Literary Personography

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This page lists literary figures including allegorical, mythological, Biblical, and dramatic characters. Click on a name to see where they are mentioned. Click on a link for more information.

Name	Life dates and biographical information	Related Resources
Abraham	Patriarch in the Bible. Husband of Sarah.	Wikipedia
Achilles	Hero of the Trojan War in Greek and Roman mythology. Son of Peleus and Thetis. Appears in Homer’s the Iliad.	EB Wikipedia
Adam	First man created by God in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Admetus	King of Pherae in Thessaly in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Adventure	Personification of adventure. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Aeneas	Hero of the Trojan War in Greek and Roman mythology. Son of Anchises and Venus. Early modern Londoners believed him to be the father of King Brutus of Troy.	EB EM
Æolus	King of the island of Aeolia in Greek mythology.	EB EM
Aer	Personification of the element of air. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Aeson	Father of Jason in Greek mythology. Kept from his rightful share in the kingdom of Iolchus by his step-brother Pelias.	EM Wikipedia
Aestas	Personification of the season of summer. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Æstas	Personification of the season of summer in Roman mythology. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Aeëtes	King of Colchis in Greek mythology. Father of Medea.	EM Wikipedia
Africa	Personification of the continent of Africa. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Agag	King of Amalek. Defeated by Saul, but executed by Samuel.	Wikipedia
Aglaia	One of the three Graces in Greek mythology. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	Wikipedia
Agnites	Personification of purity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Albanact	Son of King Brutus of Troy. Brother of Camber and Locrine. Given dominion over a section of Britain which was named Albania after him and later became Scotland. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Albania	Personification of the geographic area of Albania, later known as Scotland. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Albion	Son of Neptune. Conquered Samothes’ Celtica before changing the country’s name to Albion.	Perseus
Amalthea	Foster-mother of Zeus in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Ambition	Personification of ambition. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Amble	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
America	Personification of the continents of America. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Amphion	Musician who helped build the wall of Thebes in Greek mythology.	EB Wikipedia
Amphitrita	Goddess of the sea in Roman mythology. Wife of Neptune.	EB Perseus
Anchises	Member of the Trojan royal family in Greek and Roman mythology. Father of Aeneas.	EB Wikipedia
Androgeus	Son of King Lud.
Andromache	Wife of Hector in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Andromeda	Daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology. Saved by Perseus from a sea monster.	Wikipedia
Anne Frugal	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s The City Madam.
Anthony Dull	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.	ISE
Antiope	Amazon in Greek mythology.	EB EM
Antiquity	Personification of antiquity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows. See also Philoponia.
Antonio	Character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Antonius Verdierus	Appears in Anthony Munday’s Chrysanaleia. Possibly a Roman writer.
Antwerp	Personification of the city of Antwerp. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Apollo	God of healing, medicine, archery, music, poetry, and the sun in Greek and Roman mythology. Defined as the god of divine distance since the time of Homer.	EB EM
Aqua	Personification of the element of water. Allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Arete	Greek personification of goodness and virtue. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows. Also referred to as Vertue.	OR
Argonauts	Heroes who accompanied Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology.	Perseus Wikipedia
Argurion	Personification of silver. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Ariadne	Cretan princess in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Arion	Poet and musician in Greek mythology.	EB Wikipedia
Arithmetic	Personification of arithmetic, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Arvirargus	King of Britain. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Asia	Personification of the continent of Asia. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Aspice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin aspicio, meaning to look at or towards, to behold. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Astraea	Goddess of justice in Greek mythology.	EM
Astronomy	Personification of astronomy, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Athena	Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare in Greek mythology. Equated with Minerva in Roman mythology.	BAE Wikipedia
Auditus	Personification of hearing. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Authority	Personification of authority. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Autumne	Personification of the season of autumn. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Bacchus	God of wine and ecstasy in Roman mythology. Equated with Dionysus in Greek mythology.	EB EM
Barbarian	Character representing the barbarians. Appears in mayoral shows.
Barbarism	Personification of barbarism. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Bard	Character representing the bards of Britain. Appears in mayoral shows.
Bardus	Inventor of music and ditties. Spawned a line of poets who came to be known as the Bards. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.
Bartholomew the Apostle	Apostle of Jesus Christ in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Belinus	Legendary king of the Britons.
Bellona	Goddess of war in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Black Will	Dramatic character in Samuel Rowley’s When You See Me, You Know Me.
Boreas	God of the north wind in Greek mythology. Father of Calaïs and Zetes.	Wikipedia
Bounty	Personification of goodness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Boy of the Royal Exchange	Character representing a boy on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Bragardo	Dramatic character in Thomas Middletonʼs The Wit of a Woman.
Brainworm	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour.
Britannia	Personification of Britain. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Brontes	Cyclops servant of Vulcan in Roman mythology.	EM
Brotherhood	Personification of brotherhood. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Brutus of Troy	King of Great Britain and founder of London. Husband of Innogen. Father of Albanact, Camber, and Locrine. Son of Aeneas. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR Wikipedia
Bumpsey	Dramatic caracter in Richard Brome’s The Damoiselle.
Busiris	King of Egypt in Greek mythology. Slain by Hercules.	Wikipedia
Cadmus	King of Thebes in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Cain	Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible. Known for murdering his brother Abel.	EB
Calaïs	One of Jason’s Argonauts in Greek mythology. Son of Boreas. Brother of Zetes.	Wikipedia
Calcos	Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Calliope	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of epic poetry. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Calumny	Personification of slander and defamation. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Camber	Son of King Brutus of Troy. Brother of Albanact and Locrine. Given dominion over a section of Britain which was named Cambria after him and later became Wales. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR Wikipedia
Cambria	Personification of the geographic area of Cambria, later known as Wales. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Canby	Dramatic character in John Day and Henry Chettle’s The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.
Captain Powts	Dramatic character in Nathan Field’s A Woman Is a Weathercock.
Care	Personification of care. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Careless	Dramatic character in Richard Brome’s A Mad Couple Well-Match’d.
Cash	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in his Humour.
