A Short View of the Immorality of the English Stage

Notes (In Margin in the Original)

1 Reflect upon Aristot. &c.

2 Eurip. Hippolit.

3 Hamlet.

4 Don Quixot.

5 Relapse.

6 Love for Love.

7 Mock Astrologer.

8 Old Batchelour.

9 Mock Astrologer. Country Wife. Cleomenes. Old Batchelour.

10 Plaut.

11 Cistellar.

12 Terent. Eunuch.

13 Asinar.

14 Cistellar.

15 Bacchid.

16 Casin.

17 Mercat. Act. 3.

18 Persa.

19 Trucul.

20 Persa.

21 Trinum.

22 Act. 2. 1.

23 Act. 2. 2.

24 Casin.

25 Mil. Glor.

26 Pers.

27 Trucul.

28 Cistellear. A. 1.

29 Ibid. A. 2.

30 Heauton.

31 Eunuch.

32 Love Triump.

33 Heauton. A. 5. 4.

34 Eunuch A. 5. 4. 5. Adelph. A. 2. 3.

35 Eunuch.

36 Casaub. Annot. in Curcul. Plauti.

37 De A te Poet.

38 Var. apud. Nonium.

39 Corn. Nep.

40 Arist. Lib. 4. de Mor. cap. 14.

41 Vit. Eurip. ed Cantab. 1694.

42 Love for Love. Love Triump. &c.

43 p. 14. Ed. Scriv.

44 Hippol.

45 Aristoph. Ran.

46 Χοηφορ. 253, Ed. Steph.

47 Orest. 48. Ed. Cantab.

48 Ευμεν. 305.

49 p. 79.

50 Ἱκέτ. 340.

51 Don Sebast. p. 12.

52 Oedip. Tyran. Ed Steph.

53 Antig. 242. 244.

54 Ibid. 264.

55 Trach. 348.

56 Μωρία τὸ Μῶρον Ed. Cant. 241. 250. 252.

57 Ibid. 232. 233.

58 Androm. p. 303.

59 Iphig. in Aulid. p. 51.

60 Helen. 277, 278.

61 Mourning Bride. p. 36.

62 Spanish Fryar. Ep. Ded.

63 Troad. p. 146.

64 Plain Dealer. p. 21.

65 Provok’d Wife. p. 41.

66 Remarks upon Quixot.

67 Nub. Act. 1. Sc. 3. p. 104. Ed. Amstel.

68 Sat. 14.

69 p. 106.

70 Nub. p. 110.

71 Act. 5. p. 176.

72 Plat. Apol. Socrat.

73 Nub. p. 86.

74 Plut. A. 1. Sc. 2.

75 Ran. p. 188.

76 536. 538. 546.

77 542.

78 582.

79 Ibid.

80 602.

81 Eiren. 616.

82 p. 142. p. 200.

83 242.

84 p. 244.

85 p. [......] p. [......]

86 Ranæ p. 186. p. 182.

87 p. 192, 194, 196.

88 Act 2. Sc. 6.

89 Ranæ p. 242.

90 Ranæ A. 1. Sc. 1. Concionat.

91 Ranæ p. 238.

92 p. 240.

93 p. 242. 244.

94 255. 267.

95 Discov. p. 700.

96 p. 701.

97 p. 706. 717.

98 Beauments, &c. Works.

99 Ibid.

100 Ibid.

101 Theodore. Ed. Roven. Ep. Ded.

102 Gad for God.

103 p. 31.

104 p. 37.

105 p. 24.

106 Hebr. 12.

107 34. 36.

108 55.

109 59.

110 Orph. p. 20.

111 p. 31.

112 Lactan.

113 p. 19.

114 p. 28.

115 p. 31.

116 38.

117 p. 39.

118 p. 39.

119 Id. 49.

120 Double Dealer. 34.

121 36.

122 55.

123 p. 40.

124 Sebast. p. 9.

125 Id. p. 10.

126 p. 47.

127 Id. p. 83. Exod. 12, 13.

128 Ibid.

129 Ibid.

130 Ded. p. 51.

131 Love Triumph. p. 3.

132 Id. p. 11.

133 Id. p. 11.

134 p. 34.

135 58.

136 p. 62.

137 1st. Eliz. cap. 2.

138 p. 63.

139 p. 72.

