'Licia,' Fletcher's collection of sonnets called, 77 _n_ 2 103 105 113
_n_ 5 433
Linche, Richard, his sonnets entitled 'Diella,' 437
Lintot, Bernard, 231
Locke (or Lok), Henry, sonnets by, 388 441
_Locrine_, _Tragedie of_, 179
Lodge, Thomas, 57 61
his 'Scillaes Metamorphosis' drawn upon by Shakespeare for 'Venus
and Adonis,' 75 and _n_ 2
his plagiarisms, 103 and _n_ 3 433
comparison of lips with coral in 'Phillis,' 118 _n_ 2
his 'Rosalynde' the foundation of _As You Like It_, 209
his 'Phillis,' 417 433
_London Prodigall_, 180 313
Lope de Vega dramatises the story of Romeo and Juliet, 55 _n_ 1
Lopez, Roderigo, Jewish physician, 68 and _n_
Lorkin, Rev. Thomas, on the burning of the Globe Theatre, 261 _n_
Love, treatment of, in Shakespeare's sonnets,
97 and _n_ 98 112 113 and _n_ 2
in the sonnets of other writers, 104-6 113 _n_ 2
'Lover' and 'love' synonymous with 'friend' and 'friendship' in
Elizabethan English, 127 _n_
'Lover's Complaint, A,' possibly written by Shakespeare, 91
_Love's Labour's Lost_: Latin phrases in, 15
probably the poet's first dramatic production, 50
its plot not borrowed, 51
its characters, 51 and _n_ 52
its revision in 1597, 52
date of publication, 52
influence of Lyly, 62
performed at Whitehall, 81
examples of the poet's first attempts at sonnetteering, 84
scornful allusion to sonnetteering, 107
the praise of 'blackness,' 118 119 and _n_ 2
performed before Anne of Denmark at Southampton's house in the
Strand, 384
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
_Love's Labour's Won_, attributed by Meres to Shakespeare, 162
See _All's Well_
'Love's Martyr, or Rosalin's Complaint,' 183 184 _n_ 304
Lowell, James Russell, 13 _n_ 341
Lucian, the _Timon_ of, 243
'Lucrece:' published in 1594, 76
Daniel's 'Complainte of Rosamond' reflected, 76 77 and _n_ 1
the passage on Time elaborated from Watson, 77 and _n_ 2
dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, 77 78 126 127
enthusiastic reception of, 78-9
quarto editions in the poet's lifetime, 299
posthumous editions, 300
Lucy, Sir Thomas, his prosecution of Shakespeare for poaching, 27 28
caricatured in Justice Shallow, 29 173
Luddington, 20
Lydgate, 'Troy Book' of, drawn upon for _Troilus and Cressida_, 227
Lyly, John, 61
followed by Shakespeare in his comedies, 61 62
his addresses to Cupid, 97 _n_
his influence on _Midsummer Night's Dream_, 162
Lyrics in Shakespeare's plays, 207 250 255 and _n_
M
'M. I.' 306 _See also_ 'S., I. M.'
