scene 3., ii. 99.
_Wit-combats_ of Shakspeare and Jonson, and their associates, notice of, ii. 592, 593.
_Witchcraft_ made felony by Henry VIII., ii. 474. Supposed increase of witches in the time of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 474, 475. General prevalence of this infatuation, 475. Increased under the reign of James I., 476. Cruel act of parliament against witches, 477. Description of the wretched persons who were ordinarily supposed to be witches, 478-480. Exquisite description of a witch's abode by Spenser, 480. Enumeration of the feats witches were supposed to be capable of performing, 481-483. Nature of their supposed compact with the devil, 483-485. Application of this superstition by Shakspeare to dramatic purposes in his Macbeth, 487-489.
_Wither_ (George), biographical notice of, i. 666. Critical observations on his satires, 667. And on his "Juvenilia," 668, 669. List of his other pieces, with remarks, 669-671. Verses of, on Hock-Day, i. 151. _note_.
_Withold_ (St.), supposed influence of, against the nightmare, i. 347-349.
_Wives_, supposed appearance of future, on Midsummer-Eve, i. 332-334. And on All-Hallow-Eve, 344-347.
_Wives' Feast Day_, Candlemas Day, why so called, i. 138.
_Wolsey_'s (Cardinal) _Rudimenta Grammatices_, notice of, i. 26.
_Women_, employments and dress of the younger part of, in Shakspeare's time, i. 83, 84. Characters of women, personated by men and boys, 221.
_Wood_ (Nathaniel), a dramatic writer in the reign of Elizabeth, notice of, ii. 238.
_Wool-trade_, allusions to, i. 35. Promoted by Queen Elizabeth, 192. _note_.
"_World's Folly_," a collection of old ballads, notice of, i. 474-476.
_Wotton_ (Sir Henry), encomium of, on angling, i. 297. Character of his poetical productions, 672, 673.
_Wright_ (John), character of his "Passions of the Minde," a collection of essays, i. 511.
_Wright_ (Leonard), character of his "Display of Dutie," i. 512, 513.
_Wriothesly_ (Thomas), Earl of Southampton, biographical notice of, ii. 1, 2. A passionate lover of the drama, 2. Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis, and Rape of Lucrece, dedicated to him, 3. His liberality to the poet, 4. Joins the expedition to the Azores, 5. In disgrace with Queen Elizabeth, 6. Goes to Paris, and is introduced to King Henry IV., 7. Marries Elizabeth Vernon without consulting the Queen, 7, 8. Who imprisons them both, 8. Goes to Ireland with the Earl of Essex, who promotes him, _ibid._ Is recalled and disgraced, 8, 9. Quarrels with Lord Gray, 9, 10. Joins Essex in his conspiracy against the Queen, 10. And is sentenced to imprisonment, _ibid._ Released by James I., 11. Who promotes him, 12, 13. Birth of his son, 12. Embarks in a colonising speculation, 13. Patronises literature, 14. Opposes the court, 15. Dies in Holland, 16. Review of his character, _ibid._ Tributes to his memory by the poets and literary men of his time, 17-19. Shakspeare's sonnets principally addressed to him, 62-73.
_Wyat_ (Sir Thomas), character of his sonnets, ii. 53.
_Wyrley_ (William), notice of the biographical poems of, i. 707.
Y
_Yates_ (James), "Castle of Courtesie," i. 707.
_Yeomen_. See _Farmers_.
_Yong_ (Bartholomew), notice of his "Version of Montemayer's Romance of Diana," i. 707. and _note_ [707:C].
_Yule-clog_, or Christmas-block, i. 194.
Z
_Zouche_ (Richard), notice of his "Dove," a geographical poem, i. 707.
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Page iv: the page reference for CHAP. IX was changed from 258 to 256.
