*p1661 04 20 atcourt The Humorous Lieutenant.*c1661 04 20 atcourt <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: So back to the <i>Cockpitt</i> [<i>Whitehall</i>], and there, by the favour of one $Mr Bowman=, he [$Creed=] and I got in, and there saw $the King=, and $Duke of York and his Duchess= (which is a plain woman, and like her mother, my <i>Lady Chancellor</i>). And so saw <i>The Humersome Lieutenant</i> acted before the King, but not very well done. But my pleasure was great to see the manner of it, and so many great beauties, but above all $Mrs Palmer=, with whom the King do discover a great deal of familiarity. Sometime before the Coronation of <i>Charles II</i>, on 23 April 1661, there may have been acted <i>The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver</i>. An edition of 1661 refers to its being "often publikely acted by some of <i>his Majesties Comedians</i>" and the Dedication suggests that it would make a good entertainment at the mirthful time of the Coronation. The edition lists no actors' names, no prologue, no epilogue.