7: Ibid., act iv. sc. 3.
8: The Pardoner and the Friar: 1533.
9: Collier's Drama, i. 104.
10: The Political Use of the Stage in Shakspere's Time.
New Shakspere Society: 1874, ii. p. 371.
Henry Stalbrydge, Epistle Exhortatory, &c.: 1544.
11: This threat was uttered against Chapman, Ben Jonson, and Marston on account of Eastward Hoe.
12: Von Raumer, ii. p. 219.
13: Marston's Malcontent: Dedication.
14: Act i. sc. I.
15: It is very characteristic that, in this serious piece also, low humour was still largely employed. In printing—the publisher remarks—the passages in question were left out, as derogatory 'to so honourable and stately a history.'
16: The Politics of Shakspere's Historical Plays. New Shakspere Society, ii. 1874.