)
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick.
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick.
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349.
)
=2. 1. 144 Bermudas. = 'This was a cant term for some places in
the town with the same kind of privilege as the mint of old, or the
purlieus of the Fleet. '--W.
'These _streights_ consisted of a nest of obscure courts,
alleys, and avenues, running between the bottom of St. Martin's
Lane, Half-moon, and Chandos-street. In Justice Overdo's time,
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes. '--G. (Note on _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407.
)
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and
the Earl told the Lord, "By his favour he believed he lied. "
Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is
thought, gone beyond sea to fight. --_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_,
July 18, 1623. ' (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169. ) So in _Underwoods_,
_Wks. _ 8. 348:
turn pirates here at land,
Have their Bermudas and their Streights i' the Strand.
_Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407: "The Streights, or the Bermudas,
where the quarrelling lesson is read. "
It is evident from the present passage and the above quotations that
ruffians like Everill kept regular quarters in the 'Bermudas', where
they might be consulted with reference to the settlement of affairs
of honor.
=2. 1. 144 Bermudas. = 'This was a cant term for some places in
the town with the same kind of privilege as the mint of old, or the
purlieus of the Fleet. '--W.
'These _streights_ consisted of a nest of obscure courts,
alleys, and avenues, running between the bottom of St. Martin's
Lane, Half-moon, and Chandos-street. In Justice Overdo's time,
they were the receptacles of fraudulent debtors, thieves and
prostitutes. '--G. (Note on _Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407.
)
'On Wednesday at the Bermudas Court, Sir Edwin Sandys fell foul
of the Earl of Warwick. The Lord Cavendish seconded Sandys and
the Earl told the Lord, "By his favour he believed he lied. "
Hereupon, it is said, they rode out yesterday, and, as it is
thought, gone beyond sea to fight. --_Leigh to Rev. Joseph Mede_,
July 18, 1623. ' (Quoted Wh-C. 1. 169. ) So in _Underwoods_,
_Wks. _ 8. 348:
turn pirates here at land,
Have their Bermudas and their Streights i' the Strand.
_Bart. Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 407: "The Streights, or the Bermudas,
where the quarrelling lesson is read. "
It is evident from the present passage and the above quotations that
ruffians like Everill kept regular quarters in the 'Bermudas', where
they might be consulted with reference to the settlement of affairs
of honor.
