The Fair Maid of Bohemia

‘I am to go over the seas wi’ Mr Browne and the company…now, good Sir, as you have ever byne my worthie friend, so helpe me nowe. I have a sute of clothe and a cloke at pane fo three pound, and if it shall pleas you to lend me so much to release them, I shall be bound to pray fo you so longe as I leve; for if I go over, and have no clothes, I shall not be esteemed of.’

— Letter from Richard Jones to Edward Alleyn, 1592