ON 31 July 1606, a short "eclogue" was performed at the Fleet Conduit in London, as one of a number of events staged by the City of London to celebrate the visit that day of King James and of his brother-in-law King Christian VI of Denmark. In early August 1607, another "eclogue" was performed at Ashby Castle, Leicestershire, as an element within John Marston's Entertainment at Ashby, staged to celebrate the visit of Alice, Dowager Countess of Derby, to her daughter's house there. It ...