Chapter 25

[_Deposition of_ NICHOLAS SAYER.]

Nicholas Sayer of London, skinner, of the age of 49 years or thereabouts, sworn and examined upon his oath, saith that he and William Knight were desired by the said Rastell and Walton, being at the Mitre in Cheap, to view such costs as the said Walton had done in making of stage for player in Rastell's ground beside Finsbury, in timber, board, nail, lath, sprig, and other things. Which they esteemed and judged at 50s. that Rastell should pay to the said Walton, and upon payment of the said 50s. the said Walton to render such garments as he had in his keeping to the said Rastell. And he saith he saw the garments, and there were none of them of new stuff to his knowledge, nor what the value of them were, and more he knoweth not.

(Signed) per me NICHOLAS SAYER.

XIII.

[_Deposition of_ ROGER TAYLOR.]

Roger Taylor of London, latten founder, of the age of 40 years, sworn and examined upon his oath, he saith he made part of the said players' garments, and some of them were made of saye and some of sarcenet, which were not at that time of new stuff, for they had been occupied in other business, and they were occupied three or four years in playing and disguisings, or they came to the hands of the said Walton, or before any variance was between them for the same; and as to the value of them he cannot esteem nor judge. And more he cannot say herein.

(Signed) per me ROGER TAYLOR.

XIV.

[_Deposition of_ THOMAS CURTIS.]

Thomas Curtis of London, glazier, of the age of 54 years, sworn and examined upon his oath, saith that the said Walton made attachment of 15 playing garments; and thereupon this deponent and one John Wilkinson were commanded by the Mayor's clerk, called John Edmay, to appraise the same garments indifferently. Which the said deponent and John Wilkinson, after their conscience, appraised to the uttermost value of them, and the value or sum amounted unto 35s. 9d., and he and the said Wilkinson delivered a bill thereof to the said clerk of the Mayor's Court; and he thinketh that after the custom of the City of London the said Walton lawfully recovered the same, but how they were delivered to the said Walton he knoweth not. And further he saith, that at the time of the said appraisement the said garments were old and torn, so that then they were not able to be worn nor occupied. And also he saith he would have been loath to have given so much for them as they were appraised at, and more he knoweth not.

+_S_+ _The Mark of Thomas Curtis._

XV.

[_Deposition of_ JOHN WILKINSON.]

John Wilkinson of London, plasterer, of the age of 33 years or thereabouts, sworn and examined, saith that he was commanded by John Edmay, the Mayor's officer, to appraise certain old playing garments which were broken and torn, some of them of sarcenet and some of saye, and others which he now remembereth not; and that he and Thomas Curtis appraised the said garments and stuff at 35s. or 36s. 9d., which in his conscience were no better worth, nor he would not have gladly given so much for them, and more he knoweth not.

(Signed) JOHN WILKINSON.

GLOSSARY

_Aldermost_, most of all. _Also_, so as, so. _Anchor_, hermit. _Apaire_, _appaire_, injure, wither. _Appropred_, appropriated. _Arette_, attribute, account. _Astert_, escape. _Avoutry_, adultery.

_Bain_, obedient. _Battles_, divisions of an army. _Bear on hand_, deceive. _Bedene_, _bedeen_, betimes. _Behote_, promise. _Beme_, tree. _Betake_, _beteach_, commit. _Blee_, countenance. _Blin_, departing. _Blinne_, cease. _Blyve_, quickly. _Borrows_, sureties. _Bote_, remedy. _Brast_, burst. _Brenningly_, burningly. _Brere_, briar. _Brook_, use. _Busk_, make ready. _Buxom_, obedient, pliant. _Bydene_, betimes.

_Careful_, sorrowful. _Chevice_, preserve. _Clap_, talk noisily, chatter. _Cleped_, called. _Coresed_, fit to be a courser [?] _Corser_, coffer [?] _Courtepy_, short coat. _Covenable_, suitable. _Covetise_, covetousness. _Crach_, _crèche_, cradle. _Crake_, boast. _Curteys_, courteous.

_Dearworthy_, precious. _Deem_, judge. _Delibered_, deliberated. _Derne_, secret, remote. _Dight_, make ready. _Digne_, worthy. _Discordeth_, disagrees. _Dislander_, defame. _Dooms_, judgments. _Dress_, direct.

_Eisell_, vinegar. _Empechement_, hindrance. _Emprised_, undertaken. _Encheson_, cause. _Enderes-night_, former or other night. _Everychone_, everyone.

