EXTRACTS FROM BOOK OF ACCOUNTS. 



£ S. d. £ S. d. 



for a table-book* and three leaden 



pens for my Lady Anne ... ... 7 ° 



for a pair of tables! for M r C. ... 46 



for three babies faces ... ... o o 9 



for three babies and a silver box ... 80 



for playthings for M r Charles and my 



Lady Anne ... ... ... ... 112 o 



for one douzen of silver lace for to 



Caps for Lady Anne and M r Charles 100 

 for playthings. 

 a looking glas, a baskett, a baby in a 



bed, and to other babys ... ... 17 o 



a Coach and horses for M r C. ... 5 o 



for to hobbihorses for M r Charles ... o o 6 

 for tops, scurges,J and balls ... ... o o 10 



for 8 yards of black and white taby for 



my Lady Anne at 13s. the yard ... 5 4 o (26 £) 

 for making of a paire of sky coller- • • 



bodis ... ... ... ... 12 o . • 



for a white taffytie fanne for my lady 



Anne 046 



for five yards of black and whit taby 



at 135. 6d. ... ... ... 3 7 6 



for 7 yards \ of sea-green taby at 20s. 



yard ... 7 10 o 



for 9 yards of pink coller satin at 16s. 



the yard 740 



* A table-book = a memorandum book with leaves of slate or vellum. 



f Tables = the game of backgammon. It was anciently played in different 

 ways, and the term appears to have been applied to any game played with 

 the table and dice. 



" An honest vicker and a kind consort 



That to the ale house friendly would resort, 

 To have a game at tables now and then, 

 Or drinke his pot as soone as any man." 

 X Scourges = whips. 



