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Rh 14. 17. T. Petronius, Satyricon, cap. ii.

15. 6. Hor. Epist. ii. I. 76.

9. Ib. 34.

16. 21. Malone rejects 'Eugenius his opinion' as 'ungrammatical phraseology,' but says, supporting himself on the authority of Bishop Lloyd, that Dryden ought to have written 'Eugeniusis opinion'!

17. 26. It is not perfect, because it does not include a differentia, and is therefore too wide; it is applicable to epic and heroic poems, and to romances, equally with plays.

18. 11. See Veil. Paterc. i. 16. 17. v (Malone.)

19. 14. Historia Romana, i. 17.

20. 22. Aristotle's treatise on Poetry 'is a fragment, and while promising to treat of tragedy, comedy, and epic poetry, it treats only of tragedy, adding a few brief remarks on epic poetry, and omitting comedy altogether.' (Encyc. Brit. 9th ed., art. '.')

23. 18. Ben Jonson's Discoveries, p. 765 of Routledge's edition of his Works.

27. 9. Historia Romana, ii. 92.

28. 23. Horace's line is: —

(Malone.) Ars Poet. 189. Horace lays it down as a rule applicable to all plays, not comedies only.

29. The term 'Jornada' was introduced into Spain by the dramatist Naharro early in the sixteenth century. It is equivalent to day's work, or day's journey. 'The old French mysteries were divided into journées or portions, each of which could conveniently be represented in the time given by the Church to such entertainments on a single day. One of the mysteries in this way required forty days for its exhibition.' (Ticknor, Spanish Literature, i. 270 note.)

29. 7. τὁ μῡθος. This is a singular slip; it should of course be ὁ μῡθος.

28. 'Good cheap' is a literal translation of bon marché.

31. 24. The Supplices.

34. 14. The satyric drama of the Cyclops, by Euripides, a Rh