fo. 45.
October, 1602.Out of a Poeme called "It is merry when Gossips meete" S. R.[105]
Such a one is clarret proofe, i. e. a good wine-bibber.
There's many deale vpon the score for wyne,
When they should pay forgett the Vintner's syne.
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A man whose beard seemes scard with sprites to have bin,
And hath noe difference twixt his nose and chin,
But all his hayres have got the falling sicknes,
Whose forefront lookes like jack an apes behind.
A gossips round, thats every on a cup.
fo. 45b.
October 12, 1602.Mr. Steuen Beckingham of Hartfordshire was brought into the Kings benche at the suit of two poore ioyners whom he hath undone; they seeled his house, which came to a matter of some 80l. and they could hardly obtain anie thing by suit. A man of a hott collerick disposicion, a creaking loud voyce, a greasy whitish head, a reddish beard, of long staring mouchetons; wore an outworne muff with two old gold laces, a playne falling band, his cuffs wrought with coloured silk and gold, a sattin doublet, a wrought wastcote, &c. vt facile quis cognoscat haud facile si cum alijs convenire posset, qui voce, facie, vestitu ita secum dissidet. One of his witnesses would not aunswere any thing for him vntill he were payd his charges in the face of the court. Soe little confidence had he in his credit, whoe had dealt soe hardly with his ioyners.
On Fossar, an old ioyner dwelling [in] Paules Churchyard, a common and a good measurer of ioyners work.
Mr. Prideaux, a great practiser in the Eschequer, and one that usurpes vpon a place certaine at the barr, left his man one day to keepe his place for him, but Lancaster of Grayes In comming in the meane tyme, would needes haue the place, though the man would haue kept it. "For," said L. "knowes thou not that I beeleue nothing but the reall presence?" meaning that he was a Papist; and besydes, "could not thinke it to be corpus meum except Mr. Prideux himselfe were there." (Mr. Hackwell nar.)
When Mr. Dodridge,[106] in his argument of Mr. Darsies patentes, and soe of the prerogatiue in generall, he began his speache from fo. 46.
16 October, 1602.Gods gouernment. "It is done like a good archer," quoth Fr. Bacon, "he shootes a fayre compasse."
There was an action brought to trie the title of one Rooke an infant for a house and certaine land. "All this controversye," said the attorny, "is but for a little rookes nest."