[42] A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act I., Scene 2.
[43] The Tenor (Italian, Viola di braccio) is called in German Bratsche, corrupted here into Prätschel.
[44] A groschen is about an English penny.
[45] 'The English Drama and Stage, under the Tudor and Stuart Princes, 1543-1664, illustrated by a series of Documents, Treatises, and Poems. Printed for the Roxburgh Library, London, 1869.' P. 22.
[46] 'Extracts from the Registers of the Stationers' Company of works entered for publication between the years 1570 and 1587; with notes and illustrations by J. Payne Collier.' Vol. II., London, 1849. Printed for the Shakespeare Society. P. 142.
[47] 'The English Drama and Stage, under the Tudor and Stuart Princes; London, 1869.' P. 50.
[48] 'Geschichte der Oper and des Königlichen Opernhauses in Berlin, von L. Schneider; Berlin, 1852.' Anhang, P. 15.
[49] 'Geschichte der Oper, etc., in Berlin, von L. Schneider; Berlin, 1852.' Anhang, P. 25.
[50] 'Shakespeare in Germany, by Albert Cohn, London, 1865.' P. lxxviii.
[51] 'Shakespeare in Germany, by Albert Cohn; London, 1865.' P. xxvii.