ABSTRACT
Itm payde for dryuyng of the pagent ij s vj d Itm payde for kepyng of the wynde and hell mowthe xij d Itm payde for dressyng of the pagent & openyng & shuttyng the doores viij d ltm payde for kepyng of the fyers iiij d Itm payde for nayles and tentur hookes viij d Itm payde for Rossen and Candylls iij d Itm payde for Ale to the pagent and for the dryvers xix d Itm payde for leddgys and mendyng of the pagent xviij d Itm payde for Sope and pacck thrydde iiij d 10 Itm payde for Russhes ij d Itm payde for mendyng the Sowles Coates vj d Itm payde for A lynke to Sette the worlds on fyer vj d Itm payde for A Cooate for god and for A peyre of gloues ffor hym llJ s 15 ltm payde to A Smythe for mendyng of the pagent XX d Itm payde for A Coarde to mende the gates of the pagent house iiij d Itm payde to Robert Croo for makyng of the iij worlds iij s viij d 20 Itm payde for blacckyng of the Sowles facys vj d Itm payde to the players for there fyrst drynkyng IJ S Itm payde to the trumpeter iij s iiij d Itm payde to god ffor his welke iij s iiij d I I tm pay de to the ij dyvells iij s iiij d 25 Itm payde to iij Savyd Sowles vs Itm payde to iij damnyd Sowles vs Itm payde for Speakyng of the prologe viij d Itm payde to ij wormes of Conscyence xvj d Itm payde to iiij Angells lj S 30 Itm payde to the iij patryarkes xviij d ltm payde to the Syngyng men IJ S Itm payde to James huyt for the Rygalls xij d Itm payde to the players for there Sowper lllj s Itm payde for poynts for the players & for the harnysyd 35 men xvij d Itm payde for beryng of our harnyse on the feyre daye viij d
Som iij l iiij s v d
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skaffolde, viij d; item, payde to the carpenter for mendynge the pagente and for nayles, ij d; item, payde to William Barrat his men for a berrage, iiij d; item, pay de for a iron pynne and a cotter for the skaffolde whele, iiij d; item, spent on the Companye at Mr. Smythes on the pley even, ij s viij d; item, paid to Jhon Deane and Fosson for theyre dyner on the playe daye, vj d; item, payde to Williams for makynge of ij payre of galleyes, ij s; item, paid for the masters breakfast on the playe daye, xx d; item, paid for the players drynke to the pagente, ij s; item, paid for starche to make
Item payd to a trumpeter in Earnest at Seynt nycholas hall iiij d 25
