[109.] Unless, perchance, the reader finds some points of resemblance in Plato's "Republic."
[110.] See Wordsworth's sonnet, On the Sonnet. For a detailed study of this most perfect verse form, see Tomlinson's The Sonnet, Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry.
[111.] William Caxton (c. 1422-1491) was the first English printer. He learned the art abroad, probably at Cologne or Bruges, and about the year 1476 set up the first wooden printing press in England. His influence in fixing a national language to supersede the various dialects, and in preparing the way for the literary renaissance of the Elizabethan age, is beyond calculation.
[112.] Malory has, in our own day, been identified with an English country gentleman and soldier, who was member of Parliament for Warwickshire in 1445.
[113.] For titles and publishers of general works see General Bibliography at the end of this book.
[114.] Eastward Ho! a play given in Blackfriars Theater about 1603. The play was written by Marston and two collaborators.
[115.] Lie so faint.
[116.] The View was not published till 1633.
[117.] clad.
[118.] handsome.