K. Henry VI. the ftory faulty, 40. and n. 10. 72. a passage

in the first part, explained, 214. 2d. part, explained. 287.

K. Henry VIII. wrongly called the life of K. Henry VIII.
70. wherein faulty, 70. 135. pallages explained, 38. de.
fended. 305.

K. John. aurongly called, The life and death of K. John, 70.
paffages explained and defended, 185, 186.

Julius Caefar. The plot vindicated, 71, 72. its length of

time, 72, n. the characters, 86, 87, 88. 90. passages ex-
plained, 90, 91. 194, 195. defended, 172. 293, 294, 295,
explained and corrected, 224. 236, 237, 238, 246. dra-
matis perfonæ varied from Plutarch, 288.

K. Lear. explained and corrected, 225, 226. 327. defended,
291, 292, corrected, 202. passages explained, 218. 299.
310, 311.

Love's labour's loft, Spurious. 274.

Macbeth. The play critized. 42, 43, &c. &c. passages ex-
plained, 194. 297. 302, 303. 310. 312. defended, 177
169, 170. 180. 309. 314, 315. 322. 325. corrected,
49, n. 55, n. 201. wherein faulty. 135.

Measure for Measure. Paffages explained, 190. 211. its u
nity and moral, 72. explained and defended, 182. 312.
326. explained and corrected, 212. 215, 216. 224.

Merchant of Venice. The Jew's character not proper for
the ftage, 80.

Merry Wives of Windfor. Paffages explained and defended,
176. 301, corrected. 262, 263.

The

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The Midfummer Night's Dream. passages defended, 172.
285, 286. explained and corrected, 25. n. 343. ridi-
cules the affectation of repeating the fame letters, 254.

Much ado about nothing. passages explained, 209.

Othello. The play criticized, 64, 65, &c. paffages explained
219. 176. 291. explained and defended, 177, 178. 183,
184. 289, n. 321. corrections propofed, 184, 185. cor-
rected, 200. explained and corrected, 190, 191, 192. 256,
257. 291. meaning of the word Defdemona, 288.

K. Richard II. passages explained, 36, &c. 302. defended,
ago. corrected. 262.

K. Richard III. The character improper for the stage, 80.
explained and defended, 9. n.

Romeo and Juliet. A play founded upon hiftory, 86. Mer-
cutio's character, 101. paffages explained and defended,
164, 165. corrected, 234, 235.

Taming of a Shrew. Paffagss defended. 290.

The Tempeft. The unity of its action, 72. Caliban's charac-
ter, 102. explained and corrected, 202, 203, 204. 222,
-223. 241, 242. 259, 260.

Timon of Athens, paffages defended, 325, 326. corrected,
201, 202. 228, 229.

Titus Andronicus, fpurious. 273, 274.

Troilus and Creffida. Paffages explained and corrected, 210,
211. 242, 243. explained, 165, n.

Twelfth Night, or What you will, explained, 7. n. 255.
defended. 311, 312.

Two Gentlemen of Verona, fpurious. 274.

Winter's tale. The ftory faulty, 40, 41. n.

SOCRATES. 107. 282.

SOPHOCLES, his improvement of the stage, 115, and n, 116,
n. bis Electra, 63. Oedipus, 71. Ajax, 71, 72. 300.
Philoctetes explained, 247. defended. 45, n.

SPENCER, passages explained, 39, n. 154, n. 316. explain-
ed and corrected, 193, 194. 199. 200. 234, 235, B.
Stage, fee tragedy, comedy.

STRABO, cited and illuftrated. 93.

Sublime, true. 98.

Subscribe, subscription, 291, 292.

Superftition and wickedness united. 51.

Swearing on the fword. 61, n.

SYDNEY, Sir Philip, his remarks on our tragedies and come
dies, 75, 76. his bad metre, 343, 344. characterized in
Spencer. 39.

Σχῆμα παρ' υπόνοιαν, a figure in rhetoric ufed by Shake-
Speare. 173.

T.

Tangere, meaning of the word. 291.

Taft, modern, 16. 28. taft corrupted introduces depravity of
morals, 33, 34. critical taft, how to be acquired. 149,
150. 344, 345.

TERENCE, 130, 131. 282. 322, 323, 324. his art in draw-
ing the character of Demea. 88, 89.
THEOCRITUS, corrected. 123. 224, 245.
THESPIS, the inventor of ftage plays. 11.

TIBULLUS, corrected. 111, n.

Touch, touches, 291.

Tragedy,its rife and progrefs. B. I. Se&t. XIV. defined. 42. 73.
Tragic character, 46. 81, 82. tragical passions. 66, 67.
Tragi-comedy. B. I. Sect. XIII.

Tęvsydia. 121.

True-penny. 10, n.

Truth, poetic, 99. necessarily perfued. 150.
Tutelar deities. 196, 197. fee Daemon.

Τύχη. 193.

Tyranny, perfonated, 145, 146. its influence on arts and

Sciences. 109. 110. B. I. Sect. XV.

Tyrannic paffions, 49, 50.

TYRTAEUS, explained and corrected. 227, 228.

V.

V confonant in Latin changed into W by the English. 211.
Verbs, applied properly to one fubftantive, and improperly to
the other. 6, n.

Verfes, treated of, 329, &c. &c.

Veffel, for body. 219.

The Vice, a droll character in our old plays. 7, &c. n.
VIRGIL, his character, 134. m a flatterer of O&avius, 133.
noted, ibid. Romans characterized in his poem, 157, 158.
whether be errs in his chief character. 65, n. character of
Camilla, 84, 85. of Dido, 64, 65, n. passages explained
196. 243. 251. 320. explained and defended, 4, &c. n.
corrected. 286. 332, 333.

U.

Unity, fee Whole. Unities of time and place, 73, 74, and n.
unity of character. 91. See Character.

Vossius, noted. 334.

Utterance, 45, 50, n.

W.

Weather. 207, n.

Weird. 43, 44, n.
Whift. 207, n.

Whole. 67, 68, and n. 74. 153.

Mrack.

Wreake. 206.

Women. 33. 84, n.

Wonder, fee Admiration.

X.

XENOPHON, his Arou. explained, 231. corrected. 121, 122,
n. bis Zup. explained and corrected. 249, 250.

Z.

Zany. 11, n.

Zeal, perfonated. 145. its influence on arts and fciences. 29,
30, n. 34, 35.

FINI S.