Luddington, [20]
Lydgate, ‘Troy Book’ of, drawn upon for Troilus and Cressida, [227]
Lyly, John, [61]
followed by Shakespeare in his comedies, [61] [62]
his addresses to Cupid, [97] n
his influence on Midsummer Night’s Dream, [162]
Lyrics in Shakespeare’s plays, [207] [250] [255] and n
M
‘M. I.’ [306] See also ‘S., I. M.’
Macbeth: references to the climate of Inverness, [41] n 3 [42]
date of composition, [239]
the story drawn from Holinshed, [239]
points of difference from other plays of the same class, [240]
Middleton’s plagiarisms, [240]
not printed until 1623, [239]
the shortest of the poet’s tragedies, [239]
performance at the Globe, [239]
For editions see Section xix. (Bibliography), [301-25]
Macbeth, Lady, and Æschylus’s Clytemnestra, [13] n
Mackay, Mr. Herbert, on the dower of the poet’s widow, [274]