Hobby-horse, ii. 248
Hoberdidance, tale of, ii. 268
Hody, story of the committal of Prince
Henry attributed to him, ii. 32
Holofernes, character of, i. 261
Holy Wars, ii. 48

"Honorificabilitudinitabus", i. 264
Hopwood, a Lancashire magistrate, i.
386

Howards, confusion of them, ii. 106
Howes, John, dedicates Sermons to
Sir John Bernard, i. 112
Hundred Merry Tales, i. 247

James, Richard, his testimony respect-
ing Oldcastle, ii. 41. Probably the
J.M.S. author of lines on Shake-
speare, ii. 310

His

James the First, King, his accession to
the English Throne, ii. 101.
custom of leaning on the shoulders
of those he meant to honour, ii. 102.
His visit to Oxford, ii. 154.

Idsworth, in Hants, curiosities there,
i. 194

Individuals introduced upon the stage,
i. 229

Jews of Venice, their costume, i. 299,

307. Bond given to a Jew, i. 305
J.M.S. author of lines on Shakespeare,
who? i. 7. ii. 310
Inconsistency attributed to Hamlet,
ii. 237

Infection, moral, ii. 17

Ingannati, an Italian Play, i. 393
Inganni, Italian Plays so called, i. 367,
391

Insurances on lives of Travellers, i. 140
Intronati Academici, i. 393, 397
Investiture, ceremony of, intended to
be represented in Macbeth, ii. 153
JOHN, KING, ii. 8

Johnson, Dr. his misapplication of
"word" i. 264. His strange opinion
about Holy Wars, ii. 48
Jonson, Ben, his verses on Shake-
speare, i. 7. ii. 306. Visits Shake-
speare at Stratford, i. 84. Prologue
to his Every Man in His Humour, i
136. Attacks Shakespeare again, i.

379
Jourdan, Sil. his account of the wreck
of the Sea-Adventure, i. 149
Italian Plays, probably used by Eng-
lish dramatists, i. 399
Italian poisoning, ii. 295

Italy, slight probability that Shake-
speare may have visited, ii. 121

JULIUS CESAR, ii. 149-151
Juvenal, MS. translation from, ii. 337

time
of his death, i. 71. ii. 340. Occurs
in a song of the hobby-horse, ii. 248
Kett's rebellion ii. 71

Kemp, the actor, i. 68, 70.

Kingscott, Troilus and Allidey, ii. 114
Kingsmill, Constance, afterwards Lady
Lucy, i. 61

Knight, Mr. his treatment of Steevens,
ii. 280

Lacy, Henry, author of a Latin play
on Richard the Third, ii. 77
Lady Bessy, song of, ii. 20
Lambard's Perambulation of Kent, ii.
129

Lambert, Edmund and John, their
chancery-suit with the Shakespeares,
i. 30
Lampedusa, island of, the probable
scene of The Tempest, i. 158-164.
By whom the suggestion was first
made, ii. 343

Lark, its note, i. 419

LEAR, KING, ii. 267–274
Learning of Shakespeare, ii. 313
Leicester, Countess of, beautiful letter
of, ii. 296

Leicester, Earl of, not alluded to in the
Mids. N. D. i. 292

Lewis, John, entertains the sons of
King Henry the Fourth, ii. 27
Liberty of Conscience, effect of assert-
ing a right to it, i. 268

Lime-tree in The Tempest, i. 177
Lion in the Tower, i. 322
Lodge, Thomas, notices of, i. 333
London, name of Shakespeare rare

there, i. 9. Ordinance respecting
players, of the corperation, i. 70
LOVE LABOURS LOST, i. 256-281
Love Labours Won, play so called, i.
130, 359

Lucy of Cherlecote, family of i. 53-

63, 205. Sir Thomas, the younger,
his will, ii. 335
Lyrical pieces in the old plays, desire-
ableness of acollection of them, i. 178

MACBETH, ii. 152-201

Malmsey butts, their capacity, ii. 87
Malone, great obligation under which
all readers of Shakespeare lie to
him, i. 14. His theory of the origin
of The Tempest, i. 149. 157

Malvolio, character of, i. 381

Mandragora, ii. 285

Mandrake, ii. 67

Manningham and bis Diary, i. 372-376
"Man's Life" in The Tempest, i. 166.
ii. 344

Mansfield, Shakespeares early settled
there, i. 9. ii. 312
Marchpane, what, ii. 135

Markham, Sir John, supposed by some
to have been the chief justice who
committed Prince Henry, ii. 32
Martlet, Shakespeare's exactness in his
Natural History, ii. 175

Marlow, Shakespeare's tribute to, i.
337

Martyn, Benjamin, author of the de-

sign for a monument of Shakespeare
in Westminster Abbey, ii. 309
Mason, his everlasting portals," ii. 73
Map alluded to in Twelfth Night, i.
378

