F.
Fac similes. See Forgery.
"Falstaff in love," order for, [309], [310].
Family of Shakespeare, not zealous of their relative's reputation, [083].
Farmer, Dr., his solution of the Shakespearean difficulty, [181].
Specimen of, [182].
His theory of Shakespeare, quite as incredible as the other, [183].
Stops just short of the truth, [183].
Felton's portrait. 093. See Portraits.
Female parts, taken by boys, [202].
Fire, great, of London, not accountable for dearth of Shakespearean records, [079].
First folio, contains only twenty-six known plays, [287];
Dilemma presented by, [290].
Evidence of authorship from, [312], [313], [314], [315].
Inspection of, proves sources of, [314].
Printed from Shakespeare's copies, [306], [312]. See Typographical evidence.
Time of appearance suggestive, [234]. See Emendations.
"Florio," the, in British Museum, [169].
Flowers, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [229].
Forgery, fac simile is usually, [295].
Literary, not difficult, [295].
Of a signature, [295].
French and Italian, not taught at Stratford school, [221].
Fuller, eight years old when Shakespeare died. 269.
Expert evidence of, [303], [304].
Extract from, [269], note.
His estimate of the Shakespearean plays, [020].
His mention of Shakespeare, [077].
Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, [265], [266], note.
Furness, W. II., unable to accept Shakespearean authorship, [154], [201].
G.
Gallants, relations with managers, [274].
Garrick Club bust, the, [105]. See Portraits.
Geography, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [219].
Geology, knowledge of, in the plays, [213].
Germany, Shakespeare in, Cohn's theory, [216].
"Good friend, for Jesus's sake, forbear," etc., [124].
Grammar School of Stratford. See Stratford School.
Gravitation, law of, stated in the plays, [212].
Great fire of London. See Fire.
Greene, Robert, a father of the English stage, [252]
Cited as a witness, contra, [250], [251].
Had his admirers, [251], note.
His estimate of Wm. Shakespeare, [058].
No worse than his kind, [252].
Only contemporary of W. S. who exposed the forgery, [058].
The "steal" he complained of, [302].
Title of his book, [126], note.
Contents of, [266].
Told the truth about Wm. Shakespeare, [124], [125], [126], note.
"Groat's worth of wit." See Greene, [126].
"Groom, Lord Leicester's," Delia Bacon's name for S., [193].
H.
Habitues of Shakespeare's theaters, who were, [037].
Hallam, Henry, doubtful as to accepting S.'s authorship, [045].
His estimate of the plays, [207].
Opinion as to their philology, [207].
Halliwell, accounts for the epitaphs, [270].
Follows Hallam, [302].
Halliwell-Phillips, J. C., his "outlines." 253.
Does not dispel the difficulties, [254].
Hamlet, believed by Delia Bacon to be key-note of plays, [190],
Harrison, John, cited as a witness, [250].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, his narrative of Delia Bacon, [197], [198].
Hawthornden, Drummond of. See Drummond of Hawthornden.
Heminges & Condell, cited as witnesses, [250].
Corroborate Jon son's testimony, [035].
How procured emendations, [234], [235].
Their "copy" for first folio, [315].
Their reason for the first folio, [249], note.
Henry the Sixth, Grant White's idea of, [303].
Greene's complaint about, [302].
Not Shakespeare's, [302].
Wonderful "run" of, [307].
Henry the Seventh, curious evidence of Bacon's, [242].
Heywood, author of portions of "Passionate Pilgrim", [109].
Writes plays of the period, [264].
"Historic Doubt," the Shakespearean myth not a, [066].
Historical evidence. See Circumstantial evidence. Passim.
Historical plays, evidence of, as to Bacon, [242].
History, Bacon thinks taught by drama, [242].
Hume, David, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [025].
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, identifies Proserpo's Island, [087], note.
I
Iago, a comedian's part, [308].
Speech of, a striking paraphrase of Berni, [064].
Ideal Shakespeare, every man may select his own, [099]
"Imogen" name and character, whence taken, [217].
Imposture literary, state of the law favorable to, [113].
Ingleby, Dr C. M., his plea for Shakespeare, [250] Innuendo, evidence by way of, [237].
Supporting Ben Jonson 238, note.
Innuendoes, of Sir Tobie Matthew, [147], [237].
Insecurity of authorship, [109]. See Authorship, Copyright, Printers, etc.
Nashe's, testimony as to, [109].
Heywood's, testimony as to, [109].
Internal evidence. See Evidence, internal.
Italian and French, not taught at Stratford school, [221].
Italy, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [219], [220].
Intricate acquaintance with manners and customs of, [220].
J.
"Jacques-Peter," probably original form of name "Shakespeare", [172].
James, King. See King James.
Jansen, the S. portrait, [101].
Johnson, Gerard, said to have made Stratford bust, [097].