Page 26: Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 27: As mountain snow melts with the mid-day sun."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 36: "Of skilful painting, made for Priam's Troy,"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 59: "W. H.,"[quotation mark missing in original] he continues
Page 66: virtuous wish _would bear you living flowers_."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 67: That due of many now is thine alone:"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 68: _The very part was consecrate to thee_."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 69: That every word doth almost tell my name."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 74: Pomfret and——but[original has "and ——, but"] the name
Page 87: by and by the Turkish[original has "Turkisk"] maner is generallie best liked
Page 106: Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet:"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 111: That, rifling _thee_, have rob'd at least a _score_.""[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 117: all night like a _watching-candle_?"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 119: would often shew to his friends.'"[single quote missing in original]
Page 131: [original has extraneous quotation mark]to speak first of the election of _sweet_ wines
Page 139: 8. "_Item_, [original has extraneous quotation mark]That no man waite at the table
Page 145: defray all the chardges for me."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 149: "[quotation mark is missing in original]he did never come to deliver any
Page 161: "[quotation mark missing in original]O, how blessed do I take mine eyes
Page 163: lxx or lxxx[original has "Ixx or Ixxx"] poore men marchinge
Page 165: his dagge w{th} II.[original has "11"] bulletts
Page 168: with _Masks_, _Shews_, _Fireworks_, &c."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 168: _triumphes_, _cresset lights_[original has "_triumphes cresset_, _lights_"]
Page 184: worthless class of the nineteenth century:[original has extraneous quotation mark]
Page 194: who tells us, that "[quotation mark missing in original]she was _twelve_ times at Theobald's
Page 211: commoner, buying his sport by the penny."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 229: _tragi-comedy_ became necessary to[original has "so"] catch their applause
Page 240: "[quotation mark missing in original]_Bethsabe._ Come gentle Zephyr
Page 246: Still gushing."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 247: horror, is the _chef d'œuvre_[original has "d'æuvre"] of Marlowe
Page 257: Aubrey[original has "Aubery"] tells us
Page 258: and moral integrity[original has "in-integrity" split across a line break] of Shakspeare
Page 271: Such strong renown as time shall never—"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 274: _Per._ ——————— [original has extraneous quotation mark]I embrace you, sir.
Page 276: Whirring me from my friends;"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 279: Waste it for you, like taper-light."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 288: be confessed that the doggrel[original has "droggrel"] verses
Page 303: in the _superhuman mistresses_[original has "misioesses"]
Page 328: the nurse, when, for her lovely child,[original has a period]
Page 334: cried the one, 'an it's a' done!'[original has a double quote]
Page 339: And bless it to all fair posterity;"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 347: With juice of balm, and every precious flower."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 350: "[quotation mark missing in original]Cum—inter ambiguas noctis
Page 350: _do continually tary in the house_;"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 368: it abounds with γνωμαι;[original has "γνομαι" without a semi-colon]
Page 373: envious, and hypocritical[original has "hyprocritical"] in his disposition
Page 379: because they are too long to be one[379:B],"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 379: to which he, and his immediate[original has "immeditate"] successor
Page 384: spirited[original has "spririted"] and glowing sketches of Bardolph
Page 402: the living, and[original has "and and"] that they
Page 403: till they shall have undergone a similar refinement."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 411: The bell then beating one:"——[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 421: _K. Phi._ You are as fond of grief, as of your child.[original has a comma]
Page 423: For the contempt of empire,"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 437: 22.["22." missing in original]TROILUS AND CRESSIDA: 1601.
Page 443: May here find _truth_ too."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 479: diseases that vex[original has "ver"] them strangelie
Page 503: Farmer observes, "[quotation mark missing in original]he might have seen
Page 520: _Fiat, fiat, fiat_. Amen."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 531: Have done offence, _I take the fault on me_:"[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 567: the skilful management of his fable.[original has a comma]
Page 573: _Epicœne,[original has "Epicæne"] or The Silent Woman_
Page 586: Mr. Jonson and his writings to the public."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 608: "[double quote missing in original]'Rec. 16. No. 1614, at 4 o'clock
Page 608: "[double quote missing in original]'Jovis 17. No. (1614)
Page 617: [original has extraneous quotation mark]_Leont._ Her natural posture!—
Page 636, under "Bolton": i. 465, 470-471 [original has "476-471"]
Page 636: Booke of St. Albans[original has "Albons"]. In the same entry: extract from, _ibid._[period missing in original], 72.
Page 637: _Bride Ale_ (Rustic), description of, i.[volume number missing in original] 227-229.
Page 637, under Broke: "Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet," ii. 359.[original has "357."] and _note_.