Master of the Revels, i. 263
May-Day sports, i. 284
"Me," how used, ii. 51

MEASURE FOR MEASURE, i. 221-
224

Melton, John, conjecture concerning,
ii. 352

MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. 299-330
Meres, his remarkable passage about
Shakespeare, i. 129

Mermaid Taverns, several, ii. 47
"Mermaid on the Dolphin's back,"
i. 290

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 198
-220

Midnight-bell in King John, explained,
ii. 9

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, i. 282
-298

Milan, the prime duchy of Europe, i.
187

Milton, his lines on Shakespeare, i. 7.
His idea of the form of Dagon, i. 183.
Possible recollections of the garden
of Belmont, i. 310. His recollections
of As you like it, i. 334. His verses
on Shakespeare, i. 336. Anecdote
of, i. 337. Passage in Comus illus-
trated, ii. 69. His "ever-during
gates," ii. 73. His allegory of Sin
and Death, ii. 82. His notion of
poetry, ii. 144. His morning, ii.
216. Obligations to Drayton, ii. 354
Molins, son-in-law of Florio, his
arms, i. 23. ii. 313

VOL. II.

Monarcho, i. 263

Montaigne's Essays, read by Shake-
speare, i. 143

Monument at Stratford to Shakespeare,
Verses hung on monuments,

i. 96.
i. 254. The monument at Verona,
ii. 127, 140. His monument in
Westminster Abbey, ii. 309

More, family of, at Grantham, i. 412
More, Father, history of the appear-
ance of the ghost of Lord Stourton,
ii. 209

More, George, a divine, concerned with
Darrell in a case of exorcism, i.
387

Morning, how presented by Shake-
speare and Milton, ii. 216
Mortimer, bad pun on the name, ii.
69

Morgan, Henry, a traveller, i. 141
Motto of Shakespeare, i. 25. ii. 313
"Mountain sire," ii. 61

Mountebanks, ii. 247

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, i. 227
-255

Muffett, his Health's Improvement, i.
142

Music, effect of, upon animals, i, 321
Mysteries, one proof of their great in-
fluence, ii. 245. One performed in
1688, ii. 251.

Nash, Anthony and John, legatees of
Shakespeare, i. 85. The family, i.
101. The Thomas Nash, author of
Quaternio, i. 102. ii. 341. Gawen,
ii. 343

Natural History, Shakespeare's exact-
ness in, ii. 175, 195

Navarre, Transactions between France
and, i. 236
Necromancers' Books, inquired about,
i. 181. Addiction to them of princes
of the house of York, ii. 80.
Netherlands, custom of drinking healths
brought from thence, ii. 221
New years' gifts to the Queen, i. 217
Northern Lord, a ballad so called, i.
302

Northumberland, Countess of, proba-
ble allusion to her case, ii. 50, 54
Nottingham, Earl of, scheme for mar-
rying his niece to Lord Herbert, i.
232

Oldcastle, Sir John, ii. 39
Orsino, character of, i. 399, 401
2 B

OTHELLO, ii. 275-289

Owl, a king's daughter, ii. 258
Oxford, King James's visit, ii. 155
Oxford, Edward Vere, Earl of, pro.
cured Cardan's Comforts to be
translated, ii. 243

Oxford, Robert Earl of, his opinion of
Rowe as an editor of Shakespeare,
ii. 233

Packwood, Shakespeares there, i. 13
Palladis Tamia, i. 130
Pamphlets, character of, i. 263
Papists, many actors so, ii. 231
Parker, Henry, imitates the song of
Lord Vaux, ii. 262

Pastor Fido, remarks on, i. 263
Paulina, a marked female character, i.
425

Peckham, Edmund, persons possessed

in his house, ii. 268

Pembroke, Countess of, her regard for
dead poets, i. 96. Her style, ii. 341
Percies, the insurrection of the, against
King Henry the Fourth, ii. 36
Percy, Lady, why made so amiable a
character, ii. 50, 54

Percy, pronunciation of the name, ii.

Pronunciation of languages, two, both
in good usage, ii. 323
Prophecies, effect of, ii. 199
Prospero, his character, i. 180
Puritanism, its prevalence at Stratford,
and in the posterity of Shakespeare,
i. 105. Attacked by Shakespeare, i.

