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

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_Rickets_, singular cures of, i. 371, 372.

_Rider_ (Bishop), an eminent philologer, notice of, i. 455.

_Riding_, art of, highly cultivated in the sixteenth century, i. 298. Instructions for, 299, 300.

_Rings_, fairy, allusions to, by Shakspeare, ii. 342, 343.

_Robin Hood_ and his associates, when introduced in the gambols of May Day, i. 159. Account of them and their dresses, &c., 160-164.

_Robin_, why a favourite bird, i. 394, 395.

_Robinson_ (Clement), critical notice of his "Handefull of Pleasant Delites," i. 717, 718.

_Robinson_'s (Richard), "Auncient Order, &c. of the Round Table," account of, i. 562, 563., ii. 178-180. Notice of his poems, i. 698. and _note_ [698:B].

_Rock Day_ festival, account of, i. 135. Verses on, _ibid._, 136.

_Rolland_ (John), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 698.

_Roman literature_, progress of, during the reign of Elizabeth, i. 454, 455. List of Roman classic authors translated into English in Shakspeare's time, 483.

_Romances_, list of popular ones in the age of Shakspeare, i. 519-522. Origin of the metrical romance, 522, 523. Anglo-Norman romances, 523-531. Oriental romances, 531-538. Italian romances, 538-544. Spanish and Portuguese romances, 545-548. Pastoral romances, 548-552. Influence of romance on the poetry of the Elizabethan age, 596. Observations on the romantic drama, ii. 539-541.

_Romeo and Juliet_, probable date of, ii. 356-358. Source whence Shakspeare derived his plot, considered, 359-361. Analysis of the characters of this drama, 362, 363. Eulogium on it by Schlegel, 363, 364.

_Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work._