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acted, having taken refuge in
the sanctuary which also ex¬
isted here, from the persecu¬
tions of the city magistrates,
who feared, during the pre¬
valence of the plague, to have
large assemblies of people
brought together. In the
seventeenth century Black¬
friars seems to have been a
favourite resort of artists, and
we find Isaac Oliver, the
miniaturist, Cornelius Jansen,
and Anthony Vandyck, all
CYUEY AS sie
This tower was a long way to westward
of the house, which, as is well known,
was the residence of the mother of
Edward IV and Richard III, and is
several times mentioned by Shake¬
speare, who must have often seen it.
It was still standing when the great
dramatist had a share in the theatre
Burbage adapted from some of the
buildings of the priory. Playhouse
Yard, part of the 7Zzmes Office, still
marks the place where the Earl of
Leicester’s servants, as they were called,
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