381

Quarterly Review, foolish conjecture
respecting Love Labours Won, i. 131.
Another on the occasion of The Tem-
pest being written, i. 148. Con-
temptible pretence of acquaintance
with Stith's History of Virginia, i.
157. Its inconsistency, i. 164. Its
miserable opinion that a certain bal-
lad is the origin of The Tempest, i.
167. Strange ignorance or careless-
ness of its editor, i. 157

Quineys of Stratford, i. 18, 91-93.
Puritans, i. 110. Mercers, ii. 340

Rack, Shakespeare's testimony against
the, i. 326. ii. 350

Rainsfords of Clifford, family of, i. 84
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his Discovery of

Guiana alluded to by Shakespeare,
i. 139, 205. His Poem" Man's Life,"
i. 344

Reader, Mr. information respecting
Coventry from, ii. 305

Reposes, ii. 138, 150

Reynolds, of Stratford, i. 18, 85

RICHARD THE SECOND, KING, ii. 16
RICHARD THE THIRD, KING, ii. 77-
94

Ring with W. S. found near Stratford,
i. 47.

Rings bequeathed by Shakespeare, i. 85
Robbing the Exchequer, ii. 52

Robinson, H. C., communicates a cri-

ticism of Coleridge on Milton, ii. 72
Rodd, Mr. suggests to Mr. Douce that

the scene of The Tempest is the
island of Lampedusa, ii. 243

ROMEO AND JULIET, ii. 119-141.
Rosamond, place so called at Wood-
stock, ii. 70

Rosemary for remembrance, ii.259,353
Roses worn in shoes, ii. 252
Rosicrusian Philosophy, i. 179

Rowe, his character as an editor, ii.
233

Rowington, Shakespeares there, i. 14—

17

Royal interments, ii. 67

Rutland, Edmund Earl of, his age at

the time of his death, ii. 74
Rutland, Roger Earl of, a great fre-
quenter of the theatre, i. 242

Sadler, Hamlet, and Judith his wife,
i. 52. A legatee of Shakespeare,
i. 85
Sadler, John, leaves Stratford abruptly
and goes to London, i. 69. Brother
to the wife of Richard Quiney, i. 91.
Puritan, i. 110.

Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, Shakespeare
residing there, i. 76. Other per-

sons its inhabitants, i. 76
Sans, how pronounced in England, ii.

324

Scaliger, Julius Cæsar, his large volume

of poetry containing no allusion to
the story of Romeo and Juliet, ii. 127
"Scamel," i. 155

Scogan, Henry, his verses, ii. 27
Scone, Lord, Sir David Murray's crea-
tion, ii. 154

Scots, Mary Queen of, the Mermaid,
i. 291. Supposed by some to be
alluded to in Hamlet, ii. 204
Sacrificio, I, Italian play, i. 397
Scots, opinion of the English con-
cerning the, ii. 60

Scudamore, Helen wife of Stephen,
her will, i. 52

Sea, supposed wealth of the, ii. 282
Sea-shore, persons buried on the, by
their own desire, ii. 147
Selden, conjecture that he is the
J. M. S. i. 7. His remarks on Da-
gon, i. 184

Seven Ages of Man, i. 338

Shakeshaft, a surname in Worcester-
shire, i. 3

Shakespeare, surname, when first
found, i. 1. ii. 305. Origin of it
uncertain, i. 3. Varieties of ortho-
graphy, i. 4. Pronunciation, i. 5.
Many persons of this surname men-
tioned, i. 8-17. ii. 312. Possibly
first used at Coventry, i. 8. Earliest
will of the name at Worcester, i. 9.
Supposed grant to the family by
Henry VII. i. 19. Family extinct
at Stratford before the visitation of
1619, i. 24. Arms, crest, and
motto, i. 25
Shakespeare, John, the Poet's father,

his possible affiliation, i. 11, 119.
First settlement at Stratford, i. 18.

i. 44.
Shakespeare, William, his descent, i.
12, &c. His original prejudices of
birth, i. 27. Education, i. 27. His
marriage, i. 48. Issue, i. 52. His
relations to Sir Thomas Lucy, i. 54.
His early employment unknown, i.
64. Removes to London, i. 65.
Publishes Venus and Adonis, i. 66.
Inquiry into the genuineness of the
documents respecting him at Bridge-
water House, i. 67. Lives in the
parish of St. Helen, Bishopsgate, i.
76. Returns to Stratford, i. 80. His
will but imperfectly edited, i. 85.
His death, i. 86. Marriages of his
daughters, i. 83, 92. His monument
at Stratford, i. 96. Disappearance
of his manuscripts, i. 105, 114.
His religious position, i. 115. Value
of his autograph, i. 143. Possibly
studies under Florio, i. 146. His
dread of doing mischief, i. 219. ii.
288. His connection with Lord
Herbert, i. 236. His sonnets, i.
236. Under-plots generally his
own, i. 259, 396. His grand attack
upon the Puritans, i. 281. Not a
Papist, ii. 14. Averse from com-
position, ii. 105. Probably at Ox-
ford at the time of King James's
visit, ii. 156. His intimate acquaint-
ance with Scripture, ii. 200. "Swan
of Avon," ii. 305. Slight probabi-
lity that there was an intention of
burying him in Westminster Abbey,
ii. 309. His monument there, ii.
309. The question of his learning
largely discussed, ii. 313.
Dies on

his birth-day, ii. 339. Probate copy
of his will, ii. 339. Date of it, ii. 341
Shallow, Justice, character of, i. 59

