| Act | i. | scene | 4., | i. | [436]. |
| | scene | 5., | ii. | 117. |
| Act | ii. | scene | 3., | i. | [578]. |
| | scene | 4., | i. | [574]. ii. 534. |
| | scene | 5., | ii. | 533. |
| Act | iii. | scene | 1., | i. | [270]. |
| | scene | 4., | i. | [334]. ii. 118. 532, 533. |
| Act | iv. | scene | 3., | i. | [221]. |
| Act | v. | scene | 1., | i. | [221]. |
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, date of, ii. 367.
- Probable source of its fable, ibid. 368.
- Remarks on the delineation of its characters, particularly that of Julia, 368, 369.
Illustrations of this drama in the present work.
| Act | i. | scene | 2., | ii. | 360. |
| Act | ii. | scene | 1., | i. | [341]. ii. 581. |
| | scene | 2., | i. | [220]. |
| | scene | 6., | i. | [175]. |
| | scene | 7., | ii. | 370. |
| Act | iii. | scene | 1., | ii. | 97. |
| Act | iv. | scene | 1., | i. | [163]. ii. 369. |
| | scene | 4., | ii. | 93. |
- Twyne (John), the topographer, notice of, i. [480].
- Twyne (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [704].
- Tye (Christopher), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [704].
- Typography, remarks on the style of, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, i. [437].
- Beautiful specimens of decorative printing, [438].
- Tyrwhitt (Mr.), conjecture of, respecting the date of Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet, ii. 356, 357.
- And of Twelfth-Night, 531, 532.
- U
- Underdonne (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [704].
- Upstart country-squire or knight, character of, i. [81].
- V
- "Valentine and Orson," romance of, cited by Shakspeare, i. [572].
- Notice of a curious edition of, [571], [572].
- Its extensive popularity, [572].
- Valentine's Day, origin of the superstitions concerning, i. [324].
- Custom of choosing lovers ascribed to Madame Royale, [324], [325].
- Supposed to be of pagan origin, [325].
- Modes of ascertaining Valentines for the current year, [326].
- The poor feasted on this day, [327].
- Vallans (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Vaughan's (W.) "Golden Grove," a collection of essays, i. [513].
- Character of, with specimens of his style, [514].
- Vaux (Lord), specimen of the poems of, i. [713].
- Vennard (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Venice one of the sources of English fashions in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 94.
- Venus and Adonis, a poem of Shakspeare, probable date of, i. [426], [427].
- Notice of the "Editio Princeps," ii. 20, 21.
- Dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, 3.
- Proofs of its melody and beauty of versification, 21-23.
- Singular force and beauty of its descriptions, 24-26.
- Similes, 26.
- And astonishing powers of Shakspeare's mind, 27.
- This poem inferior to its classical prototypes, ibid.
- Complimentary verses on this poem, addressed to Shakspeare, 28-30.
- Its meretricious tendency censured by contemporary writers, 31.
- Popularity of this poem, 31. note [31:A].
- Notice of its principal editions, 32.
- Versification of the poetry of the Elizabethan age examined, i. [597].
- Remarks on the versification of Sir John Beaumont, [601].
- Of Browne, [603].
- Of Chalkhill, [606].
- Of Chapman, [608].
- Of Daniel, [612].
- Of Davies, [613].
- Of Davors, [614].
- Of Donne, [615].
- Of Drayton, [616], [617].
- Of Drummond, [618].
- Of Fairefax, [619].
- Of the two Fletchers, [620], [621].
- Of Gascoigne, [626].
- Of Bishop Hall, [628], [629].
- Of Dr. Lodge, [632-635].
- Of Marston, [637].
- Of Spenser, [648].
- Of the Earl of Stirling, [651].
- Of Sylvester, [653].
- Of Watson, [661].
- Of Willobie, [665], [666].
- Of Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 21-23.
- Of his Rape of Lucrece, 33-36.
- Of Spenser's sonnets, 55.
- Of Shakspeare's sonnets, 77-82.
- Of Peele, 240. note.
- Of the Two Gentlemen of Verona, 369.
- Verstegan (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Vincent (St.), supposed influence of his day, i. [350].
- Virtue loved and cherished by Shakspeare's fairies, ii. 339, 340.
- Virtus post funera vivit, whimsical translation of, i. [238], [239].
- Voltaire's calumnies on Shakspeare refuted, ii. 553, 554.
- Volumnia, remarks on the character of, ii. 494, 495.
- Vortigern and Rowena, anecdote of, i. [127], [128].
- Vows, how made by knights in the age of chivalry, i. [552].
- Voyages and Travels, collections of, published in the time of Shakspeare, i. [477-479].
