Act v. scene 1., ii. 449.

_Tire-valiant_, an article of female head-dress, account of, ii. 94.

_Titania_, the fairy queen of Midsummer-Night's Dream, analysis of the character of, ii. 337-345.

"_Titus Andronicus_," illustration of, act 2., scene iv., i. 397. This play evidently not Shakspeare's, ii. 536.

_Tobacco_, the taking of, when first introduced into England, ii. 135. Philippic of James I. against it, _ibid._ 138. Prejudices against it, 136, 137.

_Tofte_ (Robert), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, list of the pieces of, i. 703.

_Tolling_ the passing-bell, supposed benefit of, i. 232-234.

_Tombfires_, superstitious notions concerning, i. 360.

_Tompson_ (Agnis), a supposed witch, confessions of, ii. 476. 485.

_Topographers_ (English), account of, during the age of Shakspeare, i. 479-481.

_Torments_ of hell, legendary accounts of, i. 378-381.

_Tottel_'s "Poems of Uncertaine Auctors," i. 708.

_Touch_ (royal), a supposed cure for the king's evil, i. 370, 371.

_Tournaments_ in the reign of Elizabeth, account of, i. 553. Allusions to by Shakspeare, 554.

_Tragedy_, how performed in the time of Shakspeare, ii. 220. "Ferrex and Porrex," the first tragedy ever acted in England, 227.

"_Tragique History of the Fair Valeria of London_," cited and illustrated, i. 238.

_Translations_ into English from Greek and Roman authors in the time of Shakspeare, list of, i. 483.

_Travelling_, passion for, in the age of Shakspeare, ii. 156, 157.

_Treego_ (William), a minor poet of the age of Elizabeth, i. 704.

_Troilus and Cressida_, probable date of, ii. 437, 438. Source of its fable, 439, 440. Analysis of its characters, 440, 441. Its defects, 441.

_Illustrations of this drama in the present work._