= For an
exposition
of the character and
duties of the gentleman-usher see the notes to 4.
duties of the gentleman-usher see the notes to 4.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
(See Stow, _Survey_, ed.
Thoms, p.
114.
)
At this time they performed the office of banking, constituting the
intermediate stage between the usurer and the modern banker. 'The
goldsmiths began to borrow at interest in order to lend out to
traders at a higher rate. In other words they became the connecting
link between those who had money to lend and those who wished
to borrow for trading purposes, or it might be to improve their
estates. No doubt at first the goldsmiths merely acted as guardians
of their clients' hoards, but they soon began to utilize those hoards
much as bankers now make use of the money deposited with
them. '--_Social England_ 3. 544.
=AMBLER. = Jonson uses this name again in _Neptune's Triumph_,
_Wks. _ 8. 32:
Grave master Ambler, news-master o' Paul's,
Supplies your capon.
It reappears in _The Staple of News_.
=Her Gentlemanvsher.
= For an exposition of the character and
duties of the gentleman-usher see the notes to 4. 4. 134. 201, 215.
=Newgate. = 'This gate hath of long time been a gaol, or prison
for felons and trespassers, as appeareth by records in the reign of
King John, and of other kings. '--Stow, _Survey_, ed. Thoms, p. 14.
THE PROLOGUE.
=1 The DIVELL is an Asse. = 'This is said by the prologue pointing
to the _title_ of the play, which as was then the custom, was
painted in large letters and placed in some conspicuous part of the
stage. '--G.
Cf. _Poetaster_, _After the second sounding_: 'What's here? THE
ARRAIGNMENT!
At this time they performed the office of banking, constituting the
intermediate stage between the usurer and the modern banker. 'The
goldsmiths began to borrow at interest in order to lend out to
traders at a higher rate. In other words they became the connecting
link between those who had money to lend and those who wished
to borrow for trading purposes, or it might be to improve their
estates. No doubt at first the goldsmiths merely acted as guardians
of their clients' hoards, but they soon began to utilize those hoards
much as bankers now make use of the money deposited with
them. '--_Social England_ 3. 544.
=AMBLER. = Jonson uses this name again in _Neptune's Triumph_,
_Wks. _ 8. 32:
Grave master Ambler, news-master o' Paul's,
Supplies your capon.
It reappears in _The Staple of News_.
=Her Gentlemanvsher.
= For an exposition of the character and
duties of the gentleman-usher see the notes to 4. 4. 134. 201, 215.
=Newgate. = 'This gate hath of long time been a gaol, or prison
for felons and trespassers, as appeareth by records in the reign of
King John, and of other kings. '--Stow, _Survey_, ed. Thoms, p. 14.
THE PROLOGUE.
=1 The DIVELL is an Asse. = 'This is said by the prologue pointing
to the _title_ of the play, which as was then the custom, was
painted in large letters and placed in some conspicuous part of the
stage. '--G.
Cf. _Poetaster_, _After the second sounding_: 'What's here? THE
ARRAIGNMENT!
