the king, Pour les habits, elle n'avoit jamais rien veu de fi brave.'

Buffy d'Amboife was playd by the king's players on Eafter-monday night, at the Cockpitt in court. "The Paftorall was playd by the king's players on Eafter-tusday night, at the Cockpitt in court.

"I committed Cromes, a broker in Longe Lane, the 16 of Febru. 1634, to the Marshalfey, for lending a church-robe with the name of JESUS upon it to the players in Salisbury Court, to prefent a Flamen, a priest of the heathens. Upon his petition of fubmiffion, and acknowledgment of his faulte, I releasd him, the 17 Febr. 1634.

"The Second part of Arviragus and Philicia playd at court the 16 Febru. 1635, with great approbation of K. and Queene.

"The Silent Woman playd at Court of St. James on thursday ye 18 Febr. 1635.

"On Wensday the 23 of Febru. 1635, the Prince d'Amours gave a mafque to the Prince Elector and his brother, in the Middle Temple, wher the Queene was pleafd to grace the entertaynment by putting of majefty to putt on a citizens habitt, and to fett upon the scaffold on the right hande amongst her fubjects.

"The queene was attended in the like habitts by the Marques Hamilton, the Countefs of Denbighe, the Countefs of Holland, and the Lady Elizabeth Feildinge. Mrs. Baffe, the law-woman,' leade in this royal citizen and her company.

"The Earle of Holland, the Lord Goringe, Mr. Percy, and Mr. Jermyn, were the men that attended.

"The Prince Elector fatt in the midft, his

2 i. e. the woman who had the care of the hall belonging to the Middle Temple.

brother Robert on the right hand of him, and the Prince d'Amours on the left.

"The Mafque was very well performd in the dances, fcenes, cloathinge, and mufique, and the Queene was pleasd to tell mee at her going away, that she liked it very well.

Henry Laufe

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"William Laufe made the mufique.

"Mr. Corfeilles made the scenes.

"Loves Aftergame, played at St. James by the Salisbury Court players, the 24 of Feb. 1635. "The Dukes Miftres played at St. James the 22 of Feb. 1635. Made by Sherley.

"The fame day at Whitehall I acquainted king Charles, my master, with the danger of Mr. Hunts fickness, and moved his Majefty, in cafe he dyed, that he would bee pleasd to give mee leave to commend a fitt man to fucceede him in his place of Yeoman of the Revells.

"The kinge tould mee, that till then he knew not that Will Hunt held a place in the Revells. To my request he was pleasd to give mee this anfwer. Well, fays the king, I will not difpofe of it, or it shall not be difpofed of, till I heare you. Ipfiffimis verbis. Which I enter here as full of grace, and for my better remembrance, finfe my master's custom affords not so many words, nor fo fignificant.

"The 28 Feb. The Knight of the Burning Peftle playd by the Q. men at St. James.

"The first and fecond part of Arviragus and Philicia were acted at the Cockpitt, [Whitehall] before the Kinge and Queene, the Prince, and

3 The Proxy, or Love's Aftergame, was produced at the theatre at Salisbury-court, November 24, 1634.

Prince Elector, the 18 and 19 Aprill, 1636, being monday and tufday in Eafter weeke.

"At the increase of the plague to 4 within the citty and 54 in all.-This day the 12 May, 1636, I received a warrant from my lord Chamberlin for the fuppreffing of playes and fhews, and at the fame time delivered my feverall warrants to George Wilfon for the four companys of players, to be ferved upon them.

"At Hampton Court, 1636.

"The first part of Arviragus, Monday Afternoon, 26 Decemb.

"The fecond part of Arviragus, tufday 27 Decemb.

"Love and Honour, on New-years night, fonday.

"The Elder Brother, on thurfday the 5 Janua. "The Kinge and no Kinge, on tufday ye 10 Janua. "The Royal Slave, on thurfday the 12 of Janu. -Oxford play, written by Cartwright. The king gave him forty pounds.

"

Rollo, the 24 Janu.

Julius Cæfar, at St. James, the 31 Janu. 1636. Cupides Revenge, at St. James, by Beefton's boyes, the 7 Febru.

"A Wife for a monthe, by the K. players, at St. James, the 9 Febru.

Wit without money, by the B. boyes at St. James, the 14 Feb.

"The Governor, by the K. players, at St. James, the 17 Febru. 1636.

"Philafter, by the K. players, at St. James, fhrov-tufday, the 21 Febru. 1636.

"On thursday morning the 23 of February the bill of the plague made the number at forty foure, upon which decreafe the king gave the players their

liberty, and they began the 24 February 1636. [1636-7.]

"The plague encreasinge, the players laye ftill untill the 2 of October, when they had leave to play.

"Mr. Beefton was commanded to make a company of boyes, and began to play at the Cockpitt with them the fame day.

"I difpofed of Perkins, Sumner, Sherlock and Turner, to Salfbury Court, and joynd them with the best of that company.

"Received of Mr. Lowens for my paines aboutMeffinger's play called The King and the Subject, 2 June, 1638, £. 1. 0. 0.

"The name of The King and the Subject is altered, and I allowed the play to bee acted, the reformations most strictly obferved, and not otherwise, the 5th of June, 1638.

"At Greenwich the 4 of June, Mr. W. Murray, gave mee power from the king to allowe of the play, and tould me that hee would warant it.

"Monys? Wee'le ray fe fupplies what ways we please,
"And force you to subscribe to blanks, in which
"We'le mulet you as wee fhall thinke fitt. The Cæfars
"In Rome were wife, acknowledginge no lawes
"But what their fwords did ratifye, the wives
"And daughters of the fenators bowinge to
"Their wills, as deities," &c.

"This is a peece taken out of Phillip Meffingers play, called The King and the Subject, and enterd here for ever to bee rememberd by my son and those that caft their eyes on it, in honour of Kinge Charles, my mafter, who, readinge over the play at Newmarket, fet his marke upon the place with his owne hande, and in thes words:

This is too infolent, and to bee changed.'

"Note, that the poett makes it the speech of a king, Don Pedro king of Spayne, and spoken to his fubjects.

"On thursday the 9 of Aprill, 1640, my Lord Chamberlen beftow'd a play on the Kinge and Queene, call'd Cleodora, Queene of Arragon, made by my cozen Abington. It was performd by my lords fervants out of his own family, and his charge in the cloathes and fceanes, which were very riche and curious. In the hall at Whitehall.

"The king and queene commended the generall entertaynment, as very well acted, and well fet

out.

It was acted the fecond tyme in the fame place before the king and queene.

"At Eafter 1640, the Princes company went to the Fortune, and the Fortune company to the Red Bull.

"On Monday the 4 May, 1640, William Beeston was taken by a meffenger, and committed to the Marfhalfey, by my Lord Chamberlens warant, for playinge a playe without licenfe. The fame day the company at the Cockpitt was commanded by my Lord Chamberlens warant to forbeare playinge, for playinge when they were forbidden by mee, and for other difobedience, and laye ftill monday, tufday, and wensday. On thursday at my Lord Chamberlens entreaty I gave them their liberty, and upon their petition of fubmiffion fubfcribed by the players, I reftored them to their liberty on thurfday.

"The play I cald for, and, forbiddinge the playinge of it, keepe the booke, because it had relation to the paffages of the K.s journey into the Northe, and was complaynd of by his M.tye to mee, with commande to punishe the offenders.