fees
of the Keepers, 108.
Paris Garden, or Bear Garden, later the Hope,
see under Playhouses.
Parr, William, joint lessee of the Fortune, 27 ;
apparel for him(?), 53; in Plot 3(?), 153;
in Plot 7, 53, 154.
Parson, John, 29.
Parson, Thomas, in Plots 4 and 7, 153-4.
Paschall, William, 48.
Pavy, , in Plot 6, 64, 144, 154.
Pavy, , widow of the above, 64, 144.
Pavy, Salathiel, of the Queen's Chapel, 64, 144.
Pearle, Monsieur, 41.
Peele, George, Alleyn to act in his plays (?), 32 ;
his Turkish Mahomet and Fair Hiren,
114, 117; his Battle of Alcazar, 114, 138.
Pembroke's men, in London, 40 ; amalgamate
with the Admiral's, 113; plays belonging
to them, 122.
Penn, William, articles with Alleyn and Meade,
91 ; leaves Lady Elizabeth's men, 93.
'Peter,' Henslowe's soldier (?), 38.
Phaeton, i.e. the Sun's Darling (?), 116, 117,
120, I2I-2.
Philips, John, bishop of Sodor and Man, 15.
Phillips, , Alleyn's 'sister,' 34, 36, 41.
Phillips, , husband of the above, 41.
Phillips, Augustine, actor, 34; in Plot i, 152.
Phillips, Edward, 34.
P hocus, 1 2 1-2.
Picke garden, no.
Pierce of Winchester, 121-2.
Pig, or Pyk, John, a suit for, 115; plays Alice
Pierce, 1 16 ; in Plots 3, 4 (?), and 5, 153-4 ;
letter to Joan Alleyn, 41.
Plague, 34, 35, 37, 39, 4O, 43. 59 5 acting to
cease when the plague deaths reach thirty
a week, 61.
Playhouses :
Bear Garden, in St. Saviour's, South wark, 12 ;
contract for rebuilding, 19 ; letter from
Henslowe to Alleyn concerning it, 47 ;
Henslowe's ' public ' house, 79 ; becomes
the Hope, 88 ; commission for baiting there,
101 ; contract for rebuilding adjoining tene-
ments, 102 ; advertisement of baiting there,
106 ; Alleyn's accounts concerning it, 107,
1 10.
1 84
Playhouses
Blackfriars, Rossiter's house, 87; Privy Seal
for its erection, 90 ; Lady Elizabeth's men
act there, 91, 93.
Boar's Head, an inn in Eastcheap, Oxford's
and Worcester's men act there, 59.
Curtain, in Shoreditch, to be replaced by
the Fortune, 49 ; to be demolished, 52 ;
Queen's men act there, 61.
Fortune, in St. Giles' without Cripplegate, site,
I ; contract for building, 4 ; lease of a
share to Downton, 13 ; assignment of tene-
ments, 14; deed of sale to Alleyn, 17;
lease of half the ground to Henslowe, 25 ;
lease of the house, 27 ; leases of shares, 28,
30 ; warrants for building, 49, 5 r ; Prince's
men act there, 61 ; deeds relating to the
property, 63 ; Edward Juby joint lessee of
the house, 64 ; Massye joint lessee, 65 ;
Russell's tenement adjoining, 85 ; report on
the condition of the building, 95 ; subse-
quent history of the site, 95 ; Henslowe's
negotiations, 98 ; Alleyn's accounts, 108,
no; name in scribble, 127.
Globe, in St. Saviour's, Southwark, the pattern
for the Fortune, 5 ; replaces the Theatre,
52 ; the King's men act there, 61 ; burned
down, 66 ; Chamberlain's men move there,
133-
Hope, the rebuilt Bear Garden, in St.
Saviour's, Southwark, Lady Elizabeth's
men move there, 72, 88, 99 ; Bartholomew
Fair acted there, 78 ; Henslowe's 'public'
house, 79.
Newington Butts, the Chamberlain's and
Admiral's men act there, 43.
Paris Garden, see Bear Garden.
Red Bull, an inn in St. John Street, Clerken-
well, 64.
Rose, in St. Saviour's, Southwark, deed of
partnership between Henslowe and
Cholmley, 2 ; a mast for the house, 9 ;
closed on account of plague, 34 ; Strange's
men act there, 42, 133 ; warrant for reopen-
ing, 43 ; in disrepair, 49 ; discontinuance
at, 51 ; to be demolished, 52 ; A Looking-
Glassfor London and England acted there,
75 ; Frederick and Basilea acted, 135 ;
Orlando acted, 155.
