*p1694 01 10 dg The Prophetess; or, The History of Dioclesian. See May 1693.*c1694 01 10 dg The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is indicated in the <i>Newdigate newsletters</i>, 11 Jan. 1693@4: On Tuesday the $Prince of Baden= dyned with ye $D of Linster= and yesterday $his Highness= saw the new Opera called <i>Diaclessia</i> acted at the <i>Ks play house</i> ($Wilson=, <i>More Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 59). There is, however, some uncertainty about this performance. In the first place, <i>Dioclesian</i> was not a new play, although new songs frequently appeared in it. In the second place, $Dryden='s new play, <i>Love Triumphant</i>, was ready for its premiere about this time, and the compiler of the Newdigate newsletters might have been mistaken in identifying the play. Yet the certain performance of <i>The Double Dealer</i> on 13 Jan. 1693@4 would be an awkward interruption of the initial run of <i>Love Triumphant</i> if it were the new play the Newdigate newsletters refer to. It seems likely, then, that <i>Love Triumphant</i> did not make its first appearance until mid-January. In <i>Thesaurus Musicus</i>, 1694, is a new song in <i>The Prophetess</i>, Act III, <i>When first I saw the bright Aurelia's eyes</i>, set by $Henry Purcell= and sung by $Mrs Ayliff=. It is also in <i>Joyful Cuckoldom</i> 1695. In the latter compilation are three other songs for this play: <i>Since from my dear</i>, sung by $Mrs Hudson= "in <i>the Prophetess</i>, as it is newly reviv'd," set by $Henry Purcell=; <i>Let monarchs fight</i>, the words by $Thomas Betterton=, the music by Henry Purcell, and sung by $Freeman=; <i>Let ye soldiers</i>, the words by Thomas Betterton, set by Henry Purcell, and sung by Freeman.