[631] Halliwell-Phillipps, A Collection of Ancient Documents, p. 27.
[632] See Mrs. Stopes's extracts from the Lord Chamberlain's books, in the Shakespeare Jahrbuch (1910), xlvi, 97. This entry probably led Cunningham to say (The Shakespeare Society's Papers, iv, 92) that Blagrove was "Master of the Children of the Revels in the reign of Charles I."
[633] For Dorset's interest in the matter see Cunningham, The Shakespeare Society's Papers, iv, 96.
[634] In December, 1631; see Malone, Variorum, iii, 178.
[635] Malone, Variorum, iii, 178.
[636] The Cockpit, for which Shirley had been writing.
[637] Cf. "new poets" of Marmion's Prologue.
[638] An allusion to the smallness of the Salisbury Court Playhouse?
[639] Malone, Variorum, iii, 232. But Malone was a careless transcriber, and Herbert himself sometimes made errors. Possibly the correct date is January 10, 1631.
[640] Ibid., iii, 178.