SECT. I. CHARACTERS O F HISTORICAL PERSON S N. B. The word in parenthefis denotes the Play wherein the paffage is to be found; the numeral, the volume; the figure, the page; and the word in Italic characters, the person whos Speaks. A ARTHUR, a hopeful young Prince, unfortunate, (King. John) v.. Alcibiades, banished for interceeding for his friend, (Timon), X 56. -vifits Timon with two miffes, (ibid) 65.. -exhorted to cruelty by him, and the women to luffy (ibid) 68. -conquers Athens, (ibid) 96. Antony, Mark, his conference with Brutus after Cæfar wasmurdered, (Julius Cæfar) i. 151. -his reflections on it when alone, 155. Antony, Mark, fpcaks Cæfar's funeral oration, (Julius Cæ far) x. 159. -his eloquence praifed by Caffius, 185. -his valour degenerates into fonduefs for Cleopatra, (Antony and Cleopatra) ix. 105, -Refolves to leave her, 114. -his former bravery defcribed by Octavius Cæfar, 124. -Pompey's with that he may live on in love and luxury, 130. -quarrels with Octavius, which ends in a marriage with Octavia, 133. -his genius inferior to Octavius's, 143. Sooth. Ant. -complains of Octavius's ill treatment to Octavia, 169, Antony, beaten at Actium, and despairs after it, 181, 182, -grows jealous. of Cleopatra, 189. beats Cafar by land, and meets the Queen in rapture, 203. -his fleet revolting, he quarrels again with Cleopatra, 207. being told he is dead, he falls on his fword, (Antony -carried to Cleopatra, he dies in her arms, 220. -Octavius and his generals lament and praise him, 222. Ajax, his character, (Troilus and Creffida) xi. 145: Ser. B BLANCH, her beauty and virtue, (King. John) v. 259. Cit. Buckingham, duke of, treacherous, cruel, mercenary, (Rich-- -in Henry VIII's reign, rash, choleric, (Henry VIII) 254-- Bullen, Anne, her beauty, (ibid) 273. King. item, (ibid) 288. Chamberlain.. -item, (ibid) 308. Suffolk. -item, (ibid) 326. 2 Gentleman. Brutus, referved and melancholic, (Julius Cæfar) x. 103. -of great authority with the people, 123. Cafca. -his felf-debate upon Cæfar's death, (Julius Cæfar) -opens himself freely to the confpirators, 130. -importuned by his wife Portia, 134. his fpeech to the people, to justify Cæfar's murder, 157. relates the death of Portia, 178. -fees Cafar's ghost, 181. -takes his laft farewel of Caffius, 188. -refolves to die, and kills himself, 196. --praited by Antony, 197. Banquo, his character: [for the reft, vid. Macbeth,] (Mac C CONSTANCE, a mother paffionately fond, (King John) vol. v. Cade, John, a bold crafty rebel, (2 Henry VI) vii. 285. York. Catherine, Queen to Henry VIII. (Henry VIII) 281. Norf. -pitied by Anne Bullen, (ibid) 285. -her fpeech to the King before her divorce, (Henry VIII) (ibid) 290. -praised by the King, (ibid) 294 -recommends her daughter and fervants to him, (ibid) 334. Cromwell, Thomas, (ibid) 328. Cranmer's character by Gardiner, (ibid) 337. -by Cromwell, (ibid) 348. -by the King, (ibid) 349. -his fpeech over Princefs Elizabeth (ibid) 354. Coriolanus, brave, proud, a contemner of the populace, (Coriolanus) xi. -chides his foldiers when repulfed, (ibid) 123. -his character, 1:6. Cominius. -his entry into Rome after a victory, 137. -his actions fummed up by Cominius, 145. Cominius. -approved by the tribunes, he rails at the populace, 151. -banished, 182. -applies to, and is kindly received by Aufidius, 193. -not to be diverted by his friends from invading Rome, 208. -yields to his mother's intreaties, 222. -lain by the envy and treachery of Aufidius, 2:30. Cæfar, Julius, fufpicious of Caffius, (Julius Cæfar) x. 114. Cafar. -refufcth the crown that was offered, 116. Cafea. -addicted to fuperftition, and loved flattery, 133. Casca. De. -diffuaded by Calphurnia from going to the fenate, 138. -his contempt of death, 139 Cajar. —firm against those who wrong him, (ibid) 146. Cafar. -affaffinated, (ibid) 148. -his ghoft appears to Brutus, 182. Caffius confers with Brutus against Cæfar, 103. his character, 114. Cafar. -refolves to kill himself, if Cæfar is made king, 121. Caffius his quarrel with Brutus, 171. -ill omens ftagger him, though an Epicurean, 186.-preiages he fhould die on his birth day, 186. -kills himself, 190. -mourned and praised by Titinius, Meffala and Brutus, Cleopatra, the power of her beauty over Antony, ('Antony and Cleopatra) ix. 108. Ant. 141. Eno. -her character of Antony when he had left her, (Antony and Cleopatra) ix. 125, -her failing down the Cydnus defcribed, 140. [for the reft, vit. Antony. -her lamentation over the dead body of Antony, 220. -refolves to die, 218. -vifited by Octavius, 232. -affronted by her treafurer Seleucus, 234. -kills herfelf with afpics, 241. D DOUGLASS, (1 Henry IV) vi. 182. Hotspur. Duncan, King of Scotland, murdered, vid. Macbeth. E EDWARD the black Prince, (Richard II) vi. 35. York. Eleanor, wife of duke Humphrey, ambitious and given to fuperftition, (2 Henry VI) vii. 242. walks in proceffion for penance, and is banished, (2 Henry VI) 271. Edward IV. amorous, brave, fuccessful, (3 Henry VI) viii. -his two fons, (Richard III) viii. 164. 167. -murdered, 205. Edward Prince of Wales, fon to Henry VI. (Richard III) 123. Elizabeth, Queen, prophetically defcribed by Cranmer, (Henry VIII) viii. 355 —complimented by the title of the Vestal Queen, (Midsummer Night's Dream) i. 108. Ob. Enobarbus, a brave Roman Captain, (Antony and Cleopatra) ix.. dies with grief for deferting Antony, (ibid) 105. F FAULCONBRIDGE, boastful, brave and enterprizing, (King John) v. |