[5] P. 162. starved, i.e. killed.

[6] P. 166. The Tuscan poet, Ariosto; the frantic Paladin, Orlando Furioso.

[7] P. 170. “Ho, ho.” See note (p. 189) on Robin Goodfellow.

[8] vild, an old form of “vile.”

[9] lin, stop.

[10] P. 174. fern-seed. A very common superstition, which still survives, is that the seeds of the fern have power to confer invisibility.

[11] lunary, a name given to several plants, here probably moonwort.  It was supposed to open locks.

[12] P. 175. lubrican, the name of an Irish pigmy sprite, otherwise called leprechaun.

[13] fire-drake, a fiery dragon.  The word also meant a meteor.

[14] P. 178. bent, grass-stalk.

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INDEX

Aegeus, 12 Aegles, 9 Aethra, 9 Alberich, 36 Alcmena, 9 Amazonide, 13 Anelida and Arcite, 13 Antiopa, 9-10 Apuleius, 30 Arcite, 12-25 Ariadne, 9 Aristotle, 12 Arthur, King, 44, 48, 57 Arthurian cycle, 57-8 Auberon, 35 Avalon, 43

  Ballads:  Tam Lin, 38, 53
    Thomas the Rhymer, 46-7
    King Orfeo, 52
  Boccaccio, 12-14
  Bodin, 30
  Bottom, 29-30
  Breton lays, 54-5

  Chambers, E.K., 9, 24, 40, 64
  Characters, 4: 
    Theseus and Hippolyta, 9-11;
    Egeus, Philostrate, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena, and Hermia, 12;
    Bottom and his comrades, 29;
    Oberon, 35-6;
    Titania, 36;
    Puck, 37-40
  Chaucer, 9, 10, 12-14, 22-5, 39, 58

Demetrius, 12, 25 Demonology, 37 Diana, 36-7 Discovery of Witchcraft, 29-30, 36, 39, 133-140

  Eddic lays, 42
  Edwardes, R., 22
  Egeus, 12
  Elf-land:  see Fairy-land. 
  Emelye (Emilia), 12, 14-22
  Emetreus, 19, 21, 25
  Eochaid, 55-7
  Etain, 55-7
  Eurydice, 49-50

  Fairie Queen, 36, 39
  Fairies, 35, 41, 44, 62-6. 
    See also under King and Queen. 
  Fairy-land, 35, 46, 55-7, 59
  Fairy-lore:  sleeping under trees, 53;
    the fiend’s tithe, 53-4;
    white horses, 54;
    horns, 62;
    hunt, 62
  Fates, 42
  Fay, 41
  Fletcher, John, 23

  Golding, A., 31
  Gollancz, Prof., 32
  Goodfellow, Robin, 37-40, 63, 144-8
  Goodfellow, Robin, tract, 39, 81-121
  Gower, John, 41
  Greene, Robert, 12, 36

Halpin, Rev. N.J., 66-7 Helena, 12 Henslowe’s Diary, 22-3 Hercules, 9-10 Hermia, 12 Hippodamia, 9 Hippolyta, 9-11 Huon of Bordeaux, 35-6, 39, 44, 60-2

  James I, 36
  James IV, 36

  King of Fairies, 35-6, 51, 55
  Kittredge, Prof., 55
  Knightes Tale, 11-14, 24-5
      " analysis, 14-22