[311] Fleay, A Chronicle History of the London Stage, p. 234.

[312] Ibid., p. 211.

[313] This theory has been urged by Fleay, by Mr. Wallace in The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars, and by others.

[314] The full commission is printed in Wallace, The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars, p. 61.

[315] Fleay, A Chronicle History of the London Stage, p. 248.

[316] Ibid., p. 234. Note that Evans is not to "continue" a troupe there, as Fleay and Wallace believe, but to "erect" one.

[317] Possibly Robinson and the "others" were merely deputies.

[318] Field became later famous both as an actor and playwright. His portrait is preserved at Dulwich College.

[319] Salathiel Pavy, whose excellent acting is celebrated in Jonson's tender elegy, quoted in part below.

[320] Star Chamber Proceedings, printed in full by Fleay, op. cit., p. 127.