. William Shakespere : a biography. [Worcester Catliednd.] A BIOGnArilY. NOTE ON CHRISTENING CUSTOMS. HowKR, in his Continuation of Stows Chronicle, haa this passage: At this time (the fii-styear of Queen Elizabeth), and for many years before, it was not the use and custom, now it is(1631), for godfathers and godmothers genei-ally to give jjlate at the baptism of children (as spoons,cups, and such like), but only to give christening shirts, with little bands and cuffs wrought eitherwith silk or bhie thread; the best of them for chief persons were edged with a small lace of blacksilk and go
. William Shakespere : a biography. [Worcester Catliednd.] A BIOGnArilY. NOTE ON CHRISTENING CUSTOMS. HowKR, in his Continuation of Stows Chronicle, haa this passage: At this time (the fii-styear of Queen Elizabeth), and for many years before, it was not the use and custom, now it is(1631), for godfathers and godmothers genei-ally to give jjlate at the baptism of children (as spoons,cups, and such like), but only to give christening shirts, with little bands and cuffs wrought eitherwith silk or bhie thread; the best of them for chief persons were edged with a small lace of blacksilk and gold, the highest price of which for great mens children was seldom above a noble, andthe common sort two, three, or four and five shillings a-piece. Most of our readers are i^robablyfamiliar with the story of Shaksperes own i:)rcsent as a godfather to the sou of Ben Jonson. It isfound in a manuscript in the British Museum, bearing the title of Merry Passages and Jests,compiled by Sir Nicholas Lestrange. Such parts of this manuscript
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