Thence
to White Hall, where I carried my wife to see the Queene in her
presence-chamber; and the maydes of honour and the young Duke of
Monmouth playing at cards. Some of them, and but a few, were
very pretty; though all well dressed in velvet gowns.
31st. Mr. Povy and I to White Hall; he taking me thither on
purpose to carry me into the ball this night before the King. He
brought me first to the Duke's chamber, where I saw him and the
Duchesse at supper; and thence into the room where the ball was
to be, crammed with fine ladies, the greatest of the Court. By
and by comes the King and Queene, the Duke and Duchesse, and all
the great ones: and after seating themselves, the King takes out
the Duchesse of York; and the Duke, the Duchesse of Buckingham;
the Duke of Monmouth, my Lady Castlemaine; and so other lords
other ladies: and they danced the Brantle. [Branle. Espece de
danse de plusieurs personnes qui se tiennent par la main, et qui
se menent tour-a-tour.--DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADEMIE.] After that,
the King led a lady a single Coranto; and then the rest of the
lords, one after another, other ladies: very noble it was, and
great pleasure to see.
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