64

'Shepherd's note" explained, i. 418
Shottery, residence of Hathaways, i.
49

Shrewsbury, battle of, ii. 37

Shylock, origin of the name, i. 307.
Known to Upton, ii. 349

Sidney, Sir Philip, enters as a pupil at
Shrewsbury school, i. 152. His
tutor Nathaniel Baxter, i. 354. In-
structions left him by his father, ii.
219. Practice in composing, ii. 225
Sidney, Sir Robert, his scheme for
marrying his nephew Lord Herbert,
i. 230

Sitting on the ground, a favourite
position in the tragedies, ii. 92
Skipwith, Sir William, author of verses
attributed to Shakespeare, i. 75. ii.
336

Slender, his true character, i. 206
Slingsby, Sir William, a friend of Mrs.
Amy Smith, ii. 338

Smith of Stratford, family of, i. 47
Smith, Henry, his testimony against
spectral appearances, ii. 211
Smith, Mrs. Amy, her will and monu-
ment

Smyth, Captain, his voyage in the
Mediterranean, i. 159
Snow, pink, i. 142

Sobriety, an ancient characteristic of the
English, ii. 221

Soldiers' affected speech, ii. 54
Sonnets of Shakespeare, to whom ad-

dressed, i. 236. Discovery of the
truth by several distinct inquirers, ii.
346

"Sound on" not "Sound one," ii. 9
Southampton, Earl of, his letter to

Lord Ellesmere, its genuineness in-
quired into, i. 72. A great frequen-
ter of the theatre, i. 242
Spencer, N. an actor, becomes a Ca-
tholic, ii. 231

Spenser, the "learned" poet, i. 6.
Expresses his desire to rest in peace,
as Shakespeare has also done, i. 97
Stands, what, i. 269

Stanley, bad effect of substituting it for
Derby, ii. 82

Starchy, Nicholas, case of supposed
possession in his family, i 384
Steadman, Dr. had a book with Mil-
ton's autograph, i. 337

Steevens, his assertion of the penury of
our information respecting Shakes-
peare, i. 65. Possible connection
with the Ellesmere papers, i. 73
Stephens, Henry, visit to England,
i. 322

Stith's History of Virginia, said by the
Quarterly Review to be read by
Shakespeare, i. 157

Stourton, Lord, appearance of his
ghost, ii. 209

Strachy, suggested reason for the in-
troduction of this strange word, i.
389

Strachey, William, his account of the
loss of the Sea-Adventure, i. 150
Stratford-on-Avon, first settlement of
the Shakespeares there, i. 9. Have
a house in Henley Street, i. 18.
Families there who appear at the
Visitation of 1619, i. 24. Many
Welsh families living there, i. 60.
Sketch of it as it was in the time of

Shakespeare, i. 81. The Plague
there, i. 82. The College, i. 89.
Puritanism preached there, i. 106.
Fires, i. 109. Monument of Mrs.
Smith, there, ii. 337

Stubbs, John, directs that he shall be
buried on the sea-shore, ii 147
Styles, royal and others, i. 265
Surnames, points of inquiry when con-
sidering them, i. 3

Surrey, Earl of, his Songs and Sonnets,
ii. 129

"Swan of Avon," applied to Shakes-
peare and Daniel, ii. 305
Swearing by the sword, ii. 226

Table-book, use of, ii. 225

TAMING OF THE SHREW, i. 351–358
Tarlton, i. 355. ii. 246

Tarquin, haunting the mind of Shakes-
peare, ii, 182

TEMPEST, The, i. 123-189. Passage
in illustrated, ii. 121
Tergaster, who, i. 354

Thelgon in the Piscatory Eclogues,
Dr. Giles Fletcher, ii. 78

Tieck, i. 261

TIMON OF ATHENS, ii. 142-148
Titania, i. 285

TITUS ANDRONICUS, ii. 119

"Toad, ugly and venomous," ii. 195
Toby, Sir, perhaps originally Falstaff,
i. 383

Tom O'Bedlams, ii. 271

Torrell, William, cast the statue of
Queen Eleanor, family of the name,
ii. 352

Totness, Countess of, i. 84
Tower of London, ii. 20
Towley, the actor, i. 68

Translation of proper names on an er-
roneous principle, i. 166

Trappe, clergyman at Stratford, i. 107