- W
- Wager (Lewis), a dramatic poet, notice of, ii. 234.
- Waists of great length, fashionable in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 97.
- Wakes, origin of, i. [209].
- Degenerate into licentiousness, [210].
- Verses on, by Tusser, [ibid.]
- And by Herrick, [211], [212].
- Frequented by pedlars, [212].
- Village-wakes still kept up in the North, [213].
- Walton's "Complete Angler," errata in, i. [293]. [note].
- Encomium on, [297]. [note].
- Wapul (George), a dramatic writer in the time of Elizabeth, ii. 237.
- Wardrobes (ancient), account of, ii. 91, 92.
- Notice of theatrical wardrobes, in the time of Shakspeare, 220, 221.
- Warner (William), biographical notice of, i. [658].
- Critical remarks on his "Albion's England," [659], [660].
- Quotations from that poem illustrative of old English manners and customs, i. [104], [105]. [118], [119]. [135]. [143]. [note]. [147]. [note].
- Warnings (preternatural) of death or danger, i. [351-354].
- Warren (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Warton (Dr.), observations of, on the "Gesta Romanorum," i. [536], [537].
- On Fenton's collection of Italian novels, [542].
- On the satires of Bishop Hall, [628], [629].
- On the merits of Harington, [629].
- On the satires of Marston, [637].
- Washing of hands, why necessary before dinner in the age of Elizabeth, ii. 145.
- Wassail, origin of the term, i. [127].
- Synonymous with feasting, [129].
- Wassail-bowl, ingredients in, i. [127].
- Description of an ancient one, [128].
- Allusions to, in Shakspeare, [129], [130].
- And by Milton, [131].
- The peg-tankard, a species of wassail-bowl, [131]. [note].
- Watch-lights, an article of furniture in Shakspeare's time, ii. 117.
- Water-closets, by whom invented, ii. 135. note.
- Water-spirits, different classes of, ii. 522, 523.
- Watson (Thomas), a poet of the Elizabethan age, critical notice of his works, particularly of his sonnets, i. [660-662]., ii. 54.
- Said by Mr. Steevens to be superior to Shakspeare as a writer of sonnets, i. [663].
- List of his other poems, [ibid.]
- Weather, prognostications of, from particular days, i. [323].
- Webbe (William), account of his "Discourse of English Poetrie," i. [463], [464].
- Its extreme rarity and high price, [463]. [note].
- First and second Eclogues of Virgil, [705].
- Webster (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Webster (John), estimate of the merits of, as a dramatic poet, ii. 564, 565.
- Illustrations of his plays, viz.:
- Vittoria Corombona, i. [233], [234]. [237], [238]. [396].
- Dutchess of Malfy, i. [351].
- Wedderburn, a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Weddings, how celebrated, i. [223-226].
- Description of a rustic wedding, [227-229].
- Weever (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [705].
- Bibliographical notice of his "Epigrammes," ii. 371.
- Verses of, on Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 28.
- Epigram of, on Shakspeare's poems and plays, 372.
- Wells, superstitious notions concerning, i. [391-393].
- Wenman (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [706].
- Wharton's "Dreame," a poem, i. [706].
- Whetstone's (George), collection of tales, notice of, i. [543].
- His "Rocke of Regard," and other poems, [706].
- Account of the prevalence of gaming in his time, ii. 157, 158.
- Notice of his dramatic productions, 238.
- His "Promos and Cassandra," the immediate source of Shakspeare's Measure for Measure, 453.
- Whipping-tops anciently kept for public use, i. [312].
- Whitney (George), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [706].
- Whitsuntide, festival of, how celebrated, i. [175-180].
- Morris-dance, its accompaniment, [ibid.]
- With Maid Marian, [179].
- Whitsun plays, [181].
- Wieland's "Oberon," character of, i. [564]. [note].
- Wild-goose-chace, a kind of horse race, notice of, i. [304], [305].
- Wilkinson (Edward), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. [706].
- Will of John Shakspeare, account of the discovery of, i. [8], [9].
- Copy of it, [9-14].
- First published by Mr. Malone, [ibid.]
- Its authenticity subsequently doubted by him, [15].
- Confirmed by Mr. Chalmers, [ibid.]
- Additional reasons for its authenticity, [16].
- Its probable date, [ibid.]
- Will of William Shakspeare, ii. 627-632.
- Observations on it, 612-614.
- Willet (Andrew), "Emblems" of, i. [706].
- Willobie (Henry), a poet of the Elizabethan age, critical notice of, i. [663], [664].
- Origin of his "Avisa," [665].
- Character of that work, [665], [666].
- Commendatory verses in, on Shakspeare's Rape of Lucrece, ii. 40.
