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The allusion to " the house stock " indicates 

 that the contribution was made from the Trea- 

 sury chest of the Company, and that It was not, 

 as was usually the case, levied by " the pole " upon 

 the members of the fellowship. In the per- 

 emptory demands which Elizabeth was In the 

 habit of making upon the Companies, she con- 

 siderately commanded that the money to be lent 

 (sic) to her should be raised In this manner. This 

 degree of consideration, however, does not appear 

 to have mollified the Companies, who were In- 

 variably the poorer by the amount they furnished 

 her, If not in their Individual, certainly in their 

 corporate, capacity. The stipulation afforded in 

 Itself a trustworthy prospect of the chances of 

 repayment.^ 



^ According to Stow, the drawing for this Lottery was 

 commenced at the west door of St. Paul's Cathedral on the 

 nth January, and continued uninterruptedly by day and by 

 night until the 6th of May following. As an assuring feature 

 it was stated that the Lottery was to consist of all prizes, but 

 the amounts drawn were ridiculously trivial. Mr. Alfred 

 Kempe gives an interesting account of this Lottery, derived 

 from the Loseley MSS., and instances a number of the mottoes 

 used by the City Companies and others, some of which are 

 very quaint and amusing. 



" We Brewers God sende us 

 A good lot to mende us. 

 Per John Bankes, of the parish of St. Gyles, s. d. 

 (No.) 47,699 ... ... ... ... I 3 



God make all sure for the Armorers. 

 Per Thomas Tindal, London, (No.) 182,833 i 2 



