Worse Afeared Than Hurt
Dekker, Thomas, Drayton, Michael (1598)
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Payments
To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary
Fol. 48 (Greg 1.91)
pd vnto mr drayton & mr deckers the 28 of July } 1598 in full payment of a boocke called haneball } xs & hermes other wisse called worsse feared then hurte }
Fol. 49v (Greg I.94)
pd vnto mr. drayton the 24 of aguste 1598 } in fulle payment of a Boocke called chance } xxxvs medley or worse a feared then hurte thesome of . .}
Fol. 50 (Greg 1.95)
Lent vnto the company the 30 of aguste 1598 } to geue in earneste of a boocke called bad}ls may a mendeworse a feard than hurte vnto mr drayton & dickers} the some of . . . . . . . . . . }
Lent vnto the company the 4 of aguste [sic, September] 1598 } to paye in fulle payment for a Boocke called }ls worse a feared then hurte vnto mr drayton } & mr dickers the some of . . . . . . . . . . }
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