Macbeth: references to the climate of Inverness, 41 _n_ 3 42
date of composition, 239
the story drawn from Holinshed, 239
points of difference from other plays of the same class, 240
Middleton's plagiarisms, 240
not printed until 1623, 239
the shortest of the poet's tragedies, 239
performance at the Globe, 239
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
Macbeth, Lady, and AEschylus's Clytemnestra, 13 _n_
Mackay, Mr. Herbert, on the dower of the poet's widow, 274
Macklin, Charles, 336 337
Macready, William Charles, 339 351
Madden, Rt. Hon. D. H., on Shakespeare's knowledge of sport, 27 _n_ 168
364
Magellan, 'Voyage to the South Pole' by, 253
Magny, Olivier de, 443
Malone, Edmund, on Shakespeare's first employment in the theatre, 34
on the poet's residence, 38
on the date of _The Tempest_, 254 332 333
his writings on the poet, 321 322 362
Malvolio, 211
Manners, Lady Bridget, 378 379 and _n_
Manningham, John (diarist), a description of _Twelfth Night_ by, 210
Manuscript, circulation of sonnets in, 88 and _n_
(Appendix ix.), 391 396
Marino, vituperative sonnet by, 122 _n_ 1 442 _n_ 2
Markham, Gervase, his adulation of Southampton in his sonnets, 131 134
387
Marlowe, Christopher, 57
his share in the revision of _Henry VI_, 60
his influence on Shakespeare, 61 63-4
Shakespeare's acknowledgments, 64
his translation of Lucan, 90 393 399
Marmontel and the Shakespearean controversy in France, 349
Marot, Clement, 442
Marriage, treatment of, in the Sonnets, 98
Marshall, Mr. F. A., 325
Marston, John, identified by some as the 'rival poet,' 136 183
his quarrel with Jonson, 214-20
Martin, one of the English actors who played in Scotland, 41 and _n_ 1
Martin, Lady, 298 339 365
Masks worn by men playing women's parts, 38 _n_ 2
Massey, Mr. Gerald, on the Sonnets, 91 _n_ 1
Massinger, Philip, 258
portions of _The Two Noble Kinsmen_ assigned to, 259
and _Henry VIII_, 263 and _n_ 2
'Mastic,' use of the word, 228 _n_
Masuccio, the story of Romeo and Juliet told in his _Novellino_, 55
Matthew, Sir Toby, 375 383
_Measure for Measure_: the offence of Claudio, 23 _n_
date of composition, 235
produced at Whitehall, 235
not printed in the poet's lifetime, 235
source of plot, 236
deviations from the old story, 237 238
creation of the character of Mariana, 238
the philosophic subtlety of the poet's argument, 238
references to a ruler's dislike of mobs, 238
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-325
Melin de Saint-Gelais, 442
Memorials in sculpture to the poet, 297
_Menaechmi_ of Plautus, 54
Mendelssohn, setting of Shakespearean songs by, 347
_Merchant of Venice_: the influence of Marlowe, 63 68
sources of the plot, 66 67
the last act, 69
date of, 69
use of the word 'lover,' 127 _n_
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-325
Meres, Francis, recommends Shakespeare's 'sugred' sonnets, 89
his quotations from Horace and Ovid on the immortalising power of
verse, 116 _n_
attributes _Love's Labour's Won_ to Shakespeare, 162
testimony to the poet's reputation, 178 179 390
Mermaid Tavern, 177 178
_Merry Devill of Edmonton_, 181 258 _n_ 2
_Merry Wives of Windsor_: Latin phrases put into the mouth of Sir Hugh
Evans, 15
Sir Thomas Lucy caricatured in Justice Shallow, 29
lines from Marlowe sung by Sir Hugh Evans, 64 65
period of production, 171
publication of, 172
source of the plot, 172
chief characteristics, 173
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-325
Metre of Shakespeare's plays a rough guide to the chronology, 48-50
of Shakespeare's poems, 75-77
of Shakespeare's sonnets, 95 and _n_ 2
Mezieres, Alfred, 350
Michel, Francisque, translation by, 350
