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==Historical Records==
==Historical Records==


Stationers' Register


Arber 3.59/161
<blockquote>On 27 May 1600, John Roberts paid 6d. to enter his copy of the following play into the Stationers' Register: "''A morall of Clothe breches & veluet hose, As yt is Acted by my lord Chamberlens servantes''." The clerk added a condition: "PROVIDED that he is not to putt it in prynte Without further and better Aucthority"</blockquote><br>


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Anon (1600)


Historical Records

Stationers' Register

Arber 3.59/161

On 27 May 1600, John Roberts paid 6d. to enter his copy of the following play into the Stationers' Register: "A morall of Clothe breches & veluet hose, As yt is Acted by my lord Chamberlens servantes." The clerk added a condition: "PROVIDED that he is not to putt it in prynte Without further and better Aucthority"



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