“PETRI COSTALII PEGMA _Cum narrationibus philosophicis_.” 8vo, LVGDVNI, 1555. “LE PEGME DE PIERRE COVSTAV auec les Narr. philosophiqves.” 8vo, A Lyon, M.D.LX. Footnote 58: The dates have been added to Menestrier’s list. Footnote 59: A friend, Mr. Jan Hendrik Hessells, now of Cambridge, well acquainted with his native Dutch literature, informs me the “_Spelen van Sinnen_ (Sinnespelen, Zinnespelen) were thus called because allegorical personifications, _Zinnebeildige personen_ (in old Dutch, _Sinnekens_), for instance reason, religion, virtue, were introduced.” They were, in fact, “allegorical plays,” similar to the “Interludes” of England in former times. Footnote 60: As “Wat den mensch aldermeest tot’ conste verwect?”—_What most of all awakens man to art?_ Footnote 61: The works to which a _k_ is appended are all in the very choice and yet most extensive collection of Emblem-books at Keir, made by the Author of _The Cloister Life of Charles V._, Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart.; _c_, in the Library formed by the Rev. Thomas Corser, Rector of Stand, near Manchester; _t_, in that of Henry Yates Thompson, Esq., of Thingwall, near Liverpool. I have had the opportunity, most kindly given, of examining very many of the Emblem-works at Keir, and nearly all of those at Stand and Thingwall. The three collections contained at the time of my examination of them 934, 204, and 248 volumes, in the whole 1386 volumes. Deducting duplicates, the number of distinct editions in the three libraries is above 900. Where I have placed a _v_, it denotes that the sources of information are various, but those sources I possess the means of verifying. I name these things that it may be seen I have not lightly nor idly undertaken the sketch which I present in these pages. Footnote 62: First printed at Lyons in 1498. Footnote 63: Since the above was written I have good reasons for concluding that the fact is very much understated. I am now employed, as time allows, in forming an Index to my various notes and references to Emblem writers and their works: the Index so far made comprises the letters A, B, C, D (very prolific letters indeed), and they present 330 writers and translators, and above 900 editions. ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER III. SHAKESPEARE’S ATTAINMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE FINE ARTS.