&c.; and also all and singuler cellours sollers &c. to
the said house or tenement belonging &c. and the
reversion etc. and also all rentes etc. and also all the
state etc. To have and to hold etc. with the appurten- Habendum.
ances unto the said W. Shakspeare W. Johnson J.
Jackson and J. Hemmyng their heires and assignes for
ever To thonlie and proper use etc. By Henry Walker
with Wm Shakspeare (only) his heirs & ass" for free-
dom from incumbrances except the chief rents to the
lord of the fee.

For Quiet Enjoyment.

For further assurance.

Henry Walker Executed in the presence of 4 wit

nesses.

(Counterpart of this Deed signed by W. Shakspere, W Johnson and John Jackson in the presence of 4 witnesses.)

137 1612-13, March 11th. Mortgage Deed from Wm. Shakespeare to the said Henry Walker. (Library of British Museum.)

Begins:

Covenants.

This Indenture made the eleventh day of March in Parties. the yeares of the reigne of our sovereigne Lorde James by the grace of God etc. Between William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon in the countie of Warwick gentleman William Johnson citizen and vintener of London John Jackson and John Hemyng of London gentleman of thone partie and Henry Walker citizen and minstrell of London of thother partie Witnesseth that the said William Shakespeare W. Johnson J. Testatum. Jackson and J. Hemyng do demise grant and to farm.

Parcels. let to the said H. Walker All that dwellinghouse or tenement with the appurtenances etc. (description as

in the last mentioned document) with free entry etc. and also all and singular the cellars etc.

Habendum. To have and to hold the said dwellinghouse or tenement etc. with the appurtenances unto the said

Reddendum.

Henry Walker his exōrs admñs and assigns from the Lady Day following for 100 years thence next ensuing without impeachment of waste.

Yielding and paying therefor a pepper corn rent to the said W. Shakespeare W. Johnson J. Jackson and J. Hemming their heirs and assigns.

Proviso for payment of £60 to Henry Walker on the 29th September next. Covenant by W. Shakespeare against incumbrances.

Executed by said W. Shakespeare W. Johnson and J. Jackson in the presence of 4 witnesses.

138 Accounts of Lord Stanhope of Harrington, Treasurer of the Chamber to James the First. (Bodleian Lib. MS. Rawl. A. 239.)

1613, May 20. Itm paid to John Heminges vppon the cowncells warr1 dated att Whitehall xxo die Maii 1613 for presentinge before the Princes highnes the La: Elizabeth and the Prince Pallatyne Elector fowerteene severall playes viz. . . Much adoe abowte nothinge... The Tempest... The Winters Tale, S' John ffalftafe, The Moore of Venice . . . Cæfars Tragedye... All wch Playes weare played wthin the tyme of this Accompte, viz på the some of iiij. (xx.) xiij.li. vjs. viij.d.

It paid to the said John Heminges vppon the lyke

warrt dated att Whitehall xx° die Maij 1613 for presentinge fixe severall playes viz one playe called. . . And one other called Benidicte and Betteris all played wthin the tyme of this Accompte viz p" ffortie powndes And by waye of his Matis rewarde twentie powndes In all . . . lxli.

139 Entry at Stationers' Hall:

1613-4. Primo Martij, 1613. Roger Jackson. Entred for his coppies, by consent of M' John Harrison the eldest, and by Order of a Court, these 4 bookes followinge, viz; Mascalls first booke of Cattell; Mr Dentes sermon of repentance; Recordes Arithmeticke; Lucrece.

140 1614, Octr. 28th. Articles of Agreement between William Shakespeare and William Replingham relating to the Stratford tithes. (Facs. in Halliwell-Phillipps' "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare," vol. ii. pp. 38-39, 8th ed.)

Vicesimo octavo die Octobris Anno Dni. 1614. Articles of agreement indented made betweene Willm Shackespeare of Stretford in the County of Warwicke gent on the one partye and Willm Replingham of Greete Harborowe in the Countie of Warwicke gent on the other partie the daye and yeare abovesaid /

Item the said Willm Replingham for him his heires executours and assignes doth covenante & agree to & with the said Willm Shackespeare his heires and assignes that he the said WiHm Replingham his heires

or assignes shall uppon reasonable request satisfie content and make recompence unto him the said Witm Shackespeare or his assignes for all such losse detriment and hinderance as he the said Witm Shackespeare his heires & assignes and one Thomas Greene gent shall or maye be thought in the viewe and judgement of foure indifferent persons to be indifferentlie elected by the said WiHm & Wim and their heires and in default of the said Witm Replingham by the said WiHm Shackespeare or his heires onely to survey and judge the same to sustayne or incurre for or in respecte of the increasinge of the yearlie value of the tythes they the said Willm Shackespeare and Thomas doe joyntlie or severallie hold and enjoy in the said fieldes or anie of them by reason of anie inclosure or decaye of tyllage there ment and intended by the said Willm Replingham and that the said Wim Replingham and his heires shall procure such sufficient securitie unto the said Wim Shackespeare and his heires for the performance of theis covenauntes as shal bee devised by learned counsell In witnes whereof the parties abovesaid to theis presentes interchangeablie their handes and seales have put the daye and yeare first above wrytten. Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Tho Lucas Jo Rogers Anthonie Nasshe Mich Olney.

141 1614. Extract from "The Excellencie of the English tongue by R. C. of Anthony, esquire," printed in Camden's "Remaines,” ed. 1614, PP. 43, 44.

Whatsoever grace any other language carrieth in verse or prose, in tropes or metaphors, in ecchoes and