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INDEX.

LARUM for London," R.

"A SABUN for!

Actor, the first with an assumed
name, 262.

Shakespeare as an, 235; also
30, 35, 114, 123, 125, 137,
161, 173, 194, 235, 239, 413,
481.

Actors, 173; conflicts of, with the
Lord Mayor and authorities, 222;
rise of professional, ib.; Shake-
speare's fellow actors upon the
stage, 246, et sq.; and super-
numeraries, 223. See also Stage,
Theatres, Players, etc.
Addenbrooke and Horneby, Shake-
speare's suit against, 184.
Admiral's, Lord, Players, 223.
also Players, etc.
Alleyn, Edward, 58, 173, 183, 225;
as an actor, 249; his company of
players, 145, 247.

See

Mrs., her letter brought to
light by Collier a forgery, 247.
"All's Well that Ends Well," 336;
Klein on, 304.

Ambition, Shakespeare's, 428.
Amusements in London in Shake-
speare's time, 128. See also
Theatre, etc.

Ancestors, Shakespeare's, 9, 11.

See also under Shakespeare.
Anderson, Hugh, on “Venus and
Adonis," 313.

Angler, Shakespeare an, 395.
"Antony and Cleopatra," 354; also
127, and in the foot-notes.

"Antwerp, The Siege of." See" A
Larum for London."

Apollo tavern, 148.

Apothecaries' Hall, 212.

Apothecary, Shakespeare an, 84.
"Arden of Feversham," 363.
Arden family, the, 11, 188; the Earl
of Leicester and, 111.

Mary, Shakespeare's mother,
11, 13, 41.

Robert, 11, 187; his will, 11.
Aristocratic bias, Shakespeare's al-
leged, 186.

Arms, coat of, Shakespeare's, 11,
13, 185, 427.

Arts, the fine, Shakespeare's know-
ledge of, 411, et. sq.

Asbies, or Ashbies, estate, 91, 180;
mortgaged to Edmund Lambert,
68; suit in Chancery concerning
it, 69. See also Lambert.
"As You Like It," 335; also 36,

374, 380, 408; Shakespeare as
Adam in, 30, 239.

Atheist, Shakespeare not an, 440.
See also under Religion, etc.
Aubrey, his account of Shakespeare,
5, 23, 147, 237, 496.
Autograph, Shakespeare's, 9, 185,
482, 509, 539; that in Florio s
"Montaigne," 511. See also Hand-
writing, MSS., etc.
Avon, the, 99; Garrick's poem
on, 47; Yarranton's scheme for
making it navigable, 533. See
also under Stratford, Warwick
shire, etc.

Ayrer, Shakespeare's acquaintance
with, in Germany, 125.

Bacon, Delia, and her theory of Lord
Bacon's authorship of Shake-
speare's plays, 270; her wish to be
buried in Shakespeare's grave,
ib.; her death, 270.

Bacon, Lord, and Shakespeare, 386,
387, 388, 440, 455; the Bacon
theory of the authorship of Shake.
speare's plays, 270.
Bacon, Sir Nathaniel, portrait of
Shakespeare attributed to him,

564.

Bale, Bishop, his works, 207, 208.
Bankside, theatres at, 213, 228.
Barber surgeons, 148.
Barbers' shops, 128.

Barksted, Wm., actor, 268.
Barnard, Lady, Shakespeare's grand-
daughter, 5, 33, 526, 528; her
will, 511, 514.

Barnfield, Richard, and "The Pas-
sionate Pilgrim," 319.
Barnstorff on the "Sonnets," 327.
Bartholomew Fair, 128.
Bear tavern, Stratford, 495.
Beaumont and Fletcher, 111, 138,
259; their works, 258, 263; and
the "Two Noble Kinsmen," 300.
Becker, Dr., and Ludwig Becker,
and the Kesselstadt cast of Shake-
speare's head, 552.

Beds, bequests of, and that of Shake-
speare's "second best" to his wife,
512, 513.

Beeston, Christopher, actor, 268.
Bellew, Rev. J. C. M., his account

of New Place, 484, 501, 535, 540;
his account of Shakespeare's death,
504.

Benfield, Robert, actor, 240, 263.
Betterton, and Shakespeare, 5, 104,

123, 511; portrait of Shakespeare
attributed to him, 562.
Bible, The, Shakespeare's knowledge
of, 42, 385, 439. See also Re-
ligion, etc.
Bibliography of Shakespeare, 537;
of the quartos and folios, 277, et
8q. See also under Works,

Quartos, Folios, etc., and the foot-
notes on every page.
Bidford, "Drunken," and its Shake-
speare legend, 98.
Birch, J. W., on Shakespeare's Re-
ligion, 440.