Swan, in Paris Garden, model for the rebuilt
Bear Garden, 20 ; Chaste Maid in Cheap-
side acted there, 90.
Theatre, in Holywell, to be demolished, 52.
Whitefriars, occupied by the Queen's Revels,
64 ; Lady Elizabeth's men leave, 72 ;
Henslowe's 'private' house, 79.
Playne, Parker, waterman, 43.
Playstowe, William, acquittance to Henslowe, 58.
Poetaster ; by Jonson, 138.
Pontius Pilate, 1 16.
Poor Maris Comfort, by Daborne, 66.
Pope, Morgan, r, 107.
Pope, Thomas, in Plot i, 36, 152.
Price, Richard, 27, 29.
Prince Charles' men, join Lady Elizabeth's
men, 87, 90 ; for composition see tinder
Companies.
Prince Henry's men, their warrant, 61 ; become
the Palsgrave's men, 64 ; agreements among
themselves, 64 ; for composition see under
Companies.
Privy Council, warrant for Strange's men, 34 ;
petition from Strange's men, 42 ; warrant
for reopening the Rose, 43 ; address from
the inhabitants of Finsbury, 50 ; warrant
for building the Fortune, 51 ; warrant for
the three companies, 61 ; letter to the Lord
Mayor, 49.
Proud Maid, 90.
Pryce, Edward, 4.
Puritan, 105.
Pythagoras, 121-2.
Qualtrough, Margaret, wife of Donald, see Gill,
Margaret.
Qualtrough, Donald, 17.
Queen Anne's men, warrant to play, 61, 108 ;
act at the Red Bull, 64 ; formerly Wor-
cester's men, 108 ; for composition see undei
Companies.
Queen Elizabeth's men, prepare Five Plays in
One and Three Plays in one for court, 129 ;
act Orlando Furioso, 155 ; for composition
see under Companies.
Radford, Thomas, 18.
Rankins, William, his Conquest of Spain by John
of Gaunt, 56.
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Reade, James, 13.
Reade, Thomas, 57.
Red Bull, in St. John Street, Clerkenwell, 64.
' Red faced fellow,' in Plot 7, 154.
Reeve, Henry, scrivener's servant, 17.
Remys, John, 51.
Rester, , in Plot 7, 154.
Revenger's Tragedy, by Tourneur, 72.
Rice, John, 18, in.
Richard Crookback, by Jonson, 49.
Richmond, Duke of, see Lennox, Duke of.
Ridgewaye, Nicholas, 27.
Rising of Cardinal Wolsey, by Chettle, 59.
Robartes, Edward, waterman, 43.
Robin Hood, pt. I, i. e. Downfall of Robert Earl
of Huntington, 114, 118, 120, 121-2.
Robin Hood, pt. II, i.e. Death of Robert Earl of
Huntington, 114, 120, 121-2.
Rockett, Gilbert, waterman, 43.
Roper, Richard, baker, 16, 17.
Rose, , actor, 63.
Rose, , wife of the above, 63.
Rose, Little, in St. Saviour's, Southwark, site of
the Rose playhouse, i.
Rose and Crown, in St. Giles' without Cripple-
gate, 1 6, 17.
Rossiter, Philip, joins forces with Henslowe, 86 ;
forms Blackfriar's company, 90.
Rowley, , 95.
Rowley, Samuel, actor, with the Palsgrave's men,
95 ; name in scribble, 127; in Plot 3, 135,
153; in Plot 4, 153; in Plot 6, 144, 154;
in Plot 7, 154 ; letters to Henslowe, 56, 57,
127.
Rowley, Thomas, in Plot 7, 1 54.
Rowley, William, actor, articles with Alleyn and
Meade, 90; his autograph, 93, 126; with
Prince Charles' men, 95 ; letter to Alleyn,
93-
Russell, James, waterman and shipwright, 26,
43, 109.
Russell, John, 28, 29, 85.
Russell, Nicholas, 51.
St. George's Fields, 12.
St. Mildred's, Bread Street, i.
' Sam,' see Rowley, 8.
' Sam,' i. e. Gilburne (?), in Plot 2, 133, 152.
'Sander,' i.e. Cooke(?), in Plot i, 152..
