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bought in divers places of the citie, togeather with Mr. Dallam his Tooles, iiijs.

"Item for brasse for the shaking stoppe, iiijs.

"Item for vi c. of lead ad 10s. le c., iijli.

"Item payd to Mr. Dallam, the organ-maker, for his wages and for his menes for lviij weekes, viz., from the 22d of June, 1605, until the 7th of August, 1606, ad 30s. le weeke, lxxxvijli. xvs.

"Item payd for his owne and his menes frydays and fasting night suppers, at 12d. a supper, being in all 87 nights, iiijli. vijs.

"Item payd for his hors hier [horse hire] and charges of him and his men at their departure up to London, xs.

"Item for recarriage of his tooles, etc., being iiij. c. wayght, xs.

"Item bread and beer by Mr. Dallam, the Joynor, and their men for the whole tyme, esteemyd at viliⁱ."

There are many other items for wood, planks, wainscot, cloth, studs, pasteboard, paint, gold, etc., which would be much too long to quote.[1]

There is something highly graphic in this picture of the old organ builder closing his workshop in London, and removing with his men, his whole "estab-

  1. See Appendix IV.