Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 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. 187. 381. ii. 390.

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_Meres_ (Francis), critical notice of his "Comparative Discourse of our English Poets, with the Greeke, Latine, and Italian Poets," i. 468. His censure of the popularity of "La Morte D'Arthur," 525. Encomium on Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, ii. 29. And on several of his dramas, 287.

_Merry Pin_, explanation of the term, i. 131. _note_.

_Merry Wives of Windsor_, tradition respecting the origin of, ii. 435, 436. Analysis of its characters, 436, 437.

_Passages of this drama illustrated in the present work._