"On Saturday last was sevennight . . . . on the motion of Sir Chas. Percy, they went all together to the Globe over the water, where the Lord Chamberlain’s men used to play, and were there somewhat before the play began, Sir Charles telling them that the play would be of Harry the Fourth.
Cannot say whether Sir John Danvers was there or not, but he said he would be if he could; thinks it was Sir Charles Percy who procured that play to be played at that time. The play was of King Henry the Fourth, and of the killing of Richard the Second, and played by the Lord Chamberlain’s players. (S.P. Dom. Eliz. 1509-1601, vol. CCLXXVIII, art. 78” (Albright 688, 689).
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