[530] Henslowe, ii. 133. Apparently Henslowe reverted to the plan of deducting three-quarters only, at the beginning of 1599–1600, but only for a fortnight, as the receipts from 20 Oct. are headed, ‘Heare I begane to receue the gallereys agayne which they receued begynynge at Myhellmas wecke being the 6 of October 1599’.
[531] I have disregarded an error of 15s. made by Henslowe.
[532] Henslowe, i. 85, 145.
[533] Ibid. ii. 33.
[534] Henslowe, i. 29, 47, 81, 96, 97, 118, 124, 136, 138, 144, 146, 148, 152, 153, 166, 172, &c.
[535] The exact date is uncertain, as they do not appear to have had a patent until 1606; but it must lie between their visit to Leicester as the Admiral’s on 18 Aug. 1603 and the making out of a warrant to them as the Prince’s men on 19 Feb. 1604 for their Christmas plays.
[536] N. Sh. Soc. Trans. (1877–9), 17*, from Lord Chamberlain’s Books, 58a.
[537] Cf. ch. xvi (Hope).
[538] On the legend that he had developed moral scruples about the stage, cf. s.v. Marlowe, Dr. Faustus.
[539] Henslowe Papers, 18.