- Will-o'-wisp, superstitious notions concerning, i. [399], [400].
- Willymat's (William) "Prince's Looking Glass," i. [706].
- Wilmot (Robert), a dramatic poet in the reign of Elizabeth, character of, ii. 234, 235.
- Wilson (Thomas), observations of, on the corruptions of the English language, in the time of James I., i. [440], [441].
- Proofs that his "Rhetoricke" had been studied by Shakspeare, [472-474].
- Wincot ale celebrated for its strength, i. [48].
- Epigram on, [48], [49].
- Allusions to this place in Shakspeare's plays, [50].
- Wine, enormous consumption of, in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 129.
- Foreign wines then drunk, 130-132.
- Presents of, usually sent from one room in a tavern to another, 134.
- Winter evening's conversations of the sixteenth century, superstitious subjects of, i. [316-322].
- Winter's Tale, probable date of, ii. 495-497.
- Its general character, 497-500.
- And probable source, 498.
Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work.
- Wit-combats of Shakspeare and Jonson, and their associates, notice of, ii. 592, 593.
- Witchcraft made felony by Henry VIII., ii. 474.
- Supposed increase of witches in the time of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 474, 475.
- General prevalence of this infatuation, 475.
- Increased under the reign of James I., 476.
- Cruel act of parliament against witches, 477.
- Description of the wretched persons who were ordinarily supposed to be witches, 478-480.
- Exquisite description of a witch's abode by Spenser, 480.
- Enumeration of the feats witches were supposed to be capable of performing, 481-483.
- Nature of their supposed compact with the devil, 483-485.
- Application of this superstition by Shakspeare to dramatic purposes in his Macbeth, 487-489.
- Wither (George), biographical notice of, i. [666].
- Critical observations on his satires, [667].
- And on his "Juvenilia," [668], [669].
- List of his other pieces, with remarks, [669-671].
- Verses of, on Hock-Day, i. [151]. [note].
- Withold (St.), supposed influence of, against the nightmare, i. [347-349].
- Wives, supposed appearance of future, on Midsummer-Eve, i. [332-334].
- And on All-Hallow-Eve, [344-347].
- Wives' Feast Day, Candlemas Day, why so called, i. [138].
- Wolsey's (Cardinal) Rudimenta Grammatices, notice of, i. [26].
- Women, employments and dress of the younger part of, in Shakspeare's time, i. [83], [84].
- Characters of women, personated by men and boys, [221].
- Wood (Nathaniel), a dramatic writer in the reign of Elizabeth, notice of, ii. 238.
- Wool-trade, allusions to, i. [35].
- Promoted by Queen Elizabeth, [192]. [note].
- "World's Folly," a collection of old ballads, notice of, i. [474-476].
- Wotton (Sir Henry), encomium of, on angling, i. [297].
- Character of his poetical productions, [672], [673].
- Wright (John), character of his "Passions of the Minde," a collection of essays, i. [511].
- Wright (Leonard), character of his "Display of Dutie," i. [512], [513].
- Wriothesly (Thomas), Earl of Southampton, biographical notice of, ii. 1, 2.
- A passionate lover of the drama, 2.
- Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, and Rape of Lucrece, dedicated to him, 3.
- His liberality to the poet, 4.
- Joins the expedition to the Azores, 5.
- In disgrace with Queen Elizabeth, 6.
- Goes to Paris, and is introduced to King Henry IV., 7.
- Marries Elizabeth Vernon without consulting the Queen, 7, 8.
- Who imprisons them both, 8.
- Goes to Ireland with the Earl of Essex, who promotes him, ibid.
- Is recalled and disgraced, 8, 9.
- Quarrels with Lord Gray, 9, 10.
- Joins Essex in his conspiracy against the Queen, 10.
- And is sentenced to imprisonment, ibid.
- Released by James I., 11.
- Who promotes him, 12, 13.
- Birth of his son, 12.
- Embarks in a colonising speculation, 13.
- Patronises literature, 14.
- Opposes the court, 15.
- Dies in Holland, 16.
- Review of his character, ibid.
- Tributes to his memory by the poets and literary men of his time, 17-19.
- Shakspeare's sonnets principally addressed to him, 62-73.
- Wyat (Sir Thomas), character of his sonnets, ii. 53.
- Wyrley (William), notice of the biographical poems of, i. [707].
- Y
- Yates (James), "Castle of Courtesie," i. [707].
- Yeomen. See [Farmers].
- Yong (Bartholomew), notice of his "Version of Montemayer's Romance of Diana," i. [707]. and note [707:C].
- Yule-clog, or Christmas-block, i. [194].
- Z
- Zouche (Richard), notice of his "Dove," a geographical poem, i. [707].
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