Note 744 — VII THE COURT PLAY
Reading edition
In 1571-2, 'curtyn ringes' (Feuillerat, Eliz. 140); in 1573-4, 'poles and shivers for draft of the curtins before the senat howse ... curtyn ringes ... edging the curtins with ffrenge ... tape and corde for the same' (200); in 1576-7, 'a lyne to draw a curteyne' (275); in 1580-1, a purchase of 8 ells of orange taffeta double sarcenet at 10s an ell for a curtain for a play (338); in 1584-5 'one greate curteyne' of sarcenet for Phillyda and Corin (365).