On the marriage of the lady Elizabeth, daughter of king James I., to prince Frederick, the elector palatine, (Feb. 14th, A . D . 1613,) a masque was performed at court by the gentlemen of the Temple, and shortly after, twenty Templars were appointed barristers there inhon our of prince Charles, who had lately become prince of Wales, " the chardges thereof being defrayed by a contribution of xxxs. from each bencher, xvs. from enery barister of seauen years' standing, and xs. a peice from all other gentlemen in commons."* Of all tbe pageants prepared for the entertainment of the sovereigns of England, the most famous one was that splendid masque, which cost upwards of £20,000, presented by the Templars, in conjunction with the members of Lincoln's Inn and Gray's Inn, to king Charles L, and his young queen, Henrietta of France. Whitelock, in his Memorials, gives a minute and most animated account of this masque, which will be read with interest, as affording a characteristic and admirable exhibition of the manners of the age The procession from the Temple to the palace of Whitehall was the most magnificent that had ever been seen in London. " One hundred gentlemen in very rich clothes, with scarce anything to be seen on them but gold and silver lace, were mounted on the best horses and the best furniture that the king's stable and the stables of all the noblemen in town could afford." Each gentleman had a page and two lacqueys in livery waiting by hie horse's side. The lacqueys carried torches, and the page his master's cloak. " The richness of their apparel and furniture glittering by the light of innumerable torches, the motion and stirring of their mettled horses, and the many and gay liveries oftheir servants, bnt especially the personal beauty and gallantry of the * Dngd. Orig. Sana., p. ISO. Ex registro Hosp. In. Temp. f. 123.