Lent unto Thomas Dowton the 22 of Desember 1598 to bye a | li boocke of Harey Porter called the 2 pte of the 2 angrey | v Wemen of Abengton |
Let unto Harey Porter at the request of the company in | earnest of his booke called ij merey women of abington | the some of forty shellings and for the resayte of that | s money he gave me his faythfull promise that I should have | xl alle his bookes which he writte ether him selfe or with | any other which some was dd. the 28th of febreary 1598[-9]. |
Lent unto Harey Cheattell the 4 of March 1598[-9] in | s earneste of his boocke which Harey Porter and he is a | x writtinge the some of—called the Spencers. |
Lent Harey Porter the 11 of Aprell 1599 the some of | s d
| ii vj
Lent Hary Porter the 16 of Aprell 1599 the some of[203] | d
| xij
Lent Harey Porter the 5 of Maye 1599 the some of | s d
| ii vj
Lent Harey Porter the 15 of Maye 1599 the some of | s d
| ii vj
Be it knowne unto all men that I Henry Porter do owe unto
Phillip Henchlowe the some of x's of lawfull money of
England which I did borrowe of hym the 26 of Maye a'o. dom.
1599 Henry Porter[204].
"The Two Angry Women of Abington" is thus noticed by the late Charles Lamb: "The pleasant comedy from which these extracts are taken is contemporary with some of the earliest of Shakespeare's, and is no whit inferior to either the 'Comedy of Errors' or the 'Taming of the Shrew,' for instance. It is full of business, humour, and merry malice. Its night scenes are peculiarly sprightly and wakeful. The versification unencumbered, and rich with compound epithets."[205] A.D.