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Nations, Sa Ga Yean Qua Hash Tow, King of the Maquas, E Tow oh Kaoni. King of the Riv.-r Nation, On Xee Yeath Tow no Biow, King of Granahjoh-Hore."

Drury Lane, however, certainly carried on the competition, by playing on the Friday evening a comedy " never acted but once," named ' Squire Brainless, or Trick upon Trick,'

" For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings lately arriv'd from Northern America, being the last Time of their appearing at a Play."

Their entertainment was not yet at an end, for on the Saturday, and specifically once more " For the Entertainment of four Indian Kings lately arriv'd in this Kingdom," was to be seen

" At the Cockpit Royal in Cartwright-street the South side of St. James's Park, the Royal Sport of Cock-fighting for 2 Guineas a Battle, a Pair of Shagbags fight for 51. and a Battle Royal."

The drama and the cockpit thus having done their best respectively to elevate and enliven the visitors, music was afforded its chance, it being announced that

" At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality, and for the Entertainment of the Emperor of the Mohocks, and the 3 Indian Kings, (being the last Time of their Appearance in Publick) on Monday, the 1st of May, for the Benefit of Mrs. Hemmings, at the Great Room in York-Buildings, will be presented a Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick, by the best Masters."

Sport reasserted two days later its claims, for on May 3, and once again " For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings," a trial of skill was announced to be fought at the Bear-Garden at Hockley-in-the-Hole, " between John Parkes, from Coventry, and Thomas Hesgate, a Barkshiro-Man, at these following Weapons, viz. Back-Sword, Sword and Dagger, Sword and Buckler, Single Falchon, Case of Falchons, and Quarter-Staff."

Whether it was that the novelty of their attraction had worn off, or that our Indian visitors had left town, this seems to have been the last pastime advertised for their entertainment. But the Londoner, ever desirous, like the Athenian of old, to tell or to hear some new thing, was speedily pro- vided with a not dissimilar show, as the Queen's Theatre announced for May 4 a revival of " The Play of King Harry the 4th, with the Humours of Sir John Falstaf,"

'* for the Entertainment of Don Venture Zary, the Emperor of Morocco'* Minister, and Elhaz Guzman the Royal Messenger from the said K'mpei-or Muley Ismael to Her Majesty, with their Attendants in their several Habits, &c., having never as yet appeared in Publick."

It was ;-.|>rciaJly noted in the advertisement that " There Will be no Play in Drury Lane this Xight " ; but " Old Drury " made up

for this lack a week later by announcing to- be acted " A Novelty ; or Three Plays in One. .. .[with] Six Entertainments of Dances," " for the Entertainment of several Foreigners " this last brings not improbably a satiric touch. And one wonders, in the end, what " the Four Indian Kings " thought of, and how far they enjoyed, their very varied entertainments in London.

ALFRED F. BOBBINS.

'THE TRAGEDY OF CESAR'S REVENGE;

UNDER this title the Malone Society in 1911 reprinted, the play originally issued as ' The Tragedie of Caesar and Pompey or Caesars Reuenge ' (1607). The reprint was pre- pared by Dr. F. S. Boas, with the assistance- of the general editor, Dr. W. W. Greg. In its 'Collections,' I. parts 4 and 5, the Society gave some of the author's obliga- tions to Daniel, Spenser, and Marlowe,, detected by Mr. C. Crawford. Indepen- dently Dr. Wilhelm Muhlfeld reprinted the play in the ' Shakespeare - Jahrbuch ' of 1911 and 1912, and in hisMunster inaugural dissertation of 1912. Both the- Malone editors and Dr. Muhlfeld sug- gested certain emendations, neither party being acquainted with the work of the other.. But the original text was so corrupt that both left a good deal to exercise the brain, of their successors, as perhaps the present paper will show.

My notes are intended to supplement those- of the Malone editors. I have, therefore, not touched on any passages which they, in my opinion, have satisfactorily emended. On the other hand, I have included Dr. Miihl- feld's suggestions (many of which had alsa occurred to me) on passages not corrected in the Malone edition. They are indicated by " M." Many of the new suggestions were no doubt considered by the Malone- editors either too doubtful or too obvious to be made by themselves. I think, however, that it may be convenient to future students of the play to have them in black and white.

I should add that my attention was recalled to this play, and particularly to Dr. Miihlfeld's work in connexion with it, by a paper on the sources of the play kindly sent me by the author, Prof. H. M. Ayres of Columbia University, New York.*

" Publications of the Modern Language Association, of America," xxx. 4.
 * ' Cit-sar's ReM-riLi-.' ii-prinli-d fn.m the