Middle Temple Hall, performance of _Twelfth Night_ at, 210
Middleton, Thomas, his allusion to Le Motte in _Blurt_, _Master
Constable_, 51 _n_
his plagiarisms of _Macbeth_ in _The Witch_, 240
_Midsummer Night's Dream_: references to the pageants at Kenilworth Park,
17 162
reference to Spenser's 'Teares of the Muses,' 80
date of production, 161
sources of the story, 162
the final scheme, 162
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-325
Milton, applies the epithet 'sweetest' to Shakespeare, 179 _n_
his epitaph on Shakespeare, 327
Minto, Professor, claims Chapman as Shakespeare's 'rival' poet, 135 _n_
Miranda, character of, 256
'Mirror of Martyrs,' 211
_Miseries of Enforced Marriage_, 243
'Monarcho, Fantasticall,' 51 _n_
Money, its purchasing power in the sixteenth century, 3 _n_ 3 197 _n_
Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, 348
Montaigne, 'Essays' of, 85 _n_ 253 _n_
Montegut, Emile, translation by, 350
Montemayor, George de, 53
Montgomery, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 306 381 410
Monument to Shakespeare in Stratford Church, 276 286
Morley, Lord, 410 _n_
Moseley, Humphrey, publisher, 181 258
Moth, in _Love's Labour's Lost_, 51 _n_
Moulton, Dr. Richard G. 365
_Mucedorus_, a play by an unknown author, 72
_Much Ado about Nothing_: a jesting allusion to sonnetteering, 108
its publication, 207 208
date of composition, 208
the comic characters, 208
Italian origin of Hero and Claudio, 208
parts taken by William Kemp and Cowley, 208
quotation from the _Spanish Tragedy_, 221 _n_
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
Mulberry-tree at New Place, the, 194 and _n_
Music at stage performances in Shakespeare's day, 38 _n_ 2
its indebtedness to the poet, 340
N
Nash, Anthony, the poet's legacy to, 276
Nash, John, the poet's legacy to, 276
Nash, Thomas (1), marries Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare's granddaughter,
282
Nash, Thomas (2), on the performance of _Henry VI_. 56 57
piracy of his 'Terrors of the Night,' 88 _n_
on the immortalising power of verse, 114
use of the word 'lover,' 127 _n_
his appeals to Southampton, 131 134 135 _n_ 385 386 221 _n_ 427
_n_ 2
his preface to 'Astrophel and Stella,' 429 _n_ 1
Navarre, King of, in _Love's Labour's Lost_, 51 _n_
Neil, Samuel, 364
Nekrasow and Gerbel, translation into Russian by, 353
New Place, Stratford, Shakespeare's purchase of, 193 194
entertainment of Jonson and Drayton at, 271
the poet's death at, 272
sold on the death of Lady Barnard (the poet's granddaughter) to Sir
Edward Walker, 283
pulled down, 283
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, criticism of the poet by, 331
Newdegate, Lady, 406 _n_ 415
Newington Butts Theatre, 37
Newman, Thomas, piratical publication of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets by,
88 _n_ 429 and _n_ 1
Nicolson, George, English agent in Scotland, 41 _n_ 1
Nottingham, Earl of, his company of players, 225
taken into the patronage of Henry, Prince of Wales, 231 _n_
O
Oberon, vision of, 17 161
in 'Huon of Bordeaux,' 162
Oechelhaeuser, W., acting edition of the poet by, 346
Oldcastle, Sir John, play on his history, 170 313
'Oldcastle, Sir John,' the original name of Falstaff in _Henry IV_, 169
Oldys, William, 231 362
Olney, Henry, publisher, 437
_Orlando Furioso_, 47 _n_ 208
Ortlepp, E., German translation of Shakespeare by, 344
_Othello_: date of composition, 235
not printed in the poet's lifetime, 235
plot drawn from Cinthio's 'Hecatommithi,' 236
new characters and features introduced into the story, 236
exhibits the poet's fully matured powers, 236
