Item genre: Masque

Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham: MS Portland PwV 23
The Kings Entertainment ()
(Author)William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
(Author) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

Item 7 (Drama, Masque), fols 4r-12r


(Author?) William Cavendish
(Scribe) John Rolleston

The King's Entertainment

The First Scene

Enter a sick Poet brought in by two in a Chair

...

Thus is our King, our happiest fate.

[The untitled entertainment is copied out by John Rolleston, secretary to the Duke of Newcastle.]


Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham: MS Portland PwV 23
The Kings Entertainment ()
(Author)William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
(Author) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

Item 8 (Drama, Masque), fols. 13r-15v


(Author?) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

The Lotterie

Where a throng of People comes in to draw

Like a Company of Fools

...

An Ass to lose his plate.

[Within this entertainment are a few songs and poems which are detailed as separate items below.]