My onely and greatest care hath BYN of long tyme to knowe or thinke how and upon whome to bestow the dedication of this my small labour.
"The Old English Herbals"
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
As we find Lord Strange's company preparing to act in the winter-time of 1589 at the Crosskeys, when they were refused permission to do so by the Lord Mayor, and as we know also that-as the Lord Chamberlain's men-in 1594, after their separation from Henslowe, they again sought leave to act there in the winter season, we may infer that Burbage's men used this same inn for winter performances previous to 1589. Lord Hunsdon's letter to the Lord Mayor in December 1594, referring to the Crosskeys, reads: Where my now company of players have BYN accustomed ...
"Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592"
Arthur Acheson
To whom Sir John Perrott answered, And it lyke your Majestie, I did not thinck that your Highness had BYN there.
"Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592"
Arthur Acheson
