The fecond part of the downfall of earl The Miller, by Robert Lee. "A booke wherein is a part of a Welchman," by Michael Drayton and Henry Chettle." Mar. 1598. The Triplicity of Cuckolds, by Thomas Dekker. The Famous wars of Henry the First and Earl Goodwin and his three fons, by Cheattle, upon the mending of the first part of Robart Hoode, the fum of xs." And afterwards" For mending of Robin Hood for the corte." This piece and its fecond part have hitherto, on the authority of Kirkman, been falfely afcribed to Thomas Heywood. + Printed in 1616, under the title of Englishmen for my Money, or a Woman will have her Will. The only notice of this poet that I have met with, except what is contained in thefe fheets, is the following: "Lent unto Robert Shawe, the 10 of Marche, 1599, [1600] to lend Mr. Haughton out of the clynke, the fome of xs.' "Perhaps The Valiant Welchman, printed in 1615. 7 There was a play on this fubject written by R. Davenport, and acted by the king's company in 1624; as appears by Sir Henry Herbert's Manufcript. Perhaps it was only the old play newmodelled. It was afterwards (1660) entered on the Stationers' books by a knavish bookfeller, and afcribed to Shakspeare. Subjoined to the account of this play is the following article: "Lent at that time unto the company, for to spend at the reading of that boocke at the sonne [Sun] in new Fish Street, vs." 8" Lent unto Thomas Dowton the 11 of Aprill 1598, to bye tafitie to macke a rochet for the bishoppe in carle Goodwine, xxiiijs.' April 1598. Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wil- The fecond Part of Goodwin, &c. by Pierce of Exton, by the fame four The Life of Arthur king of England, The first part of Black Batman of the The Second part of Black Batman, by May The first part of Hercules, 1598. The fecond part of Hercules, June 1598. by Martin Slaughter, Love Prevented, by Henry Porter. man. The Mad Man's Morris, by Robert Wilson, Michael Drayton and Thomas Dekker. I fuppofe a play on the fubject of King Richard II. * "Lent unto the company, the 16 of Maye, 1598, to buye v boockes of Martin Slather, called 2 ptes of Hercolus, & focas, & pethagores, and alyxander and lodieck, which laft boocke he hath not yet delyvered, the some of vii li." He afterward received 20s. more on delivering the play laft named. He was a player, and one of the Lord Admiral's Servants. These plays, we have already feen, had been acted fome years before. It appears from various entries in this book, that the price of an old play, when transferred from one theatre to another, was two pounds. July 1598. Aug. 1598. Sept. 1598. Hannibal and Hermes, by Robert Wil- Valentine and Orfon, by Richard Hath- Robert Wilfon,and Michael Drayton. ton. Chance Medly, by Robert Wilfon, An- Catilines Confpiracy, by Robert Wilson, The First Civil Wars in France, by the The Second Part of the Civil Wars in The Third Part of the Civil Wars in The Fountain of new Fashions, by George Mulmutius Donwallow, by William 3 I find in a fubfequent page, "Lent unto Sam. Rowley, the 12 of Defember, 1598, to bye divers thinges for to macke cotte for gyants in Brute, the fome of xxs.” Nov. 1598. Dec. 1598. Connan, Prince of Cornwall, by Michael War without blows and Love without The Second Part of the Two Angry Women of Abington, by Henry Porter. Feb.1598-9. Joan as good as my lady, by Thos. Heywood.* 4 Thomas Heywood had written for the ftage in 1596, for in another page I find-" Octob. 14, 1596. Lent unto them [the Lord Admiral's Servants] for Hawodes booke, xxxs." From another entry in the fame page it appears that Fletcher wrote for the ftage fo early as in the year 1596. "Octob. 14, 1596. Lent unto Martyne, [Martin Slaughter] to fetch Fleatcher, vis." Again, ibidem: Gave the company to give Fleatcher, and the have promifed me payment,-xxs."-Heywood was in the year 1598 an hireling, by which name all the players who were not barers, were denominated. They received a certain fum by the week. In Mr. Henflowe's book the following article occurs: "Memorandum, that this 25 of Marche, 1598, Thomas Hawoode came and hiered him fealfe with me as a covenanted fervante for ij yeares, by the receveing of ij fyngell pence, according to the ftatute of Winchester, and to beginne at the daye above written, and not to playe any wher publicke abowt lundon, not whille thefe ij yeares be expired, but in my howfe. Yf he do, then he doth forfett unto me by the receving of the iid. fortie powndes. And witness to this, Anthony Monday, William Borne, Gabriel Spencer, Thomas Dowton, Robert Shawe, Richard Jones, Richard Alleyn." William Borne, alias Bird, a dramatick poet, whofe name frequently occurs in this manufcript, was likewife an hireling, as is afcertained by a memorandum, worth tranfcribing on another account: "Memorandum, that the 10 of auguft, 1597, Wm. Borne came and ofered him fealfe to come and play with my lord admiralles men at my houfe called by the name of the Rofe, fetewate one [on] the banck, after this order followinge. He hath received of me ijd. upon and [an] affumfett to forfett unto me a hundreth marckes, of lafull money of Ingland, yf he do not performe thes thinges March Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford, by The Four Kings. The Spencers, by Henry Porter. 1598-9. Oreftes' furies, by Thomas Dekker. Agamemnon, by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker. June 1599. Aug. 1599. The Gentle Craft, by Thomas Dekker. following; that is, prefentley after libertie beinge granted for playinge, to come & to playe with my lorde admiralles men at my howfle aforefayd, & not in any other howffe publick abowt london, for the fpace of iij yeares being imediatly after this reftraynt is receiled by the lordes counfell, which reftraynt is by the menes of playinge the Feyle of Dooges [Ifle of Dogs]. Yf he do not, then he forfetts this affumpfet afore, or ells not. Witness to this E. Alleyn & Robfone." This ftipend of an hireling is afcertained by the following memorandum: "Memorandum, that the 27 of Jewley 1597, I heayred Thomas Hearne with ij pence for to ferve me ij yeares in the qualetie of playenge, for five billinges a weeck for one yeare, and vis. viiid. for the other yere, which he hath covenanted hime fealfe to serve me, & not to depart from my company till thes ij yeares is ended. Witnefs to this, John Synger, James Dontton, Thomas Towne. 5 The note relative to this play is worth preferving. "Lent unto Harey Porter, at the request of the company, in earnest of his booke called ij merey wemen of abington, the fome of forty fhellengs, and for the refayte of that money he gave me his faythfull promife that I fhold have alle his bookes which he writte ether him felfe or with any other, which fome was dd. [delivered] the 28th of febreary, 1598."-The fpelling of the word-receipt here fhews how words of that kind were pronounced in our author's age, and confirms my note in Vol. X. p. 20, n. 3. [i. e. Article Venus and Adonis in Mr. Malone's edit. 1790.] |