Excerpt from Henslowe and Alleyn, Vol. 2 of 2: Being the Diary of Philip Henslowe, From 1591 to 1609; And the Life of Edward Alleyn His attention was not long since directed to these additional stores; and on examining them, he found that they afforded ample and novel matter for an ex tended biography of the Founder of Dulwich College, including important and interesting particulars respect ing Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Massinger, Marston, Dekker, and other Dramatists of the reigns Of Eliza beth and James I. It is necessary to mention, in order to account for some of the imperfections in the succeeding pages, that a knowledge Of the existence of certain deeds and family papers, left behind him by Alleyn and preserved in the original Treasury Chest of God's Gift College, did not reach the writer until he had not only drawn up the whole, but actually printed some part, of the present volume. Had he enjoyed the advantage of having all the information before him at once, he might have ren dered the narrative in some places more Consecutive and satisfactory. He cannot too emphatically express his obligations to the Master and Fellows of Dulwich College for the facilities they have at all times afforded him in the inspection of their muniments; but his personal thanks are especially due to the Rev. John Image for ready assistance during the search for materials, and for the most patient kindness while the writer was necessarily occupied in going through them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.