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Parkes, William, quotations from his Curtaine-drawer.

of the world.

Partizan, a different weapon from the pike

Patenson, the fool of Sir Thomas More

Peacock pie

Pengelden, Rees, a Welsh fool, story of him

Pentapolis, account of ....

Pericles, the story of this play examined

.... 75, 167

90

326

217

310

119

135

Perseus and Andromeda, errors of artists in represent-

ing the story of it

Perseus's horse, a critique on it .....

Pheasant pie

Platting of horses' manes, a superstitious notion, ex-

plained

57

55

217

180

301

....

Poor Tom, hints for dressing this character on the

stage

164

Preachers, account of ancient,

342

Players, censured for their stage interpolations.

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Punch, Dr. Johnson mistaken in his opinion concern-

ing the origin of this theatrical character

Quail-fighting, remarks on

Q.

251

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Raoul le Fevre, account of his history of Troy
Receipt, to make men seem like horses
Reels, danced by witches

67

274

91

Reynard the fox, when this romance was composed 347
Richard III., his deformity,...

Riddles, their occasional introduction into ancient ro-

mances

Ritson, Mr., a mistake by him correctedTM

35

121

478

Robin Rush, the idiot fool of Lord Bussy Mansel .. 310
Robinson, Richard, prices of his dedications

425

Some curious works by him specified 423

Rome, pronunciation of this word in Shakspeare's time
Romeo and Juliet, the original story of this play bor-

rowed in part from a Greek romancé

Rosemary, its use at funerals

Roses of Provins

198

195

247

Rowe, his edition of Shakspeare curious for the prints 283

S.

Scoloker, Antony, his Daiphantus

245, 265
Seldom comes the better, explanation of this phrase 33
Seven wise masters, the Gesta Romanorum indebted

to it

...

377, 381

Shakspeare, his correct knowledge of the ceremonies

belonging to the Romish church ..... 20
-, his metaphors often careless and confused 40
ridiculed by Fletcher .........

222, 224

the quarto editions of his plays full of
typographical errors

Shields in heraldry, conjectures on their origin ....
Ship of fools, by Brandt, cited....\

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- English prose translation of it by Watson 240
Sidney, Sir Philip, reprobated the custom of intro-T

ducing fools on the stage ...

Sir Isumbrus, an incident in one of the stories in the

Gesta Romanorum, borrowed from that romance 375

Solomon's judgment, stories in imitation of it

387

Somers, Will, portraits of him described...... 36, 325
Somner, Mr., his erroneous opinion on wastel bread 212
Songs, ancient
,..114, 162, 192, 214, 258

Stars on ancient medals, expressive of immortality
Stone, a celebrated fool

Stones, superstitions relating to them......
Stothard, Mr., his painting of Chaucer's pilgrims
Stumble at the threshold, explanation of this phrase
Suicides, how buried formerly

134

313

181, 224

Swan's speculum mundi, cited for some lines in Shak-.
to speare with variations

285

33

201

185

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Timon of Athens, his epitaph ....

Tollett, Mr., remarks on his curious painting on glass

of a morris dance. ...

Tom Piper, a character in the morris dance

72

445

462

Torch bearers at masques, account of

Tristan de Leonnois, a riddle from that romance

178

121

Troilus and Cressida, the origin of their story examined 64

Troy, the names of its gates borrowed by Shakspeare

from Caxton's recuyles or destruction of Troy,
and not from Lydgate

53

Troy, the siege of it a frequent subject on old ta-

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Valentine, a palace so called at Turin

Valentines, custom of choosing examined

Valentine and Orson, some editions of this romance

specified....

Vice, an ancient theatrical character

Virgil's gnat, some account of it

W.

235

257

252

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Warton, Mr., character of his History of English

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Wassel, the origin and meaning of this word

Wastel bread, explained

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Watson, translated Valentine and Orson, and The

ship of fools

240

Watts, Mr., his crroneous account of wastel bred ..

212

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249

Wits fits and fancies, a story from that work
Wolsey, Cardinal, articles against him ....

-, improperly censured for placing a
cardinal's hat on his coins ......

-, Shakspeare's allusion to a strumpet
kept by him

45

49

45

X.

Xenophon of Ephesus, a romance written by him sup-
posed to have been used by the author of the

story of Romeo and Juliet

Two of the incidents in his Ephesiacs occur

in Cymbeline

Z.

Zimimar, monarch of the North, a Devil invoked by
witches

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199

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