[107] I have quoted this passage partly for the sake of the express and authentic testimony which it bears to the fact of Surry's having visited Italy, which Mr. Chalmers and after him Dr. Nott, in their respective biographies of the noble poet, have been induced to call in question.
[108] Spenser published this work under the signature of "Immerito."
[109] Art of English Poesy, book i.
[110] Art of English Poesy, book iii.
[111] See Historical Collections, by Collins.
[112] See Bohun's Character of Queen Elizabeth. Among the various sources whence the preceding dramatic notices have been derived, it is proper to point out Dr. Drake's Memoirs of Shakspeare and his Age, and Warton's History of English Poetry.
[113] Nugæ.
[114] Birch's Memoirs, vol. i. p. 96.
[115] Osborne's "Introduction" to his Essays.
[116] See Sidney Papers, passim.