Difficulties suggested by, 211. Clergy, benefit of, 262, note. Included all learned professions, id. Clown, the principal actor in Shakespearean theaters, 260, 261. Coat of arms, Shakespeare's. See Arms. Cohn, Albert, his theory as to Shakespeare in Germany, 216. Coincidences, Shakespearean's idea of the, 83, note. Coleridge, his opinion as to authorship, 45. Commentators, bore down upon the Shakespearean text, 10. Commentary, sample of the run of, 86. Compromise theory, 300; applied to Henry VI., 302. Theobald and others anticipate, 300, 301. Condell, Henry. See Heminges & Condell. Contemporaries of W. S., why they did not suspect him, or silent if they did, 57. Contemporary statements in Baconian theory, 230. Conversations of Ben Jonson with Drummond of Hawthorn-den, 139. Copies, "true, original," identified, 312, 313, 314, 315. Copyright, Disraeli thinks first folio a scheme for, 219, note. First claimed 28 years after W. S.'s death, 108. First English law of, 106. See Author. Cornelius, Jansen, said to have been family painter of Southampton, 101. Court of Star Chamber, takes jurisdiction of matters literary, 106. Curse of Stratford, 299, 300. D. Davies, Rev. Richard, his account of W. S., 73. Davies, Sir John, letter from Bacon to, 237. Davenant, Sir William, owned the Chandos portrait, 100. Claimed illegitimate descent from W. S., 100, note. Death mask, the Becker, 103. Dedication of the Sonnets, 277. Why insulting, 282. Twisted out of shape, 277. Simple explanation of, 278. "Delia Bacon" and "Baconian" theories, discriminated, 201. Delia Bacon and new theories coincide, 299. See Bacon, Delia. Denham, expert evidence of, 303, 304. Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, 265. De Quincy, Thomas, his "biography" of W. S., 157. Analyzed, 157. Ignores authorities, 159. Deer stealing, "rejected on insufficient evidence," 114. Difficulty is that we know so much about W. S., rather than so little, 155. Digges, expert evidence of 303, 304. Testimony as to Skakesperean acquirements, 264. "Discoveries" of Ben Jonson, fatal to Shakespearean theory, 134-136. Disraeli thinks first folio a scheme for copyright, 249, note. Dogberry, prototypes of, 301. Doubtful plays, the, 285, 286, 287. Doubtful plays, tlie, never disowned by Shakespeare, 287. Not doubtful in Shakespeare's day, 285-290. One missing, 290. Dowdell Letter, the, 72. Down, Edward, locates Proserpo's Island, 88, note. Drama, esteemed by Bacon a form of teaching history, 242. Droeshout portrait, 92-94. Not flattering to its subject. 93. Only one ever "authenticated," 103. Probably accurate likeness, 94. Was faithfully engraved, 94.