Cassiopeia	Queen of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. Wife of King Cepheus. Mother of Andromeda.	Wikipedia
Castor	Twin half-brother of Pollux in Greek and Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Cepheus	King of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. Husband of Queen Cassiopeia. Father of Andromeda.	Wikipedia
Ceres	Goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Champion	Character representing the Queen’s Champion. Appears in mayoral shows.
Charity	Personification of charity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Charybdis	Monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Scylla. Appears in Homer’s the Odyssey.	Wikipedia
Chastity	Personification of chastity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Chiron	Centaur in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Chrusos	Personification of gold. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Chthoon	Personification of the earth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Circumspice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin circumspicio, meaning to look around, over or for. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Citizen	Dramatic character in Richard Johnson’s The Pleasant Walkes of Moore-Fields.
City	Personification of civic institution of the city. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Civic Governance	Personification of civic governance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Clear Conscience	Personification of a clear conscience. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Clio	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of history. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Commerce	Personification of commerce. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Commiseration	Personification of commiseration. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Commonwealth	Personification of commonwealth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Concord	Personification of concord. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Conscience	Personification of conscience. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Conspice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin conspicio, meaning to watch, gaze, or stare. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Constancy	Personification of constancy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Constantinople	Personification of the city of Constantinople. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Corineus the Briton	One of the Guildhall Giants. Legendary companion of King Brutus of Troy. Slayed the native giant Gogmagog.	OR Wikipedia
Counsel	Personification of counsel. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Country	Personification of the nation and land. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Courage	Personification of courage. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Cunning	Personification of cunning. Appears as an allegorical character in Survey of London.
Cupid	God of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection in Roman mythology. Often depicted as the son of Mars and Venus. Equated with Eros in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Cymbal	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s The Staple of the News.
Dame Overdo	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.
Danaus	Father of fifty daughters called the Danaides in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Danaë	Mother of Perseus in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Dane	Character representing the Danish. Appears in mayoral shows.
David	(b. 1040 BCE, d. 970 BCE) Figure in the Bible.	EB Wikipedia
Death	Personification of death. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Deborah	Prophetess and heroine in the Bible.	EB Wikipedia
Desert	Personification of worthiness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Desire	Personification of desire. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Despice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin despicio, meaning to look down upon. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Deucalion	King of Phthia in Greek mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Diana	Goddess of the hunt, nature, and the moon in Roman mythology.	Pantheon Wikipedia
Diligence	Personification of diligence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Dionysus	God of the grape harvest, winemaking, wine, ritual of madness, fertility, theatre, and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology. Equated with Bacchus in Roman mythology.	EB Wikipedia
Disdain	Personification of disdain. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Divine Speculation	Personification of divine speculation. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Doctor Nowell	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Dogberry	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.	ISE Wikipedia
Doll	Dramatic character in Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood’s Sir Thomas More.
Druis	King of Britain. Founder of the Druids. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Duke Vincentio	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Elaskirion	Bard.
Elbow	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.	ISE
Eleutherios	Personification of liberty. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Elijah	Prophet and miracle worker in the Hebrew bible.	Wikipedia
Elizabeth I	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Endymion	Handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
England	Personification of England. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Englishman	Character representing the English. Appears in mayoral shows.
Envy	Personification of envy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Epicoene	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Epimeleia	Personification of trust. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Equality	Personification of equality. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Equity	Personification of equity or fairness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Erato	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of lyric and erotic poetry or hymns. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Eros	God of love in Greek mythology. Equated with Cupid in Roman mythology.	OR EB
Error	Personification of error. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Escalus	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.	ISE
Estrildis	Mistress of Locrine. Mother of Sabrina. Drowned in the river Severn by Locrine’s vengeful wife, Gwendoline. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Eternity	Personification of eternity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Eupheme	Female spirit of words of good omen, praise, acclaims, shouts of triumph, and applause in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Euphrates	River-god of Assyria in Greek mythology.	THEOI
Euphrosyne	One of the three Graces and goddess of joy, mirth, and happiness in Greek mythology. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	Wikipedia
Europa	Personification of the continent of Europe. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Euterpe	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of music or flute playing. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB Wikipedia
Example	Personification of example. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Expectation	Personification of expectation. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Faith	Personification of faith. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Falsehood	Personification of falsehood. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Falstaff	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Mentioned in Henry V.	ISE EB
Fame	Personification of fame. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Fear	Personification of fear. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Fidelity	Personification of fidelity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Firk	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
First Malcontent	First personification of malcontent. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
First Nymph	Minor female nature deity drawn from Greek and Latin mythology. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Flora	Goddess of flowers in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Foible	Dramatic character in William Congreve’s The Way of the World.
