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 be a corruption of Archigallo. Payments were made in respect of a few contemplated plays, which apparently remained incomplete at the end of the season. These were 2 Lady Jane (Dekker), an unnamed tragedy by Chettle, an unnamed play by Middleton, and another unnamed play by Chettle and Heywood. The company also produced some plays of earlier date. Sir John Oldcastle was presumably transferred to them from the Admiral's men, for Dekker had £2 10s. in respect of new additions to it in August and September. Heywood also had £1 in September for additions to a play called Cutting Dick, as to the origin of which nothing is known; and properties were bought in October for Byron and for Absalom. Possibly the latter is identical with ''The Three Brothers''. Worcester's men did not perform at Court in 1602-3, but they must have expected a summons, as on 1 January they bought head-tires of one Mrs. Calle 'for the corte'. Amongst their tradesmen were also Goodman Freshwater, who supplied 'a canvas sewt and skenes', apparently for a stage dog, and John Willett, mercer, on whose arrest John Duke found himself in the Clink at the end of the season. Their expenditure was at a fairly high rate, amounting to a total of £234 11s. 6d. for the seven months. Unlike the Admiral's men, they spent more on apparel and properties than on play-books. Some of their purchases were costly enough, 'a grogren clocke, ij veluet gerkens, ij dubletes and ij hed tyres' from Edward Alleyn for £20, 'a manes gowne of branshed velluet & a dublett' from Christopher Beeston for £6, and 'iiij clothe clockes layd with coper lace' from Robert Shaw, formerly of the Admiral's, for £16. On this last transaction they had to allow Henslowe £1 as interest on his money. A 'flage of sylke', no doubt for the theatre roof, cost them £1 6s. 8d. In summing his account, Henslowe made various errors, whereby he robbed himself of £1 1s. 3d., and presented a claim to the company for £140 1s. It may be inferred that they had already repaid him £93 12s. 3d., but of this there is no record in the diary. He prepared an acknowledgement to be signed by all the members of the company, but the only signature actually attached is Blackwode's.

On 9 May 1603 Henslowe notes 'Begininge to playe agayne by the Kynges licence & layd out sense for my lord of Worsters men as folowethe'; but the only entry is one of £2 paid in earnest to Chettle and Day for a play of Shore's Wife.