Note 11 — I DESCENT AND PARENTAGE; CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD (LEYDEN, THE HAGUE, AND RHEENEN, 1630-1650)

Part of a stanza in a song in The Lords’ Masque, accompanying a dance of stars, may be quoted, if only to suggest the contemporary pronunciation of the King’s name:

‘So bravely crown it [the night] with your beams,

That it may live in fame

As long as Rhenus or the Thames

Are known by either name.’