[Footnote 10: Abraham Ivory had formerly been a considerable actor of women's parts; but afterwards stupefied himself so far, with drinking strong waters, that, before the first acting of this farce, he was fit for nothing but to go of errands; for which, and mere charity, the company allowed him a weekly salary.] [Footnote 11: _Drake, Sen._ "Draw up our men; And in low whispers give our orders out." "Play House to be Let," p. 100. See the "Amorous Prince," pp. 20, 22, 39, 69, where all the chief commands, and directions, are given in whispers.] [Footnote 12: Mr. William Wintershull was a most excellent, judicious actor; and the best instructor of others; he died in July, 1679.] [Footnote 13: He was a great taker of snuff; and made most of it himself.] [Footnote 14: "The Lost Lady," by Sir Robert Stapleton.] [Footnote 15: Compare this with Prince Leonidas in "Marriage A-la-mode."] [Footnote 16: In imitation of this passage:-- "As some fair tulip, by a storm opprest, Shrinks up, and folds its silken arms to rest; And, bending to the blast, all pale, and dead, Hears from within the wind sing round its head: So shrouded up your beauty disappears; Unveil, my love, and lay aside your fears: The storm, that caus'd your fright, is past and gone." "Conquest of Granada," Part i. p. 55.] [Footnote 17: Such easy turns of state are frequent in our modern plays; where we see princes dethroned, and governments changed, by very feeble means, and on slight occasions: particularly in "Marriage A-la-mode;" a play writ since the first publication of this farce. Where (to pass by the dulness of the state-part, the obscurity of the comic, the near resemblance Leonidas bears to our Prince Prettyman, being sometimes a king's son, sometimes a shepherd's; and not to question how Amalthea comes to be a princess, her brother, the king's great favourite, being but a lord) it is worth our while to observe, how easily the fierce and jealous usurper is deposed, and the right heir placed on the throne; and it is thus related by the said imaginary princess:-- "_Amalth._ Oh, gentlemen! if you have loyalty, Or courage, show it now. Leonidas, Broke on a sudden from his guards, and snatching A sword from one, his back against the scaffold, Bravely defends himself; and owns aloud He is our long lost king, found for this moment; But, if your valours help not, lost for ever. Two of his guards mov'd by the sense of virtue, Are turn'd for him; and there they stand at bay, Against a host of foes."--"Marriage A-la-mode," p. 61. This shows Mr. Bayes to be a man of constancy, and firm to his resolution, and not to be laughed out of his own method; agreeable to what he says in the next act: "As long as I know my things are good, what care I what they say?"] [Footnote 18: