Rice (Richard), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 698. Richard I. (King), why surnamed Cœur de Lion, i. 566, 567. Richard II., probable date of, ii. 375, 376. Analysis of his character, 377, 378. Remarks on the secondary characters of this play, 378. Performed before the Earl of Southampton in 1601, ii. 10, 11. Illustration of act ii. scene 4. of this drama, i. 384. Richard of Gloucester, exquisite portrait of, in Shakspeare's Henry VI. Part II., ii. 297. Richard III., date of, ii. 370-372. Analysis of Richard's character, 373-375. Illustrations of passages of this drama in the present work. : Act iii. scene 2., ii. 377. scene 3., ii. 377. Act v. scene 2., ii. 378. Rickets, singular cures of, i. 371, 372. Rider (Bishop), an eminent philologer, notice of, i. 455. Riding, art of, highly cultivated in the sixteenth century, i. 298. Instructions for, 299, 300. Rings, fairy, allusions to, by Shakspeare, ii, 342, 343. Robin Hood and his associates, when introduced in the gambols of May Day, i. 159. Account of them and their dresses, &c., 160-164. Robin, why a favourite bird, i. 394, 395. Robinson (Clement), critical notice of his "Handefull of Pleasant Delites," i. 717, 718. Robinson's (Richard), "Auncient Order, &c. of the Round Table," account of, i. 562, 563., ii. 178-180. Notice of his Notice of his poems, i. 698. and note ‡. Rock Day festival, account of, i. 135. Verses on, ibid., 136. Rolland (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 698. Roman literature, progress of, during the reign of Elizabeth, i. 454, 455. List of Roman classic authors translated into English in Shakspeare's time, 483. Romances, list of popular ones in the age Shakspeare, i. 519-522. Origin of the metrical romance, 522, 523. Anglo VOL. II. of Norman romances, 523-531. Oriental romances, 531-538. Italian romances, 538-544. Spanish and Portuguese romances, 545-548. Pastoral romances, 548-552. Influence of romance on the poetry of the Elizabethan age, 596. Ob-* servations on the romantic drama, ii. 539 -541. Romeo and Juliet, probable date of, ii. 356 -358. Source whence Shakspeare derived his plot, considered, 359-361. Analysis of the characters of this drama, 362, 363. Eulogium on it by Schlegel, 363, 364. Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work. Act i. scene 3., i. 52. 436. ii. 356.; scene 4., i. 368. ii. 118. 342. 347.358. scene 5., ii. 116. Act ii. scene 1., i. 583. scene 2., i. 271. scene 4., i. 304, 583. note, ii. Act iii. scene 1., i, 556. Act iv. scene 3., i. 374. scene 5., i. 240. 243. 583. note. ii. 170. Act v. scene 1., i. 355. scene 2., ii. 581. scene 3., ii. 107. Roodsmass, procession of fairies at the festival of, ii. 322. Rosemary strewed before the bride at marriages, i. 224. Rosse (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 698. Rous (Francis), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 699. Rousillon (Countess), exquisite character of, ii. 423. Rowe (Mr.), mistake of, concerning the priority of Shakspeare's birth, corrected, i. 4, 5. His conjecture concerning_the trade of Shakspeare's father, 7. Disproved, ibid., note. Rowena and Vortigern, anecdote of, i. 127, 128. Rowland (Samuel), list of the poems of, i. 699, 700. and note t Rowley (William), wrote several pieces in conjunction with Massinger and other 4 2 Sackville (Thomas), Lord Buckhurst, character of the poetical works of, i. 642, 643. The model adopted by Spenser, 643. The " Myrrour for Magistrates," planned by him, 708. Character of his dramatic performances, ii. 230, 231. Saker (Aug.), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 700. Sampson (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 700. Sandabar, an oriental philosopher, i. 531. Account of his "Book of the Seven Counsellors," ibid. Numerous versions of it, ibid., 532. English version exceedingly popular, 531. Scottish version, 532, 533. Sandford (James), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 700. Satires of Bishop Hall, remarks on, i. 628, 629. Savile (Sir Henry), greatly promoted Greek literature, i. 453. Notice of his works, ibid., 454. Scandinavian mythology of fairies, account of, ii. 308–312. Schlegel (M.), eulogium of, on Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet, ii. 