Dec. 27. =Paul’s= (Alcmaeon).

Dec. 28. =Leicester’s= (Mamillia).

1574

Jan. 1. =Westminster= (Truth, Faithfulness, and Mercy). Mask (Foresters and Wild Men).

Jan. 3. =Clinton’s= (Herpetulus the Blue Knight and Perobia).

Jan. 6. =Windsor Chapel= (Quintus Fabius). Mask (Sages).

Jan. 12. Hampton Court.[189]

Feb. 2. =Merchant Taylors= (Timoclea at the Siege of Thebes by Alexander). Mask (Virtues) not shown.

Feb. 18–20. Visits to Earl of Lincoln and to Osterley (Sir Thomas Gresham).[190]

Feb. 21–23 (S.). Queen entertained privately by neighbours.[191]