' Dutch weavers had been
imported
into England as early as
the reign of Edward III.
the reign of Edward III.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
157.
The precinct was noted for its brew-houses and low drinking
places. In _The Staple of News_ Jonson speaks of 'an ale-wife in
Saint Katherine's, At the Sign of the Dancing Bears' (_Wks. _ 5.
226). The same tavern is referred to in the _Masque of Augurs_
as well as 'the brew-houses in St. Katherine's. ' The sights of
the place are enumerated in the same masque.
The present passage seems to indicate that the precinct was largely
inhabited by Dutch. In the _Masque of Augurs_ Vangoose speaks a sort
of Dutch jargon, and we know that a Flemish cemetery was located here
(see Wh-C). Cf. also Sir Thomas Overbury's _Character of A drunken
Dutchman resident in England_, ed. Morley, p. 72: 'Let him come over
never so lean, and plant him but one month near the brew-houses of
St. Catherine's and he will be puffed up to your hand like a bloat
herring.
' Dutch weavers had been imported into England as early as
the reign of Edward III. (see Howes, p. 870 a), and in the year 1563
great numbers of Netherlanders with their wives and children fled
into England owing to the civil dissension in Flanders (Howes, p.
868 a). They bore a reputation for hard drinking (cf. _Like will to
Like_, _O. Pl. _ 3. 325; Dekker, _Non-dram. Wks. _ 3. 12; Nash,
_Wks. _ 2. 81, etc. ).
The phrase 'to take forth their patternes' is somewhat obscure, and
seems to have been forced by the necessity for a rhyme.
The precinct was noted for its brew-houses and low drinking
places. In _The Staple of News_ Jonson speaks of 'an ale-wife in
Saint Katherine's, At the Sign of the Dancing Bears' (_Wks. _ 5.
226). The same tavern is referred to in the _Masque of Augurs_
as well as 'the brew-houses in St. Katherine's. ' The sights of
the place are enumerated in the same masque.
The present passage seems to indicate that the precinct was largely
inhabited by Dutch. In the _Masque of Augurs_ Vangoose speaks a sort
of Dutch jargon, and we know that a Flemish cemetery was located here
(see Wh-C). Cf. also Sir Thomas Overbury's _Character of A drunken
Dutchman resident in England_, ed. Morley, p. 72: 'Let him come over
never so lean, and plant him but one month near the brew-houses of
St. Catherine's and he will be puffed up to your hand like a bloat
herring.
' Dutch weavers had been imported into England as early as
the reign of Edward III. (see Howes, p. 870 a), and in the year 1563
great numbers of Netherlanders with their wives and children fled
into England owing to the civil dissension in Flanders (Howes, p.
868 a). They bore a reputation for hard drinking (cf. _Like will to
Like_, _O. Pl. _ 3. 325; Dekker, _Non-dram. Wks. _ 3. 12; Nash,
_Wks. _ 2. 81, etc. ).
The phrase 'to take forth their patternes' is somewhat obscure, and
seems to have been forced by the necessity for a rhyme.
