the poet's early biographer, on John Shakespeare's trade, 4
on the poet's knowledge of Latin, 16
on John Shakespeare's relations with the trade of butcher, 18
on the poet at Grendon, 31
lines quoted by him on John Combe, 269 _n_
on Shakespeare's genial disposition, 278
value of his biography of the poet, 362
his ignorance of any relation between Shakespeare and the Earl of
Pembroke, 414 415

'Aurora,' title of Sir W. Alexander's collection of sonnets, 438
Autobiographical features of Shakespeare's plays, 164-7 168 248
of Shakespeare's sonnets, the question of, 100 109 125 152 160

Autographs of the poet, 284-6

'Avisa,' heroine of Willobie's poem, 155 _seq_

Ayrer, Jacob, his _Die schone Sidea_, 253 and _n_ 1

Ayscough, Samuel, 364 _n_

B

Bacon, Miss Delia, 371

Bacon Society, 372

Bacon-Shakespeare controversy, (Appendix II.), 370-73

Baddesley Clinton, the Shakespeares of, 3

Baif, De, plagiarised indirectly by Shakespeare, 111 and _n_
indebtedness of Daniel and others to, 431 432
one of 'La Pleiade,' 443 444

Bandello, the story of Romeo and Juliet by, 55 _n_ 1
the story of Hero and Claudio by, 208
the story of Twelfth Night by, 210

Barante, recognition of the greatness of Shakespeare by, 350

Barnard, Sir John, second husband of the poet's granddaughter Elizabeth,
282

Barnes, Barnabe, legal terminology in his Sonnets, 32 _n_ 2
and (Appendix IX.) 432
use of the word 'wire,' 118 _n_ 2
his sonnets of vituperation, 121
the probable rival of Shakespeare for Southampton's favour, 131 132
133 135 _n_
his sonnets, 132 133 432
called 'Petrarch's scholar' by Churchyard, 133
expressions in his sonnet (xlix.) adopted by Shakespeare, 152 _n_
sonnet to Lady Bridget Manners, 379 _n_
sonnet to Southampton's eyes, 384
compliment to Sidney in Sonnet xcv. 432
Sonnet lxvi. ('Ah, sweet Content') _quoted_, 432
his sonnets to patrons, 440
his religious sonnets, 441

Barnfield, Richard, feigning old age in his 'Affectionate Shepherd,' 86
_n_
his adulation of Queen Elizabeth in 'Cynthia,' 137 _n_, 435
sonnets addressed to 'Ganymede,' 138 _n_ 2, 435
predicts immortality for Shakespeare, 179
chief author of the 'Passionate Pilgrim,' 182 and _n_

_Bartholomew Fair_, 255

Bartlett, John, 364

Barton collection of Shakespeareana at Boston, Mass., 341

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