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::Layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 to antoney monday }
::toward his boocke w<sup>ch</sup> J delyvered to thomas <span style="color: white">. . . . . . . </span>} v<sup>s</sup>
::dowton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }
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F43v / Greg [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n142/mode/1up 1.82]:
::::A Juste a cownt of all suche money as J haue
::::layde owt for my lord admeralles [men] players begynyng
::::the xj of octob[er] whose names ar as foloweth
::::borne gabrell shaw Jonnes dowten Jube towne
::::synger & the ij geffes  1597
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::layd owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called  } iij<sup>ll</sup>
::layd owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called  } iij<sup>ll</sup>
::mother Read cape to antony monday & drayton . . . . . }
::mother Read cape to antony monday & drayton . . . . . }


::layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 for the boocke called } v<sup>s</sup>
::layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 for the boocke called } v<sup>s</sup>
::mother Read cape to antoney mondaye . . . . . . . . . . . . }
::mother Read cape to antoney mondaye . . . . . . . . . . . . .}
 
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::payment of the Boocke of mother Readcape the  } lv<sup>s</sup>
::payment of the Boocke of mother Readcape the  } lv<sup>s</sup>
::5 of Jenewary 1597 the some of . . . . . . . . . . . .}
::5 of Jenewary 1597 the some of . . . . . . . . . . . .}
 
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==Theatrical Provenance==
==Theatrical Provenance==


Admiral's men.
Henslowe paid Drayton and Munday a total of £6 on behalf of the Admiral's men at the end of 1597 / start of 1598.





Revision as of 11:14, 2 February 2011

Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday (1597)


Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

F37v / Greg 1.70:

layde owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iijll
mother Readcape to antony monday & mr drayton . . . . }


Layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 to antoney monday }
toward his boocke wch J delyvered to thomas . . . . . . . } vs
dowton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }




F43v / Greg 1.82:

A Juste a cownt of all suche money as J haue
layde owt for my lord admeralles [men] players begynyng
the xj of octob[er] whose names ar as foloweth
borne gabrell shaw Jonnes dowten Jube towne
synger & the ij geffes 1597
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...
layd owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iijll
mother Read cape to antony monday & drayton . . . . . }


layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 for the boocke called } vs
mother Read cape to antoney mondaye . . . . . . . . . . . . .}




F44 / Greg 1.83:

layd owt for my lord admeralles meane as foloweth 1597
1597
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pd vnto antony monday & drayton for the laste .}
payment of the Boocke of mother Readcape the } lvs
5 of Jenewary 1597 the some of . . . . . . . . . . . .}




Theatrical Provenance

Henslowe paid Drayton and Munday a total of £6 on behalf of the Admiral's men at the end of 1597 / start of 1598.


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Greg notes that " 'Mother redd cappe her last will and Testament,' presumably a chapbook, was entered S. R. 10 Mar. 1595." (2.189).


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