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
Ovid, influence on Shakespeare of his 'Metamorphoses,' 15 75 and _n_ 1 76
162 253
claims immortality for his verse, 114 and _n_ 1 116 _n_
the poet's alleged signature on the title-page of a copy of the
'Metamorphoses' in the Bodleian Library, 15
Oxford, the poet's visits to, 31 265 266
_Hamlet_ acted at, 224
Oxford, Earl of, his company of actors, 35
'Oxford' edition of Shakespeare, the, 325
P
Painter, William, his 'Palace of Pleasure' and _Romeo and Juliet_, 55
_All's Well that Ends Well_, 163
_Timon of Athens_, 243
and _Coriolanus_, 246
_Palaemon and Arcyte_, a lost play, 260
_Palamon and Arsett_, a lost play, 260
Palmer, John, actor, 337
'Palladis Tamia,' eulogy on the poet in, 178
'Pandora,' Soothern's collection of love-sonnets, 138 _n_ 2
_Pandosto_ (afterwards called _Dorastus and Fawnia_), Shakespeare's
indebtedness to, 251
Parodies on sonnetteering, 106-8 122 and _n_
'Parthenophil and Parthenophe,' Barnes's, 132
Pasquier, Estienne, 443
Passerat, Jean, 443
'Passionate Centurie of Love,' Watson's, the passage on Time in, 77
plagiarisation of Petrarch in, 101 _n_ 4 102 427 _n_ 2 428
'Passionate Pilgrim,' piratical insertion of two sonnets in, 98 182 437
the contents of, 182 _n_ 299
printed with Shakespeare's poems, 300
Patrons of companies of players, 35
adulation offered to, 138 and _n_ 2 140 141 440 and _n_
Pavier, Thomas, printer, 180
'Pecorone, Il,' by Ser Giovanni Fiorentino, Shakespeare's indebtedness
to, 14 66 and _n_ 3 172
W. G. Waters's translation of, 66 _n_ 3
Peele, George, 57
his share in the original draft of _Henry VI_, 60
Pembroke, Countess of, dedication of Daniel's 'Delia' to, 130 429
homage paid to, by Nicholas Breton, 138 _n_ 2
Pembroke, Henry, second Earl of, his company of players, perform _Henry
VI_ (part iii.), 36 59
and _Titus Andronicus_, 66
Pembroke, William, third Earl of, the question of the identification of
'Mr. W. H.' with, 94 406-15
performance at his Wilton residence, 231 232 _n_ 1 411
dedication of the First Folio to, 306
his alleged relations with Shakespeare, 411-15
the identification of the 'dark lady' with his mistress, Mary
Fitton, 123 _n_ 409
the mistaken notion that Shakespeare was his _protege_, 123 _n_
dedications by Thorpe to, 399 and _n_ 1 403 _n_ 2
Penrith, Shakespeares at, 1
Pepys, his criticisms of _The Tempest_ and _Midsummer Night's Dream_, 329
Percy, William, his sonnets, entitled 'Coelia,' 435
Perez, Antonio, and Antonio in _The Merchant of Venice_, 68 _n_
_Pericles_: date of composition, 242
a work of collaboration, 242
the poet's contributions, 244
dates of the various editions, 244
not included in the First Folio, 305
included in Third Folio, 313
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
Perkes (Clement), in _Henry IV._, member of a family at Stinchcombe Hill
in the sixteenth century, 168
'Perkins Folio,' forgeries in the, 312 317 _n_ 2 367 and _n_
Personalities on the stage, 215 _n_ 1
Peruse, Jean de la, 443
Petowe, Henry, elegy on Queen Elizabeth by, 148
Petrarch, emulated by Elizabethan sonnetteers, 84 85 86 _n_
feigns old age in his sonnets, 86 _n_
his metre, 95
Spenser's translations from, 101
imitation of his sonnets justified by Gabriel Harvey, 101 _n_ 4
plagiarisms of, admitted by sonnetteers, 101 _n_ 4
Wyatt's translations of two of his sonnets, 101 _n_ 4 427
plagiarised indirectly by Shakespeare, 101 111 and _n_ 113 _n_ 1
the melancholy of his sonnets, 152 _n_
imitated in France, 443
Phelps, Samuel, 325 339
Phillips, Augustine, actor, friend of Shakespeare, 36
induced to revive _Richard II_ at the Globe in 1601, 175
his death, 264