Fortitude	Personification of fortitude. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Fortune	Personification of fortune. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Fortune	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s The City Madam.
Four Winds	Wind gods in Greek mythology. Appear as a set of four allegorical characters in mayoral shows.
Fourth Nymph	Minor female nature deity drawn from Greek and Latin mythology. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Francis Flute	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Francis Quicksilver	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston’s Eastward Ho!
Frenchman	Character representing the French. Appears in mayoral shows.
Friar Tuck	Companion of Robin Hood and the Merry Men.	Wikipedia
Ganges	River-god of India in Greek mythology.	THEOI
Gaspero Trebazzi	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton’s The Honest Whore.
Gehazi	Figure in the Bible.	OR Wikipedia
Gentleman	Dramatic character in Richard Johnson’s The Pleasant Walkes of Moore-Fields.
Gentleness	Personification of gentleness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Geometry	Personification of geometry, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gerrard the Giant	Giant who supposedly dwelled at the site of Gerrard’s Hall.
Giant	Personification of the Iron Age of human history. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gilbert Hood	Relative of Robin Hood.
Gloucester	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Gluttony	Personification of gluttony. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
God’s Truth	Personification of God’s truth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gogmagog	One of the Guildhall Giants. Killed by Corineus the Briton.	BHO BHO
Golding	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston’s Eastward Ho!
Goodworks	Personification of Christian actions and deeds. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Government	Personification of government. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Grace	Personification of grace. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Grammar	Personification of grammar, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gravity	Personification of graveness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gunner	Character representing an early modern military figure on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Gustus	Personification of tasting. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Gwendoline	Wife of Locrine. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR
Hans	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s Westward Ho!
Hans Lacey	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
Happiness	Personification of happiness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Harmony	Personification of harmony. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Health	Personification of health. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hector	Hero of the Trojan War in Greek and Roman mythology. Slain by Achilles. Appears in Homer’s the Iliad.	EB Wikipedia
Helen of Troy	Most beautiful woman of the world in Greek and Roman mythology. Appears in Homer’s the Iliad.	EB Wikipedia
Helios	God of the sun in Greek mythology. Conflated with Hyperion in early myth.	Wikipedia
Helle	Twin sister of Phrixus in Greek mythology. Fled the threat of sacrifice on the back of a ram with the Golden Fleece but fell into the ocean and drowned.	EM Wikipedia
Hercules	Hero and god in Roman mythology. Famous for his strength.	Wikipedia
Hermes	God of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes in Greek mythology. Son of Maia. Equated with Mercury in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Hesperus	Deified evening star in Greek mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Him that Rid on a Luzarne	Unnamed character who appears in mayoral shows.
Him that Rideth on the Merman	Unnamed character who appears in mayoral shows.
Him that Rideth on the Unicorn	Unnamed character who appears in mayoral shows.
Himatia	Personification of clothing and drapery. Appears as an allegorical character in the mayoral shows.
History	Personification of history. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Honesty	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Honour	Personification of honour. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hope	Personification of hope. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hostility	Personification of hostility. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Humber	King of the Huns. Slain by Locrine and Camber in retaliation for killing Albanact. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR Wikipedia
Humber	Personification of the Humber. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Humility	Personification of humility. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hyems	Personification of the season of winter. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Hylas	Servant and companion to Hercules in Greek and Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Hypomone	Personification of steadfastness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Ignis	Personification of the element of fire. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Ignorance	Personification of ignorance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Impartiality	Personification of impartiality. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Impudence	Personification of impudence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
India	Personification of the geographic area and culture of India. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Indian	Stock Indian character. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Industry	Personification of industry. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Innocence	Personification of innocence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Innogen	Wife of King Brutus of Troy. Daughter of Pandrasus. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Inspice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin inspicio, meaning to examine or inspect. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Integrity	Personification of integrity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Irene	Daughter of Medea in Greek mythology.
Iris	Goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Irishman	Character representing the Irish. Appears in mayoral shows.
Isabel	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Richard II.
James the Great	(d. 44) Apostle of Jesus Christ.	EB Wikipedia
Janus	Twin-faced god of time, transitions, gates, doorways, and passages in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Japheth	Son of Noah in the Bible. Father of Samothes.	Wikipedia
Jason	Leader of the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece in Greek and Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Jesus Christ	Central figure of the Bible.	EB Wikipedia
Jew	Character representing the Jewish. Appears in mayoral shows.
Job	Central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible.	Wikipedia
John Christmas	(b. 1599, d. 1654) Son of Gerard Christmas. Brother of Matthias Christmas. ODNB
John Crosbie	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry VI.
John Gresham	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
John in the hospital	Dramatic character in Robert Armin’s The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke.
John Overs	Dramatic character in The true history of the life and sudden death of old Iohn Overs, the rich ferry-man of London And how he lost his life by his owne covetousnesse. And of his daughter Mary, who caused the Church of Saint Mary Overs in Southwark to be built, and of the building of London-Bridge.
John Rowland	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Jonah	Prophet of the kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible and central figure of the Book of Jonah.
Joy	Personification of joy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Jude the Apostle	One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.	Wikipedia
Juno	Goddess of marriage and childbirth in Roman mythology. Wife of Juptier. Daughter of Saturn. Wikipedia
Jupiter	God of the sky in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Justice	Personification of lawfulness and fairness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Kind	Personification of kindness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
King Chiorison	Dramatic character in Anthony Munday’s Chrusothriambos.
King of the Moors	Character representing the king of the Moors. Appears in mayoral shows.
Kitely	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in his Humour.
