k edom ▁and ▁become ▁more ▁prominent ▁in ▁affairs , ▁she ▁admitted ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁order . ▁In ▁a ▁calculated ▁slight , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁informed ▁of ▁his ▁ad mission ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁invest iture ▁in ▁spring ▁ 1 5 9 7 , ▁the ▁ceremony ▁for ▁which ▁The ▁Mer ry ▁W ives ▁of ▁W inds or ▁was ▁written . ▁Thus ▁references ▁to ▁M ö mp el g ard ' s ▁earlier ▁visit ▁and ▁his ▁not ▁being ▁in ▁W inds or ▁were ▁j okes ▁intended ▁for ▁the ▁play ' s ▁first ▁audience , ▁and ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁Fol io ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁play , ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁private ▁performance , ▁but ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 0 2 ▁Qu arto ▁derived ▁from ▁public ▁the atr ical ▁production . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 6 0 4 ▁King ▁James ▁I ▁sent ▁William ▁D eth ick ▁to ▁invest ▁Frederick ▁in ▁the ▁order , ▁and ▁he ▁presented ▁j ew els ▁including ▁two ▁gar ters ▁with ▁diam onds ▁and ▁rub ies , ▁and ▁two ▁St ▁Georges ▁with ▁diam onds ▁and ▁rub ies , ▁and ▁a ▁gold ▁chain ▁or ▁col lar , ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁London ▁g olds m ith s , ▁John ▁Sp il man ▁and ▁William ▁Her rick . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 9 9 , ▁Frederick ▁I ▁issued ▁an ▁order ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁town ▁should ▁be ▁established ▁at ▁the ▁northern ▁extrem ity ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Forest ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Fre uden stadt . ▁The ▁aim ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁town ▁to