Shakespearean Playhouses / A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration

by Joseph Quincy Adams

[670] Herbert MS., Malone, Variorum, iii, 237.

[671] Herbert MS., Malone, Variorum, iii, 237.

[672] Lord Chamberlain's Office-Book, Chalmers's Apology, p. 508.

[673] Ibid., p. 509.

[674] The Herbert MS., Malone, Variorum, iii, 238.

[675] Fleay in his elaborate studies of performances at Court ignores it entirely, as do subsequent scholars.

[676] Chalmers, Apology, p. 510.

[677] Herbert MS., Malone, Variorum, iii, 241.

[678] Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fifth Report, p. 200. Pepys, under the date November 20, 1660, gives an anecdote about the King's behavior on this occasion.

[679] He first "got in" on April 20, 1661, "by the favour of one Mr. Bowman." John Evelyn also visited the Cockpit; see his Diary, January 16 and February 11, 1662.