Event Comment: Pepys, Diary: [
Mercer] and I to
the Duke of
York's playhouse, and
there saw
The Tempest, and between two acts, I went out to
Mr Harris, and got him to repeat to me
the words of
the Echo, while I writ
them down, having tried in
the play to have wrote
them; but, when I had done it, having done it, withour looking upon my paper, I find I could not read
the blacklead. But now I have got
the words clear, and, in going in thi
ther, had
the pleasure to see
the actors in
their several dresses, especially
the seamen and monster, which were very droll. So into
the play again. But
there happened one thing which vexed me, which is, that
the orange-woman did come in
the pit, and challenge me for twelve oranges, which she delivered by my order at a late play, at night, to give to some ladies in a box, which was wholly untrue, but yet she swore it to be true. But, however, I did deny it, and did not pay her; but, for quiet, did buy 4s. worth of oranges of her, at 6d. a-piece. Here I first saw my
Lord Ormond since his coming from
Ireland, which is now about eight days