363, 364. On his Cymbeline, 466, 467. Macbeth, 471473. On the romantic drama of Shakspeare, 539, 540. And on his moral character, 614. School-books, list of, in use in Shakspeare's time, i. 25. note. Account of those most probably used by him, 26-28. French and Italian grammars and dictionaries, 57. Schoolmasters but little rewarded in Shakspeare's time, 27. note. 94. In the sixteenth century were frequently conjurors, 95, 96. Picture of, by Shakspeare, 96. Their degraded character and ignorance in his time, 97. Scoloker (Anthony), a minor poet of the Scot (Gregory), a minor poet of the age of Scott (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 700. and note . 701. and note t Scott (Mr. Walter), beautiful picture of Christmas festivities, i. 207, 208. Picture of rustic superstition, 322, 323. 11lustrations of his Lady of the Lake, i. 356-358. Causes of his poetical excellence, 600, 601. Scottish farmers, state of, in the sixteenth century, i. 118. Late wakes of the Highlanders described, 234-236. Thanksgivings offered by them on getting in the harvest, 341. Account of the Scottish system of fairy mythology, ii. 314— 336. Sculpture highly valued by Shakspeare, ii. 617, 618. Seed-cake, a rural feast-day in the time of Elizabeth, i. 190. Selden (John), notice of his Commentary on Drayton, i. 471. Sentiment of the Elizabethan poetry considered, i. 598, 599. Servants, pursuits, diet, &c. of, in the time of Shakspeare, i. 113-115. Benefices bestowed on them in the reign of Elizabeth, 92. Their dress, ii. 138. Regulations for, 139, 140. Prohibited from entering the kitchen till summoned by the cook, 143. Were corrected by their mistresses, 153. "Seven Champions of Christendome," a popular romance in Shakspeare's time, account of, i. 529, 530. "Seven Wise Masters," a popular romance of Indian origin, i. 531. Notice of its different translations, ibid., 532. Translated into Scottish rhyme, 533. Sewell (Dr.), conjecture of, respecting Shakspeare's sonnets, ii. 59. Shakspeare Family, account of, i. 1. posed grant of arms to, ibid. SupExamination of the orthography of their name, 17-20. Shakspeare (Edmund), a brother of the poet, buried in St. Saviour's Church, i. 416ii. 598. Shakspeare (Mrs.), wife of the poet, epitaph on, ii. 631. note. His bequests to her, 631. Remarks on it, 613. Shakspeare (John), father of the poet, supposed grant of property and arms to, i. 1. Account of, 2. Arms confirmed to him, ibid. His marriage, 3. List of children ascribed to him in the baptismal register of Stratford-upon-Avon, 4. Correction of Mr. Rowe's mistakes on this point, 5. Declines in his circumstances and is dismissed from the corporation, 6, 7. Supposed to have been a wool-stapler, 7. 34. And also a butcher, 36. Discovery of his confession of faith or will, 8. Copy of his will, 9-14. Its authenticity doubted by Mr. Malone, 15. Supported by Mr. Chalmers, ibid. Circumstances in favour of its authenticity, 16. John Shakspeare probably a Roman Catholic, ibid. His death, ibid. ii. 590. Shakspeare (William), birth of, i. 1. Description of the house where he was born, 21, 22. His chair purchased by the Princess Czartoryska, 22, 23. Escapes the plague, 24. Educated for a short time at the free-school of Stratford, 25. Account of school-books probably used by him, 26, 27. Taken from school, in consequence of his father's poverty, 28. Probable extent of his acquirements as a scholar, 29-33. On leaving school, followed his father's trade as a wool-stapler, and probably also as a butcher, 34. Proofs of this, 35, 36. Probably pre Is sent, in his twelfth-year, at Kenelworth Castle, at the time of Queen Elizabeth's visit there, 37, 38. Probably employed in some attorney's office, 43-47. and notes, 48. Whether he ever was a school-master, 45. Anecdote of him at Bidford, 48, 49. Whether and when he acquired his knowledge of French and Italian, 53, 54. Probable that he was acquainted with French, 55, 56. And Italian, 56, 57. Probable estimate of his real literary acquirements, 57, 58. His courting-chair, still in existence, 61. Marries Anne Hathaway, 59, 62, 63. Birth of his eldest daughter, 64. And of twins, 65. Repartee of Shakspeare, ibid. 66. He becomes acquainted with dissipated young men, 401. Caught in the act of deer-stealing, 402. Confined in Daisy Park, 403. Pasquinades Sir Thomas Lucy, 404-406. 