The New York herald., 1845-08-04
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William Sly was one OF Shakespeare's fellows.
and shilling week was too much for the WORTHY
representative of Christopher Sly to pays SO Hens
lowe took sixpence week instead TIL the jewel was
"sowld unto Mr.. Jonnes, player the q Of maye 1885,
yardes and III quarters Of brode clothe, for eyghtene
sheynges to be paid by iijs. weacke"
"sowld unto steven maget, the 81 Of maye, 1885, a
clock Of sade CREME to be payd by Kid weacks which
Some Of the ''Loans'' are highly interesting -
marcs an nat0 Thomas Towne By my wife the 10 Of
heIens wch sockens he .ched agsne, and psyd us
not; so oweth style KS"
Lent VIM Bird to bye payer of sylke stockens to
paye the Gwisse in cThe Guse in Marlow's Massacre
oi Paris,') xxs.n
Lent the IA of May 1897 to Jube, upon notte from
Nashe twente shellings more for the Jye Of doeges
wen en- nc, ne Is Ts swrytnge for the Company, xxs"
the = OF NovmDr, lo97, the some OF kill xs; for wch
money thes clokes leaite unto me in name the
the other black velvett clocke ayd with syke aces
abowt saye lent unto him in Redy money xK VS.
aa asn 7, snS HntG w% 0sn alias b the ID
Deckers earneste Of ther boocke they are wrttnge
called "a mage a;g p O. p%Gths Rs the he. some Of xxnxs
gowld wch he layd to to pane for KS wch
id to him agayne without money, wch he owes me
Lent unto Thomas Dowton, the ? of July, 1899, to
paye Mr. Chapman, in full paymone for his boocke call
the foolle,' some of INKS"
Lent the Company the of octobr, 1898, to by
Richie clocke Of Mr. langley which they had their
agreement, the some Of xixli.H
This sum of l9l,'' says Mr.. Collier, aluding TO
the last entry in our list, seems large price,
collecting it was then equal to nearly lO6l OF our
present money"
There is good deal about Ben Jonson in Hens
loves 'black-book' of loans and instalments un-
known to Clifford and Mr. Dyce, the recent annota-
tor of Clifford Ben would appear to have had
share IA gallery sha, WE N Hena0wo,1
Theatre. There are payments moreover to Middle
ton and Marston, Haywood and Rowey, Drayton
and Decker, Kemp and Lowin, and Jonson's anita
gonist in the fields at Hoxton-poor Gabriel Spen-
ser. The book, indeed, Is quite mine of infor-
nation about poets, plays, players, and things thea
trlcal.. 5s would appear to have been the usual
for prologue to .Marsloe's Tamberlen; Chettle
5s for prologue and epilogue for the Court and
Middleton 5s. for prologue and epilogue for the
wastwo guineas till, being asked to write one for
Southerne, he demanded three: "Not," said he,
young man, out OF disrespect to you; but the play
ers have had my goods too cheap"
An entry in the book before us, exhibits the dis
tress to which poor Chenle was reduced-he was
obliged to put aplay in pa,cn =
"P'd at & the appointment Of the companye, the 7of
harey Chettel layd unto him to pane for ks"
When poets and players were in prison or under
arrest, friends found their way to the old manager
with applications. Nor was Hensowe hard hearted
"Pd this D of aguse 1897 to harey Porter to carye
to T. Nashc at this time in the Fete for wrytinge
Eyle Of Dogges ten shellinges to be paid agen
Lent unto the companey, the of febreary 1885, to
discharge Mr. Dcker owt Of the cownter in the powl
| trey 1.-THE some OF forte hinges"
:" Lent unto Thomas Downton the xvii of Jaenwary,
1898 to lend unto harey Chette to pay his charges in
| the marshallsey the some of xxxs"
Lent unto Thomas Downton, the 80 of Janewary,
1898 to descarge Thomas Dckers from the areaste Of
my lord Chamberlens men, ijii Ks"
Lent Thomas Dickers and harey Chettell the o
Maye 1899 to descarge harey ehete Of his Areste from
Lent Roberto shaw the 10 Of marche, 1889. to
lend VIM Harton to releace him owt of the clyncke the
some Of KS"
Pd for the compayne the l6 OF marche, 1902 unto
the mercer's man, Paleston, for his Mr. John wiett
deatc the Of eighte powndes and KS which thew
arestynge John Ducke."
Lent unto frances Henslow to discharge himesealfe
| owt Of the White Lion from hatmacker in barmsay-
| VII" '
| Harry Cheuell and his " fellows" were better
acquainted with the Liberty of the Cnk than
Mr.. Collier with its neighborhood by description.
! The genial air OF kensington, from whence MIR.
Golfers INTRODUCTION is dated, is very unlike the
| time. We are to attribute, perhaps, the following
| note on Henslowe's mention of the uper grown"
10 Nj. Golfers residence on the Middesex side
# LV9dSn Sder he m.n,ld wsG Pike Gsden" 5d
Papers, p. 40: perhaps the upper ground was
near IT." cnrsory glance, at Mogg's map Of
London, or walk before breakfast on the Bankslde
in Southwark, would enable Mr.. Collier, we have
no doubt, to detect an Upper Ground street still
near the Surrey end of Blackfriars-bridge.
We have said that Henslowe's spelling is bad
some of it, indeed, is bad, that Winifred Jenkins
is at times outdone, in difficulties overcome. We
have Bergenden for Bear Garden carnocle for car
dinal, and Ponescones piHet for Pontus Plate. So
lngeniously out of the way is the spelling ofHens-
lowe and his scribes, that Mr.. Collier has, in one
place, made note upon difficulty OF his own crea-
ting Among the rents due to Henslowe for his lit
tie manor Of the Rose, he records the sum Of f3
| from "Ower Tyreman," and forty shilings from
Goody Seasy. "These," says Mr.. CsllIer, "were
most likely the rents of houses Immediately con-
! nected with the Rose ; and may perhaps, con-
| cude as certainly the with our fireman.
that the tenants were persons in some way employed
about the theatre" Over Tyreman's E3 is an en-
try of the rent due from the fireman, whose name
was Over. Thus we have, on the previous page
paid unto Mr. Over, and on the following page, a
heading entitled Mr.. Overs rentes. This however,
is trfng error just worth notice, and that is all.
The book abounds in and minute information,
and is edited by gentleman whose intimacy with
our stage history is only to be surpassed by who
had lived in Hensowes own time, associatng with
poets and players, and with old Philip Hensowe
himself
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