Marionettes, improved by the English, iii. [238].
Marlborough, the great Duke of (See Blenheim), account of his wealth, iii. [108].
Marolles, Abbé de, a most egregious scribbler, i. 350; wrote his own memoirs, 351; good advice in the postscript to the epistle dedicatory of that work, ib.; his memoirs, ii. 538; anecdote of him and De L’Etang, a critic, 539; notices of his voluminous works, ib.; his magnificent collection of prints, 541.
Marot, Clement, his character, ii. 474; his translation of the Psalms, ib.; sung to the airs of popular ballads, 476; his Psalms the fashion, 477; edition published by Theodore Beza, set to music, ib.; his Psalms declared Lutheran, and himself forced to fly to Geneva, ib.
Mar-Prelate, the book suppressed, ii. 453.
Masks, worn by Italian actors, ii. 124.
Massinger a student of the Italian drama, ii. 138.
Masques, notices of magnificent, in the time of Charles I., ii. 327; the farewell masque of the Duke of Buckingham, 369; mistaken notions of commentators regarding, iii. [5]; their real nature, [7], [8], [9]; description of the masque of Night and the Hours, [10]; their ultimate ruin, by their splendour, at the court of Louis XIV., [13], note.
Massillon, i. 250.
Master of the Ceremonies, created by James the First, ii. 196.