Sansburie, Thomas, deemster, 15.
'Sara,' Pig's 'wife,' 41.
Savere, Abraham, 62.
Scalding House, 8.
Seasser, Doctor, see Caesar, Sir J.
Seatonn, Nicholas, 9.
Selio et Olympo, i.e. the Golden Age(t\ 114,
117.
Set at Maw, 115.
Seven Deadly Sins, pt. II, 36, 123, 128, 133, 136;
Plot of, 129.
Shaa, or Shaw, Robert, in Plot 4, 138, 153 ;
letters to Henslowe, 49, 55, 58.
Shakespeare, William, his Troilus and Cressida,
144; in Plot i (?), 152.
Sheffield, Lord, 31.
Sheperde, , 1 1.
Sherman, Nicholas, 51.
Sherwood, , 1 1.
She Saint, by Daborne, 82, 90.
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 62.
Siege of London, i.e. i Edward IV (t\ 118.
Silver Age, by Hey wood, 117.
Singer, John, in Plot 6, 144, 154 ; in Plot 7, 154.
Sinkler, John, in Plot I, 152.
Six Yeomen of the West, by Day and Haughton,
56, 57-
Slaughter, or Slater, Martin, leaves Admiral's
men in 1597, 145 ; in Plot 3, 135, 153.
Sly, William, plays 'Perowe,' 120; in Plot I,
152.
Smith, or Smyth, Anthony, articles with Alleyn
and Meade, 91 ; letter to Alleyn, 93.
Smith, Henry, 29.
Smith, Wentworth, his Conquest of the Indies,
56 ; his Too Good to be True, 58 ; his Love
Parts Friendship, 59.
Smithe, , perhaps the same as Henry
Smyth, 9.
Smyth, Francis, 7.
Smyth, Henry, brewer, u.
Somersett, George, in Plot 4, 153 ; in Plot 6,
144, 154; in Plot 7, 154.
Somerton, , perhaps the same as Somerset
in Plot 6, 154.
Somsonne, Thomas, 18.
Sparke, Thomas, scrivener, 17, 29.
Spenser, Gabriel, 48.
Stanhope, Sir J., 62,
1 86
Stapelforde, Henry, 51.
Stapley, Drewe, grocer, 25.
Stapulford, Thomas, 51.
Star Chamber, 8.
Stark Flattery, see Sturgflaterey.
' Stephen,' i. e. Maget (?), in Plot 4, 1 54.
Steward, Sir William, Master of the game of
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, 101, 102,
104.
Stone, George, bear-ward, 104.
Strange, Ferdinando Stanley, Lord, becomes
Earl of Derby, 43.
Strange's men, travel, 34, 36 ; Alleyn with them,
37) 39) 4T> I29 > petition to the Privy
Council, 42 ; act A Looking Glass for
London and England, 75 ; own Plots I and
2, 129, 133 ; act at the Rose, 133 ; act
Tamar Cam, 144 ; act Orlando Furioso,
155 ; for composition see under Com-
panies.
Stratford, William, 27.
Streete, Peter, contract to build the Fortune, 4 ;
builds the Globe, 5 ; contract for rebuild-
ing the Bear Garden tenements, 102.
Stuart, Lodovic, see Lennox, Duke of.
Sturgflaterey, 121-2.
Suffolk, Earl of, 62.
Slimmer 's Last Will, by Nashe, 114.
Surfs Darling, 1 16.
Swan, see under Playhouses.
Symonds, Ralph, i, 14.
Symonds, Thomasyn, widow of Ralph, i.
T., W., waterman, 43.
Tailor, Robert, in Plot 4, 153; in Plot 6, 144,
154-
Tamar Cam, pt. I, plot of, 53, 59, 128, 144.
Tamberlain, by Marlowe, 116, 117, 119, 120, 144.
Tanner, John, 95.
Tarlton, Richard, actor, 32, his Seven Deadly
Sins, 129.
Tassd's Melancholy, 117, 120.
Tawler, William, in Plot i (?), 152.
Taylor, John, 87, ill.
Taylor, Joseph, bonds to Henslowe, 18, in;
borrows money from Henslowe, 87 ; articles
with Alleyn and Meade, 91 ; letter to Alleyn,
93-
Tell-Tale, in, 128, 129, 133.
Thames Street, Henslowe buys the woodwork
of a house in, 21.
Theatre, see under Playhouses.
Thomas, bishop of Winchester, 27.
