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Parkes, William, quotations from his Curtaine-drawer

of the world.

... 75, 167

Partizan, a different weapon from the pike, ......

Patenson, the fool of Sir Thomas More

Peacock pie

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Pengelden, Rees, a Welsh fool, story of him

Pentapolis, account of

Pericles, the story of this play examined...

Perseus and Andromeda, errors of artists in represent-

Sing the story of it

Perseus's horse, a critique on it

Pheasant pie

....

Platting of horses' manes, a superstitious notion, ex-

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135

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plained

Players, censured for their stage interpolations ....
Poor Tom, hints for dressing this character on the

301

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Provincial roses, account of

Punch, Dr. Johnson mistaken in his opinion concern-

ing the origin of this theatrical character

Quail-fighting, remarks on

Q.

251

86

R.

Raoul le Fevre, account of his history of Troy
Receipt, to make men seem like horses
Reels, danced by witches

67

274

91

Reynard the fox, when this romance was composed 347
Richard III., his deformity,!!!!!!!

Riddles, their occasional introduction into ancient ro-

mances

Ritson, Mr., a mistake by him corrected .....
Robin Rush, the idiot fool of Lord Bussy Mansel.
Robinson, Richard, prices of his dedications

35

121

478

310

425

Some curious works by him specified 423

Rome, pronunciation of this word in Shakspeare's time
Romeo and Juliet, the original story of this play bor-
rowed in part from a Greek romance ...
Rosemary, its use at funerals

Roses of Provins

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Rowe, his edition of Shakspeare curious for the prints 283

S.

Scoloker, Antony, his Daiphantus

245, 265

Seldom comes the better, explanation of this phrase 33
Seven wise masters, the Gesta Romanorum indebted

to it

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377, 381

Shakspeare, his correct knowledge of the ceremonies
belonging to the Romish church ·

20

his metaphors often careless and confused 40
ridiculed by Fletcher .....

222, 224
the quarto editions of his plays full of she i

typographical errors ....

Shields in heraldry, conjectures on their origin ...
Ship of fools, by Brandt, cited 4.6000)......14 2

> 241

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320

English prose translation of it by Watson 240
Sidney, Sir Philip, reprobated the custom of intro sliosT
ducing fools on the stage.1 10 290mg Pul 1902

Fir Isumbras, an incident in one of the stories in the

Gesta Romanorum, borrowed from that romance 375

Solomon's judgment, stories in imitation of it...... 387
Somers, Will, portraits of him described ..... 36, 325
Somner, Mr., his erroneous opinion on wastel bread 212
Songs, ancient
114, 162, 192, 214, 258

Stars on ancient medals, expressive of immortality..
Stone, a celebrated fool

.......

Stones, superstitions relating to them.
Stothard, Mr., his painting of Chaucer's pilgrims.
Stumble at the threshold, explanation of this phrase
Suicides, how buried formerly

134

313

181, 224

Swan's speculum mundi, cited for some lines in Shak-
speare with variations

285

33

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Tollett, Mr., remarks on his curious painting on glass

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121

Tristan de Leonnois, a riddle from that romance....

Troilus and Cressida, the origin of their story examined 64

Troy, the names, of its gates borrowed by Shakspeare

from Caxton's recuyles or destruction of Troy,
and not from Lydgate ...

53

Troy, the siege of it a frequent subject on old ta

pestry

Trump, an ancient game at cards explained

U.

Usurers, some of their practices described
Valentine, a palace so called at Turin ...

Valentines, custom of choosing examined

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Wastel bread, explained

Warton, Mr., character of his History of English

poetry

Wassel, the origin and meaning of this word

336

200

210

Watson, translated Valentine and Orson, and The

ship of fools

240

Watts, Mr., his erroneous account of wastel bred 212
Wax tablets, some account of ....

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228

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249

Wits fits and fancies, a story from that work
Wolsey, Cardinal, articles against him . . . .

improperly censured for placing a
cardinal's hat on his coins .....

, Shakspeare's allusion to a strumpet
kept by him

45

49

45

X.

Xenophon of Ephesus, a romance written by him sup-
posed to have been used by the author of the

story of Romeo and Juliet

Two of the incidents in his Ephesiacs occur

in Cymbeline

Z.

Zimimar, monarch of the North, a Devil invoked by
witches

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