Knowell	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour.
Knowledge	Personification of knowledge. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Krotos	Hunter who became the constellation Sagittarius in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Labour	Personification of labour. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Lady Haughty	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Epicœne.
Lady Kate Percy	Character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part I.
Lady Ramsey	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Latona	Goddess in Roman mythology. Mother of Apollo and Diana.	EM Wikipedia
Law	Personification of the institution of law. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Lazarus of Bethany	Saint of Orthodox Christianity said to have been raised from the dead by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John.
Learning	Personfication of learning. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Leucosia	Siren in Greek mythology.
Liberality	Personification of liberality. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Lickfinger	Dramatic haracter in Ben Jonson’s The Staple of News.
Lies	Personification of lies. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Ligeia	Siren in Greek mythology.
Little John	Chief lieutenant of Robin Hood’s Merry Men.	Wikipedia
Littlewit	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.
Locrine	Son of King Brutus of Troy. Brother of Albanact and Camber. Given dominion over a section of Britain which was named Loegres or Loegria after him and later became England. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR
Loegria	Personification of the geographic area of Logres, later known as England. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Logic	Personification of logic, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
London	Personification the city of London. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
London’s Genius	Personification of London’s genius. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Lord Chamberlain	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII.
Lot	Figure in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Love	Personification of love. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Loyalty	Personification of loyalty. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral pageants.
Lucio	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Luke the Evangelist	One of the four Biblical figures to whom authorship of a canonical Gospel is traditionally attributed.	Wikipedia
Luna	Goddess of the moon in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Lynceus of Argos	King of Argos in Greek mythology. Succeeded his uncle Danaus.	Wikipedia
Macbeth	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Magistracy	Personification of magistracy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Magnanimity	Personification of magnanimity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Magus	King of Britain. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Maia	Mother of Hermes in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Maid Marian	Companion of Robin Hood and the Merry Men.	Wikipedia
Majesty	Personification of majesty. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Mallice	Personification of malice. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Mammon	Personification of wealth and greed in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Marrall	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
Mars	God of war in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Marsyas	Satyr in Greek mythology. Challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.	EM Wikipedia
Mary Overs	Dramatic haracter in The true history of the life and sudden death of old Iohn Overs, the rich ferry-man of London And how he lost his life by his owne covetousnesse. And of his daughter Mary, who caused the Church of Saint Mary Overs in Southwark to be built, and of the building of London-Bridge.
Master Gunner	Character representing an early modern military figure on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Master Gunner’s Mate	Character representing an early modern military figure on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Master Linstock	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s Westward Ho!
Master of the Royal Exchange	Character representing an early modern military figure on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Master Slender	Dramatic character in Wlliam Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Master Weatherwise	Dramatic character in Thomas Middletonʼs No Wit, No Help Like a Woman’s.
Mate of the Royal Exchange	Character representing an early modern military figure on the ship called the Royal Exchange. Appears in mayoral shows.
Matthew	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour.
Matthew the Apostle	One of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Wikipedia
Matthias Christmas	(b. 1605, d. 1654) Son of Gerard Christmas. Brother of John Christmas. ODNB
Mayberry	Dramatic character in John Webster and Thomas Dekker’s Northward Ho.
Medea	Wife of Jason in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Medusa	Gorgon in Greek mythology. Those who look at her turn to stone.	Wikipedia
Medway	Personification of the Medway. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Meekness	Personification of meekness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Melisseus	King of Crete in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Melkin	Bard.	EB
Melpomene	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of tragedy or lyre playing. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Memory	English personification of memory. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows. See also Mnamae.
Merchandise	Personification of merchandise. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Mercury	God of merchandise and merchants in Roman mythology. Equated with Hermes in Greek mythology.	EB EM
Mercy	Personification of mercy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Merlin	Wizard and prophet. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR Wikipedia
Merwalis	Legendary King of the West Mercians.
Michael	Archangel. Leader of God’s armies who defeated Satan’s forces.	Wikipedia
Minerva	Goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, and strategic warfare in Roman mythology. Equated with Athena in Greek mythology. Wikipedia
Minos	King of Crete in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Mistress Overdone	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.	ISE
Mistress Quickly	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1.	ISE
Mnamae	Greek personification of memory. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows. See also Memory.
Moderation	Personification of moderation. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Modesty	Personification of modesty. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Moor	Unnamed character who appears in mayoral shows.
Morose	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Moses	Biblical prophet. Author of the Pentateuch.	EB
Mother Bunch	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
Much the Miller’s Son	Member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men.	Wikipedia
Munificence	Personification of generosity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Music	Personification of music, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Naboth	Key figure in the Hebrew bible.	Wikipedia
Nature	Personification of nature. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Ned Clerimont	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Neptune	God of the sea in Roman mythology.	EB EM
Nereus	Father of the Nereids and Nerites in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Nick Bottom	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Nilus	God of the Nile in Greek mythology. Son of Oceanus and Tethys.	EM Wikipedia
Noah	Hero of the great flood story in the Bible.	EB Wikipedia
Nobility	Personification of nobility. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Obedience	Personification of obedience. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Oceanus	Personification of the great river that the Greeks believed encircled the world. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Odysseus	King of Ithaca in Greek mythology. Appears in Homer’s the Odyssey.	Wikipedia
