of York, it is evident that, if Taylor sold his share and a half in the Blackfriars, in consequence of his joining another association, he had most likely done so before 30th March, 1610, because he was at that date one of the Players of the Duke of York, who of course did not become Prince of Wales until the death of his brother Henry. This makes the conjecture of Mr. Collier still more probable, that Taylor sold his interest in the Blackfriars Theatre very soon after 1608, under the apprehension that the City authorities would at last succeed in their attempt to put an end to acting within a precinct to which, it was insisted by the Players, their authority did not extend. November 10, 1847. T. EDLYNE TOMLINS. VOL. IV. E ART. VL-Two additional Notes on the play of Henry the Sixth, Part II. It having occurred to me that a passage in "The Contention" seems to throw some light on the date of that play, and to make it probable that a portion of it was not written before the year 1589, I now offer a few remarks on the subject. The passage is as follows: "Thou hast most traitorously erected a grammar schoole, to infect the youth of the realme, and against the King's crowne and dignitie thou hast built up a paper-mill.” Without speaking of the paper-mill as an anachronism, the allusion to it almost bears the appearance of being an indirect compliment to Queen Elizabeth, as an encourager of learning, and more especially as having bestowed her royal patronage on Spilman's paper-mill, of which there is an account (as reprinted in Nichols's Royal Progresses of Queen Elizabeth) written by Thomas Churchyard, dated "London, at my lodgings, 8th March," printed in 1588 (most probably as old style, 1588-9). This production is called "A Sparke of Friendship and warme good will, that shewes the effect of true affection, and unfolds the fineness of this World; Whereunto is joined the commoditie of sundry sciences, the Benefit that Paper bringeth, with many rare matters rehearsed in the same, with a description and commendation of a PaperMill now and of late set up neere the towne of Darthford by an High Germaine called M. Spilman, Jeweller to the Qu. most excellent Majestie." This "Sparke of Friendship" commences with a dedication to Sir Walter Raleigh; and the author, after a commendation of Friendship, &c., presents "a few verses that were devised for the setting forth of a Paper-Mill, which a great well-willer of yours (as good cause he hath so to be) hath builded at Darthford, and brought to perfect frame and forme, I trust to the great contentment of the Queene's Majestie, and benefit of her whole countrie." The following lines occur in the poem "None before his dayes Made Paper-Mill that merits so much praise This had not been if Prince had not retained This stranger here by whom these gifts are gayned. "Now gallant wits, that joy in doing well, The above passage, in its allusion to the Royal patronage, makes the one quoted from "The Contention" appear almost in the light of a parody upon it; and when we also remember the grammar school "infecting the youth of the realm," to say nothing of the mention of printing which occurs in "the amended Play," scarcely a doubt is left on the mind that Churchyard's verses were not written first; and as the poem was probably well known, and the erection of a paper-mill a novel and popular undertaking, and the theme of much conversation, the allusion would be such as to be well understood and relished by the audience. In a former paper, on "The Character of Jack Cade," I alluded to a resemblance existing between the York pedigree, in Henry VI., Part II., and that of the Earl of Cambridge, in the play of Sir John Oldcastle: having lately been led to pursue the subject further, I offer the results, as they appear to afford some clue to the date of the completion of the play of Henry VI., Part II. To do this, it seemed desirable, in the first instance, to quote at length three passages: the first from "The Contention" of 1594, as edited by Mr. Halliwell; the second, the passage as it stands in Henry VI.; and the third, copied from the edition of Sir John Oldcastle printed in 1600. York. Then thus, my Lords: Edward the third had seuen sonnes; The first was Edward the blacke Prince, Prince of Wales; The second was Edmund of Langly, Duke of Yorke; The third was Lyonell, Duke of Clarence; The fourth was John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster; The sixt was Sir Thomas of Woodstocke; William of Winsore was the seuenth and last. Now, Edward the blacke Prince he died before his father, and left behind him Richard, that afterwards was King, crownde by the name of Richard the Second, and he died without an heire. Edmund of Langly, Duke of Yorke, died, and left behinde him two daughters, Anne and Elinor; Lyonell, Duke of Clarence, died, and left behinde Alice, Anne, and Elinor, that was after married to my father, and by her I claim the crowne, as the true heire to Lyonell Duke of Clarence, the third sonne to Edward the third. Now, sir, in the time of Richard's raigne, Henry of Bullingbrooke, sonne and heire to John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, fourth sonne to Edward the third, he claimde the Crowne, deposde the merth full King, and, as both yea know, in Pomphret Castle harmlesse Richard was shamefully murthered; and so by Richard's death came the house of Lancaster vnto the Crowne. Warwick. He claimes it from Lyonel Duke of Clarence, the third sonne to Edward the third, and Henry from John of Gaunt, the fourth sonne. So that, till Lyonel's issue failes, his should not raigne. HENRY VI., PART II., ACT II., SCENE 2. York. Then thus: Edward the third, my lords, had seven sons; The first, Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales; Was John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster; The fifth was Edmund Langley, Duke of York; Thus got the house of Lancaster the crown. York. Which now they hold by force, and not by right; For Richard, the first son's heir, being dead, The issue of the next son should have reigned. Sal. But William of Hatfield dyed without an heir. York. The third son, duke of Clarence, (from whose line |