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Collier is accused at least of "inaccuracy" and "ignorance" on account of some of these variations. Thus, in Mrs. Alleyn's Letter, she says that a boy "would have borrowed x's." Collier reads "would have borrowed x'li." Whereupon Mr. Duffus Hardy, Assistant Keeper of the Public Records, produces this as one of "the most striking" of Mr.
"Rewards; to m'r. Harefield: p m'r. Andr. Mr. Lyllye's man got ten shillings, then, for his job, very princely pay in those days. But Mr. Lillye's man, which brought the lotterye box to Harefield x'li." ten pounds! the same sum that Mr. Collier made Mr. Chaloner's boy ask of Mrs. Alleyn. In other words, according to Mr.
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