Phillips, Edward (Milton's nephew), criticism of the poet by, 362
editor of Drummond's Sonnets, 439 _n_ 1
'Phillis,' Lodge's, 118 _n_ 2 433 and _n_ 3
Philosophy, Chapman's sonnets in praise of, 441
'Phoenix and the Turtle, The,' 183 184 304
Pichot, A., 350
'Pierce Pennilesse.' See Nash, Thomas (2)
'Pierces Supererogation,' by Gabriel Harvey, 101 _n_ 4 105
Pindar, his claim for the immortality of verse, 114 and _n_ 1
Plague, the, in Stratford-on-Avon, 10
in London, 65 231
Plautus, the plot of the _Comedy of Errors_ drawn from, 16
translation of, 54
Plays, sale of, 47 and _n_
revision of, 47
their publication deprecated by playhouse authorities, 48 _n_
only a small proportion printed, 48 _n_
prices paid for, 202 _n_
'Pleiade, La,' title of the literary comrades of Ronsard, 442
list of, 443
'Plutarch,' North's translation of, Shakespeare's indebtedness 10 47 162
211 243 245 and _n_ 246 and _n_
Poaching episode, the, 27 28
'Poetaster,' Jonson's, 217 218 and _n_
Poland, translations and performances of Shakespeare in, 353
Pontoux, Claude de, name of his heroine copied by Drayton, 104
Pope, Alexander, 297
edition of Shakespeare by, 315
Porto, Luigi da, adapts the story of Romeo and Juliet, 55 _n_ 1
Portraits of the poet, 286-93 296 _n_ 2
the 'Stratford' portrait, 287
Droeshout's engraving, 287 288 300 306
the 'Droeshout' painting, 288-91
portrait in the Clarendon gallery, 291
'Ely House' portrait, 290 291
Chandos portrait, 292 293
'Jansen' portrait, 293 294
'Felton' and 'Soest' portraits, 294
miniatures, 295
Pott, Mrs. Henry, 372
Prevost, Abbe, 348
Pritchard, Mrs., 336
Procter, Bryan Waller (Barry Cornwall), 324
_Promos and Cassandra_, 237
Prospero, character of, 257
Provinces, the, practice of theatrical touring in, 39-42 65
Publication of dramas: deprecated by playhouse authorities, 48 _n_
only a small proportion of the dramas of the period printed, 48 _n_
sixteen of Shakespeare's plays published in his lifetime, 48
Punning, 418 419 _n_
_Puritaine_, _or the Widdow of Watling-streete_, _The_, 180 313
Puritanism, alleged prevalence in Stratford-on-Avon of, 10 _n_ 268 _n_ 2
its hostility to dramatic representations, 10 _n_ 212 213 _n_ 1
the poet's references to, 268 _n_
'Pyramus and Thisbe,' 397
Q
Quarles, John, 'Banishment of Tarquin' of, 300
Quarto editions of the plays, in the poet's lifetime, 301 302
posthumous, 302 303
of the poems in the poet's lifetime, 299
posthumous, 300
'Quatorzain,' term applied to the Sonnet, 427 _n_ 2 cf. 429 _n_ 1
'Queen's Children of the Chapel,' the, 34 35 38 213-17
Queen's Company of Actors, the, welcomed to Stratford-on-Avon by John
Shakespeare, 10
its return to London, 33 35 231 _n_
Quiney, Thomas, marries Judith Shakespeare, 271
his residence and trade in Stratford, 280
his children, 281
Quinton, baptism of one of the Hacket family at, 165
R
Rapp, M., German translation of Shakespeare by, 344
Ralegh, Sir Walter, extravagant apostrophe to Queen Elizabeth by, 137 _n_
1 182 _n_
'Ratseis Ghost,' and Ratsey's address to the players, 185 199
Ravenscroft, Edward, on _Titus Andronicus_, 65 332
Reed, Isaac, 321 322
Reformation, the, at Stratford-on-Avon, 10 _n_
Rehan, Miss Ada, 342
Religion and Philosophy, sonnets on, 440 441
_Return from Parnassus_, _The_, 198 199 _n_ 1 218-20 277
Revision of plays, the poet's, 47 48
Reynoldes, William, the poet's legacy to, 276
Rich, Barnabe, story of 'Apollonius and Silla' by, 53 210
Rich, Penelope, Lady, Sidney's passion for, 428
_Richard II_: the influence of Marlowe, 63 64
published anonymously, 63
the deposition scene, 64
the facts drawn from Holinshed, 64
