B.

Bards, introduced with propriety by Spenser, 179.

Bale, 123.

Bard, 175.

Beaumont and Fletcher, illustrated, 80. Explained,

230.

Bloud-guiltiness, and Bloud-thirstie, 146.

Brain-pan, 263,

Brand, 309.

Busyrane, whence drawn, 191.

By Hooke or by Crooke, 235.

C.

Cervantes, illustrated, 74, 125, 306, 350.

Chambers, how formerly adorned, 272.

Charactered, 176.

Charlemagne, Caxton's history of him, 10.

Chaucer, corrected, 34. Why styled one of the first

English poets, 94.

Explained, 173, 136.

Ceiris, of Virgil, where copied by Spenser, 303.

Charm, 282.

Childed, 268.

Chivalry, practised in Queen Elizabeth's age, its use
and importance, 73. Vindicated and recommended,

321.

Clang, 151.

Commentators, their difference of opinion accounted

for, 47.

Concealment, a source of the sublime, 257.

Cromwell, Oliver, anecdote concerning, 278.

D.

Dance of Death, account of prints so called, 115. Al-
luded to by Spenser, 121.

Death's door, 202.

Despair, why Spenser excelled in painting it, 25.
Disple, 141.

Dryden, censured for his manner of praising the Paradise
Lost, 108. And for misrepresenting Milton's rea-
son for choosing blank verse, 107. Imitates Spen-

Elizabeth, Queen, flattered by Spenser, 19. Anecdote
concerning, 199. Her maids of honour, how em-
ployed, 132.

Embowed, 138.

F.

Falconry, History of, 189. Knowledge of, an accom-
plishment in the character of a knight, ib.

Fatall, 40.

Fear, Spenser excels in painting it, 24.

Filed, 71.

Florimel, false, simile concerning her examined, 236.
Fountains, 162.

French, poets, more fond of familiar manners than sub-

lime fiction, 107.

G.

Gascoigne, George, account of, 184.

Gelli, his Circe, afforded a hint to Spenser, 164.

Glocester, Robert of, 93.

Gorlois, story of, alluded to by Milton, 178.

Gower, why styled one of the first English poets, 94,
Gride, 35.

H.

Hair, yellow, why Spenser always attributes it to his
ladies, 18.

Hall, Marshall of, his office, 242.

Harding, John, his character, 97.

Hawes, Stephen, his character, 97. His works, 98.
Henry VIII. improvement of taste and learning in his
age, 99.

Herne, Thomas, specimen of his preface to Robert of
Glocester, 92.

Herse, and Hersal, 176.

Him, for himself, 300.

Hippolitus, his story misrepresented, 240.

Histories, a species of drama, 102.

Holbein, Hans, prints called the Dance of Death falsely

attributed to him, 114. His picture, so called
at Basil, 115.

Hughes, the editor of Spenser, a reading of him re-

jected, 57.

Huon, Sir, a romance so called, 144.

Hurd, Mr., his sentiments on poetical imitation adopted
and commended, 1.

I.

James I. Allegory began to decline in his age, 104-
His pedantry vindicated, 106. His military genius
illustrated, 177.

Mahound, a character on our stage, 265.

Masques, Milton indebted to one for a thought, 78,
Spencer's imitation of them, 80. Specimen of their
machinery, SO.

Miscemeth, 320.

Milton, explained, corrected, illustrated, 21, 31, 37,
49, 68, 107, 113, 123, 128, 140, 148, 156,
157, 158, 173, 178, 180, 192, 197, 198, 202,
204, 230, 237, 238.

Mirror of Magistrates, criticism upon, and account of,

101.

Misrule, Lord of, account of, 243.

Monastries, dissolution of, bad effects of, 293.

Pagcants, ancient, influenced the genius of Spenser, 74.
Ridiculed by Cervantes, ib. Poetically constructed,

75.