[252] [Henslowe's "Diary," 1845, p. 147. See also Collier's "Memoirs of the Actors in Shakespeare's Plays," p. 111.]
[253] Introduction to "Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington," pp. 101, 102.
[254] With the letters R.A. on the title-page. [But surely it is very doubtful whether the play printed in 1615 (and again in 1663) is the same as that mentioned by Henslowe.]
[255] [Unless it be the drama printed in 1604 under the title of the "Wit of a Woman.">[
[256] [Possibly a revival, with alterations, of Edwardes' play.]
[257] There is no list of characters prefixed to the old 4to.
[258] i.e., Skelton, who is supposed by the author to have acted the part of Friar Tuck, and who, when first he comes on the stage, is without his gown and hood.
[259] [Old copy, Hurt. The two are inside plotting together. See infrâ.]
[260] [The Queen Mother.]
[261] Wight means active, or (sometimes) clever. It may be matter of conjecture whether "white boy," "white poet," "white villain," &c., so often found in old dramatists, have not this origin.