side.
Height from floor to ceiling 28 ft.
Height from stage to ceiling about 23 ft. 6 in.
The lower order of the _proscenium_ 10 ft. 6 in.
The upper order of the _proscenium_ 9 ft. 6 in.

The scale on the drawing may not be absolutely correct, as
measured by it the side doors of the _proscenium_ are only
five feet high and two feet nine inches wide: this, however,
may be an error in the drawing, since we have it on very
good authority that Inigo Jones designed without the use of
a scale, proportioning his various members by his
exquisitely critical eye alone, subsequently adding the
dimensions in writing.

[Footnote 668: Reprinted here by the kind permission of Mr. Bell and
the editors of _The Architectural Record_.]

I record below some of the references to the Cockpit which I have
gathered from the Herbert Manuscript and the Office-Books of the Lord
Chamberlain. The earliest payment for plays there, it will be
observed, is dated March 16, 1633. Abundant evidence shows that the
actors gave their performance in the Cockpit at night without
interfering with their regular afternoon performance at their
playhouses, and for their pains received the sum of L10. If, however,
for any reason they "lost their day" at their house they were paid
L20.

1633. March 16. Warrant to pay L270 to John Lowen, Joseph
Taylor, and Eilliard Swanston, His Majesty's Comedians, for
plays by them acted before His Majesty, viz.--L20 for the
rehearsal of one at the Cockpit, by which means they lost
their afternoon at their house....[669]

1634. _Bussy d'Amboise_ was played by the King's Players on
Easter-Monday night, at the Cockpit-in-Court.[670]

1634. The _Pastorall_ was played by the King's Players on
Easter-Tuesday night, at the Cockpit-in-Court.[671]

1635. 10 May. A warrant for L30 unto Mons. Josias Floridor,
for himself and the rest of the French players for three
plays acted by them at the Cockpit.[672]

1635. 10 Decemr.--A warrant for L100 to the Prince's
Comedians,--viz. L60 for three plays acted at Hampton Court,
at L20 for each play, in September and October, 1634. And
L40 for four plays at Whitehall and [_query_ "at"] the
Cockpit in January, February, and May following, at L10 for
each play.[673]

1636. The firs