its revival on the eve of the rising of the Earl of Essex, 175 383
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
_Richard III_: the influence of Marlowe, 63
materials drawn from Holinshed, 63
Mr. Swinburne's criticism, 63
Burbage's impersonation of the hero, 63
published anonymously, 63
Colley Cibber's adaptation, 335
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25
Richardson, John, one of the sureties for the bond against impediments
respecting Shakespeare's marriage, 20 22
Richmond Palace, performances at, 82 230
Ristori, Madame, 352
Roberts, James, printer, 225 226 303 431
Robinson, Clement, use of the word 'sonnet' by, 427 _n_ 2
Roche, Walter, master of Stratford Grammar School, 13
_Roles_, Shakespeare's: at Greenwich Palace, 43 44 _n_ 1
in _Every Man in his Humour_, 44
in _Sejanus_, 44
the Ghost in _Hamlet_, 44
'played some kingly parts in sport,' 44
Adam in _As You Like It_, 44
Rolfe, Mr. W. J, 325
_Romeo and Juliet_, 54
plot drawn from the Italian, 55
date of composition, 56
first printed, 56
authentic and revised version of 1599, 56
two choruses in the sonnet form, 84
satirical allusion to sonnetteering, 108
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-35
_Romeus and Juliet_, Arthur Brooke's, 55 322
Ronsard, plagiarised by English sonnetteers, 102 103 _n_ 3 432 _seq._
by Shakespeare, 111 112 and _n_ 1
his claim for the immortality of verse, 114 and _n_ 1 116 _n_
his sonnets of vituperation, 121
first gave the sonnet a literary vogue in France, 442
and 'La Pleiade,' 442
modern reprint of his works, 445 _n_
Rosalind, played by a boy, 38 _n_ 2
Rosaline, praised for her 'blackness,' 118 119
'Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie,' Lodge's, 209
Rose Theatre, Bankside: erected by Philip Henslowe, 36
opened by Lord Strange's company, 36
the scene of the poet's first successes, 37
performance of _Henry VI_, 56
production of the _Venesyon Comedy_, 69
Rossi, representation of Shakespeare by, 352
Roussillon, Countess of, 163
Rowe, Nicholas, on the parentage of Shakespeare's wife, 18
on Shakespeare's poaching escapade, 27
on Shakespeare's performance of the Ghost in _Hamlet_, 44
on the story of Southampton's gift to Shakespeare, 126
on Queen Elizabeth's enthusiasm for the character of Falstaff, 171
on the poet's last years at Stratford, 266
on John Combe's epitaph, 269 _n_
his edition of the poet's plays, 314 362
Rowington, the Richard and William Shakespeares of, 2
Rowlands, Samuel, 397
Rowley, William, 181 243
Roydon, Matthew, poem on Sir Philip Sidney, 140 184 _n_
Rumelin, Gustav, 345
Rupert, Prince, at Stratford-on-Avon, 281
Rusconi, Carlo, Italian prose version of Shakespeare issued by, 352
Russia, translations and performances of Shakespeare in, 352 353
Rymer, Thomas, his censure of the poet, 329
S
S., M. I., tribute to the poet thus headed, 327 and _n_ 328
S., W., initials in Willobie's book, 156 157
commonness of the initials, 157 _n_
use of the initials on works fraudulently attributed to the poet,
179 180
Sackville, Thomas, 408 _n_
Sadler, Hamlett, the poet's legacy to, 276
Saint-Saens, M., opera of _Henry VIII_ by, 351
St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, a William Shakespeare in 1598 living in, 38 and
_n_ 1
Sainte-Marthe, Scevole de, 443
Salvini, representation of _Othello_ by, 352
Sand, George, translation of _As You Like It_ by, 351
Sandells, Fulk, one of the sureties for the bond against impediments with
respect to Shakespeare's marriage, 20 22
supervisor of Richard Hathaway's will, 22
Saperton, 27 29
'Sapho and Phao,' address to Cupid in, 97 _n_
_Satiro-Mastix_, a retort to Jonson's _Cynthia's Revels_, 215