Birth-date of Shakespeare, 29, 31:
should be May 3 now, in conse-
quence of the prevalence of the
Gregorian calendar, 33. See also
under Shakespeare, birth.
Birth-dates in family Bibles, 32.
Birth-place, the, Stratford, 26;
bought for the town, 535.
"Birth of Merlin,” 363.
Bishopsgate, Shakespeare a resident
there, 182.

Black Friars, house of the, etc., 212.
Blackfriars, Shakespeare's property
there, 240, 511, 539.

Blackfriars Theatre, 212, 217, 222.

et. sq.; also 165, 172, 184, 235,
240, 488.

Blades, Mr. William, his attempt to

show that Shakespeare was a
printer, 190.

Blood, circulation of, Shakespeare's
knowledge of, 399.

Boaden, James, on Shakespeare's

portraits, etc., 549, 565.
Boar's Head, East Cheap, 147, 149.
Bodenstedt, Von, on the " Sonnets,"
327.

Bodley, Sir T., his library, exclusion

of dramatic poetry from it, 275.
Bohemia, Shakespeare and, 407.
Bowdler, the Rev. Mr., his work

upon Shakespeare, 440; Bp.
Wordsworth's refutation of it, 441.
Bowling-alleys, 128.
Boys of the Chapel Royal, etc. Se
Children.

Brown, C. A., on Shakespeare, 80,

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Camden, Wm., and Shakespeare's
arms, 188; on Shakespeare's
'forty-eight plays," 297.
Campbell, Lord, on "Shakespeare's
Legal Acquirements," 87.
Capell on the " Sonnets," 34.
Carlyle on Shakespeare, 271.
Carriers, etc., in London, 117, 168.
"Castell of Courtesie," its allusion
to "W. S.," 115.

Catholic faith, the, Shakespeare's
grandfather and, 13; Shake-
speare's supposed preference for
it, 449.

Catholicism, in Elizabeth's time, 454.
Catholics and Protestants, between

the two Shakespeare took refuge
in Humanism, 449, 454, 460.
Cervantes, the date of his death, not
the date of Shakespeare's death,
505.

Chairs said to have belonged to
Shakespeare, 533.

Chalmers, George, on the "Sonnets,"

327.

Chamberlain, the Lord, and the
Players, 240; his company of
Players, 223, 234, 247.
Chancery suit of Shakespeare's
father, 69, 180.

Chandos, Lord, his company, 259.

portrait of Shakespeare, 559;
also 250, 263.

Chantry, Sir F., on the Shakespeare
bust, 551.

Chapel Royal children players, 259,
260. See also Children.
Chapman, Geo., 138.

Character and character drawing,
the connexion between, 430.
Charlecote Park and the Lucys, 99,
Charles I., his Queen at New Place,

524.

Chasles, Philarète, on the "Sonnets,"

324.

Chester Plays, the, 200.

Robert, his Love's Martyr,"

etc., 319.

Chettle, Henry, and Shakespeare,
138, 237, 343, 424; he the possible
original of Falstaff, 151.

Children players, companies of, rise
of, 218. See also Chapel Royal,
children of, etc.

Christian, Shakespeare as a, 416,
440, 443, 453. See also under
Religion, etc.

Church, the, Shakespeare and the,
439, 446. See also under Chris-
tian, Catholic, etc.

Cibber's (or Shiel's) "Lives of the
Poets," 123.

Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Cowden, their
edition of Shakespeare, 508.
Classes, distinction of, Shakespeare
on, 468.

Classics, Shakespeare and the, 366,
See also Latin, Greek, etc.
Clergy, the, marriage of, temp. Eliz.,
465; Shakespeare on, 464. See
also Church, etc.
Clifford, John Shakespeare of, 91;
Drayton at, 503.

Clopton Bridge, Stratford, 44.
Clopton family, the, of Stratford, 44.
Sir Hugh, 483, 529.

Sir John, rebuilds New Place,
529.

William, 26.

Clowns, stage, their "jigs," etc.,
233; their parts, 253.

Coaches, etc., in Shakespeare's time,

123.

Cockpit (or Phoenix) Theatre, 213.
Coleridge, Hartley, on Shakespeare,
186, 428.

Coleridge, S. T., on "The London

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Mrs., 240.

"Cromwell, Lord," 360, 363.
Cundall, Henry. See Condell.
Cunningham, Peter, unreliable docu-
ments put forth by him, 6, 194,
243,252; his "Revels' Accounts,"

252.

Curtain Theatre, Shoreditch, 211.
"Cymbeline," 355.

