Dodd’s Church History of England, iii. [239].
Dragons, origin of the old stories of, ii. 311.
Drama, anecdotes of the early, ii. 40-43; Mexican, ib.; account of a curious drama, entitled Technotamia, or the Marriage of the Arts, 43-46; account of one written by a madman, 48.
Dramatic works made the vehicle of political feeling, ii. 277; by the Catholics at the Reformation, ib.; such conduct caused a proclamation by Edward VI. against English interludes, &c., ib.; those on the side of the Reformation allowed, and specimens of one, 279-281; proceedings against in the Star Chamber, ib.
Dramatic Annals.—See Dramatic Works. Suppression of the drama during the civil wars of Charles I., ii. 281; opposite conduct of actors at that time, and at the period of the French revolution, 282; writers against the stage, 283; custom of boys personating females, 284; introduction of actresses, 285; Histriomastix, ib.; all theatres suppressed in 1642, ib.; ordinance against theatres, 286; plays enacted secretly during their suppression, ib.; Cox’s “drolleries,” 287; petitions against the drama, 289; the player’s petition in favour of, ib.; secretly acted at Holland House, 291; the suppression of the drama caused the publication of many MS. plays, ib.
Dress, costliness of, in the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., iii. [405]-408.
Drinking, hard, a borrowed custom among the English, ii. 293; learnt by them in the Netherlands, ib.; statutes against, ib., note; terms of, 294, note, 295-298; anecdotes of, 300.
Drunkards, their different characteristics, ii. 299; “A Delicate Diet for,” ib., note; toasts of, 300, and note.
Du Clos, origin of his fairy tale of Acajou and Zirphile, and account of his satirical preface to it, ii. 308-310.
Dutch literature, remarks and strictures on, i. 403-405; satirical medals, iii. [156]-160.