In the Act of common council of 26 march 1607, the distinction betwen porter packers and street porters is still preserved, and it is provided that no one shall be admitted in any of the tackle-houses of the city, as a master or fellow porter, unless he be a freeman, and be admitted thereunto by the master, wardens and assistants of the company to which the tackle-house belongs;

a flourishing branch […] shall grow out of his appearingly sere and sapless root

Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off.

However, Partridge’s information is second-hand, and requires verification.