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 thither, 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