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108 Philomusus. ‘Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious summer by the sun of York.’

''Burbage. Very well, I assure you!''

VIII. Twelfth Night, 1602.

Extract from diary of John Manningham, February 2, 1602, alluding to performance in the Middle Temple.

''At our feast we had a play called, much like the or  in Plautus, but most like and near to that in Italian called. A good practice in it to make the steward believe his lady widow was in love with him by counterfeiting a letter in general terms, telling him what she liked best in him, and prescribing his gesture in smiling, his apparel, &c., and then when he came to practice making him believe they took him to be mad.''

IX. Hamlet and Richard II acted at sea, 1607, 1608.

Notes of Captain William Keeling of the East India Co. ship Dragon, off Sierra Leone, 1607, 1608.

''September 5. I sent the interpreter, according to his desire, aboard the, where he broke fast and after came aboard me, where we gave the tragedy of .''

''September 30. Captain Hawkins dined with me, where my companions acted .''

''March 31. I invited Captain Hawkins to a fish''