Page 637: _Brooke_ (Christopher),[comma was after the last name in the original] a minor poet
Page 640: _Cottesford_ (Thomas),[comma was after the last name in the original] a minor poet
Page 643, under "Dramatic Poetry": Conjectures as to the extent of Shakspeare's[original has "Shakpeare's"] obligation
Page 644: _Elves_ or fairies of the Scandinavians, ii. 308.[original has a comma]
Page 646: under "_Fletcher_ (John)": His Faithful Shepherdess (act[original has extraneous period] v. sc. 1.)
Page 646, under "_Fuller_ (Thomas)": of Dr. Dee, and his assistant[original has "asssistant"] Kelly, ii. 512, 513.
Page 654, under "Lamb Ale": Poetical description[original has "decription"] of, by Tusser
Page 655, under "Law Terms": plays, i.["i." missing in original] 43, 44. _notes_.
Page 656: _Lovell_ (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i.[period missing in original] 692.
Page 657: _Machin_ (Lewis), "The Dumb Knight[original has "Kinhgt"]"
Page 660, under "Much Ado About Nothing": Act[original has extraneous period] ii. scene 1.
Page 661, under "Omens": Corpse-candles[orginal has "Corpse, candles"], and tomb-fires, 358.
Page 661, under "Paradyse of Daynty Devises": this collection of poems, 713-715[hyphen missing in original].
Page 663, under "Plays": Disapprobation of them,[comma missing in original] how testified
Page 663, under "Poetry": and poetical miscellanies, published during this period, 708-731[hyphen missing in original].
Page 663, under "Polimanteia": bibliographical notice of, ii. 39[original has "49"]. _note_ [39:B].
Page 666: _Schoolmasters_ but little rewarded in Shakspeare's time, i.[volume number missing in original] 27
Page 666, under Scot (Reginald):Recipe for fixing an ass's head on human shoulders, ii. 351.[original has "349."] _note_
Page 667: _Shakspeare_ (Edmund), a brother of the poet, buried in St. Saviour's Church, i. 416.[original has a dash] ii. 598.
Page 668: _Shakspeare_ (Judith), youngest daughter of the poet, birth of, i. 65[original has "1" without a volume number].
Page 669, under "Sonnet": Notice of the Sonnets of Watson, i. 66. [original has extraneous hyphen] ii. 54.
Page 669, under "Spenser": borrowed from the romance of "La Morte d'Arthur[original has "d' Arthur"]," 529
Page 669, under "Spenser": The Seven[original has "Seven Seven"] Champions of Christendom
Page 670, under "Spirits": received doctrine in Shakspeare's[original has "Shaksspeare's"] time
Page 671: _Svegder_[original has "Sveggler"] (King of Sweden)
Page 672: _Tatham_'s (J.),[comma missing in original] censure of Shakspeare's Pericles, ii. 263.
Page 672: _Taverner_'s (John),[comma missing in original] "Certain Experiments concerning Fish and Fruit," notice of, i. 291.[original has "199."] and _note_.
Page 674, under "Valentine's Day": Supposed to be of pagan origin[original has "original"], 325.
Page 675: _Wieland_'s "Oberon," character of, i. 564.[original has "365."] _note_.
Page 676: _Wit-combats_ of Shakspeare and Jonson, and their associates, notice of, ii.[volume number missing in original] 592, 593.
[28:A] Malone's Supplement to[original has "Supplementto"] Shakspeare, 1780, vol. i. p. 463.
[169:A] Treatise against[original has "againt"] Diceing, Card-playing
[294:B] vide Reed's Shakspeare[original has "Shakspear"], vol. xiv. p. 257.
[311:C] nec arte magica hebetari credebantur[original has "crdebantur"]
[347:C] Ibid. vol.[period missing in original] v. p. 203.
[351:A] Of Ghostes and Spirites walking by nyght, 4to. 1572[original has "1752"], p. 75.
[447:C] Reed's Shakspeare, vol.[period missing in original] xix. p. 214.
[511:A] written upon the boxes at home.'[quotation mark missing in original]
[511:A] petition unto their honors,'[quotation mark missing in original]
[514:B] By oft predict that I in heaven find."[quotation mark missing in original]
[520:B] "Go," says Prospero, addressing Ariel,[original has extraneous quotation mark]
[598:A] says Mr. Gifford, "[original has quotation mark after "Gifford"](not lightly
[629:E] [original has extraneous quotation mark]_Francis Collins_—) "This gentleman,
[631:C] Expectans regni gaudia[original has "guadia"] lœta Dei