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03 January 1662

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn
Theatrical Season: 1661-1662
Volume: 1
Comments: [The edition of 1662 suggests that this was a ballet, the text offering description or synopses of the entries. Edition of 1662: Being part of that Magnificent Entertainment by the Noble Prince, DelaGrange, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolns Inn. Presented to the High and Mighty Charles II, Monarch of Great Britain, France and Ireland. On Friday 3 of January 1662. Evelyn, Diary: After Prayers I went to Lond: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn: where came also the King, Duke, &c.: beginning with a grand Masquev and a formal Pleading before the mock-princes (Grandes), Nobles & Knights of the Sunn: He had his L. Chancelor, Chamberlaine, Treasurer, & other royal officers gloriously clad & attended, which ended in a magnificent Banquet: one Mr John? Lort, being the young spark, who maintained the Pageantrie. Pepys, Diary: While I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being gone to Lincoln's Inn this afternoon to see the Revells there; there being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles and other matters of sport and charge. John Ward (notebooks, 6 Jan.): I saw a Leopard and the same day as strange a sight which was the mock prince of Lincolnes' Inne his Nobels his Knights of the Garter and his other officers (Shakespeare Quarterly, XI [1960], 494)

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    *p?li [Greek words% Universal Motion. *c?li [The edition of 1662 suggests that this was a ballet, the text offering description or synopses of the entries. Edition of 1662: Being part of that Magnificent Entertainment by the Noble Prince, $DelaGrange=, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolns Inn. Presented to the High and Mighty <i>Charles II</i>, Monarch of <i>Great Britain</i>, <i>France</i> and <i>Ireland</i>. On Friday 3 of January 1662. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: After Prayers I went to <i>Lond</i>: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn: where came also $the King=, $Duke=, &c.: beginning with a <i>grand Masque</i>v and a formal Pleading before the mock-princes (Grandes), Nobles & Knights of the Sunn: He had his <i>L. Chancelor</i>, <i>Chamberlaine</i>, Treasurer, & other royal officers gloriously clad & attended, which ended in a magnificent Banquet: one $Mr John? Lort=, being the young spark, who maintained the Pageantrie. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: While I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being gone to <i>Lincoln's Inn</i> this afternoon to see the Revells there; there being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles and other matters of sport and charge. $John Ward= (notebooks, 6 Jan.): I saw a Leopard and the same day as strange a sight which was the mock prince of Lincolnes' Inne his Nobels his <i>Knights of the Garter</i> and his other officers (<i>Shakespeare Quarterly</i>, XI [1960], 494).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1662 01 03 li Greek words Universal Motion.*c1662 01 03 li [The edition of 1662 suggests that this was a ballet, the text offering description or synopses of the entries. Edition of 1662: Being part of that Magnificent Entertainment by the Noble Prince, $DelaGrange=, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolns Inn. Presented to the High and Mighty <i>Charles II</i>, Monarch of <i>Great Britain</i>, <i>France</i> and <i>Ireland</i>. On Friday 3 of January 1662. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: After Prayers I went to <i>Lond</i>: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn: where came also $the King=, $Duke=, &c.: beginning with a <i>grand Masque</i>v and a formal Pleading before the mock-princes (Grandes), Nobles & Knights of the Sunn: He had his <i>L. Chancelor</i>, <i>Chamberlaine</i>, Treasurer, & other royal officers gloriously clad & attended, which ended in a magnificent Banquet: one $Mr John? Lort=, being the young spark, who maintained the Pageantrie. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: While I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being gone to <i>Lincoln's Inn</i> this afternoon to see the Revells there; there being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles and other matters of sport and charge. $John Ward= (notebooks, 6 Jan.): I saw a Leopard and the same day as strange a sight which was the mock prince of Lincolnes' Inne his Nobels his <i>Knights of the Garter</i> and his other officers (<i>Shakespeare Quarterly</i>, XI [1960], 494).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 208 | 16620103 | li | [The edition of 1662 suggests that this was a ballet, the text offering description or synopses of the entries. Edition of 1662: Being part of that Magnificent Entertainment by the Noble Prince, $DelaGrange=, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolns Inn. Presented to the High and Mighty <i>Charles II</i>, Monarch of <i>Great Britain</i>, <i>France</i> and <i>Ireland</i>. On Friday 3 of January 1662. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: After Prayers I went to <i>Lond</i>: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn: where came also $the King=, $Duke=, &c.: beginning with a <i>grand Masque</i>v and a formal Pleading before the mock-princes (Grandes), Nobles & Knights of the Sunn: He had his <i>L. Chancelor</i>, <i>Chamberlaine</i>, Treasurer, & other royal officers gloriously clad & attended, which ended in a magnificent Banquet: one $Mr John? Lort=, being the young spark, who maintained the Pageantrie. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: While I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being gone to <i>Lincoln's Inn</i> this afternoon to see the Revells there; there being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles and other matters of sport and charge. $John Ward= (notebooks, 6 Jan.): I saw a Leopard and the same day as strange a sight which was the mock prince of Lincolnes' Inne his Nobels his <i>Knights of the Garter</i> and his other officers (<i>Shakespeare Quarterly</i>, XI [1960], 494)
    Performance: 208 | 208 | p | Greek Words Universal Motion

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 03 January 1662 at Lincoln's Inn." London Stage Database. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=208.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 03 January 1662 at Lincoln's Inn." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=208. Accessed 28 March 2025.