Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell. Bridge

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i. e., stuttering; originally stot, from the German stottern. To "stut" is still used in Cheshire dialect, (v. Wilbraham's Glossary of Cheshire Words.)

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It may have been because he was a Roman Catholic and his name would not have been welcome to Elizabeth.

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Now published. Edited by Mr. Fuller Maitland and Mr. Barclay Squire.

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Mr Arkwright gives us an interesting bit of information in connection with Morley and Shakespeare. "Morley lived in St Peter's, Bishopsgate, between 1596 and 1601, and his name appears in two Rolls of Assessments for Subsidies. In the earlier of these documents is the name of William Shakespeare, his goods being valued at the same amount as Morley's. He and Shakespeare both appealed against the assessment, and it may be supposed some amount of personal intercourse existed between them."