409. By whom he is prosecuted, 407, 408. obliged to quit Stratford, 410. And departs for London, 411, 412. Visits his family occasionally, 414. Was known to Heminge, Burbadge, and Greenc, 417. Introduced to the stage, 419. Though with reluctance, ii. 582. Was not employed as a waiter or horse-keeper at the play-house door, i. 519. Esteemed as an actor, 421, 422. Proofs of his skill in the histrionic art, 423. Performed the character of Adam in his own play of As You Like It, 424. Appeared also in kingly parts, 425. Excelled in second rate characters, ibid. Struggles of Shakspeare with adversity, ii. 583. Loses his only son, 584. Purchases a house in Stratford, ibid. History of its fate, 584, note. His acquaintance with Ben Jonson, 585-587. Improbability of his ever having visited Scotland, 587, 588. Annually visited Stratford, 589. Re ceives many marks of favour from Queen Elizabeth, 590, Obtains a licence for his theatre, 591. Purchases lands in Stratford, 591. And quits the stage as an actor, 591. Forms a club of wits with Ben Jonson and others, 592. Flatters James I. who honoured him with a letter of acknowledgement, 593. The story of Shakspeare's quarrel with Ben Jonson, disproved, 595--598. and notes. Birth of his grand-daughter Elizabeth, 599. Planted the celebrated Mulberry Tree in 1609, 599, 600. Purchases a tenement in Blackfriars, 601. And prepares to retire from London, 601, 602. Account of Shakspeare in retirement, ii. 603. Origin of his satirical epitaph His on Mr. Combe, ii. 604-606. epitaph on Sir Thomas Stanley, 606, 607. And on Elias James, 607. note. Negociations between Shakspeare and some of his townsmen relative to the inclosure of some land in the vicinity of Stratford, 608, 609. Marries his youngest daughter to Mr. Thomas Quiney, 609. Makes his will, 610. His death, 611. Funeral, 612. Copy of his will, 627-632. Observations on it, 612614. And on the disposition and moral character of Shakspeare, 614. Universally beloved, 615. His exquisite taste for all the forms of beauty, 616, 617. Remarks on the monument erected to his memory, 618-620. And on the engraving of him prefixed to the folio edition of his plays, 622-624. Account of Shakspeare's commencement of poetry, i. 426. Probable date of his Venus and Adonis, 426, 427. Proofs of his acquaintance with the grammatical and rhetorical writers of his age, 472 -174. With the historical writers then extant, 484. With Batman's "Bartholome de Proprietatibus Rerum," 485. With the Facetime published in his time, 516, 517. And with all the eminent romances then in print, 562– 573. And with the minstrel-poetry of Dedicates his age, 574-593. his Venus and Adonis, and Rape of Lucrece, to the Earl of Southampton, ii. 3. Analysis of this poem, with remarks, 21— 32. Analysis of the Rape of Eucrece, 33-37. Intimate knowledge of the human heart displayed by Shakspeare, 38. Account of his "Passionate Pilgrim,' 41-49. Elegant allusions of Shakspeare to his own age, in his Sonnets, 50-52. Critical account of his Sonnets, 53-82. 81-86. And of his Lover's Complaint, 82-84. Licence to Shakspeare for the Globe Theatre, 207. Probable . amount of his income, 225. And of his obligations to his dramatic predecessors, 253-255. The commencement of Shakspeare's dramatic career, considered and ascertained, ii. 256-260. Chronological Table of the order of his genuine plays, 261. Observations on them, 262-534. (And see their respective Titles in this Index.) Remarks on the spurious pieces attributed to Shakspeare, 536, 537. Whether he assisted other poets in their Condramatic composition, 537, 538. siderations on the genius of Shakspeare's drama, 538-541. On its conduct, 541 -544. Characters, 545. Passions, 546 549. Comic painting, 550. And imaginative powers, 551. Morality, 552. Vindication of his character from the calumnies of Voltaire, 552-554. Popularity of Shakspeare's dramas in Germany, 554. Reprinted in America, 555. Shakspeare (Judith), youngest daughter of the poet, birth of, 1. Her marriage, ii. 609. And issue, 610. His bequests to her, and her children, 627-629. Shakspeare (Susannah), eldest child of the poet, birth of, i. 64. Marriage of, to Dr. Hall, ii. 598, 599. Her father's beWhy her father's quests to her, 630, 631. favourite, 613. Probable cause of his leaving her the larger portion of his pro Shepherd (S.), commendatory verses of, on Shirley's Play, the "Lady of Pleasure,” illustrated, Act i., i. 179. Shivering (sudden), superstitious notion concerning, i. 375. Shoes, fashion of, in the Shoes, fashion of, in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 98. 