140 Love for Love. p. 42.

141 26.

142 p. 27.

143 p. 47.

144 Vid. Person. Dram.

145 p. 80.

146 p. 91.

147 p. 92.

148 Prov. Wife p. 38.

149 Id. p. 77.

150 Relapse. p. 32, 33.

151 p. 44, 45.

152 Vid. Infra.

153 p. 51.

154 p. 96, 97.

155 Ibid.

156 p.91.

157 Don. Sebastian. p. 51.

158 Double Dealer. p. 19.

159 p. 17.

160 p. 44.

161 Double Dealer. p. 18.

162 Gen. 2. St. Math. 9.

163 Love, &c. p. 59, 61.

164 Provok’d Wife. p. 3.

165 p. 4.

166 p. 65.

167 Relapse. p. 19.

168 p. 96.

169 Eccles. 8. 11.

170 Gal. 6.

171 Eunuch.

172 Heauton. A. 5. 1.

173 Adelp. A. 5. 7.

174 Lyconides. Aulular. A. 2. 4. Palæstra. Rud. A. 1. 3. Dinarchus. Trucul. A. 2. 4.

175 Mil. Glor.

176 Pseud. A. 1. 3.

177 Prom. vinct. 57.

178 p. 92.

179 p. 101.

180 Περσ. 161.

181 164.

182 Ajax. Flagell.

183 Oedip. Tyran. p. 187.

184 p. 188.

185 Antig. p. 256.

186 Trach. p. [......].

187 Trach. p. 375.

188 Trach. p. 340.

189 Cleom. p. 54.

190 Id. p. 55.

191 p. 54.

192 De Art. Poet.

193 Philoct. 402.

194 419.

195 p. 431.

196 Act. 2.

197 p. 295.

198 Agam. Act. 3.

199 20.

200 p. 37.

201 p. 23.

202 Country Wife p. 6.

203 p. 35.

204 Ibid.

205 p. 25.

206 p. 26.

207 Ibid.

208 Old Batch. p. 19, 20.

209 p. 27.

210 p. 41.

211 p. 71.

212 Absal. and Achi.

213 p. 24.

214 p. 96.

215 p. 32.

216 Oedip. p. 38.

217 p. 43.

218 Ibid.

219 Ibid.

220 Provok’d Wife. p. 45, 46, 52, 52.

221 Relapse. p. 74.

222 p. 75.

223 p. 86.

224 p. 97.

225 89.

226 p. 94.

227 p. 95, 97, 105.

228 Hom. Il. α. p. 3. & dein. Ed. Screvel.

229 Il. B. p. 91.

230 Ibid. p. 92.

231 Il. E. p. 154, 155.

232 Il. E. p. 154, 155.

233 Ibid. p. 158.

234 Odyss. I p. 174, 181.

235 Ænid. 2.

236 Ruaus. in Loc.

237 Æneid 2.

238 Ibid.

239 Æneid. 3.

240 Ibid.

241 Ænead. 1st.

242 Æn. 6.

243 Ibid.

244 Æneid. 7.

245 Lib. 1.

246 Æneid. 10.

247 Æneid. 11.

248 Æneid. 9. 10. 11.

249 Guther. de jure veter. pontif.

250 Oedip. Tyr. p. 148.

251 Ibid. 169.

252 p. 38.

253 Antig. p. 250, 258.

254 Eurip. Phœniss. p. 158, 159.

255 Bacch. Act. 1. Act. 4.

256 Jon. Act 5.

257 Iphig. in Aulid. & in Taur.

258 Oedip.

259 Troad. A. 2. p. 193.

260 Plut. Ran. Aves.

261 Bacchid. Act. 2. 5. 3.

262 Rud. A. 1. 5. A. 2. 3.

263 Act [......]

264 Rud. A. 4. S. 7.

265 Measure for Measure. Much a do about Nothing. Twelf-Night. Henry 4th pt. 1st. Hen. 6. pt. 3d. Romeo and Juliet. * Merry Wives of Windsor.

