The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . ndBohemia in that year; whilst the allusion toAustria, as a power pe7 se would drive theperiod of action still farther back amongst thedukes and margraves of the twelfth and thir-teenth centuries. It is our opinion, however,that in all cases where there is no positive vio-lence committed against history—where the foundation of the plot is either fanciful or le-gendary—the nearest possible period to that ofthe writing of the play should be fixed upon asthat of its action, as by so doing the best illus-tration is obtained of th
The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . ndBohemia in that year; whilst the allusion toAustria, as a power pe7 se would drive theperiod of action still farther back amongst thedukes and margraves of the twelfth and thir-teenth centuries. It is our opinion, however,that in all cases where there is no positive vio-lence committed against history—where the foundation of the plot is either fanciful or le-gendary—the nearest possible period to that ofthe writing of the play should be fixed upon asthat of its action, as by so doing the best illus-tration is obtained of the authors ideas and themanners of the age which he depicted. Withthis view we should place the date of AHsWell that Ends Well just previous to 1557, inwhich year, on the 3rd of July, Sienna wasgiven to Cosmo de Medicis, Grand Duke ofTuscany, by Philip of Spain, who had beeninvested with its sovereignty by his fatherCharles V. The last war between the Floren-tines and the Siennois, and in which the formerwere supported by the troops of the emperor. COSTUME. 325. [_French Nobleman.^ and the latter by those of France, broke outin 1552, and ended in 1555, the King of Franceat that period being Henry II., and the Dukeof Florence Cosmo de Medicis aforesaid. OurIllustrations are taken from Montfau?ons Mo-narchic Fran9aise. The hair was worn very short by gentlemen in France at this time, a fashion which arosefrom an accident that happened to Henrysfather, Francis I., who, in a tweKth-night frolic,was hurt by the fall of a lighted firebrand onhis head, and was compelled in consequence tohave his hair shaved off.
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