[251]. See Appendix.
[252]. Coxe, p. 361.
[253]. See Coxe, p. 619, and also Lord Sunderland’s answer.
[254]. Coxe, vol. iii. p. 645.
[255]. Hogarth personated the Ghost of Brutus, but, being wholly deficient in memory, he was unable to commit to memory the few lines which constituted his part. The verses he was to deliver were therefore pasted in very large letters on the outside of an illuminated lantern, so that he could read them as he came on the stage, with that appropriate implement in his hand.
[256]. Biographical Dict., Art. Hoadly.
[257]. Coxe.
[258]. The play-bill of “All for Love; or the World Well Lost,” has been given at length by Dr. Coxe. It runs as follows:
Marc Anthony, Captain Fish, Page of the Duchess.
Ventidius, Old Mr. Jennings.