Transcriber’s Note: This book contains some very large tables. A wide screen is necessary to view these. THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE VOL. IV Oxford University Press _London_ _Edinburgh_ _Glasgow_ _Copenhagen_ _New York_ _Toronto_ _Melbourne_ _Cape Town_ _Bombay_ _Calcutta_ _Madras_ _Shanghai_ Humphrey Milford Publisher to the UNIVERSITY [Illustration: DESIGN BY INIGO JONES FOR THE COCKPIT THEATRE AT WHITEHALL NOW IN THE LIBRARY OF WORCESTER COLLEGE OXFORD] THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE BY E. K. CHAMBERS. VOL. IV OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M.CMXXIII Printed in England CONTENTS VOLUME IV PAGE XXIV. ANONYMOUS WORK 1 A. Plays 1 B. Masks 55 C. Receptions and Entertainments 60 APPENDICES A. A Court Calendar 75 B. Court Payments 131 C. Documents of Criticism 184 D. Documents of Control 259 E. Plague Records 345 F. The Presence-Chamber at Greenwich 351 G. Serlio’s _Trattato sopra le Scene_ 353 H. _The Gull’s Hornbook_ 365 I. Restoration Testimony 369 K. Academic Plays 373 L. Printed Plays 379 M. Lost Plays 398 N. Manuscript Plays 404 INDEXES I. Plays 409 II. Persons 425 III. Places 445 IV. Subjects 454 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Design for Cockpit Theatre at Whitehall. By Inigo Jones. From Library of Worcester College, Oxford _Frontispiece_ The _Profilo_ or Section of a Stage. From Sebastiano Serlio, _Architettura_ (1551) p. 354 The _Pianta_ or Ground-Plan of a Stage (_ibid._) p. 357 Elevation of a _Scena Comica_ (_ibid._) p. 359 Elevation of a _Scena Tragica_ (_ibid._) p. 361 Elevation of a _Scena Satyrica_ (_ibid._) p. 362