ublished between 1591 and 1597, 439-41
various poems in other stanzas practically belonging to the sonnet
category, 438 _n_ 2

Soothern, John, sonnets to the Earl of Oxford, 138 _n_ 2

Sophocles, parallelisms with the works of Shakespeare, 13 _n_

Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of, 53
the dedications to him of 'Venus and Adonis' and 'Lucrece,' 74 77
his patronage of Florio, 84 _n_
his patronage of Shakespeare, 126-50
his gift to the poet, 126 200
his youthful appearance, 143
his identity with the youth of Shakespeare's sonnets of 'friendship'
evidenced by his portraits, 144 and _n_ 145 146
imprisonment, 146 147 380
his long hair, 146 _n_ 2
his beauty, 377
his youthful career, 374-381
as a literary patron, 382-9

Southwell, Robert, circulation of incorrect copies of 'Mary Magdalene's
Tears' by, 88 _n_
publication of "A Foure-fould Meditation' by, 92 400 and _n_ 401 _n_
dedication of his 'Short Rule of Life,' 397

Southwell, Father Thomas, 371

Spanish, translation of Shakespeare's plays into, 354

_Spanish Tragedy_, Kyd's, popularity of, 65 221
quoted in the _Taming of the Shrew_, 221 _n_

Spedding, James, 262

Spelling of the poet's name, 284-6

Spenser, Edmund: probably attracted to Shakespeare by the poems 'Venus
and Adonis' and 'Lucrece,' 79
his description of Shakespeare in 'Colin Clouts come home againe,'
79
Shakespeare's reference to Spenser's work in _Midsummer Night's
Dream_, 80
Spenser's allusion to 'our pleasant Willy' not a reference to the
poet, 80 and _n_
his description of the 'gentle spirit' no description of
Shakespeare, 81 and _n_ 2
translation of sonnets from Du Bellay and Petrarch, 101
called by Gabriel Harvey 'an English Petrarch,' 101 and cf. _n_ 4
on the immortalising power of verse, 115
his apostrophe to Admiral Lord Charles Howard, 140
his 'Amoretti,' 115 435 and _n_ 5 436
dedication of his 'Faerie Queene,' 398

'Spirituall Sonnettes' by Constable, 440

Sport, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 26 27 and _n_ 173

Stael, Madame de, 449

Stafford, Lord, his company of actors, 33

Stage, conditions of, in Shakespeare's day: absence of scenery and scenic
costume, 38 and _n_ 2
the performance of female parts by men or boys, 38 and _n_ 2
the curtain and balcony of the stage, 38 _n_ 2

Stanhope of Harrington, Lord, 234 _n_

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