‘Pierce Pennilesse.’ See Nash, Thomas (2)

‘Pierces Supererogation,’ by Gabriel Harvey, [101] n 4 [105]

Pindar, his claim for the immortality of verse, [114] and n 1

Plague, the, in Stratford-on-Avon, [10]
in London, [65] [231]

Plautus, the plot of the Comedy of Errors drawn from, [16]
translation of, [54]

Plays, sale of, [47] and n
revision of, [47]
their publication deprecated by playhouse authorities, [48] n
only a small proportion printed, [48] n
prices paid for, [202] n

‘Pléiade, La,’ title of the literary comrades of Ronsard, [442]
list of, [443]

‘Plutarch,’ North’s translation of, Shakespeare’s indebtedness [10] [47] [162] [211] [243] [245] and n [246] and n

Poaching episode, the, [27] [28]

‘Poetaster,’ Jonson’s, [217] [218] and n