Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

Act ii. scene 1., i. 554.

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_Cornwall_, May-day how celebrated in, i. 153. Observance of Midsummer-eve there, 334.

_Corpse-Candles_, superstitious notions concerning, i. 358-360.

_Coryate_'s "Crudities," critical notice of, i. 478.

_Cotswold games_, account of, i. 252-254. Revived by Dover, 253. Similar sports in other places, 255.

_Cottages_ of farmers or yeomen, in the time of Elizabeth, described, i. 99, 100. Their furniture and household accommodations, 102, 103.

_Cottesford_ (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 679.

_Cotton_ (Sir Robert), an eminent book collector, i. 438.

_Cotton_ (Roger), a minor poet, of the age of Shakspeare, i. 680.

_Country inns_, picture of, i. 216-218.

_Country life_, manners and customs during the age of Shakspeare, i. 68-122. Description of its holidays and festivals, amusements, 123-313. Superstitions, 314-400. Literature but little cultivated, 430, 431.

_Country squires_, rank of, in Shakspeare's age, i. 68. Description of their mansion houses, 72, 73. And halls, 74, 77-79. Distinctions observed at their tables, 74, 75. Their diet, 75, 76. But little skilled in literature, 430, 431. Portrait of a country squire in the reign of Queen Anne, 88. _note_ [86:B].

_Courtiers_ of Elizabeth, sometimes wrote lyrics, for music, i. 731. Instances of her rough treatment of them, ii. 150, 151.

_Courting chair_ of Shakspeare, notice of, i. 61.

_Courtship_, how anciently conducted, i. 220.

_Cox_ (Captain), an eminent book collector, i. 434. List of romances in his library, 518, 519. Remarks on it by Mr. Dibdin, 520.

_Crab-tree_, Shakspeare's, still remaining at Bidford, i. 49. Roasted crabs and ale a favourite mess, 105, 106.

_Credulity_ of the age of Shakspeare, instances of, i. 314-400. ii. 154.

_Criticism_, state of, in the age of Elizabeth and James I., i. 456. Severity of controversial criticism, 457. Lampooning critics, 459. Notice of the critical labours of Gascoigne, 461. Of James I. _ibid._ 462, 463. Of Webbe, 463, 464. Of Spenser, 464. Of Fraunce, 464. Of Hake, _ibid._ 465. Of Puttenham, 465, 466. Of Sir John Harrington, 466. Of Sir Philip Sidney, 467. Of Meres, 468. Of Campion, _ibid._ and of Bolton, 470.

_Crocodiles_, legendary tales concerning, noticed, i. 389.

_Cromek_ (Mr.), accounts by, of the fairy superstitions in Scotland, ii. 325, 326.

_Cross-bow_, chiefly used for killing game, ii. 182.

_Culrose_ (Elizabeth), a minor poetess of the age of Shakspeare, i. 680.

_Curiosity_ of the age of Shakspeare, illustrations of, ii. 155.

_Cutwode_ (T.), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 680.

_Cymbeline_, probable date of, ii. 466. Beauty of its fable, _ibid._ Remarks on the character of Imogen, 467. And of Cloten, 468.

_Passages of this drama, illustrated in the present work._