Ogyges	Ruler in Greek mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Old Hobson	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Olfactus	Personification of smelling. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Oppression	Personification of oppression. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Order	Personification of order. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Oronius	Bard.
Orpheus	Musician, poet, and prophet in Greek mythology. Companion and harpist of Jason and the Argonauts.	Wikipedia
Pan	God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, and rustic music in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Pandora	First human woman in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Pandrasus	King of Greece. Father of Innogen. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Mythology Dictionary
Paris	Personification of the city of Paris. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Parisian	Dramatic character in Sir William Davenant’s Entertainment at Rutland House.
Parthenope	Siren in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Patience	Personification of patience. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Peace	Personification of peace. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Peace of Heart	Personification of peace of heart. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Peleus	King of Phthia in Greek mythology. Husband of Thetis. Father of Achilles.	EB Wikipedia
Pelias	King of Iolchus in Greek mythology. Tasked Jason with retrieving the Golden Fleece.	EM Wikipedia
Pennyboy Junior	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s The Staple of the News.
Perfect Love	Personification of perfect love. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Perfection	Personification of perfection. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Perseus	Founder of Mycenae and the Perseid dynasty in Greek mythology. Son of Danaë.	Wikipedia
Perspice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin perspicio, meaning to see through something, to percieve clearly. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Petrus Mexius	Appears in Anthony Munday’s Chrysanaleia. Possibly a Roman writer.
Pheme	Personification of popular rumour. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB
Philoponia	Greek personification of antiquity. Appears as allegorical character in mayoral shows. See also Antiquity.
Phorcys	Primordial sea god in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Phrixus	Twin brother of Helle in Greek mythology. Fled the threat of sacrifice on the back of a ram with the Golden Fleece.	EM Wikipedia
Piety	Personification of piety. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Plenidius	Bard.
Plenty	Personification of abundance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Poins	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2.	ISE
Polander	Character representing the Polish. Appears in mayoral shows.
Policy	Personification of policy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Pollux	Twin half-brother of Castor in Greek and Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Polymnia	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of dancing or geometry. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Pomona	Goddess of fruitful abundance in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Pompey	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.	ISE
Pontius Pilate	Fifth governor of Judaea. Presided over the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.	Wikipedia
Porter	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII.
Power	Personification of power. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Presenter	Unnamed character who appears in mayoral shows.
Prince Hal	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2.
Prosperity	Personification of prosperity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Prospice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin prospicio, meaning to look far off, to see into the distance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Proteus	God of rivers and oceanic bodies of water in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Proteus of Egypt	King of Egypt in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Providence	Personification of providence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Prudence	Personification of prudence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Pyracmon	Cyclops servant of Vulcan in Roman mythology.	EM
Pyramus	Dramatic character in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Played by Nick Bottom in the play-within-the-play in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Python	Monstrous serpent tasked with guarding the oracle at Delphi in Greek mythology. Slain by Apollo.	EM Wikipedia
Přemysl the Ploughman	Legendary founder of the Přemyslid dynasty.	Wikipedia
Quarlous	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.
Queen of the Moors	Character representing the queen of the Moors. Appears in mayoral shows.
Queen Tumanama	Dramatic character in Anthony Munday’s Chrusothriambos.
Quick	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Rachel	Figure in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Rafe	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
Ralph	Dramatic character in Francis Beaumont’s Knight of the Burning Pestle.
Record	Personification of record. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Religion	Personification of religion. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Remus	Twin brother of Romulus in Roman mythology. Murdered prior to the founding of Rome. EB Wikipedia
Respect	Personification of respect. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Respice	Allegorical representation of an aspect of sight derived from the Latin respicio, meaning to look behind, look back at or upon. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Reward	Personification of reward. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Rhetoric	Personification of rhetoric, one of the liberal sciences. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Right	Personification of moral guidance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Right-Hitting Brand	Member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men.
Riot	Personification of uprising and disorder. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Robin Hood	Legendary outlaw hero.	ODNB Wikipedia
Robin Hood’s Huntsmen	In English folklore, the companions of Robin Hood.
Rome	Personification of the city of Rome. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Romulus	Twin brother of Remus in Roman mythology. Founder of Rome.	EB Wikipedia
Rosamund Clifford	(b. in or after 1150b. 1176) Mistress of King Henry II in English folklore.	ODNB Wikipedia
Rumour	Personification of hearsay and rumour. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Russian	Character representing the Russians and Moscowians. Appears in mayoral shows.
Sabrina	Daughter of Locrine and Estrildis. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	OR OR
Safety	Personification of safety. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sailor	Stock sailor character. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Samothes	King of Celtica. Son of Japheth in the Bible. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.
Samuel	Key figure in the Hebrew bible.	Wikipedia
Sarah	Matriarch in the Bible. Wife of Abraham.	Wikipedia
Saron	King of Britain. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.	Wikipedia
Satan	Principal devil in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Saturn	God of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal, and liberation in Roman mythology. Father of Jupiter.	EM Wikipedia
Satyr	Stock satyr character. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.	Wikipedia
Saul	First king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah in the Hebrew Bible.	Wikipedia
Saverne	Personification of the Severn. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sceropes	Cyclops servant of Vulcan in Roman mythology.	EM
Science	Personification of science. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral pageants.
Scylla	Monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. Appears in Homer’s the Odyssey.	Wikipedia
Sea Nymph	Minor female nature deity drawn from Greek and Latin mythology. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Sebastian	Character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Second Malcontent	Second personification of malcontent. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Second Nymph	Minor female nature deity drawn from Greek and Latin mythology. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Security	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston’s Eastward Ho!.