Thrale, , see Crose and Thrale.
Three Plays in One, part of the Seven Deadly
Sins, 129.
Throgmorton, Henry, 1 10.
Throgmorton, Sara, wife of Henry, 1 10.
Tilney, Edmond, Master of the Revels, 58.
Tobias, by Chettle, 59.
Tom Strowde, see Blind Beggar of Bednal
Green.
Tonstall, James, see Dunstall.
Too Good to be True, by Chettle, Hathway, and
Smith, 58.
Tooley, Nick, in Plot I (?), 152.
Topen, Christopher, waterman, 43.
Topping, Richard, tailor, 44, 45, 46.
Tourneur, Cyril, his Revengers Tragedy,
Atheisfs Tragedy, and Nobleman, 72 ; col-
laborates with Daborne on the Arraign-
ment of London, 72, 75.
Towelle, Isaac, waterman, 43.
Towne, Agnes, widow of Thomas, 64, 106.
Towne, Thomas, with the Admiral's men, 64 ;
acquittance to Alleyn, 106 ; in Plots 3, 4
and 7, 153-4.
Towne, Thomas, his boy, in Plot 4, 153.
Townsend, John, 18, in.
Toy, Thomas, waterman, 43.
Trial of Chivalry, 144.
Triangle (Triplicity) of Cuckolds, 121-2.
Troilus and Cressida (?), Plot of, 129, 142, 144.
Troilus and Cressida, by Dekker and Chettle,
144.
Troilus and Cressida, by Shakespeare, 144.
Troy, i.e. Iron Age(J}, 55, 118.
Tuchenner, William, 43.
Turkish Mahomet and Fair Hiren, by Peele,
144.
Turnor, Jeremy, 17.
Tychebourne, or Tuchborne, Lionel], scrivener,
28.
Tyller, William, brickmaker, 10.
Tylney, Edmond, see Tilney.
Underwood, Henry, 30.
Uther Pendragon, i.e. Birth of Merlin (?), 115.
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Vahan, , 94.
Valteger, or Vortiger, i. e. Mayor of Queens-
boro1 (?), 1 1 6, 119.
Vaughan, Cuthbert, Master of the Game of
Bears, Bulls, and Mastiff Dogs, i.
Vayvode, 121-2.
Vescye, John, Constable of Rushen Castle, 15.
Vincent, , in Plot i, 152.
Vortiger, see Valteger.
Wamus, or Waymus, Francis, in.
Warden, Nicholas, 51.
Warner, John, sawyer, 10.
Watermen, their petition to Lord Howard, 42.
Webb, John, 51.
Welchman, 122.
Welchmarfs prize, 121-2.
Wharton. Robert, Streete's boy, 9.
Whelple, Thomas, 51.
Whitefriars, see under Playhouses.
Whittcome, , 115.
Whitte, John, name in scribble, 127.
Wigpitt, or Wigget, Thomas, 29.
Wild, Roger, 51.
'Will, Little,' in Plot 7 (?), 154.
' Will,' i. e. Barne or Parr (?), in Plot 3, 153.
'Will,' i.e. Towler(P), in Plot i, 152.
Willoughby of Eresby, Robert Bertie, Lord,
Earl of Lindsey, 83.
Willsone, John, haberdasher, name in scribble,
127.
Wilson, Robert, acquittance to Henslowe, 49 ;
his Fair Constance of Rome, 55.
Winch, John, ' of the scalding house,' 8.
Winchester, bishop of, his Liberty on the Bank-
side^ 26.
Winchester House, near St. Mary Overy's,
Southwark, 106.
Winchester Place, Southwark, brothels in, 26.
Wise Man of West Chester, i.e.; John a Kent(f),
117.
Withens, Robert, I.
Woar, Richard, dyer, 27.
Woman is a Weathercock, by Field, 23.
Woman will have her Will, 121-2.
Woodward, Elizabeth, known as Bess, Bease,
or Bess Dodipol, step-daughter of Philip
Henslowe, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41.
Woodward, Joan, see Alleyn, Joan.
Woodward, Matthew, bailiff to Lord Montague,
37, 60.
Worcester, Edward, Earl of, 62.
Worcester's men, act at the Boar's Head, 59 ;
become the Queen's men, 61 ; act at court,
108 ; for composition see under Companies.
Wrightson, Thomas, scrivener, 32.
Yaton, Richard, 14.
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