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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2020
A most pleasant and picturesque introduction to the Purcell family is to be found in Pepys' Diary, under date Feb. 21, 1659, where we find this entry: ‘After dinner I back to Westminster Hall with him (Mr. Crewe) in his coach. Here I met with Mr. Lock and Purcell, Masters of Musique, and with them to the Coffee House, into a room next the water by ourselves, where we spent an hour or two‥… Here we had variety of brave Italian and Spanish songs, and a canon for eight voices, which Mr. Lock had lately made on these words, Domine Salvum fac Regem, an admirable thing. … Here out of the window it was a most pleasant sight to see the City from one end to the other with a glory about it, so high was the light of the bonfires, and so thick round the City, and the bells rang everywhere.’
∗ Subsequent to the reading of this paper, a friend directed my attention to Knight's able remarks on Shakspeare's will, satisfactorily proving that Shakspeare's widow was well provided for, and that the special bequest to her, which has commonly been regarded as a slight, was, on the contrary, an additional indication of favour and regard. I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my regret for the injustice done to the memory of Shakspeare.Google Scholar