Note 232a — XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

The entry, which appears in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, was first printed in 1842 in Cunningham’s Extracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court, p. xxxiv. A comparison of Cunningham’s transcript with the original in the Public Record Office (Audit Office—Declared Accounts—Treasurer of the Chamber, bundle 388, roll 41) shows that it is accurate. The Earl of Pembroke was in no way responsible for the performance at Wilton House. At the time, the Court was formally installed in his house (cf. Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1603-10) pp. 47-59), and the Court officers commissioned the players to perform there, and paid all their expenses. The alleged tradition, recently promulgated for the first time by the owners of Wilton, that As You Like It was performed on the occasion, is unsupported by contemporary evidence.