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lord_n	earl_n	howard_n	thomas_n	16,001	5	8.2226	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33253	Gesta Grayorum, or, The history of the high and mighty prince, Henry Prince of Purpoole ... who reigned and died, A.D. 1594 : together with a masque, as it was presented (by His Highness's command) for the entertainment of Q. Elizabeth, who, with the nobels of both courts, was present thereat.	Canning, William, fl. 1686-1690.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Davison, Francis, 1575?-1619?; Gray's Inn.	1688 (1688)	Wing C444; ESTC R5680	47,507	73

but in a sort discontended and displeased After their Departure the Throngs and Tumults did somewhat cease although so much of them continued as was able to disorder and confound any good Inventions whatsoever In regard whereof as also for that the Sports intended were especially for the gracing of the Templarians it was thought good not to offer any thing of Account saving Dancing and Revelling with Gentlewomen and after such Sports a Comedy of Errors like to Plautus his Menechmus was played by the Players So that Night was begun and continued to the end in nothing but Confusion and Errors whereupon it was ever afterwards called The Night of Errors This mischanceful Accident sorting so ill to the great prejudice of the rest of our Proceedings was a great Discouragement and Disparagement to our whole State yet it gave occasion to the Lawyers of the Prince's Council the next Night after Revels to read a Commission of Oyer and Terminer directed to certain Noble-men and Lords of His Highness's Council and others that they should enquire or cause Enquiry to be made of some great Disorders and Abuses lately done and committed within His Highness's Dominions of Purpoole especially by Sorceries and Inchantments and namely of a great Witchcraft used the Night before whereby there were great Disorders and Misdemeanours by Hurly-burlies Crowds Errors Confusions vain Representations and Shews to the utter Discred●t of our State and Policy The next Night upon this Occasion we preferred Judgments thick and threefold which were read publickly by the Clerk of the Crown being all against a Sorcerer or Conjurer that was supposed to be the Cause of that confused Inconvenience Therein was contained How he had caused the Stage to be built and Scaffolds to be reared to the top of the House to increase Expectation Also how he had caused divers Ladies and Gentlewomen and others of good Condition to be invited to our Sports also our dearest Friend the State of Templaria to be disgraced and disappointed of their kind Entertainment deserved and intended Also that he caused Throngs and Tumults Crowds and Outrages to disturb our whole Proceedings And Lastly that he had ●oisted a Company of base and common Fellows to make up our Disorders with a Play of Errors and Confusions and that that Night had gained to us Discredit and it self a Nick-name of Errors All which were against the Crown and Dignity of our Sovereign Lord the Prince of Purpoole Under Colour of these Proceedings were laid open to the View all the Causes of note that were committed by our chiefest States-men in the Government of our Principality and every Officer in any great Place that had not performed his Duty in that Service was taxed hereby from the highest to the lowest not sparing the Guard and Porters that suffered so many disordered Persons to enter in a● the Court-Gates Upon whose aforesaid Indictments the Prisoner was arra●gned at the Bar being brought thither by the Lieutenant of the Tower for at that time the Stocks were graced with that Name and the Sheriff impannelled a Jury of Twenty four Gentlemen that were to give their Verdict upon the Evidence given The Prisoner appealed to the Prince his Excellency for Justice and humbly desired that it would please His Highness to understand the Truth of the Matter by his Supplication which he had ready to be offered to the Master of the Requests The Prince gave leave to the Master of the Requests that he should read the Petition wherein was a Disclosure of all the Knavery and Juggling of the Attorney and Sollicitor which had brought all this Law-stuff on purpose to blind the Eyes of his Excellency and all the honourable Court there going about to make them think that those things which they all saw and preceived sensibly to be in very deed done and actually performed were nothing else but vain Illusions Fancies Dreams and Enchantments and to be wrought and compass●d by the Means of a poor harmless Wretch that never had heard of such great Matters in all his Life Whereas the very Fault was in the Negligence of the Prince's Council Lords and Officers of his State that had the Rule of the Roast and by whose Advice the Commonwealth was so soundly mis-governed To prove these things to be true he ●rought divers Instances of great Absurdities committed by the greatest and made such Allegations as could not be denied These were done by some that were touched by the Attorn●y and Sollicitor in their former Proceedings and they used the Prisoners Names for means of Quittance with them in that behalf But the Prince and States-men being pinched on both sides by both the Parties were not a little offended at the great Liberty that they had taken in censuring so far of His Highness's Government and thereupon the Prisoner was freed and pardoned the Attorney Sollicitor Master of the Requests and those that were a●quainted with the Draught of the Petition were all of them commanded to the Tower so the Lieutenant took charge of them And this was the End of our Law-sports concerning the Night of Errors When we were wearied with mocking thus at our own Follies at length there was a great Consultation had for the Recovery of our lost Honour It was then concluded that first the Prince's Council should be reformed and some graver Conceipts should have their places to advise upon those things that were propounded to be done afterward Therefore upon better Consideration there were divers Plots and Devices intended against the Friday after New-years-day being the 3 d. of Ianuary And to prevent all unruly Tumults and former Inconveniences there was provided a Watch of Armed Men to ward at the four Ports and Whifflers to make good Order under the four Barons and the Lord Warden to over-see them all that none but those that were of good Condition might be suffered to be let into the Court And the like Officers were every where appointed On the 3 d. of Ianuary at Night there was a most honourable Presence of Great and Noble Personages that came as invited to our Prince as namely the Right Honourable the Lord Keeper the Earls of Shrewsbury Cumberland Northumberland Southampton and Essex the Lords Buckhurst Windsor Mountjoy Sheffield Compton Rich Burleygh Mounteagle and the Lord Thomas Howard Sir Thomas Henneage Sir Robert Cecill with a great number of Knights Ladies and very worshipful Personages All which had convenient Places and very good Entertainment to their good Liking and Contentment When they were all thus placed and setled in very good Order the Prince came into the Hall with his wonted State and ascended his Throne at the high End of the Hall under His Highness's Arms and after him came the Ambassador of Templaria with his Train likewise and was placed by the Prince as he was before his Train also had Places reserved for them and were provided for them particularly Then after variety of Musick they were presented with this Device At