[552:B] In his Description of Arcadia in Greece, where he tells us that the Arcadia, "besides its excellent language, rare contrivances, and delectable stories, hath in it all the strains of poesy, comprehendeth the universal art of speaking, and to them who can discern and will observe, affordeth notable rules for demeanor both private and public."
[552:C] Park's edition of Royal and Noble Authors, vol. ii. p. 221. An excellent defence of the Arcadia against the decision of Lord Orford, who terms it "a tedious, lamentable, pedantic, pastoral romance," may be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1767, p. 57. See also Sir Egerton Brydges's edition of Phillip's Theatrum Poetarum, p. 134, et seq., and Zouch's Memoirs of Sidney, p. 155.
[552:D] Aikin's Annual Review, vol. iv. p. 547.
[553:A] Pennant's London, p. 103.
[554:A] Reed's Shakspeare, vol. xvi. p. 84., and Malone's note.
[554:B] Ibid. vol. xii. p. 213. Act v. sc. 1.
[554:C] Douce's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 472.
[556:A] Nichols's Progresses, vol. i. p. 56., the year 1573.
[556:B] See Comedy of Errors, act iv. sc. 2. Henry IV. Part I. act ii. sc. 3. Romeo and Juliet, act iii. sc. 1. Love's Labour's Lost, act v. sc. 2. Taming of the Shrew, act i. sc. 1.
[556:C] Reed's Shakspeare, vol. viii. pp. 124, 125. Act iii. sc. 4.