's leading members joined the funeral procession, and a
banquet consoled the mourners. A monument was put up in the chancel a
few years later, the work of a London sculptor living near the "Globe
Theatre." It is not a very pleasing piece of work. By his will, the poet
left substantial legacies to his daughters, a gift to Stratford's poor,
and mementoes to many friends, but to his wife he left his "second best
bedstead" and nothing more. Anne Shakespeare died seven years later, and
was buried close to her husband. His neglect of her by will does not
imply indifference to her future; doubtless he had expressed his wish
that one or other of his daughters should look after her, but it is
clear that he did not hold her in great affection.

So passed a great man from his world, leaving an imperishable monument
for generations yet to come. The London he knew has passed beyond our
ken; it is a buried city that will never be unearthed. But time has
dealt more gently with Stratford and Shottery, Wilmcote and
Snitterfield, and a large part of the surrounding country that made our
national poet articulate. Much that he loved returns with the yearly
pageant of the seasons, and with this we must be perforce content.

INDEX

Aberdeen, 32

"All's Well that Ends Well," 39

Ancient Pistol, 43

"Antony and Cleopatra," 53

Arden, Forest of, 47
" Mary, 9, 58
" Robert, 58

Ariosto, 47

Arnold, Matthew, 7

"As You Like It," 32, 47

Aston Clinton, 7, 9

Aubrey's "Lives of Eminent Men," 66

Avon, 5, 73, 75, 82

Barnard, Lady, 60
" Sir John, 60

Barnfield, Richard, 44

Bath, 30

"Bear's House," 25, 26

Beaumont, 41, 42, 44

"Bell, The," 43

"Bell Inn," 17

Bishopgate, 26, 27

Bishopton, 64

Blackfriars, 21, 70
" Theatre, 22, 62

Boar's Head, 40, 41

"Bohemia," 44

Boswell, 61

Brentford, 77

"Bull Inn," 27

Burbage, Cuthbert 62
" James, 22, 62
" Richard, 22, 32, 37, 49, 62

Burbie, Cuthbert, 35, 36

Cambridge University, 82

Chapel of the Guild, 72

Charlecote, 7, 12, 46, 56, 80
" Park, 81

Charles II., 29

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 43, 44, 68

"Children of the Chapel, The," 48

Clopton, Sir Hugh, 58, 60, 82
" Sir John, 60
" House, 82

Cobham, Lord, 46

College of Heralds, 57

Combe, John, 82
" William, 82, 83

"Comedy of Errors, The," 36