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 more probable than has quite been recognized, that the singular two-storied structure shown by Hondius and Delaram really represents the earlier, the Shakespearian, Globe. And the representation of a fourth house by Merian, even if he did not know its name, gives support to the view that the Rose may have had some kind of existence at a later date than the Sewers records indicate. But as regards the alinement, the distance from the river, and the relation to Maid Lane, of the three houses in the Clink, it is clear that no consistent story is told. The general impression one gets is that the Hope stood farthest to the west, then the Rose, and then the Globe; and that the Rose stood nearest to the river, then the Hope, and then the Globe. Nor is this inconsistent with documentary evidence, which in particular indicates that the parcel of land, on which the latest of the Bear Gardens was built, was contiguous on the west to that known as 'the little Rose'. Bear Garden and Rose Alley, running side by side from the Bankside into Maid Lane or Park Street, are traceable in eighteenth-century maps and in the modern Ordnance map. Did one judge by the maps alone, one would probably, in spite of the dissenting testimony of 'Ryther' and of Leeke and Hollar, come to the conclusion that the Globe stood to the north of Maid Lane. The balance of other evidence points unmistakably in the other direction.

B. THE PUBLIC THEATRES

i. The Red Lion Inn. ii. The Bull Inn. iii. The Bell Inn. iv. The Bel Savage Inn. v. The Cross Keys Inn. vi. The Theatre. vii. The Curtain. viii. Newington Butts. ix. The Rose. x. The Swan. xi. The Globe. xii. The Fortune. xiii. The Boar's Head. xiv. The Red Bull. xv. The Hope. xvi. Porter's Hall.

i. THE RED LION INN

The following record appears in the court books of the Carpenters' Company:

Courte holden the xv^{th} daie of Julie 1567, Annoque Regni Reginae Eliz. nono by M^r William Ruddoke, M^r Richard More, Henrye Whreste & Richard Smarte wardeins, & M^r Bradshawe.

Memorandum that at courte holden the daie & yeare abovesayd that, whear certaine varyaunce, discord & debate was betwene Wyllyam