Oth. I kifs'd thee, ere I killed thee. No way but

this,

Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.

[To Defdem,

[Dies.

Caf. This did I fear, but thought he had no

For he was great of heart.

Led. Oh Spartan dog!

[weapon,

[To lago.

More fell than anguish, hunger, or the fea!
Look on the tragic loading of this bed;
This is thy work. The object poifons fight,...
Let it be hid. Gratiano, keep the house,
And feize upon the fortunes of the Moor,
For they fucceed to you. To you, Lord Governor,
Remains the cenfure of this hellish villain:
The time, the place, the torture, oh! inforce it.
Myfelf will ftraight aboard; and to the State
This heavy act with heavy heart relate.

[Exeunt.

INDE X

OF THE

CHARACTERS, SENTIMENTS,

SIMILIES,

SPEECHES and DESCRIPTIONS

IN

SHAKESPEARE

SECT. I.

CHARACTER S

O F.

HISTORICAL PERSON S..

N. B. The word in parenthesis denotes the Play wherein the pas Jage is to be found; the numeral, the volume; the figure, the page; and the word in Italic characters, the perfon who Speaks.

A

ARTHUR, a hopeful young Prince, unfortunate,(King

John) vol. v.

Alcibiades, banished for intercecding for his friend, (Timon) X-56.

-vifits Timon with two miffes, (ibid) 65..

-exhorted to cruelty by him, and the women to lufty, (ibid) 68..

-conquers Athens, (ibid) 96.

Antony, Mark, his conference with Brutus after Cæfar was murdered, (Julius Cæfar) i. 151.

-his reflections on it when alone, 155.

Antony, Mark, speaks Cæfar's funeral oration, (Julius Cæ far) x. 159.

-his eloquence praised by Caffius, 185.

his valour degenerates into fonduefs for Cleopatra, (Antony and Cleopatra) ix. 105.

-Refolves to leave her, 114

-his former bravery described 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, 159,.

Antony, beaten at Actium, and despairs after it, 181, 181.. -fends to Octavius to treat, and is refufed, 184.

-grows jealous of Cleopatra, 189.

-beats Cæfar by land, and meets the Queen in rapture,

203.

-his fleet revolting, he quarrels again with Cleopatra,

2.07.

being told fhe is dead, he falls on his fword, (Antony and Cleopatra) ix. 216.

-carried to Cleopatra, he dies in her arms, 220.

Octavius and his generals lament and praife him, 2220 -and Cleopatra, 229.

Ajax, his character, (Troilus and Creflida) xi. 245. Ser.

B.

BLANCH, her beauty and virtue, (King John) v. 259. Cit. Burgundy, Duke of, a falfe ally, (1 Henry VI) vii. 186. Beauford, cardinal, vid. Winchester.

Buckingham, duke of, treacherous, cruel, mercenary, (Rich-ard III) viii.

-in Henry VIII's reign, rafh, choleric, (Henry VIII) 254. -his character given by Henry VIII, (ibid) 262.

-condemned, (ibid) 274.,

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.. -fpirited up by Caffius against Cæfar, 104

of great authority with the people, 123. Cafca.

-his felf-debate upon Cæfar's death, (Julius Cæfar)

1. 124.

-opens himself freely to the confpirators, 130.
-declares for faving Antony, 131.

-importuned by his wife Portia, 134.

- his fpeech to the people, to juftify Cæfar's murder, 157% -quarrels with Caffius, 171.

-relates the death of Portia, 178.

-fees Cafar's ghoft, 181.

-takes his laft farewel of Caffius, 188.

-refolves to die, and kills himself, 196.

--praised by Antony, 197.

Banquo, his character: [for the reft, vid. Macbeth,] (Mac

beth) ix. 45. Macbeth.