Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

[16:A] "The place too, the roof of the house where this confession was found, proves, that it had been therein concealed, during times of persecution, for the holy Catholick religion." Apology, p. 198, 199.

[16:B] Chalmers's Apology, p. 200.

[16:C] Reed's Shakspeare, vol. iii. p. 198.

[17:A] Reed's Shakspeare, vol. i. p. 149.

[18:A] Malone's Inquiry, p. 120

[18:B] Chalmers's Apology, p. 235.

[18:C] Malone's Inquiry, p. 117, 118.

[18:D] Inquiry, Plate II. No. 12.

[19:A] A want of uniformity in the spelling of names, was a species of negligence very common in the time of Shakspeare, and may be observed, remarks Mr. Chalmers, "with regard to the principal poets of that age; as we may see in England's Parnassus, a collection of poetry which was published in 1600: thus,

Sydney	Sidney.
Spenser	Spencer.
Jonson	Johnson	Jhonson.
Dekker	Dekkar.
Markeham	Markham.
Sylvister	Sylvester	Silvester.
Sackwill	Sackuil.
Fitz Geffrey	Fitzjeffry	Fitz Jeffray.
France	Fraunce.
Midleton	Middleton.
Guilpin	Gilpin.
Achelly	Achely	Achilly	Achillye.
Drayton	Draiton.
Daniel	Daniell.
Davis	Davies.
Marlow	Marlowe.
Marston	Murston.
Fairefax	Fairfax.
Kid	Kyd.