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 Denmarke. By H. Roberts. For William Welby. [Epistle to Sir John Jolles, signed 'H. Roberts'.] Editions in Nichols, James (1828), ii. 75, and Harleian Miscellany, ix. 440. C  Jonson's Entertainment of the King of Denmark at Theobalds (cf. ch. xxiii). D S. R. 1606, Aug. 8 (Hartwell). 'A booke called the Kinge of Denmarkes welcomme into England &c.' Edward Allde (Arber, iii. 327). 1606. The King of Denmarkes welcome: Containing his arriual, abode, and entertainement, both in the Citie and other places. Edward Allde.

Extracts in Nichols, James (1828), iv. 1072. There are also an account in Stowe, Annales, 885, and a ''Relatio oder Erzehlung wie  Christianus IV, &c. im Königreich Engellandt angelanget'' (1607, Hamburg). For the itinerary cf. App. A. Bond, Lyly, i. 505, prints a song at Theobalds on 24 July and a pastoral dialogue in Fleet Street on 31 July as possibly Lyly's.  ''The Christmas Prince. 1607-8''

[MS.] St. John's College, Oxford, MS. 'A True and Faithfull Relation of the Risinge and Fall of Thomas Tucker, Prince of Alba Fortunata, Lord of St. John's,' &c. The writer is said (D. N. B.) to be Griffin Higgs, but the evidence is inadequate. Edition [by P. Bliss], An Account of the Christmas Prince (1816, Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana). Another is planned in M. S. R.

This is the narrative of a lordship of misrule at St. John's during the Christmas of 1607-8. The MS. includes the text of a number of plays and shows. Unfortunately Bliss omits the text of these, with the exception of one called The Seven Days of the Week. The others were Ara Fortunae, Saturnalia, Philomela, Time's Complaint, Somnium Fundatoris, Philomathes, Yuletide, Ira seu Tumulus Fortunae, Periander (an English play). Others were planned, but not given; cf. Mediaeval Stage, i. 409. ''Chesters Triumph. 23 April 1610''

S. R. 1610, June 12 (Wilson). 'A booke called Chesters Triumph in honour of ye Prince, as it was performed vpon Saincte Georges Day 1610 in thaforesayd Citty.' John Browne (Arber, iii. 436).

1610. Chesters Triumph in Honor of her Prince. As it was performed vpon S. Georges Day 1610, in the foresaid Citie. For I. B. [The name of Robert Amerie appears at the end. A preface and one poem are by R. Davies.]

Editions in Nichols, James, ii. 291 (1828), and in Chetham Soc. publications (1844).