Semele	Daughter of Cadmus in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Shepherd	Stock shepherd character. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Short	Dramatic character in Thomas Middleton’s Michaelmas Terme.
Sideros	Personification of iron. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Simon Eyre	Dramatic character in Thomas Dekker’s The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
Simon St. Mary-Overies	Dramatic character in Thomas Middleton’s The Puritan Widow.
Simon the Zealot	Christian apostle.	Wikipedia
Simplicity	Personification of simplicity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sincerity	Personification of sincerity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sir Amorous La Foole	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Sir Dauphine Eugenie	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Sir Epicure Mammon	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist.
Sir Harry Percy	Character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part I.
Sir John	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s The City Madam.
Sir John Daw	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Sir John Frugal	Dramatic character in Philip Massinger’s The City Madam.
Sir Petronel Flash	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston’sEastward Ho!.
Sir Thomas Gresham	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Sir Thomas Ramsey	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Slitgut	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston’s Eastward Ho!.
Sloth	Personification of laziness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Sol	Personification of the sun and god in Roman mythology. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	Wikipedia
Soldier	Stock soldier character. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Solomon	(fl. between 1000 BCE and 901 BCE) King of Israel. Son of David.	EB
Sophrosyne	Personification of self-control, temperance, and soundness of mind. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Spaniard	Character representing the Spanish. Appears in mayoral shows.
Spring	Personification of the season of spring. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
St. Andrew the Apostle	Apostle of Jesus Christ in the Bible.	Wikipedia
St. Deruvian	Legendary bishop and saint.	Wikipedia
St. Fagan	Legendary bishop and saint.	Wikipedia
St. John the Baptist	Baptized Jesus Christ in the four canonical gospels.	Wikipedia
St. Michael	Archangel.	EB Wikipedia
St. Michael	Archangel.	EB Wikipedia
St. Peter the Apostle	(d. 64) Apostle of Jesus Christ in the Bible.	EB Wikipedia
Steadfastness	Personification of steadfastness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Subtle	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist.
Success	Personification of success. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Summer	Personification of the season of summer. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Superstition	Personification of superstition. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Swash	Dramatic character in John Day and Henry Chettle’s The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.
Tactus	Personification of touching. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Tagus	River-god of Tagus in Greek mythology.	THEOI
Tapeinotes	Personification of humility and modesty. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	OR
Tasciovanus	Son of King Lud. King of the Catuvellauni tribe before the Roman conquest of Britain.	Google Books Wikipedia
Telamon	One of Jason’s Argonauts in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Temperance	Personification of temperance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Terpsichore	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of dancing, chorus, or lyric poetry. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Terra	Goddess of the earth in Roman mythology.	Wikipedia
Tethys	Mother of the river gods and the Oceanids in Greek mythology. Sister and wife of Oceanus.	Wikipedia
Thalestine	Bard.
Thalia	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of comedy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM Wikipedia
Thames	Personification of the Thames. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Themantius	Son of Kind Lud.
Themis	Titaness in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Theseus	Founder of Athens in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Thetis	Nymph or goddess of water in Greek mythology. One of the fifty Nereids. Wife of Peleus. Mother of Achilles. Daughter of Nereus.	EM Wikipedia
Third Nymph	Minor female nature deity drawn from Greek and Latin mythology. Appears as a character in mayoral shows.
Thisbe	Dramatic character in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Played by Francis Flute in the play-within-the-play in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Throat	Dramatic character in Lording Barry’s Ram Alley.
Time	Personification of time. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Timothy Thinbeard	Dramatic character in Thomas Heywood’s If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2.
Timothy Touchstone	Pseudonymous author of Timothy Touchtoneʼs Reply to Sir Anonymous.
Titan	Personification of the Greek Titans. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EM
Tom Snout	Dramatic character in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Tom Strowd	Dramatic character in John Day and Henry Chettle’s The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.
Traffic	Personification of traffic and merchandise. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Tranquility	Personification of tranquility. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Treason	Personification of treason. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Triton	Messenger of the sea in Greek mythology.	Wikipedia
Troya-Nova	Personification of the geographic area and settlement of Roman London. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Truewit	Character in Ben Jonson’s Epicoene.
Truth	Personification of truth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Truth’s Angel	Personification of Truthʼs angel. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Tubal-cain	First blacksmith in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Turk	Character representing the Turkish. Appears in mayoral shows.
Unity	Personification of unity. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Urania	One of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Patron of astronomy. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.	EB EM
Venice	Personification of the city of Venice. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Venus	Goddess of beauty in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Ver	Personification of the season of spring. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Vesta	Goddess of hearth and home in Greek mythology.	EM Wikipedia
Victory	Personification of victory. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Vigilancy	Personification of vigilance. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
The Virgin Mary	Mother of Jesus Christ in the Bible.	Wikipedia
Virtue	Personification of virtue. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows. See also Arete.
Visus	Personification of seeing. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Vortigern	King of Britian. Appears in Gildas’ On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain and Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People.	EB Wikipedia
Vulcan	God of fire and smithery in Roman mythology.	EM Wikipedia
War	Personification of war and violence. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Watchfulness	Personification of watchfulness. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Wealth	Personification of wealth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Will Scarlet	Member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men.	Wikipedia
Win	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.
Winter	Personification of the season of winter. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Winwife	Dramatic character in Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.
Wisdom	Personification of wisdom. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Worth	Personfication of worth. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Zeale	Personification of zeal. Appears as an allegorical character in mayoral shows.
Zetes	One of Jason’s Argonauts in Greek mythology. Son of Boreas. Brother of Calaïs.	Wikipedia