Dancing and Music, temp. Eliz., 411.
Daniel, P. A., his edit. "Romeus
and Juliet," 350.
Daniel, Samuel, and Shakespeare,
120, 123, 140, 329, 339, 433; as
Master of the Revels, 219.
Davenant, John, his will, 170.

Mrs., and Shakespeare, 170.
Sir William, and Shakespeare, 5,
195, 220, 546, 562; as Shake-
speare's "godson,” 170.
Davies, John, and Shakespeare, 237,
327; on actors, 224.
Death, Shakespeare's pictures of,

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Deer-stealing, Shakespeare's alleged,
80, 92, 99.

Dekker, Thos, 138; his "Satiro-
Mastix," 159.

Constable's "Venus and Adonis," Delius, Prof., his view of the "Son-

315.

Cooke, Dr. James, and the Shake-

speare family papers, etc., 520, 521.
"Coriolanus," 347.

Corney, Bolton, on "the Assumed
Birthday of Shakespeare," 32.
Corpus Christi Plays, 200.
Costume, stage, Inigo Jones' designs
for, 143.

Court robes at the theatre, 227.
Coventry Plays, 201, 204; the

Corpus Christi plays perhaps
witnessed by Shakespeare, 51, 53.
Cowley, Richard, actor, 256.
"Cradle of Security, The," an old
play, 61.

Crabtree, Shakespeare's, at Bidford,

97.

nets," 428; on "Timon of Athens,"

351.

Dennis, John, on Shakespeare, 366;

on the "Merry Wives," 331.
De Quincey on Shakespeare, 80, 271.
Derby's, Lord, company of actors,

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Donne, Dr., his supposed epitaph on
Shakespeare, 508.
Don Quixote, did Shakespeare read
it? 384, 474. See also Cervantes.
Dorset, Earl of, his company of
players, 223.

"Double Falsehood, The," 363.
Doubtful and spurious plays, 359;
Tieck on, 299. See also under
Henry VI.,"" Titus

"Pericles,' 99.66
Andronicus,"
""Two Noble Kins-
men," etc.

Dowdall, on Shakespeare's grave,
etc., 508.

Dowland, John, 140, 144, 412.
Dowden, Prof. C., on the "Sonnets,"

329.

Drake, on the plays of Shakespeare's
youth, 64; on "Troilus and
Cressida," 347.

Drake, Sir F., 132.

Drama, English, rise and develop-
ment of, 198; Puritan objections
to, 214; of the Restoration, 4;
Rümelin on, 198. See also
Theatre, etc.

Dramatists, before Shakespeare, 210;
portraits of those of Shakespeare's
days, 560; their plays curtailed
in acting, 233; payment for their
plays, 227; their religion, 454;
their works excluded from the
Bodleian Library, 275. See also
under their several names, and
under Drama, etc.
Drayton, Michael, and Shakespeare,
120, 140, 508, 515; and the
Sonnets," 327; his visits to
Shakespeare at Stratford, 503.
Drinking, in Shakespeare's time, 146.
Droeshout, Martin, and his portrait
of Shakespeare, 557; also 234,
238, 250.

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Drummond of Hawthornden, and
Ben Jonson, 154.
Dryden, John, on Shakespeare and
Fletcher, 432.

Duke, John, actor, 268.
Dutch, German, and English drink-
ing, 147.

Dyce, Rev. Alexr. on Shakespeare,

80.

Earrings, Shakespeare's (?), 564;
men's earrings in Shakespeare's
time, 564.

East India Company, 132.
Ecclestone, Wm., actor, 262.
Editions, early, of Shakespeare's
works. See under their names;
also under Quarto, Folio, etc.;
corrupt and pirated copies of the
plays, 344, 356.

Editors and Commentators.

See

under their names, and for addi-
tional references see the foot-notes
throughout.

"Edward III.," 363.
Egerton, Sir Thomas, 245.
Egerton papers, the doubtful, 245.
Elizabeth, Queen, and Shakespeare,
127, 132, 331, 425; his perform-
ances before her, 191, 217, 235,
245; the Queen and "Richard II."
243; and the " Sonnets," 327;
knowledge of languages in her
time, 376; London in her time,
127; Protestants and Catholics
in her reign, 454; the story of
Shakespeare and the Queen's glove,
191; her visit to Harefield, 245;
her visit to Warwick, 168; Shake-
speare's views on her death, 190.
Ellesmere, Lord, 247. See also
Egerton, Sir Thos.

England, Shakespeare's "joyous
pride of," 473.

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England, Merry," the Puritans
the grave-diggers of, 412, 461.
English, Shakespeare's, 56.
Engravings of portraits of Shake-
speare, 551, 562, 567.

Epitaphs, ascribed to Shakespeare,
495; on Shakespeare's tomb, etc.,

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