sowle specially by name during a yere dayly in thair masse. And all they to assoile me in thair Chaptour howse.
Item, I will that the iiij orders of frerys in Warwykshire, that is to say, white, blak and grey and Awsteins, they to haue euerich oon of them xls., that is to say to euery ffryer preste ijs. And the remenaunt to the comyn vse of thair place, and all they, and euerich of them, to pray for my lord Sudeley sowle and my lady Alyse sowle, his wif, and myne specially by name duly in thair masse during a yere.
Item, I will that Elyn, my wyf, haue Fleachamstede according to the indentur of saint Johannes. Item, I will that my said wif haue the maner of Lodbroke, called Winteners with the appurtenaunces, according to a dede to her made. And also the maner of Wodcote according to euydence to hir made and also a pasture in Kenelworth, called Blondels, the which is of her inheritaunce, and also a place in Couentre lying the Hey lane, the which is of her inheritaunce in like wise.
And as towching the remenaunt of my land I haue put it in feoffement to perfourne my will, except a place in Lodbroke, called Hattis place, and a place in Couentre at the Brodegate and a tenement in Kenelworth, called Thorpes, the which iij places I have geve Margery my daughter to bye her kercheffes with. As for the remenaunt of my land after the deth of my wif I haue ordeigned to Margery my doughter.
Item, I will that Elizabeth, Ser Williams daughter, haue my place in Bruton to her and to [her] heires. And that my feoffees make her astate according.
Item, I woll that she haue x marc' in money and xx steres or heyfers of iij yeres age.
Item, I will Elen, Rauff doughter, haue as many steres. And that ther be departyd with them stuffe of household resonable and by my wifes discrestion and Rauff Aylesbury.
Item, I will that Rauff Aylesbury haue my best gowne and Cs. in money.
Item, I will that William Raves haue my next best gowne.
I woll that Robert Hore haue xxs.
Item, I woll that Robert Lawrence haue xls. and his wif togeder.
Item, that Margery my doughter and heyre haue all my land, my will perfourmed, after my wif is discease.
Item, I will that Ser Richard Streche, Priour of Kenell[worth], haue xxs. beside his parte of the x marc' assigned to the Conuent.
Item, the remenaunt of my goodes and catalles I will they be disposed by the discression of my wiff and of Rauff Aylesbury.
Item, I will that Robert Billinham haue my best cuppe of siluer, it is better than x marc'. And the lxxli of money which I owe him.
Item. I will that my lorde of saint Johanes haue my litill gilte cuppe to drinke swete wyne in.
[Proved at Lambeth by Archb. John of Canterbury, Oct. 3, 1489, and administration granted to Elene, widow and executrix, and Robert Byllyngham, gent.]MASSINGER AND 'THE LAWS OF
CANDY.'
(See ante, p. 101.)
Immeditely Cassilanes has finished, Gonzalo interposes with the comment:
I have heard,
And with no little wonder, such high deeds
Of chivalry discours'd, that I confess,
I do not think the worthies while they liv'd
All nine, deserved as much applause, or memory,
As this one.
so in 'The Picture,' II. ii., the "wild courtier" Ubaldo, seeking to outdo his fellows in extravagant praise of Ferdinand, acclaims him as:—
One that with justice may
Increase the number of the worthies.
In like manner Bawdber in 'Thierry and Theodoret,' II. iv., observes to Protaldy:—
. . . .they'll give you out
One of the nine worthies.
Again in Act IV., sc. ii., of 'The City Madam,' Luke Frugal is greeted, on his sudden access to prosperity, with a chorus of sycophantic speeches. Goldwire, the apprentice, bids him show himself "a second Antony" in his bounty, while Ding'em tersely exclaims:—
All the nine worthies!
It is now the turn of Antinous to be heard. He prefaces his remarks with the request that the soldiers may be permitted to stand beside their general:—
Antinous.Princely fathers,
Ere I begin, one suit I have to make
'Tis just and honourable.
Porphycio, Possenne (Senators). Speak, and hat it.
Antinous. That you would please the soldiers might all stand
Together by their general.
It is a peculiarity of Massinger's petitioners that they never prefer a request without previously formally announcing their intention of so doing. Note further the arrangement of the speeches in this passage. First we have the petitioner's announcement, then the consent of the parties addressed to the making of the petition (framed in words to the effect that the petition is sure to be granted, or is granted in advance), and finally the request itself, introduced by the words "That you would please" Compare Giovanni's Petitioning of Fiorinda in 'The Great Duke of Florence,' II. i.:—
Giovanni. I am a suitor to you.
Fiorinda. You will ask,
I do presume, what I may grant, and then
It must not be denied.
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