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Janelle Jenstad

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Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of The Map of Early Modern London, and PI of Linked Early Modern Drama Online. She has taught at Queen’s University, the Summer Academy at the Stratford Festival, the University of Windsor, and the University of Victoria. With Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Mark Kaethler, she co-edited Shakespeare’s Language in Digital Media (Routledge). She has prepared a documentary edition of John Stow’s A Survey of London (1598 text) for MoEML and is currently editing The Merchant of Venice (with Stephen Wittek) and Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody for DRE. Her articles have appeared in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Renaissance and Reformation,Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, Elizabethan Theatre, Shakespeare Bulletin: A Journal of Performance Criticism, and The Silver Society Journal. Her book chapters have appeared (or will appear) in Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society (Brill, 2004), Shakespeare, Language and the Stage, The Fifth Wall: Approaches to Shakespeare from Criticism, Performance and Theatre Studies (Arden/Thomson Learning, 2005), Approaches to Teaching Othello (Modern Language Association, 2005), Performing Maternity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2007), New Directions in the Geohumanities: Art, Text, and History at the Edge of Place (Routledge, 2011), Early Modern Studies and the Digital Turn (Iter, 2016), Teaching Early Modern English Literature from the Archives (MLA, 2015), Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers (Indiana, 2016), Making Things and Drawing Boundaries (Minnesota, 2017), and Rethinking Shakespeare’s Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital Technologies (Routledge, 2018).
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- Jenstad, Janelle. Building a Gazetteer for Early Modern London, 1550-1650. Placing Names. Ed. Merrick Lex Berman, Ruth Mostern, and Humphrey Southall. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana UP, 2016. 129-145.
- Jenstad, Janelle. The Burse and the Merchant’s Purse: Coin, Credit, and the Nation in Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody. The Elizabethan Theatre XV. Ed. C.E. McGee and A.L. Magnusson. Toronto: P.D. Meany, 2002. 181–202. Print.
- Jenstad, Janelle. The City Cannot Hold You: Social Conversion in the Goldsmith’s Shop. Early Modern Literary Studies 8.2 (2002): 5.1–26..
- Jenstad, Janelle. The Gouldesmythes Storehowse: Early Evidence for Specialisation. The Silver Society Journal 10 (1998): 40–43.
- Jenstad, Janelle. Lying-in Like a Countess: The Lisle Letters, the Cecil Family, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 34 (2004): 373–403. doi:10.1215/10829636–34–2–373.
- Jenstad, Janelle. Public Glory, Private Gilt: The Goldsmiths’ Company and the Spectacle of Punishment. Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society. Ed. Anne Goldgar and Robert Frost. Leiden: Brill, 2004. 191–217. Print.
- Jenstad, Janelle. Smock Secrets: Birth and Women’s Mysteries on the Early Modern Stage. Performing Maternity in Early Modern England. Ed. Katherine Moncrief and Kathryn McPherson. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. 87–99. Print.
- Jenstad, Janelle. Using Early Modern Maps in Literary Studies: Views and Caveats from London. GeoHumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place. Ed. Michael Dear, James Ketchum, Sarah Luria, and Doug Richardson. London: Routledge, 2011. Print.
- Jenstad, Janelle. Versioning John Stow’s A Survey of London, or, What’s New in 1618 and 1633?. Janelle Jenstad Blog. https://janellejenstad.com/2013/03/20/versioning-john-stows-a-survey-of-london-or-whats-new-in-1618-and-1633/.
- Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed. Web.
Martin D. Holmes

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Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.
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Robert Armin

(b. October 1581, d. 30 November 1615)

Actor with the King’s Men.
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Robert Armin is mentioned in the following documents:
Lording Barry

(b. April 1580, d. 1629)

Playwright and pirate.
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Lording Barry is mentioned in the following documents:
Lording Barry authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Barry, Lording. Ram-Alley: Or Merrie-Trickes. London: Printed by G. Eld. for Robert Wilson, 1611. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
Francis Beaumont

(b. between 1584 and 1585, d. 1616)

Playwright.
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Francis Beaumont is mentioned in the following documents:
Francis Beaumont authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Beaumont, Francis. The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Ed. Sheldon P. Zitner. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2004. Print.
- Beaumont, Francis. The Knight of the Burning Pestle. London, 1613. STC 1674.
Richard Brome

(b. 1590, d. 1652)

Playwright.
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Richard Brome is mentioned in the following documents:
Richard Brome authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Brome, Richard. The Demoiselle, or the New Ordinary. London: T[homas] R[oycroft] for Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, 1653. Remediated by Richard Brome Online.
- Brome, Richard. A Mad Couple Well-Match’d. Five New Playes. London: Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, 1653. Sig. A5v-H2r. Remediated by Richard Brome Online.
George Chapman

Playwright, translator, and poet.
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George Chapman is mentioned in the following documents:
George Chapman authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Chapman, George, Ben Jonson, and John Marston. Eastward Ho! Ed. R.W. Van Fossen. New York: Manchester UP, 1999. Print.
Henry Chettle

Playwright, printer, and pamphleteer.
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Henry Chettle is mentioned in the following documents:
Henry Chettle authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Day, John [and Henry Chettle]. The Blind-beggar of Bednal Green. London: R. Pollard and Tho. Dring, 1659. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
John Day

(b. between 1573 and 1574, d. 1638)

Playwright.
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John Day is mentioned in the following documents:
John Day authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Day, John [and Henry Chettle]. The Blind-beggar of Bednal Green. London: R. Pollard and Tho. Dring, 1659. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
Thomas Dekker

(b. 1572, d. 1632)

