History of the Company. 71 



16 10. July i-jth. 



" Item given to James Mathewc for his rcleascmcnt 

 out of the pryson of Ludgat xlvijV 



On a later occasion the Company's Beadle was 

 incarcerated, and the Court, perforce for the credit 

 of the Company, were fain to bail him out for 

 Twenty Pounds ; notwithstanding which, when, on 

 another occasion the Beadle's son-in-law found 

 himself In the same situation, the Company 

 entertained Jiis application with less grace and 

 placability, 



Less frequently, but under similar circum- 

 stances, we find mention of the old Marshalsea 

 Prison, which stood In High Street, Southwark. 



The year 1605 was memorable for the Gun- 

 powder Plot, to return thanks for the 

 Gunpotder frustration of which the Company 

 ^^°^- attended at St. Paul's, and the occa- 

 sion Is alluded to In the following minute :— 



1605. November \2tJL 



"This Court Day there was given to a woman at 

 Pole's Crosse for setting out a forme for the Companye 

 xviijd." 



The following year the King of Denmark, 

 brother to the consort of James I., 



1600. • J u 



The King of vislted England, and was received by 



Denmark. ^^^ citlzeus of Loudou wIth cvery sign 



of rejoicing. As was usual on such occasions, the 



