"The edling's place is on the opposite side of the fire and on the other side of the edling, the chief of song of the country, after him there is no privileged place for any one in the Hall."

(A.D. 928.)

"Cyvreithiau Hwyel Dda,"

The Laws of Howell the Good,

Councils and Eccl: Documents relat: G. Brit:
Haddan and Stubbs, 1869, p. 225, vol. I.

Ye Courte Leete, completed :

Charles Braid, Esquyre,

"Ye SARIAUNT OF Ye MYNSTRALLIS, wil do Servyce in recitynge hys Adventures in farre countries, wyth harpynge and syngyne." "Warton's Hist. Eng. Poetry 1778, vol. 2, p. 134. "It was common for the Minstrels to DANCE, as well as to harp and sing."

Percy's Reliques of Anc. Poetry,

"Essay on the Ancient Minstrels," Notes 1823, vol. I, p. 93. Ye Joculatores are to rendere ye sd. Anturs as vndur y ANGLICE, gleefullie.

"Many tymes, by nightes and dayes,
He hadd solace of notes and layes.

Thirefore gode men, ye shall lere,
When ye any gleeman here."

(1303.) De Brunne's Metrical Version,

of Bishop Grosthead's Manuel de Pecke.

Item." Paid in rewarde unto the Lorde Russell's Minstralls, X8." "Household Account of the Princess Elizabeth, 1551-2," (Camden Miscell. vol 2,) ed. by Viscount Strangford, (Cam. Soc. Pub.) 1853, p. 38.

JUNE 15th e Feste of Corpus Christi.

Ye grande Pageaunt, as ys customarie, of Apostles, Giantes, &c., wil leeve ye Halle, after ye arryval of ye devyll of ye Plaie of Corpus Christi.

"Vide Brand's Popular Antiquities," vol. I, p. 296, ed. 1849 JUNE 15the. St. Vitus's daie.

Ye Daunce prohibitede.

Ye Maiester of ye Revells, atte ye conclusyon of y afore-mencyoned bussinesse, shal greete ye comlie suburban Brethren in yo antyente mannere, and yo chyldrene of ye Revells, syngvne in a pleasaunt chaunte, ye followynge ryghte goodlie lynes, whych wil bee,

A BLESSYNGE.

"Jhesu Lorde oure hevyn kynge,
Graunt us alle thi dere blessynge,
And bylde us in thy bowere.'

The Thornton Romances. "The Romance of Sir Eglamour of Artois."
Edited by J. O. Halliwell, F.R.S., 1864, (Cam. Soc. Pub.) p. 121.

J. JEREMIAH, Hon. Sec

URBAN

CLUB.

ST. IOHN'S GATE, CLERKENWELLE.

June 30th, 1876.

Those to guhom yt may Concerne.

On ye evenynge of Fridaie next ye 7the. of Julie, atte NINE of ye Cloke,

Ye Lorde Constable,

Jonas Levy, Esquyre; D.P.,

Wil bee in Attendaunce atte ye

Courte of Chivalrie,

As declarede and definede bi ye 8 & 13 Richard 2, stat. 1, chap. 2 & 5.

Ye Heralds of thys Fraternitie must appeare wyth theire Insignia, as KYNGS ATTE ARMS and PURSUIVANTS (non sinister.) Ye followynge have been nominatede :

KYNGS ATTE ARMS.-Dr. T. S. Barringer; Henry Sampson, Esq.; and R. Gowing, Esq. (Garter, Clarencieux, and Norry, pro. tem.)

Ye PURSUIVANTS.-Ye Brethren herbie Summonede.

ye duties are to:

Marshalle ye Solempnities of ye Courte.

Vide Wood's "Institute of the Laws of England."
Lond: 1745, 7th ed., pp. 494-495.

Ye Heralds to emargent: lyons

Brethren wyth Pedigrees and Coates are directede to recorde ye same in ye Statute Book. blazon them or: wyth ye dexter Bend, rampant, gules. Thys wil bee ye grande atchievemente. Ye Minors wil bee blazonede, vert; augmentede and impalede wythouten abatemente. Ye quarterynge of sd. Minors wil bee chargede and Barred, non pretence. Creste, a larke passant; Supporteres, dexter, Monk, Benedictine, lachrymose; sinister, Paterfamilias, defiante.

Legende, in a ribbone azure; "LE BON TEMPS VIENDRA."

Horace Green, Esquyre,

Wil assyst as ye Earle Marshalle.

Item:-Ye FEES and PERQUYSYTES of ye Office of Constable, as accustomede. To ye Earle Marshalle shal bee grauntede, A Palfrey, wyth yts saddle.

Vide.

"Collections relative to Claims at the Coronations

of several of the Kings of England." Lond: 1820, pp. 5-6.

Ye Marshallynge and Emblazonynge attendede to ye Lorde Constable must bee greetede bi all.

"He ne'er wants a friend, for he ne'er makes a foe,
He's first to help poortith, and first to soothe woe;
While his bearing's so manly, his looks are so gay,
Ye wad think that thro' life he had laugh'd a' the way;
He seeks nae for crime, an' few fauts can he find,
For he fain wad think weel o' the hail o' mankind."

Ballantine's, "The Gaberlunzie's Wallet," pp. 72-73.

IUNE 29th. He goodlie Feste of S.S. Peter & Paul.

N.B. Y fyres formerlie lyghted on the eve of thys feste, wil not bee requyrede, as few 'ill, bee colde.

Ye VYSYTORS.

"O 'twas a goodly matter then

To see your sword and buckler men!

They would lye heere, and here and there,

But I would meete them euery where."

(Circ: 1590.) Kemps "Nine Daies Wonder," p. 14.

Interbal for Confabulacyon.

"Down with all weapons now! 'tis music time,

So it be purchas'd at an easy rate.

Some have receiv'd the knocks, some giv'n the hits,

And all concludes in love; there's happy wits"

(1657.) Fletcher's "Wit at Several Weapons," Act 5, last lines.

[Exeunt Omnes.]

BI ORDERE.

J. JEREMIAH, Hon. Seo.

Supplement.

THE NATIONAL THEATRE

PROJECT.

HE following documents have been very kindly contributed, as forming materials for a hiftory of the project of a NATIONAL THEATRE for the representation of the works of Shakespeare and the Higher Dramatists, and the foundation of a School for Actors. For these my best thanks are due to Meffrs. HENRY GRAVES, CHARLES LOWNDES, the Secretary of the Shakespeare Memorial, EFFINGHAM W. WILSON, and E. L. BLANCHARD.

URBAN CLUB,

J. JEREMIAH.

ST. JOHN'S GATE, CLERKENWell,
April 23rd, 1877.

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