Johnson, Samuel, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [026], [027], [028].
Specimens of his commentaries on plays, [027].
Joint authorship, Miss Bacon's theory was, [200].
Jones, Inigo, devises trappings for court masques, [271].
Jonson, Ben, a "famous witness", [152].
An expert witness, [303], [304].
Applies same words and figure to Bacon and to W. S., [145]
A university man, [043].
Cited as a witness, contra, [250].
His conversations with Drummond, [139].
His "Discoveries" fatal to Shakespearean theory, [134], [136].
His fling at Shakespeare in prologue, etc., [138].
His obituary verses, [129].
His testimony, [129].
Analysis of, [131].
His opinion of the Droeshout likeness, [092], [094].
Why is libel on W. S., [098].
His plays not popular, [272].
Never mentions Bacon to W. S. or W. S. to Bacon, [145].
Plays Boswell to Bacon and Shakespeare alike, [146].
Studiously inclined, [043].
Wants to blot out 1,000 Shakespearean lines, [137].
Jordan, John, [074].
Jordan, John, probable inventor of story and verses, [123].
Judith Shakespeare, never taught to write her name. 040, [172].
K.
King James's letter, story of, when invented, [044], [167].
King, Thomas, his "Plea" for Shakespeare, [248].
His argument, [249].
L.
Ladies, seated on the stage, [273].
Lampoon on Sir Thomas Lucy, two versions of, [123].
Latinisms, in the plays, [207].
Law in "Merchant of Venice", [215], note.
Lawyers. See Young lawyers.
Learning contained in the plays, [205].
No reason for its being there, [229].
Legal acquirements of author of the plays, [059], [214].
Libraries, public or circulating, none in London, [052].
Library. See English library.
Did he have a, [266], [267].
Plays can not be studied without a, [266].
Plays not composed without a, [266].
Shakespeare's, what it must have been, [212].
License to print, meaning of a, [108].
Ling & Trundell, procure copies in shorthand, [307].
Proof of fact, [307].
Lin tot, Bernard, invented the King James letter story in 1710, [044], [168].
Literary imposture. See Imposture, literary.
Literature, persecuted if unlicensed, [107].
See Star Chamber, Copyright, [107].
"Lord Leicester's groom." See "Groom."
"Lover's complaint," appears with the Sonnets, [277].
"Lucrece," of doubtful authorship, [041], [218].
Lucy, Sir Thomas, lampoon on, [123].
M.
Macaulay, accounts for Bunyan's works, [165], [166].
Maids of honor, seated on the stage, [273].
Malone, Edmund, his "chronologies", [086], [087].
His contributions to Shakespearean biography, [076], et seq.
His Shakespearean labors, [076], [080], [085].
Whitewashes the Stratford bust, [097].
Management, theatrical, no sinecure in 17th century, [048].
Manuscripts, Bacon's Will directs certain, locked up, [244].
Delia Bacon's idea of their disposition, [193], [194].
May yet come to light, [244].
Minute and constant search for, [049], [050].
Northumberland, discovered by Spedding, [242].
Marshall's picture, [095]. See Portraits.
Masques, William Shakespeare wrote none, [271].
Massey, Gerald, makes a romance from sonnets, [283].
Matthew, Sir Tobie, banters Bacon, [237].
His postscripts, [180], [181], [236], [237].
Innuendos of, [181].
Knew Bacon, but not Shakespeare, [147].
Quotation from, to this effect, [148].
Why he did not reveal Bacon's secret, [152], note.
Medicine, knowledge of, displayed in the plays, [210], [215].
Medico-Legal knowledge, displayed in the plays, [215].
Merchant of Venice, law in, [245], note.
Meres, Francis, cited as a witness, [250].
His testimony critical, not historical, [132].
Merry Wives of Windsor, story of order for, may be true, [310].
Rebuke to lechery in, [310].
Perhaps to Elizabeth, [310], note.
Milton, John, first to claim author's copyright, [108].
His Areopagitica, [108].
His estimate of Shakespearean plays, [020], [036].
Value of his estimate, [020], [036].
Mitylene, curious custom prevalent in, alluded to in Pericles, [055], note.
Monasteries, dissolution of the, [175].
Monastery, Christian, in Ephesus, [116].
Montgomery, perhaps connected with plays, [284].
Music, familiarity with, [297], note,
N.
Nashe, Thomas, his testimony to insecurity of authorship, [109].
New and Delia Bacon theories, coincide, [299].
New theory, alternative presented by, [202].
Further details of, [284].
The, what is, [256].
Newton, his discoveries anticipated by plays, [212].
Northumberland MSS., discovered by Spedding, [242].
"Noverint," what Nashe may have meant by, [245].
O.
Oldys, story about a brother of William Shakespeare, [084].
Orthography of name Shakespeare, [169], [171].
Othello, appears seven years after Shakespeare's death, [290].