*p1668 01 11 bridges The Wild Goose Chace.*c1668 01 11 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And wife and $Deb=. to the <i>King's house</i>, there to see <i>The Wild-goose Chase</i>, which I never saw, but have long longed to see it, being a famous play, but as it was yesterday I do find that where I expect most I find least satisfaction, for in this play I met with nothing extraordinary at all, but very dull inventions and designs. $Knepp= come and sat by us, and her talk pleased me a little, she telling me how $Mis Davis= is for certain going away from the <i>Duke's house</i>, $the King= being in love with her; and a house is taken for her, and furnishing; and she hath a ring given her already worth #600: that the King did send several times for $Nelly=, and she was with him, but what he did she knows not; this was a good while ago, and she says that the King first spoiled $Mrs Weaver=, which is very mean, methinks, in a prince, and I am sorry for it, and can hope for no good to the State from having a Prince so devoted to his pleasure. She told me also of a play shortly coming upon the stage, of $Sir Charles Sidly='s, which, she thinks, will be called <i>The Wandering Ladys</i>, a comedy that, she thinks, will be more pleasant; and also another play, called <i>The Duke of Lerma</i>; besides <i>Catelin</i>, which she thinks, for want of the clothes which the King promised them, will not be acted for a good while.