105, 106. Shot-proof waistcoat, charm for, i. 364. Shottery, cottage of the Hathaways at, still in existence, i. 61. Shovel-board, or Shuffle-board, account of, i. 306. Mode of playing at, 306, 307. Its origin and date, 307. Shove-Groat, a game, notice of, i. 307, 308. Shrewsbury (Countess of), termagant conduct of, ii. 153. Shrove Tuesday, or Shrove Tide, origin of the term, i. 141. Observances on that festival, 142. Threshing the hen, ibid. Throwing at cocks, 144, 145. Shylock, analysis of the character of, ii. 384, 385. Sidney or Sydney (Sir Philip), biographical notice of, i. 652. Satire of, on the affected style of some of his contempor- . aries, i. 444, 445. Notice of his "Defence of Poesie," 467. Critical account of his "Arcadia," 548-552. Alluded to by Shakspeare, 573, 574. Remarks on his poetical pieces, 652, 653. Particularly on his Sonnets, ii. 54. The Pyrocles of his Arcadia, probably the original name of Shakspeare's Pericles, 283. Sign-posts, costly, of ancient inns, i. 217. Silk-Manufactures, encouraged by James I., ii. 600. Silk Stockings, first worn by Queen Elizabeth, ii. 98. Similes, exquisite, in Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 26. Sir, title of, anciently given to clergymen, i. 88-90. Sly, remarks on the character of, in the Sommers (Sir George), shipwreck of, ii. 503, 504. Songs (early English), notice of a curious collection of, i. 574–576. Quotations from, and allusions to the most popular of them, by Shakspeare, with illustrative remarks, 577-593. Sonnet, introduced into England from Italy, ii. 53. Brief notice of the sonnets of Wyat, ibid. Elegant specimen from those of the Earl of Surrey, ibid. Notice of the Sonnets of Watson, i. 66.ii. 54. Of Sir Philip Sidney, ibid. Of Daniel, 55. Of Constable, ibid. Of Spencer, ibid. Of Drayton, 56. And of other minor poets, ibid. Beautiful sonnet, addressed to Lady Drake, i. 621. An exquisite one from Shakspeare's Passionate Pilgrim, ii. 49. On a kiss, by Sidney, 54. Sonnets of Shakspeare, when first published, ii. 50. Probable dates of their composition, ibid. 51. Daniel's manner chiefly copied by Shakspeare, in the structure of his sonnets, 57, 58. 77. Discussion of the question to whom they were addressed, 58-60. Proofs that they were principally addressed to the Earl of Southampton, 62-73. Vindication of Shakspeare's sonnets from the charge of affectation or pedantry, 75. 80. Circumlocutory they are to a certain extent, 76. But this less the fault of Shakspeare than of his subject, ibid. 77. Specimens, illustrating the structure and versification of Shakspeare's sonnets, with remarks, 77-82. Vindication of them from the hyper-criticism of Mr. Steevens, 60. 74. 84-86. Soothern (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 701. and note ‡. Southampton, (Earl of), See Wriothesly. Southey's (Mr.), translation of "Amadis of Gaul," notice of, i. 546. Southwell (Robert), biographical notice of, i. 643, 644. List of his poetical works, with critical remarks, 644, 645. Spanish romances, account of, i. 545-548. Allusions to them by Shakspeare, 570, 571. Spectral Impressions, probable causes of, philosophically considered, ii. 406–408. Singular instance of a supposed spectral impression, 407. note. See Spirits. Speed's "History of Great Britain," character of, i. 476. Spells, account of, on Midsummer-Eve, i. 331-333. On All-Hallows-Eve, 344 -347. Supposed influence of, 362365. Spenser's "English Poet," notice of, i. 463. Critical notice of, commentary on his "Shepheards Calender," 471. Many incidents of his "Faerie Queene" borrowed from the romance of "La Morte d' Arthur," 529. And from "The Seven Seven Champions of Christendom," ibid. Sackville's "Induction" the model of |