Pages viii and xiii are blank in the original.
Text that is underlined is in blackletter in the original.
Ellipses match the original.
The index was printed at the end of Vol. II. It has been included with this volume for reference purposes.
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page xi: St. Valentine's Day—Midsummer-Eve—Michaelmas[original has "Michaelas">[
Page 30: into the mouth of Sir Hugh Evans:"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 38: pleasure and mirth made it seem very short,'[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 39: and Sir Thomas[original has "Tnomas">[ Tresham
Page 47: That these books were read by Shakspeare[original has "Shakespeare">[