Event Comment: According to
Robert Withington (
English Pageantry, An Historical Outline,
Cambridge, Mass., 1918, I, 242n), the expense of the entertainment came to #7888 2s. 6d. (See also
Pepys, Diary, and other accounts.)
The Diurnal of Thomas Rugg, ed.
Sachse, pp. 98-99: A lane [was] made in the Citty, made by the livery men of several companyes; and many pageants in the streets...Att
Cheap sid his Majesty beheld a famous pagien, and staid there for som littl space, where were speeches made by the lady paganetts.
Evelyn, Diary: I saw
his Majestie go with as much pompe & splendor as any Earthly prince could do to the greate Citty feast...but the exceeding raine which fell all that day, much eclips'd its luster:...the streets adorn'd with Pageants &c: at immense cost
Performances
Mainpiece Title: London's Glory Represented By Time, Truth, And Fame