title: The Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn
variant_description: Leaf a4 exists in two states: Greg 310a(*) contains an argument of 14 lines, and there is a catchword [a4r]; Greg 310a(†) contains an argument of 16 lines, a two-line Latin motto, a list of errata, and no catchword. See also Greg 
title_page_title: THE MEMORABLE MASKE of the two Honorable Houses or  Inns of <i>Court</i>; <i>the Middle Temple, and</i> Lyncolns Inne.
title_page_author: Inuented, and fashioned, with the ground, and  speciall structure of the whole worke, By our Kingdomes most Artfull and  Ingenious <i>Architect</i> I<small>NNIGO</small> I<small>ONES</small>. <i>Supplied, Aplied, Digested, and written, By</i> G<small>EO</small>: C<small>HAPMAN</small>.
title_page_performance: <i>As it was performed before the King, at</i> White-Hall  on Shroue Munday at night<i>;</i> being the 15. of February. 1613. At the  Princely celebration of the most Royall <i>Nuptialls of the</i> Palsgraue, <i>and his thrice gratious Princesse</i> Elizabeth.  &c. <i>With  a description of their whole show</i>; <i>in the manner</i> of their  march on horse-backe to the Court from the Maister of the Rolls his house: with  all <i>their right Noble consorts, and most showfull attendants</i>.
title_page_imprint: AT LONDON, Printed  by <i>G. Eld</i>,  for <i>George  Norton</i> and are to be sould at his shoppe neere Temple-bar.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatorie" <i>to</i>: Edward Phelips (<i>speaker of the House of Commons</i>); <i>from</i>: George Chapman [¶2r]
paratext_charachter_list: "The Names of the Speakers" [B1r]
paratext_other_paratexts: "A Hymne to Hymen for the most time-fitted Nuptialls of our thrice gracious Princesse Elizabeth. &c." [E4r]
stationer_entries_in_register: Feb(?) 27, 1613: Entered to George Norton: "A booke called the [<i>blank</i>] of the maske p<i>er</i>formed before the kinge by the gent<i>lemen</i> of the myddle temple and Lincolns Inne".
transcript_modern_spelling: The memorable masque of the two honorable houses or inns of court the middle temple and Lincoln's inn as it was performed before the king at Whitehall on Shrove Monday at night being the 15 of February 1613 at the princely celebration of the most royal nuptials of the Palsgrave and his thrice gracious Princess Elizabeth etc. with a description of their whole show in the manner of their march on horseback to the court from the master of the rolls his house with all their right noble consorts and most showful attendants invented and fashioned with the ground and special structure of the whole work by our kingdom's most artful and ingenious architect Inigo Jones supplied applied digested and written by Geo. Chapman at London printed by G. Eld for George Norton and are to be sold at his shop near Temple bar