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 v. scene 1., i. 222.

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_Menæchmi_ of Plautus, the basis of Shakspeare's Comedy of Errors, ii. 286-288.

_Merchant of Venice_, date of, ii. 385. Probable source of its fable, 385, 386. Analysis of it, 387, 388. And of its characters, 388-390. Particularly that of Shylock, 388, 389.

_Illustrations of this drama._