266 Essay of Dramat. &c.

267 De Bell. Judaic.

268 Deut. 17. 9. 20. 2. Chron. 19. 8.

269 Math. 27. Act. 4. Vid. seldon de Synedr.

270 Joseph.

271 Diod. Sic.

272 Gen. 41.

273 Porph. de Abstin. Lib. 4. Cæsar de Bell. Gall. Lib. 6

274 Lib. 6.

275 Ser. in Controv.

276 Dion. Halic.

277 Pro Dom. ad Pontif.

278 Hebr. 7.

279 Davila Filmers Freeholders Grand Inq.

280 Miræus De Statu Relig. Christ.

281 Fletchers Embassy.

282 Puffendorf Introduction à l’Histoire.

283 Heylins Cosgmog.

284 2, Hen. 8. cap. 22. 26, Hen. 8 cap 2. 1. Edw. 6. cap. 12, &c. Preamb.

285 S. Luke 12.

286 Moral Essays.

287 Mock Astrol. p. 3, &c.

288 Mock Astrol. p. 57, 59.

289 Spanish Fryar. p. 61.

290 Country Wife. p. 25.

291 Old Batch.

292 Double Dealer. p. 34.

293 Love for Love p. 90.

294 Love for Love. p. 6, 7. 25. 61. 89. 91.

295 p. 35.

296 Don Sebast.

297 Love for Love. p. 20.

298 Provok’d Wife. p. 64.

299 Chap. 1. & 2.

300 Mostel. A. 1. 2. Trinum. A. 2. 1. A. 2. 2. Enuch. A. 3. 3. Hecyr. A. 3. 4.

301 Trinum. A. 2. 1.

302 A. 2. 2.

303 Enuch. A. 3. 3.

304 Hecyr. A. 3. 4.

305 Stich A. 1. 1.

306 p. 3.

307 Stich. A. 1. 2.

308 p. 60.

309 Ibid.

310 De Art. Poet.

311 Ibid.

312 [......] Schol.

313 Libr. de Poet. cap. 5.

314 Psyche.

315 Ibid.

316 Pref. Mock. Astrol.

317 Ibid.

318 Ibid.

319 Essay of Dramatick Poetry. p. 28.

320 The London Prodigall.

321 Ibid.

322 Ibid.

323 Ibid.

324 Rapin Reflect. &c. p. 10.

325 Libr. 4. de Morib. cap. 14.

326 De Mor. Lib. 10, cap. 2.

327 Institut. Lib. 6; c. 3.

328 p. 32.

329 p. 52.

330 Spanish Fryar. p. 36.

331 p. 70.

332 p. 61.

333 Enuch.

334 King Arth. p. 2.

335 Love Trium. p. 26.

336 p. 47.

337 Oedip. p. 3.

338 Old Batch. p. 41.

339 p. 35.

340 p. 22.

341 Don. Sebast. p. 5.

342 Double Dealer. Person. Dram. Relapse. Provok’d Wife. p. 4. p. 2.

343 Relapse.

344 p. 4.

345 p. 2.

346 Don Sebast. p. 16.

347 p. 17.

348 Don. Quix. part. 2. p. 37.

349 Relapse. p. 84.

350 p. 24.

351 L’Ombre de Moliere

352 Essay Dram. poet. p. 5.

353 Amphit. p. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9.

354 p. 8. 17.

355 p. 18.

356 19.

357 Eunuch.

358 Euseb. præpar. Evang.

359 Ep. Ded.

360 p. 1.

361 p. 3, 16, etc.

362 p. 1.

363 Pref.

364 p. 1.

365 19.

366 Troil. and Cressid.

367 The Hist. of Sr. John Old Castle.

368 King Arthur.

369 Ep. Ded.

370 p. 6.

371 Ep. Ded. Don Sebast.

372 Ded. King Arthur.

373 Sebast. K. Arth.

374 Ibid.

375 Part 1st. p. 20.

376 p. 20.

377 p. 37.

378 p. 13.

379 Part. 1. p. 13.

380 Person. Dram.

381 p. 51.

382 p. 3.

383 p. 7.

384 p. 10.

385 p. 41.

386 p. 47.

387 Part. 1st. p. 7, 8. pt. 2d. p. 57.

388 pt. 2d. p. 60;

389 pt. 1st. p. 38. pt. 2d. p. 14.

390 pt. 1st. p. 7, 8. pt. 2d. p. 52. pt. 2d. p. 36, 49. pt. 2d. p. 37. 44.

391 Pref. pt. 3d.

392 Ibid.

393 Pref.

394 Ibid.

395 Person. Dram.

396 pt. 2d. p. 31.

