... above the rate already allowed of and theyCHAPTER I 11shall certify in Stratford bowe Chappell bothe of the vew making by the workmen, of the gathering of the ratealready made, of their making ... to any and all to come and spend theirmoney in feasting and drinking for the benefit of the parish giving the ale. As the day approached for the opening of the ale, which, if it were a great ... it. Thus they heard of the overthrow of the rebels in the North of England (1569), the ravages of the great earthquake of 1579; the progress of the plague; or, again, of the struggle of the French...