surprised at it, the child of his age, and as such held some crude notions. Nor was Bacon in advance of his time. He preached experimentation but he did not practise it. And, we may remark parenthetically, he brought about no revolution in science. Shakespeare, e. g., believed that a toad was poisonous, and that it contained a precious stone in its head; that a pelican fed her young with her blood; that a snake could sting with its tongue; that toothache was caused by a worm, etc. V. INQUIRY INTO SHAKESPEARE'S KNOWLEDGE OF LAW, MUSIC, MEDICINE, etc. William Blades mentions some works treating of Shakespeare as a musician, as a lawyer, as a chemist, etc., etc., in his 'Shakespeare and Typography', 1872. Lord Campbell and W. L. Rushton wrote books on Shakespeare's legal acquirements. 'Shakespeare and Music' is the work of Mr. Naylor; and Chappell's 'Popular Music' is the best book on early English music. Many articles have been written on Shakespeare as a physician. But what has he to do with medicine? An interesting paper (not a large book) might be written, in which some sayings of Shakespeare were viewed through the spectacles of the old physicians. Galen, Paracelsus, Hippocrates (all mentioned by Shakespeare) were the medical authorities then.1 1 Perhaps T. Lund, Gesundheit und Krankheit in der Anschauung alter Zeiten, 1901, might be found useful. I need hardly say, in conclusion, that the absence on the preceding pages of names such as W. Hazlitt, Gervinus, Moulton, White, Brandes, Engel, Franz, Kreyssig, Wetz, etc., etc., familiar to the students of Shakespeare, is simply due to the fact that their sphere of work lies in another direction.. INDEX.1 A Robyn, Joly Robyn, 170. Academy, The, reg. Cain's jawbone, 194. 11 n; the poet's knowledge of, 17 seq. Africa, 237 and n. 'Agamemnon', 42 and n 2. 'Aged Lover renounceth Love, The', 168. Akeroyde, 175. 'Alcibiades', 277. Aldus, ed. of Ovid, 21 n, 23 n. Alexander, Sir Wm., 2; a possible echo from his 'Darius' in The Tempest, 139; his 'Julius Caesar', 140, 148. Alleyn papers, a forgery in, 81 n 2. Allnutt, W. H., s. v. ABC-book, 48, 49. All's Well that Ends Well, its source Boccaccio, 2, 65; Æsop, 19; s. v. Ovid, 30; allusion to Troilus story, 79; s. v. Brooke, 83; Hero and Leander, 96; an older play? 146 n 3; s. v. King Cophetua, 166; 'Your marriage comes by destiny', 184; 'Was this fair face', 188; s. v. Geneva Bible, 199; s. v. Hist. of Susanna, 202; 'Defiles the pitchy night', 203; s. v. Indies, 233; the planet Mars, 243; blazing star', 249; reg. travels, 254. S. V. = Alps, the goitre in the, 230 n 1. America, 226 f.; cf. 232; cf. Brazil, Indies, Mexico. Amyot, his French transln. of Heliodorus, 44 n 1; cf. 40 n. Anacreon, 44; s. v. Ronsard, 58, 59 and n 1; cf. 282. Anaxarchus, 279. Ancient Ballads and Broadsides, Lilly, 166 n 4, 171 n 2, 187, 190 n 1, 191. Anglia, 29, 77 n, 85 n, 91 n, 170, 190 n 2. Anne, Queen, stormy voyage in 1589, 114f.; patron of masks, 153. Anne Baleyn, Queen, 178. Antidote against Melancholy, 181 and n; 187; 269. Antony and Cleopatra, its source Plu tarch, 1, 40; s. v. Ovid, 29, 30, s. v. Pliny, 37; Sh. not indebted to Daniel's or Garnier's plays, 89; cf. 147-8; s. v. Mysteries and Moralities, 152; Psalms, 211; The Nile, with a note on abiogenesis, 235; Sphere, 241; harmony of spheres, ib.; the planet moon, 242; the planet sun, 243. Apocrypha, 2, 197, 201. Arber, Edward, Transcript of the Stationers' Registers, 5, 8 n 3, 36, 47, 48, 49, 66, 74, 81, 82 n 1, 117 n 1, 150, 166, 169, 170, 173, 176, 178, 179, 181, 188, 191, 226, 228, 270 (cf. also Registers of the Stationers); his Reprints (Sidney's Apology) 44 n1; (Puttenham) 58 n 2, 80, 156, 176; 287; (Watson's Hekatompathia) 102 n 1; (Lyly's Euphues) 104, 105, 106; (Gosson's Abuse) 144 n 1; (Tottel's Miscellany) 168; A Handefull of pleasant delites (in Engl. Scholar's Library) = regarding; 1 The abbreviation Sh. means Shakespeare; n= note, reg.: = sub verbo; etc. I have not indexed the geographical names on pp. 250-256 (cf. p. 271) and 237 n 2 and the plays where they occur. A propos of Wincot (p. 254), cf. S. Lee, Life of Shakespeare, p. 165. 166 n 4, 169, 174, 181, 190 n 1; The n 2; An English Garner, 234 and n 3, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Arctic Voyages, 231. Arden Shakespeare edition, The, s. v. Ariosto, s. v. Bandello, 65, 66; and The Aristotle, and 'moral' philosophy, 108; Arthur, Romances of, 2; read by school- boy, 8 n 1; referred to by Sh., 158 f. As You Like It, the plot drawn from Ashby-de-la-Zouche, school at, 11. Asia, cf. 232. Astronomy and Astrology, 237 seq. Augustine, St., 278, 287, 290. 'Bacchus' Bountie', 174. 'Bacon, Famous History of Friar', 181. Bagford Ballads, see Ballad Society. Bailey, Sir Wm., pamphlet on Sh. and Ballads, 2; 155 ff.; Folk-Ballads, 163; Ballad Society, Roxburghe Ballads: 5; Barnes, Barnabe, Sonnets, 102. Bear, the Great, and the Lesser, 246-7. Beethoven, xx. Beggar and a King, A Song of a, 165. Belleforest, retells Saxo's story of Hamlet, 36; s. v. Bandello, 65; s. v. Gl'In- Bermuda Islands, 230. Besant, Anne, s. v. Daemonologica, 115 Bestrafte Brudermord, Der, 128 n 2. Birch, William, a ballad by, 173, Blackstone, Sir Wm., 172. 269. 118 n. Blades, William, Sh. and Typography, Blaeu, his Atlas, 259; globes by, 262. Blind, Karl, his uncritical review of in- Blundevile, his Exercises, 238, 239, 247 Bolle, Dr. Thomas Morley', etc., 172 n 1. essay on Lyly, 103 n 2; Sh. and 'Eu- 'Bonny Sweet Robin', 178. Boodle, Mr. R. W. on the 'Rare Triumphs', Borghini, Raffaello, author of La Donna Borrowed Ideas, 44 n 3, 54, 272 f. Boswell, variorum editor, reg. Romeo, 85; reg. Rowley, 138. Brandl, Prof., XIII, XV; on influence of Breakespeare, see Adrian. Brinsley, school-books, 10 n 4; translates British Museum, the, xIII; Lily's Grammar Bullein, his Dialogue, 245 n. Bullen, A. H., edition of Marlowe, 37 n, Burdens, 189. Burns, Robert, s. v. Peg-a Ramsey, 179. |