_Fand_, found. _Farly_, marvellous. _Fay_, faith. _Fere_, companion; _in-fere_, together. _Fond_, find, contrive. _Fone_, _foon_, foes. _Fordo_, make nought. _Forlorn_, lost. _Forthy_, therefore. _Forwhy_, because. _Fremd_, strange _Frere_, frier. _Frese_, make ready.

_Gabbeth_, talks foolishly. _Gent_, fair. _Gin_, begin. _Gleed_, spark. _Grathly_, readily. _Gree_, pleasure. _Groom_, man.

_Halfendell_, half part. _Halk_, corner. _Hat_, am called. _Hend_, courteous. _Hent_, seized. _Hight_, called. _Hind_, servant. _Hipped_, hobbled.

_Idiots_, unskilled persons. _In-fere_, together. _i-_, participial prefix. _I-pight_, pitched. _I-wis_, certainly.

_Jesen_, _jesayne_, place of childbirth.

_Kay_, meadow. _Kithe_, show. _Knowledge_, acknowledge, confess.

_Lancegay_, lance. _Lang_, long. _Leasing_, lying. _Leer_, cheek. _Lede_, following. _Leme_, shine. _Lend_, stay. _Lere_, learn. _Let_, (1) hinder; (2) cause. _Letting_, hindrance. _Lewte_, loyalty. _Lithe_, listen. _Lo_, meadow. _Lore_, lost. _Losenger_, rascal. _Low_, blaze. _Lyre_, a kind of stuff.

_Mansuete_, gentle. _Maugre_, despite. _May_, maiden. _Meddled_, mingled. _Mees_, houses. _Mo_, more. _Myster_, need.

_Namely_, specially. _Nar_, nearer. _Nice_, foolish. _No force_, no matter. _Nombles_, loins of a deer. _Notoyrly_, notoriously. _Novels_, news.

_Okerer_, usurer. _Other_, or.

_Paned_, slashed. _Percase_, perchance. _Pirie_, gust. _Pludde_, some kind of kettle. _Postillators_, preachers. _Praised_, appraised. _Prime_, six to nine A.M.

_Quarrels_, small squares. _Queme_, please. _Quere_, choir. _Quit_, requited.

_Race_, scratch. _Ray_, kind of cloth. _Recheless_, careless. _Reprefe_, reprief, reproof. _Rown_, whisper. _Royaumes_, realms.

_Salued_, saluted. _Saws_, sayings. _Say_, silk. _Semblable_, like. _Shende_, harm, spoil. _Sicker_, sure; _sikerly_, surely. _Silly_, innocent. _Slee_, slay. _Slo_, _slone_, slain. _Somedeal_, somewhat. _Somers_, baggage mules. _Sond_, messenger. _Sowning into_, tending to. _Spill_, destroy. _Starven_, die. _Styed_, mounted. _Sue_, pursue, follow. _Supplye_, supplicate. _Stound_, space of time. _Sy_, saw.

_Tayd_, tied. _Teen_, sorrow. _Thee_, thrive. _Tho_, then. _Throw_, space of time. _Till_, to. _Tine_, lose. _To-coming_, future. _Train_, treachery. _Truage_, tribute. _Tuke_, a dress material. _Tynde_, antlers.

_Unketh_, unknown, strange. _Unneath_, _unnethis_, hardly. _Unwieldy_, impotent.

_Wed_, pledge. _Welt_, wielded, disposed of. _Werrey_, make war on. _Wight_, man. _Wight_, strong. _Witen_, know. _Wonder_, wondrous. _Wone_, dwell. _Woning wane_, dwelling place. _Wood_, mad. _Wyte_, blame.

_Y-_, participial prefix. _Yede_, _yode_, went. _Y-nocked_, notched. _Y-wis_, certainly.

Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE

Transcriber's Notes:

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Additional spacing after some of the quotes is intentional to indicate both the end of a quotation and the beginning of a new paragraph as presented in the original text.

The following misprints have been corrected: "yoeman" corrected to "yeoman" (twice on page 48) "now" corrected to "nor" (page 120) "and and" corrected to "and" (page 126) "replicacion" corrected to "replication" (page 196) "Atthur" corrected to "Arthur" (page 237) "Thesefore" corrected to "Therefore" (page 268) "the" corrected to "thee" (page 302) img. 336

Some quotes are opened with marks but are not closed. Obvious errors have been silently closed, while those requiring interpretation have been left open.

Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.

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