title: The Magnificent Entertainment Given to King James (The Entertainment through London)
title_page_title: THE MAGNIFICENT Entertainment: Giuen to King <i>Iames</i>, Queen <i>Anne</i> his wife, and <i>Henry Frederick</i> the Prince, ... <i>With the speeches and Songes, deliuered in the seue</i>rall Pageants.
title_page_author: Tho. Dekker.
title_page_performance: vpon the day of his Maiesties Tryumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his Honourable Citie (and Chamber) of <i>London</i>, being the 15. of March. 1603. <i>As well by the English as by the Strangers</i>:
title-page_latin_motto: [in single column] Mart. <i>Templa Deis, mores populis dedit, otia ferro,</i> | <i>Astra suis, Cœlo sydera, serta Ioui</i>.
title_page_imprint: Imprinted at London by T. C. for Tho. Man the yonger. 1604.
paratext_charachter_list: "The Personages" [C1r]
paratext_other_paratexts: Note on the workmanship for the entertainment, mentioning "William Frisefield. George Mosse. Iohn Knight. Paul Isacson. Samuell Goodrick. Richard Wood. George Heron" as "those that gaue the maine direction, and vndertooke for the whole busines" and "Ouer whom, Stephen Harrison Ioyner was appointed chiefe; who was the sole Inuenter of the Architecture" [I3v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Apr 2, 1604: Entered to Thomas Man (2): "A Booke Called. The magnificent Entertainem<sup>t</sup>. gyven to .K. Iames. Q. Anne his wife. and Henr<i>y</i> ffriderick the prince vppon the day of his ma<sup>t<i>es</i></sup> triu<i>m</i>phant passage from the tower through his hon<i>our</i>able City & chamb<i>er</i> of London. the 15 of m<i>ar</i>che 1603".<br />May 14, 1604: Ordered in the dispute between Edward Blount and Thomas Man (2) about the book of the pageants, that Blount shall deliver his remaining stock of four hundred copies to Man at the rate of 6s. a ream: "ffor thendinge of the controu<i>er</i>sie betwene them about the booke of the pageant<i>es</i> yt is ordered that Edw Blunt shall delyu<i>er</i> all his Remayno<sup>r</sup> thereof, (w<sup>ch</sup> he saieth are 400) to Tho man. Receavinge of hym vj<sup>s</sup> for euery Reame thereof. W<sup>ch</sup> yt is ordered that the said Tho Man shall pay vnto him" (Court Book C, fol. 3<sup>b</sup>).
stationer_additional_notes: For the printers of this edition, see R. Malcolm Smuts, "The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment," in <i>Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture</i>, 498-501.
transcript_modern_spelling: The magnificent entertainment given to king James Queen Anne his wife and Henry Frederick the Prince upon the day of his majesty's triumphant passage from the tower through his honorable city and chamber of London being the 15 of March 1603 as well by the English as by the strangers with the speeches and songs delivered in the several pageants mart. Templa deis mores populis dedit otia ferro astra suis caelo sidera serta iovi Tho. Dekker Imprinted at London by T.C. for Tho. Man the younger 1604