Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work.

• Tansy Cakes, why given at Easter, i. 147.
• Tapestry Hangings, allusions to, by Shakspeare, ii. 114, 115.
• Tarlton (Richard), the comedian, repartee of, i. 66.
• His influence over Queen Elizabeth, 702. note [702:D].
• Notice of his poems, 702.
• Plan of his "Seven Deadlie Sins," a composite drama, ii. 229.
• Tarquin, beautiful soliloquy of, ii. 35.
• Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered," translated by Fairefax, notice of, i. 619.
• Tatham's (J.), censure of Shakspeare's Pericles, ii. 263.
• Taverner's (John), "Certain Experiments concerning Fish and Fruit," notice of, i. 291. and note.
• Taverns, description of, in Shakspeare's time, i. 218.
• List of the most eminent taverns, ii. 133.
• Account of their accommodations, 134, 135.
• Taylor (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 703.
• Tempest, conjectures on the probable date of, ii. 500. 502. 504.
• Sources whence Shakspeare drew his materials for this drama, 503.
• Critical analysis of its characters: Prospero, 505. 515.
• Miranda, 506.
• Ariel, 506, 522, 525.
• Caliban, 506. 523. 525.
• Remarks on the notions prevalent in Shakspeare's time respecting magic, 507-514.
• Application of magical machinery to the Tempest, 515-526.
• Superior skill of Shakspeare in this adaptation, 527.

Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work.

• Theatre, the first, when erected, ii. 203.
• List of the principal play-houses during the age of Shakspeare, 206.
• Licence to him for the Globe Theatre, from James I., 207.
• Account of it, 208.
• And of the theatre in Blackfriars, 209.
• Interior economy of the theatre in Shakspeare's time, 210.
• Divisions of the stage, 211-214.
• Hours and days of acting, 215, 216.
• Prices of admission, 216.
• Number of plays performed in one day, 217.
• Amusements of the audience previously to the commencement of plays, 217-219.
• Tragedies, how performed, 220.
• Wardrobe of the theatres, ibid.
• Female characters personated by men or boys, 221.
• Plays, how censured, ibid. 222.
• Thomson's "Winter," quoted, i. 321.
• Threshing the Hen, custom of, explained, i. 142.
• Tilting at the Ring, and in the water, description of, i. 555.
• Allusions to this sport by Shakspeare, 556.
• Time, effects of, exquisitely portrayed by Shakspeare, ii. 78.
• Timon of Athens, probable date of, ii. 446, 447.
• Analysis of his character, 448-452.

Passages of this drama illustrated in this work.

• Tire-valiant, an article of female head-dress, account of, ii. 94.
• Titania, the fairy queen of Midsummer-Night's Dream, analysis of the character of, ii. 337-345.
• "Titus Andronicus," illustration of, act 2., scene iv., i. 397.
• This play evidently not Shakspeare's, ii. 536.
• Tobacco, the taking of, when first introduced into England, ii. 135.
• Philippic of James I. against it, ibid. 138.
• Prejudices against it, 136, 137.
• Tofte (Robert), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, list of the pieces of, i. 703.
• Tolling the passing-bell, supposed benefit of, i. 232-234.
• Tombfires, superstitious notions concerning, i. 360.
• Tompson (Agnis), a supposed witch, confessions of, ii. 476. 485.
• Topographers (English), account of, during the age of Shakspeare, i. 479-481.
• Torments of hell, legendary accounts of, i. 378-381.
• Tottel's "Poems of Uncertaine Auctors," i. 708.
• Touch (royal), a supposed cure for the king's evil, i. 370, 371.
• Tournaments in the reign of Elizabeth, account of, i. 553.
• Allusions to by Shakspeare, 554.
• Tragedy, how performed in the time of Shakspeare, ii. 220.
• "Ferrex and Porrex," the first tragedy ever acted in England, 227.
• "Tragique History of the Fair Valeria of London," cited and illustrated, i. 238.
• Translations into English from Greek and Roman authors in the time of Shakspeare, list of, i. 483.
• Travelling, passion for, in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 156, 157.
• Treego (William), a minor poet of the age of Elizabeth, i. 704.
• Troilus and Cressida, probable date of, ii. 437, 438.
• Source of its fable, 439, 440.
• Analysis of its characters, 440, 441.
• Its defects, 441.

Illustrations of this drama in the present work.

