[272] This seems to be the source of the statement by Mr. Wallace (Englische Studien, xliii, 388), quoting Rendle (The Antiquarian Magazine, vii, 210): "In 1604, a man named Turner, in a contest for a prize at the Swan, was killed by a thrust in the eye." Rendle cites no authority for his statement.
[273] These dates are in a measure verified by the records of the Overseers of the Poor for the Liberty of Paris Garden, printed by Mr. Wallace (Englische Studien, xliii, 390, note 1). Mr. Wallace seems to labor under the impression that this chapter in the history of the Swan (1611-1615) was unknown before, but it was adequately treated by Fleay and later by Mr. Greg.
[274] Wallace, op. cit., p. 390, note 1.
[275] Rendle quotes a license of 1623 for "T.B. and three assistants to make shows of Italian motions at the Princes Arms or the Swan." (The Antiquarian Magazine, 1885, vii, 211.) But this may be a reference to an inn rather than to the large playhouse.
[276] What seems to be a picture of this famous house may be seen in [Merian's View of London], 1638 (see opposite page [256]), with a turret, and standing just to the right of the Swan.
[277] The Petition of 1619, in The Malone Society's Collections, i, 93.
[278] It is true that poor people also, feather-dealers and such-like, lived in certain parts of Blackfriars, but this, of course, did not affect the reputation of the precinct as the residence of noblemen.
[279] In Samuel Rowlands's Humors Looking Glass (1608), a rich country gull is represented as filling his pockets with money and coming to London. Here a servant "of the Newgate variety" shows him the sights of the city:
Brought him to the Bankside where bears do dwell,
And unto Shoreditch where the whores keep hell.
[280] Blackfriars Records, in The Malone Society's Collections, (1913).