397 p. 51.

398 Pref. pt. 1st.

399 Ibid.

400 pt. 3d.

401 p. 53.

402 Reflect, &c. p. 131.

403 Relapse. p. 19

404 Reflect. p. 133.

405 p. 27.

406 p. 79.

407 Ibid.

408 p. 81.

409 p. 83.

410 p. 59.

411 p. 11.

412 p. 47.

413 p. 51.

414 p. 74.

415 Reflect. p. 40.

416 Tragedies of the last Age consider’d, &c. p. 113, 114.

417 p. 59.

418 p. 61.

419 p. 42.

420 p. 43.

421 p. 44.

422 p. 64. At top.

423 p. 85.

424 p. 64.

425 p. 94.

426 p. 15.

427 p. 99.

428 Ibid.

429 p. 100.

430 Rapin Reflect, &c.

431 Discourse des Trois Unitez. pt. 3d.

432 p. 88.

433 Pref.

434 see Chap. 2d.

435 Pref.

436 An Academy in Lithuania, for the Education of Bears. Pere Auvill Voyage en Divers Etats, &c. p. 240.

437 Plat. de Repub. Lib. 10. Euseb. Præpar. Evang.

438 Cyropæd. p. 34

439 Polit. Lib. 7. c. p. 12.

440 Polit. Lib. 8.

441 Tusc. Quest. Lib. 4. De Leg. Lib. 1.

442 Dec. 1. Lib. 7.

443 Lib. 2. cap. 4.

444 cap. 6.

445 Natural Quest. Lib. 7. cap. 32.

446 Epist. 7.

447 Annal. Lib 14. cap. 14.

448 De Mor. German. cap. 19

449 Symposiac. Lib. 7. De Audiend. Poet. p. 15. Ed. Par.

450 Lib. 1.

451 Remed. Amor.

452 Lib. 2.

453 Ep. Ded.

454 Plut. De Glor. Atheniens.

455 Plut. Lacon. Institut.

456 Cic. de Repub. Lib. 4. cited by, St. Augustine. Libr. 2. de civ. dei. cap. 13.

457 Lib. 2. cap. 29.

458 Dec. 1. Libr. 7.

459 Ab Histrionibus Pollui.

460 XV. Cod. Theod. Tit. vii. p.375.

461 in loco Honesto.

462 turpe munus.

463 L. 1. §. 6. de his qui notantur infamia. Gothofred. Ibid. p. 376.

464 Rawlidge his Monster, lately found out, &c. p. 2, 3, 4.

465 Gazett Roterdam: Dec. 20. Paris.

466 French Amsterdam Harlem Gazetts. Paris, May. 17th. 1697.

467 Trois lettres Pastorales De Monseigneur L’Eveque D’Arras &c. A Delf. 1697.

468 Ann. 305. Can. 67.

469 Ann. 314. Can. 5.

470 Ann. 452.

471 Ann. 397. Can. 11.

472 Secularia spectacula, which manifestly comprehends the Stage.

473 Ann. 424. Can. 96

474 Concil. Cabilon. Ann. 813. Can. 9.

475 Libr. 3. ad Autol.

476 Spectacula.

477 Chap. 38.

478 Chap. 3.

479 Ibid. Cap. 10.

480 The Play-houses were dedicated to Bacchus.

481 Ibid. cap. 15.

482 Ibid. cap. 22.

483 Ibid. cap. 23.

484 Ibid. cap. 26.

485 Ibid. cap. 27.

486 Ibid. cap. 28.

487 Ibid. cap. 29.

488 By Exorcisms

489 Lib. 3. Pædag. Ann. 204. cap. 11.

490 Ann. 206.

491 Ad Eucrat.

492 Lib. 6. cap. 20.

493 Ibid. cap. 21.

494 Ibid. cap. 22.

495 In Psal. 119.

496 Ep. 9. 12. Advers. Jovinian. Lib. 2. cap. 7.

497 Chap. 20.

498 cap. 33.

499 Didac. &c. in D. Thom. p. 546.

500 De Repub. L. 4.

501 Cic. de Leg. L. 2.

502 A Famous Musician

503 Vid. Corneille Cid, Cinna & Pompee.

504 Moral Essays.

505 2 Cor. 6. 14.