Excerpt from Eccentric Mirror, Vol. 3 of 4: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Declaration of Male and Female Characters; Ancient and Modern; Who Have Been Particularly Distinguished by Extraordinary Qualifications, Talents, and Propensities; Natural or Acquired The immediate cause of her hecomirrg the ob jcet o'f Charles's affection is, however, related in a didercrrt manner, as followsz - Ar the duke's theatre, under Killigrew's patent, the celebrated Nokes appeared in a hat larger than that usually assigned to Pistol, which diverted the audience so much as to help off a bad play. Dryden, in re turn, caused a hat to be made of the circumfer ence of a large coach-w heel, and made Mrs. Gwynne deliver an epilogue under it, with the brim stretched out in its utmost horizontal ex tension. No sooner did she appear in this strange dress, than the house was convulsed with laughter. Among the rest, the Kingg ave her the tallest proof of his approbation, by going behind the scenes after the play, and taking her home inhis own coach to sup with him. The pert and viva cions prattle of the orange-wench, had been by degrees refined into such wit as could please the monarch. After this elevation she still continu ed ou the stage, and shew ed great talents iri ex hibiting the airy, fantastic and sprightly produc tions of the; comic muse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.