Savage, Mr. Richard, 165 _n_ 363
'Saviolo's Practise,' 209
Scenery unknown in Shakespeare's day, 38 and _n_ 2
designed by Inigo Jones for masques, 38 _n_ 2
Sir Philip Sidney on difficulties arising from its absence, 38 _n_ 2
Schiller, adaptation of _Macbeth_ for the stage by, 345
Schlegel, A. W. von, 180
German translation of Shakespeare by, 343
lectures on Shakespeare by, 344
Schmidt, Alexander, 364
'Schoole of Abuse,' 67
Schroeder, F. U. L., German actor of Shakespeare, 346
Schubert, Franz, setting of Shakepearean songs by, 347
Schumann, setting of Shakespearean songs by, 347
'Scillaes Metamorphosis,' Lodge's, drawn upon by Shakespeare for 'Venus
and Adonis,' 75 and _n_ 2
Scoloker, Anthony, in 'Daiphantus,' 277
Scotland, Shakespeare's alleged travels in, 40-42
visits of actors to, 41
Scott, Reginald, allusion to Monarcho in 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft'
of, 51 _n_
Scott, Sir Walter, at Charlecote, 28
_Scourge of Folly_, 44 _n_ 2
Sedley, Sir Charles, apostrophe to the poet, 331
_Sejanus_, Shakespeare takes part in the performance of, 44 401
_Selimus_, 179
Serafino dell' Aquila, Watson's indebtedness to, 77 _n_ 2 102 103 _n_ 1
442 _n_
Seve, Maurice, 104 and _n_ 430 442 445 _n_ 1
Sewell, Dr. George, 315
'Shadow of the Night, The,' Chapman's, 135 _n_
Shakespeare, the surname of, 1 2 cf. 24 _n_
Shakespeare, Adam, 1
Shakespeare, Ann, a sister of the poet, 11
Shakespeare, Anne (or Agnes): her parentage, 18 19
her marriage to the poet, 18 19-22
assumed identification of her with Anne Whateley, 23 24 and _n_
her debt, 187
her husband's bequest to her, 273
her widow's dower barred, 274 and _n_
her wish to be buried in her husband's grave, 274
committed by her husband to the care of the elder daughter, 275
her death, 280 and _n_
Shakespeare, Edmund, a brother of the poet, is 'a player,' 283
death, 283
Shakespeare, Gilbert, a brother of the poet, 11
witnesses his brother's performance of Adam in _As You Like It_, 44
apparently had a son named Gilbert, 283
his death not recorded, 283
Shakespeare, Hamnet, son of the poet, 26 187
Shakespeare, Henry, one of the poet's uncles, 3 4 186
Shakespeare, Joan (1), 7
Shakespeare, Joan (2), see Hart, Joan
Shakespeare, John (1), the first recorded holder of this surname
(thirteenth century), 1
Shakespeare, John (2), the poet's father, administrator of Richard
Shakespeare's estate, 3 4
claims that his grandfather received a grant of land from Henry VII,
2 189
leaves Snitterfield for Stratford-on-Avon, 4
his business, 4
his property in Stratford and his municipal offices, 5
marries Mary Arden, 6 7
his children, 7
his house in Henley Street, Stratford, 8 11
appointed alderman and bailiff, 10
welcomes actors at Stratford, 10
his alleged sympathies with puritanism, 10 _n_
his application for a grant of arms, 2 10 _n_ 188-92
his financial difficulties, 11 12
his younger children, 11
writ of distraint issued against him, 12
deprived of his alderman's gown, 12
his trade of butcher, 18
increase of pecuniary difficulties, 186
relieved by the poet, 187
his death, 204
Shakespeare or Shakspere, John (a shoemaker), another resident at
Stratford, 12 _n_ 3
Shakespeare, Judith, the poet's second daughter, 26 205
her marriage to Thomas Quiney, 271
her father's bequest to her, 275
her children, 280 281
her death, 281
Shakespeare, Margaret, 7
Shakespeare, Mary, the poet's mother: her marriage, 6 7
her ancestry and parentage, 6 7
her property, 7
her title to bear the arms of the Arden family, 191
her death, 266
Shakespeare, Richard, a brother of the poet, 11 266
his death, 283
Shakespeare, Richard, of Rowington, 2