The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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with his note on the last, l. 314, referring to No. 36 (_The Laily Worm and
the Machrel of the Sea_). [82] See above, p. 51. [83] See p. 124, l. 39. [84] _Tarlton's News out of Purgatory, published by Robin Goodfellow_ (1590), Shakespeare Society reprint, p. 55. [85] See above, p. 41. [86] See the extracts from Scot's _Discovery of Witchcraft_ and the _Robin Goodfellow_ tract, pp. 133-140 and 81-121. [87] Romeo and Juliet, I. iv. 33-94. See above, p. 37. [88] Had I been able to find a book, _Veridica relatio de daemonio Puck_, referred to in the article _Diable_ in the _Dictionnaire des Sciences Occultes_ (in Migne, tome 48, vol. i., p. 475), it might be that it would prove of great interest. In any case this allusion (pointed out to me by Mr. R.B. McKerrow) is an early instance of Puck used as a proper name. [89] Abbreviated from E.K. Chambers' full analysis with references, _Warwick Shakespeare_ edition of _M.N.D._ pp. 142-4. [90] See II. i. 155. [91] How far Shakespeare associated his fairy queen Titania with her nominal parent Diana, is a question that would make matter for an elaborate |
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