Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

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[79] Quellen u. Forschungen.

[80] Not J. Rychardes, as Mr. Fleay has it, Hist. Stage, p. 58.

[81] Herford, Lit. Rel., p. 156.

[82] Unique original, pub. by Pickerynge and Hacket, 1561, in Duke of Devonshire's Libr., Chatsworth; repr. by Grosart, Fuller Worthies Libr., vol. IV., Miscellanies, 1873.

[83] As Hester and Abasuerus, 1594. I see no reason for attributing the authorship, with Mr. Fleay, to R. Edwardes.

[84] The relation of The Taming of the Shrew to this play is well known.

[85] Hist. St., p. 66.

[86] Brit. Mus. c. 34, g; Collier's Illustr. O. Engl. Lit., II. 2; Brandl's Quellen.

[87] Collier, E. Dram Po., II. 432; and Ward, Hist. E. Dr. Lit., I. 264.

[88] Hist. E. Dr. Lit., I. 141.