An Inquiry Into the Authenticity of Certain Miscellaneous Papers And Legal Instr
An Inquiry Into the Authenticity of Certain Miscellaneous Papers And Legal Instr
Malone Edmond
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John Duke. '* Another form was, — ** Received 30 die Januarii 1598, of — the sum of — to "' A player ; one of the Lord Admiral's Servants. '^ Henslowe's Register, MS. — From this autograph the fac-simile in PI. II. N°. Xv. Has been made- The note, as well as the signature, is in the handwriting of John Duke, who was at this time one of Lord Worcester's Servants. be [ 142 ] bee repayed unto him or his assignes upon the last of February next ensuinge, for pay- ment whereof I bind rne, my heires, ...execu- tors and administrators. " — But none of these, whether entered in the book of the lender, or written on separate slips of paper, were indorsable over, nor could an action at law be maintained on them.^^ IV. A Letter from Shakspeare to Anna Hatherrewaye. But now I ought in due form to invoke Venus, and her son, and all the Loves and Graces, to listen to my tale; for lo! I am next to present you with a letter from the Stratford youth to the lady whom he after- ''y Being fully convinced, on general recollection, that no such Promissory Notes as that which has been here examined, were in use in the time of Shakspeare, and having produced examples of the kind of unnegotiable paper-security, or bills unsealed, then given for money due, I did not think it necelTary to turn over my law-books, or to go deeper into the subject : but some very judicious observations, communicated by a friend, furnish so clear and satisfactory a history of the origin and gradual exten- sion of Bills Ob'igatory, of which our present Promis- sory Notes are the genuine offspring, that my readers, I am confident, will be pleased with their insertion.
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