A Whore, p. 112.—Workes, 1630.
and Middleton, who employs the word several times, seems to use it in the sense of wench: see his Works, iii. 55, v. 575. ed. Dyce.
[P. 21, l. 32], Derick.]—hang,—the name of the common hangman when this tract was written: he is frequently mentioned in our old plays.
[P. 22, l. 6], Mundus Furiosus.]—Mundi Fvriosi sive P. A. Iansonii Narra[tio]nis Rervm Tota Europa Gestarum, Continvatio ab Anno 1597 vsque ad annum præsentem 1600. Coloniæ, 1600, 8vo.
[P. 22, l. 7], Cullians.]—scoundrels.
[P. 22, l. 13], this beggerly lying busie-bodies name brought out the Ballad-maker.]—Kemp, I conceive, alludes here to Richard Johnson, who is still remembered by his Famous Historie of the Seuen Champions of Christendome, in two Parts, of which the earliest extant edition (what edition the title-page does not indicate) was printed in 1608, 4to. Ritson remarks that this celebrated romance is mentioned in Meres’s Palladis Tamia (fol. 268), 1598. Observ. on Warton’s Hist. of Engl. Po et. p. 23; but I can produce a notice of it anterior to that date from the Stationers’ Books:
| “20 Aprilis [1596] | |||
| “Jo Danter | Entred for his copie vnder thande of the Wardens, A booke Intituled the famous Hystory of the Seven Champions of Christiandom, St. George of England, St. Dennys of Fraunce, St. James of Spayne, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrewe of Scotland, St. Patrick of Irland, and St. David of Wales, | vid.” | |
| “6 Sept. [1596] | |||
| “Cuthbert Burby | Entred for his copie by assigment from John Danter, Twoo bookes, viz. the first pte and second pte of the vii Champions of Christiandom. Reservinge the workmanship of the printinge at all tymes to the said Jo Danter.... | viid.” |
(Liber C. fol. 10 b., fol. 13 b.)
Johnson’s Nine Worthies of London: Explaining the honourable Exercise of Armes, the Vertues of the Valiant, and the memorable Attempts of magnanimous Minds, &c. (a poem somewhat resembling the Mirror for Magistrates,) is reprinted in The Harl. Miscell. viii. 437, ed. Park. He was also the compiler, and probably in part the author, of The Crown Garland of Golden Roses, &c. See Ritson’s Bibl. Poet.