few days ago; an investigation of the state of the stage before the date when Shakespeare began to write for it. ELLIOT. A very interesting topic, upon which I confess myself almost wholly ignorant. Thus terminated the first ten days' conversations between the three friends: the discussions were continued to the end of the fortnight, to which the visit of Morton and Elliot was originally intended to be limited, but when the period fixed for departure arrived, the weather continued so beautiful, the river and the country near it so delightful, and the occupation in the library so agreeable, that the guests were easily prevailed upon to prolong their stay, and to continue their inquiries. INDEX. Abuses stript and whipt, by George Wither Vol. Page Specimens.. ii. 27, 28, 30, 41, 42, 43 Actors Remonstrance, the, 1643 Actresses, when first allowed, proved from Jordan's Eneid of Virgil, translated by Vicars, quoted Affania, 1601, by C. Fitzgeffrey, the authors mentioned in Alarum against Usurers, by T. Lodge. described.. Alcilia, Philoparthen's Loving Folly, 1619 quotations from i. 17 ii. 110 Allot, Robert, his claim to the compilation of "Englands Parnassus," 1600.... Amos and Laura, the Loves of, 1619, dedicated to Iz. Walton Quotations from ii. 111, 113, 114 i. 100 Ant and the Nightingale of Father Hubberd's Tales quoted ii. 288, 290, 291, 293, 299 Apology of Poetry, by Sir P. Sidney, Constable's Son- Apolonius and Silla, a novel, by B. Rich, on which " Arcadia, Sir P. Sidney's, mentioned. Sonnet omitted in Arraignment of Paris, by G. Peele, song from As you Like it, compared with T. Lodge's "Rosalynde" ii. 170 against rhyme in English Aske, James, quotation in blank verse from his Eliza- betha Triumphans, 1588 Ass, The Nobleness of the, 1595, examined the admirable properties of the animal its most melodious voice...... Authors, self-delusion of, as to their fame Bankes' horse, curious tract relating to, called "Ma- i. 81 i. 92 i. 126 i. 168 i. 169 i. 170 i. 46 Barkstead, Will. his "Myrrha the Mother of Adonis".. i. 237 Barnes, Barnabe, his "Parthenophil and Parthenophe," dedicated to Will. Percy, referred to i. 13 his "Four Books of Offices," 1606, i. 14 i. 15 Barry, Lod. his "Ram Alley" quoted ii. 27, 284 Bastard, Thos. Epigrams from his Chrestoleros, 1598.. Belvedere, the Garden of the Muses, by Bodenham Blank verse, inquiry into the origin of undramatic ...... Vol. Page i. 88 early specimens of ii, 231 i. 102 his recommendation to hunt down the Irish Kernes i. 105 Blessed Birth-day, by Fitzgeffrey, specimen of.... i. 71 ii. 79 early English translations of his Decameron.. ii. 196 i. 228 ii. 204 their plays ii. 205 Brathwayte, R. his "Strappado for the Devil," 1615, his "Health from Helicon," with a specimen ii. 59 Cornu-copiæ, Pasquil's Night-cap," assigned to him his "Pasquil's Pass and Passeth not" quoted his & C. ...... Bright burning Beacon, &c. 1580, by Abr. Fleming chester ii. 125 Brysket, Lod. his claim to the poem of the "Mourning i. 98 his "Discourse of civil Life" 1606 ... i. 99 Bucke, Paul, his "Three Lords and three Ladies of London," 1590- .... ii. 294 Burgh, Sir John, R. Markham's poem on the death of.. ii. 100 |