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Players	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	William Shakespeare	iiij yards di.[1]
		Augustine Phillipps	iiij yards di.
		Lawrence Fletcher	iiij yards di.
		John Hemminges	iiij yards di.
		Richard Burbidge	iiij yards di.
		Willian Slye	iiij yards di.
		Robert Armyn	iiij yards di.
		Henry Cundell	iiij yards di.
		Richard Cowley	iiij yards di.

Note. The King’s formal entry into London had been delayed for nearly a year by reason of the plague, which raged through the year 1603.

XL. THE KING’S PLAYERS AS GROOMS OF THE ROYAL CHAMBER IN ATTENDANCE ON THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR (1604).

From the Declared Accounts of the Treasurer of the King’s Chamber, August, 1604. (Public Record Office.)

To Augustine Phillipps and John Hemynges for the allowance of themselves and ten of their fellows, his Majesty’s Grooms of the Chamber and Players, for waiting and attending on his Majesty’s service by commandment upon the Spanish Ambassador at Somerset House, for the space of 18 days; viz., from the 9th day of August, 1604, until the 27th day of the same, as appeareth by a bill thereof signed by the Lord Chamberlain—21^li. 12^s.

Note. Though Shakespeare’s name is not specifically mentioned, it is virtually certain that he was included

1. Four yards and a half (dimidium).