[_Deposition of_ GEORGE MAYLER.]
George Mayler of London, merchant tailor, of the age of 40 years, sworn
and examined upon his oath, saith that he knew the said garments, but
how many there be in number he remembereth not, for he hath occupied and
played in them by the lending of Walton, and he saith they were worth
20s. apiece and better. And he saith he knoweth well that he lent them
out about 20 times to stage-plays in the summer and interludes in the
winter, and used to take at a stage-play for them and others, sometimes
40d., sometimes 2s., as they could agree, and at an interlude 8d. for
every time. But how many times he perfectly knoweth not, but by
estimation 20 times a year in interludes. And he saith that he hath seen
the curtains of sarcenet, but how many ells they contained he knoweth
not, but it was worth 40d. every ell, and he saith that he had buckram
and tuke, but how many yards he knoweth not, but it was better than 2d.
a yard; and further he saith that the summer when the King's banquet was
at Greenwich, he saw the same garments occupied in divers stage-plays,
and occupied part of them himself by the lending of other players that
Walton had lent them to hire, which then were fresh and little worse for
the wearing; and more he knoweth not.
(Signed) per me GEORGE MAYLER.