• Trulli, or benevolent fairies of the Germans, notice of, ii. 312.
• Trump, a fashionable game of cards in Shakspeare's time, i. 270.
• Tuck (Friar), the chaplain of Robin Hood, account of, i. 162, 163.
• Tumours, cured by stroking with a dead man's hand, i. 370.
• Turberville (George), biographical sketch of, i. 655.
• Notice of his "Booke of Faulconrie," i. 257. note.
• His description of hunting in inclosures, 275, 276.
• List of his poetical works, 655.
• Critical estimate of his poetical character, 656.
• Turner (Mrs.), executed for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, ii. 96.
• The inventress of yellow starch, ibid.
• Turner (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 704.
• Turquoise Stone, supposed virtues of, i. 366, 367.
• Tusser (Thomas), biographical notice of, i. 656.
• Critical remarks on his "Five Hundreth Good Points of Husbandry," 657.
• His character as a poet, 657, 658.
• Quotations from Tusser, illustrative of old English manners and customs, i. 100. 108. 110. 112-115. 136. 142. 182. 188. 190. 202. 215.
• Twelfth-Day, festival of, i. 127.
• Its supposed origin, ibid.
• The twelfth-cake accompanied by wassail-bowls, ibid. 128-130.
• Meals and amusements on this day, 132, 133.
• Twelfth-Night observed with great ceremony in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., i. 131, 132.
• Verses on, by Herrick, 133, 134.
• Twelfth-Night, the last of Shakspeare's dramas, probable date of, ii. 531-533.
• Its general character, and conduct of the fable, 534.

Illustrations of this drama in the present work.

• Two Gentlemen of Verona, date of, ii. 367.
• Probable source of its fable, ibid. 368.
• Remarks on the delineation of its characters, particularly that of Julia, 368, 369.

Illustrations of this drama in the present work.

