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[299]. Harl. MSS., 2054. fo. 22., The Smiths Book of Accts. Chester, 1574.

[300]. Defoe, Everybody’s Business is No-Body’s Business, p. 6, 1725.

[301]. Defoe, Behaviour of Servants, p. 12, 1724.

[302]. Smith (Toulmin), English Gilds, p. 180.

[303]. Riley (H. T.), Memorials of London, p. 365.

[304]. Arber, Stationers, Vol. III., Intro., p. 19.

[305]. Decker (Thos.), Best Plays, p. 29.

[306]. Ibid. p. 108.

[307]. Arber, Stationers, Vol. V., Intro. xxix-xxx.