World Runs on Wheels, or All Fools but the Fool

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Historical Records

Payments

To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary

Fol. 53 ([1] Greg I.101)

ll - s - d		Lent vnto thomas dowton the 22 of Janewary	}
42-12-00		1598 to Leand vnto mr Chapman in earneste	} vli
		of a Booke called the world Rones a wheeles	}
		the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	}

Fol. 53^v ([2] Greg I.105])

Lent vnto mr Chapman the 13 of febreary	}
1598 in part of payment of his boocke called	} xxs
the world Ronnes a wheeles . . . . . . . . . . . .	}

Fol. 63 ([3] Greg I.109])

Lent vnto Robart shawe the 2 of June 1599	}
to paye vnto mr chapman for his Boocke	} xxs
called the worlde Runes a whelles some of	}

Lent vnto wm Borne & Jewbey the 21 of	}
June 1599 to lend vnto mr chapman	} xxxxs
vpon his Boock called the world Ronnes	}
a whelles the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	}

Lent vnto thomas dowton the 2 of July 1599	}
to paye mr chapman in full payment for	} xxxs
his Boocke called the world Rones a wheeles	}
& now all foolles but the foole some of	}

Probable Genre(s)

Comedy

Works Cited

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