Oberon (and Love Freed) 3

British Library, MS Add. 12498, fols. 33, 35 and 37

Three payments for the masque at Whitehall in the monthly accounts of the Works Office. The accounts appear in a folio-sized volume of correspondence and papers connected to Sir Julius Caesar , including Works Accounts from 1604 to 1614, as well as documentation relating to the Great Wardrobe from 1603 to 1615. Payment in the accounts for Nov. 1610, dated 8 Dec. 1610. One folded sheet, two folios; the accounts occupy p. 1; pp. 2-3, blank; p. 4, subscription. Payment in the accounts for Dec. 1610, dated 12 Jan. 1611. One folded sheet, two folios: the accounts occupy p. 1; pp. 2-3, blank; p. 4, subscription. Payment in the accounts for January 1611, undated. One folded sheet, two folios: the accounts occupy p. 1; pp. 2-3, blank; p. 4, subscription. (Note: the payment in Jan. 1611 may be an anticipatory payment for Love Freed.)

[fol. 33]


viij ^o Decembris 1610

The Charges of workes& reparacions Don on sondry his majes ties howses in ye moneth of November 1610 Vi delicet

Mask at whitehall vij^li xij^s j^d

Total sum spent in Nov. 1610: £2390, 15^s


[fol. 35]


viij ^o xij Ianuarij 1610

The Charges of ye workes and reparacions Don on sondry his majes ties howses in the moneth of December 1610.Vi delicet

The Mask at whitehall Clxiiij^li x^s j^dobolus

Total sum spent in Dec. 1610: £2225, 11^s, 6_d


[fol. 37]

The Charges of the workes and reparacions Don on sondry his Majesties Howses in the month of January 1610 Vi delicet

Maske at whithall Cxxxvj^li xv^s iij^d

[Total sum spent in Jan. 1611: £1381, 14 ^s, 10 ^d ]

Bibliography
H&S, 10.519
Orgel & Strong, 1.205