• Twyne (John), the topographer, notice of, i. 480.
• Twyne (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 704.
• Tye (Christopher), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 704.
• Typography, remarks on the style of, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, i. 437.
• Beautiful specimens of decorative printing, 438.
• Tyrwhitt (Mr.), conjecture of, respecting the date of Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet, ii. 356, 357.
• And of Twelfth-Night, 531, 532.
• U
• Underdonne (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 704.
• Upstart country-squire or knight, character of, i. 81.
• V
• "Valentine and Orson," romance of, cited by Shakspeare, i. 572.
• Notice of a curious edition of, 571, 572.
• Its extensive popularity, 572.
• Valentine's Day, origin of the superstitions concerning, i. 324.
• Custom of choosing lovers ascribed to Madame Royale, 324, 325.
• Supposed to be of pagan origin, 325.
• Modes of ascertaining Valentines for the current year, 326.
• The poor feasted on this day, 327.
• Vallans (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Vaughan's (W.) "Golden Grove," a collection of essays, i. 513.
• Character of, with specimens of his style, 514.
• Vaux (Lord), specimen of the poems of, i. 713.
• Vennard (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Venice one of the sources of English fashions in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 94.
• Venus and Adonis, a poem of Shakspeare, probable date of, i. 426, 427.
• Notice of the "Editio Princeps," ii. 20, 21.
• Dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, 3.
• Proofs of its melody and beauty of versification, 21-23.
• Singular force and beauty of its descriptions, 24-26.
• Similes, 26.
• And astonishing powers of Shakspeare's mind, 27.
• This poem inferior to its classical prototypes, ibid.
• Complimentary verses on this poem, addressed to Shakspeare, 28-30.
• Its meretricious tendency censured by contemporary writers, 31.
• Popularity of this poem, 31. note [31:A].
• Notice of its principal editions, 32.
• Versification of the poetry of the Elizabethan age examined, i. 597.
• Remarks on the versification of Sir John Beaumont, 601.
• Of Browne, 603.
• Of Chalkhill, 606.
• Of Chapman, 608.
• Of Daniel, 612.
• Of Davies, 613.
• Of Davors, 614.
• Of Donne, 615.
• Of Drayton, 616, 617.
• Of Drummond, 618.
• Of Fairefax, 619.
• Of the two Fletchers, 620, 621.
• Of Gascoigne, 626.
• Of Bishop Hall, 628, 629.
• Of Dr. Lodge, 632-635.
• Of Marston, 637.
• Of Spenser, 648.
• Of the Earl of Stirling, 651.
• Of Sylvester, 653.
• Of Watson, 661.
• Of Willobie, 665, 666.
• Of Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 21-23.
• Of his Rape of Lucrece, 33-36.
• Of Spenser's sonnets, 55.
• Of Shakspeare's sonnets, 77-82.
• Of Peele, 240. note.
• Of the Two Gentlemen of Verona, 369.
• Verstegan (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Vincent (St.), supposed influence of his day, i. 350.
• Virtue loved and cherished by Shakspeare's fairies, ii. 339, 340.
• Virtus post funera vivit, whimsical translation of, i. 238, 239.
• Voltaire's calumnies on Shakspeare refuted, ii. 553, 554.
• Volumnia, remarks on the character of, ii. 494, 495.
• Vortigern and Rowena, anecdote of, i. 127, 128.
• Vows, how made by knights in the age of chivalry, i. 552.
• Voyages and Travels, collections of, published in the time of Shakspeare, i. 477-479.
• W
• Wager (Lewis), a dramatic poet, notice of, ii. 234.
• Waists of great length, fashionable in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 97.
• Wakes, origin of, i. 209.
• Degenerate into licentiousness, 210.
• Verses on, by Tusser, ibid.
• And by Herrick, 211, 212.
• Frequented by pedlars, 212.
• Village-wakes still kept up in the North, 213.
• Walton's "Complete Angler," errata in, i. 293. note.
• Encomium on, 297. note.
• Wapul (George), a dramatic writer in the time of Elizabeth, ii. 237.
• Wardrobes (ancient), account of, ii. 91, 92.
• Notice of theatrical wardrobes, in the time of Shakspeare, 220, 221.
• Warner (William), biographical notice of, i. 658.
• Critical remarks on his "Albion's England," 659, 660.
• Quotations from that poem illustrative of old English manners and customs, i. 104, 105. 118, 119. 135. 143. note. 147. note.
• Warnings (preternatural) of death or danger, i. 351-354.
• Warren (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Warton (Dr.), observations of, on the "Gesta Romanorum," i. 536, 537.
• On Fenton's collection of Italian novels, 542.
• On the satires of Bishop Hall, 628, 629.
• On the merits of Harington, 629.
• On the satires of Marston, 637.
• Washing of hands, why necessary before dinner in the age of Elizabeth, ii. 145.
• Wassail, origin of the term, i. 127.
• Synonymous with feasting, 129.
• Wassail-bowl, ingredients in, i. 127.
• Description of an ancient one, 128.
• Allusions to, in Shakspeare, 129, 130.
• And by Milton, 131.
• The peg-tankard, a species of wassail-bowl, 131. note.
• Watch-lights, an article of furniture in Shakspeare's time, ii. 117.
• Water-closets, by whom invented, ii. 135. note.
• Water-spirits, different classes of, ii. 522, 523.
• Watson (Thomas), a poet of the Elizabethan age, critical notice of his works, particularly of his sonnets, i. 660-662., ii. 54.
• Said by Mr. Steevens to be superior to Shakspeare as a writer of sonnets, i. 663.
• List of his other poems, ibid.
• Weather, prognostications of, from particular days, i. 323.
• Webbe (William), account of his "Discourse of English Poetrie," i. 463, 464.
• Its extreme rarity and high price, 463. note.
• First and second Eclogues of Virgil, 705.
• Webster (William), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Webster (John), estimate of the merits of, as a dramatic poet, ii. 564, 565.
• Illustrations of his plays, viz.:
• Vittoria Corombona, i. 233, 234. 237, 238. 396.
• Dutchess of Malfy, i. 351.
• Wedderburn, a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Weddings, how celebrated, i. 223-226.
• Description of a rustic wedding, 227-229.
• Weever (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 705.
• Bibliographical notice of his "Epigrammes," ii. 371.
• Verses of, on Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 28.
• Epigram of, on Shakspeare's poems and plays, 372.
• Wells, superstitious notions concerning, i. 391-393.
• Wenman (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 706.
• Wharton's "Dreame," a poem, i. 706.
• Whetstone's (George), collection of tales, notice of, i. 543.
• His "Rocke of Regard," and other poems, 706.
• Account of the prevalence of gaming in his time, ii. 157, 158.
• Notice of his dramatic productions, 238.
• His "Promos and Cassandra," the immediate source of Shakspeare's Measure for Measure, 453.
• Whipping-tops anciently kept for public use, i. 312.
• Whitney (George), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 706.
• Whitsuntide, festival of, how celebrated, i. 175-180.
• Morris-dance, its accompaniment, ibid.
• With Maid Marian, 179.
• Whitsun plays, 181.
• Wieland's "Oberon," character of, i. 564. note.
• Wild-goose-chace, a kind of horse race, notice of, i. 304, 305.
• Wilkinson (Edward), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 706.
• Will of John Shakspeare, account of the discovery of, i. 8, 9.
• Copy of it, 9-14.
• First published by Mr. Malone, ibid.
• Its authenticity subsequently doubted by him, 15.
• Confirmed by Mr. Chalmers, ibid.
• Additional reasons for its authenticity, 16.
• Its probable date, ibid.
• Will of William Shakspeare, ii. 627-632.
• Observations on it, 612-614.
• Willet (Andrew), "Emblems" of, i. 706.
• Willobie (Henry), a poet of the Elizabethan age, critical notice of, i. 663, 664.
• Origin of his "Avisa," 665.
• Character of that work, 665, 666.
• Commendatory verses in, on Shakspeare's Rape of Lucrece, ii. 40.
• Will-o'-wisp, superstitious notions concerning, i. 399, 400.
• Willymat's (William) "Prince's Looking Glass," i. 706.
• Wilmot (Robert), a dramatic poet in the reign of Elizabeth, character of, ii. 234, 235.
• Wilson (Thomas), observations of, on the corruptions of the English language, in the time of James I., i. 440, 441.
• Proofs that his "Rhetoricke" had been studied by Shakspeare, 472-474.
• Wincot ale celebrated for its strength, i. 48.
• Epigram on, 48, 49.
• Allusions to this place in Shakspeare's plays, 50.
• Wine, enormous consumption of, in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 129.
• Foreign wines then drunk, 130-132.
• Presents of, usually sent from one room in a tavern to another, 134.
• Winter evening's conversations of the sixteenth century, superstitious subjects of, i. 316-322.
• Winter's Tale, probable date of, ii. 495-497.
• Its general character, 497-500.
• And probable source, 498.

Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work.

• Wit-combats of Shakspeare and Jonson, and their associates, notice of, ii. 592, 593.
• Witchcraft made felony by Henry VIII., ii. 474.
• Supposed increase of witches in the time of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 474, 475.
• General prevalence of this infatuation, 475.
• Increased under the reign of James I., 476.
• Cruel act of parliament against witches, 477.
• Description of the wretched persons who were ordinarily supposed to be witches, 478-480.
• Exquisite description of a witch's abode by Spenser, 480.
• Enumeration of the feats witches were supposed to be capable of performing, 481-483.
• Nature of their supposed compact with the devil, 483-485.
• Application of this superstition by Shakspeare to dramatic purposes in his Macbeth, 487-489.
• Wither (George), biographical notice of, i. 666.
• Critical observations on his satires, 667.
• And on his "Juvenilia," 668, 669.
• List of his other pieces, with remarks, 669-671.
• Verses of, on Hock-Day, i. 151. note.
• Withold (St.), supposed influence of, against the nightmare, i. 347-349.
• Wives, supposed appearance of future, on Midsummer-Eve, i. 332-334.
• And on All-Hallow-Eve, 344-347.
• Wives' Feast Day, Candlemas Day, why so called, i. 138.
• Wolsey's (Cardinal) Rudimenta Grammatices, notice of, i. 26.
• Women, employments and dress of the younger part of, in Shakspeare's time, i. 83, 84.
• Characters of women, personated by men and boys, 221.
• Wood (Nathaniel), a dramatic writer in the reign of Elizabeth, notice of, ii. 238.
• Wool-trade, allusions to, i. 35.
• Promoted by Queen Elizabeth, 192. note.
• "World's Folly," a collection of old ballads, notice of, i. 474-476.
• Wotton (Sir Henry), encomium of, on angling, i. 297.
• Character of his poetical productions, 672, 673.
• Wright (John), character of his "Passions of the Minde," a collection of essays, i. 511.
• Wright (Leonard), character of his "Display of Dutie," i. 512, 513.
• Wriothesly (Thomas), Earl of Southampton, biographical notice of, ii. 1, 2.
• A passionate lover of the drama, 2.
• Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, and Rape of Lucrece, dedicated to him, 3.
• His liberality to the poet, 4.
• Joins the expedition to the Azores, 5.
• In disgrace with Queen Elizabeth, 6.
• Goes to Paris, and is introduced to King Henry IV., 7.
• Marries Elizabeth Vernon without consulting the Queen, 7, 8.
• Who imprisons them both, 8.
• Goes to Ireland with the Earl of Essex, who promotes him, ibid.
• Is recalled and disgraced, 8, 9.
• Quarrels with Lord Gray, 9, 10.
• Joins Essex in his conspiracy against the Queen, 10.
• And is sentenced to imprisonment, ibid.
• Released by James I., 11.
• Who promotes him, 12, 13.
• Birth of his son, 12.
• Embarks in a colonising speculation, 13.
• Patronises literature, 14.
• Opposes the court, 15.
• Dies in Holland, 16.
• Review of his character, ibid.
• Tributes to his memory by the poets and literary men of his time, 17-19.
• Shakspeare's sonnets principally addressed to him, 62-73.
• Wyat (Sir Thomas), character of his sonnets, ii. 53.
• Wyrley (William), notice of the biographical poems of, i. 707.
• Y
• Yates (James), "Castle of Courtesie," i. 707.
• Yeomen. See Farmers.
• Yong (Bartholomew), notice of his "Version of Montemayer's Romance of Diana," i. 707. and note [707:C].
• Yule-clog, or Christmas-block, i. 194.
• Z
• Zouche (Richard), notice of his "Dove," a geographical poem, i. 707.