[27] Elizabeth was expressed in those letters by the figures 1500; Essex by 1000; _a—a_ was the crown.
[28] A seditious Catholic publication, dedicated to Essex, to ruin him.
[29] Amongst the few traditions concerning Shakespeare, in Warwickshire, there is one which was kindly communicated to me by a nobleman resident there, namely, that he wrote the character of Jaques, in the park of Stoneleigh.