Playwright, poet, and author.
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Thomas Dekker is mentioned in the following documents:
Thomas Dekker authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Bevington, David. Introduction. The Shoemaker’s Holiday. By Thomas Dekker. English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology. Ed. David Bevington, Lars Engle, Katharine Eisaman Maus, and Eric Rasmussen. New York: Norton, 2002. 483–487. Print.
- Dekker, Thomas, and John Webster. West-ward Hoe. London: John Hodget, 1607. Rpt. EEBO. Web.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Belman of London. London: 1608. STC 6482. Subscr.FS EEBO.
- Dekker, Thomas. Britannia’s Honor. The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Vol. 4. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1961. Print.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Dead Tearme. Or Westminsters Complaint for long Vacations and short Termes. Written in Manner of a Dialogue betweene the two Cityes London and Westminster. 1608. The Non-Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Ed. Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. 5 vols. 1885. Reprint. New York: Russell and Russell, 1963. 4.1–84.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Gull’s Horn-Book: Or, Fashions to Please All Sorts of Gulls. Thomas Dekker: The Wonderful Year, The Gull’s Horn-Book, Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish, English Villainies Discovered by Lantern and Candelight, and Selected Writings. Ed. E.D. Pendry. London: Edward Arnold, 1967. 64–109. The Stratford-upon-Avon Library 4.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Gul’s Horne-booke. London: [Nicholas Okes] for R. S[ergier?], 1609. Rpt. EEBO. Web.
- Dekker, Thomas. If it be not good, the Diuel is in it A nevv play, as it hath bin lately acted, vvith great applause, by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants: at the Red Bull. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for John Trundle, 1612. STC 6507. EEBO.
- Dekker, Thomas. Lantern and Candlelight. 1608. Ed. Viviana Comensoli. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2007. Publications of the Barnabe Riche Society.
- Dekker, Thomas. Londons Tempe, or The Feild of Happines. London: Nicholas Okes, 1629. STC 6509. DEEP 736. Greg 421a. Copy: British Library; Shelfmark: C.34.g.11.
- Dekker, Thomas. Londons Tempe, or The Feild of Happines. London: Nicholas Okes, 1629. STC 6509. DEEP 736. Greg 421a. Copy: Huntington Library; Shelfmark: Rare Books 59055.
- Dekker, Thomas. Londons Tempe, or The Feild of Happines. London: Nicholas Okes, 1629. STC 6509. DEEP 736. Greg 421a. Copy: National Library of Scotland; Shelfmark: Bute.143.
- Dekker, Thomas. London’s Tempe. The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1961. Print.
- Dekker, Thomas. The magnificent entertainment giuen to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, upon the day of his Majesties triumphant passage (from the Tower) through his honourable citie (and chamber) of London, being the 15. of March. 1603. As well by the English as by the strangers: with the speeches and songes, deliuered in the severall pageants. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for Thomas Man the younger, 1604. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Magnificent Entertainment: Giuen to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, ypon the day of his Majesties Triumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his Honourable Citie (and Chamber) of London being the 15. Of March. 1603. London: T. Man, 1604. Treasures in full: Renaissance Festival Books. British Library. Web. Open.
- Dekker, Thomas? The Owles almanacke prognosticating many strange accidents which shall happen to this kingdome of Great Britaine this yeere, 1618 : calculated as well for the meridian mirth of London, as any other part of Great Britaine : found in an Iuy-bush written in old characters / and now published in English by the painefull labours of Mr. Iocundary Merry-braines. London, 1618. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
- Dekker, Thomas. Penny-wise pound foolish or, a Bristow diamond, set in two rings, and both crack’d Profitable for married men, pleasant for young men, and a rare example for all good women. London, 1631. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Second Part of the Honest Whore, with the Humors of the Patient Man, the Impatient Wife: the Honest Whore, perswaded by strong Arguments to turne Curtizan againe: her braue refuting those Arguments. London: Printed by Elizabeth All-de for Nathaniel Butter, 1630. STC 6506. EEBO.
- Dekker, Thomas. The seuen deadly sinnes of London drawne in seuen seuerall coaches, through the seuen seuerall gates of the citie bringing the plague with them. London, 1606. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Shoemaker’s Holiday. Ed. R.L. Smallwood and Stanley Wells. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1979. The Revels Plays.
- Dekker, Thomas. The Shomakers Holiday: or, The Gentle Craft With the Humorous Life of Simon Eyre, Shoomaker, and Lord Maior of London. London, 1600. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
- Dekker, Thomas, Stephen Harrison, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton. The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment of King James through the City of London, 15 March 1604, with the Arches of Triumph. Ed. R. Malcolm Smuts. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 219–79.
- Dekker, Thomas. A Strange Horse-race. London: 1613. STC 6528. Subscr. EEBO.
- Dekker, Thomas. Troia-Noua Triumphans. London: Nicholas Okes, 1612. STC 6530. DEEP 578. Greg 302a. Copy: Chapin Library; Shelfmark: 01WIL_ALMA.
- Dekker, Thomas. Westward Ho! The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Vol. 2. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1964.
- Middleton, Thomas, and Thomas Dekker. The Roaring Girl. Ed. Paul A. Mulholland. Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1987. Print.
- Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
- Smith, Peter J. Glossary. The Shoemakers’ Holiday. By Thomas Dekker. London: Nick Hern, 2004. 108–110. Print.
- Webster, John, and Thomas Dekker. Northward Ho. London, 1607. STC 6539.
Henry II

Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II King of England

(b. 1133, d. 1189)

King of England 1154-1189.
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Henry II is mentioned in the following documents:
Thomas Heywood

(b. 1573, d. 1641)

Playwright and poet.
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Thomas Heywood is mentioned in the following documents:
Thomas Heywood authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Heywood, Thomas. The Captives; or, The Lost Recovered. Ed. Alexander Corbin Judson. New Haven: Yale UP, 1921. Print.
- Heywood, Thomas. The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV. Ed. Richard Rowland. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2005. The Revels Plays.
- Heywood, Thomas. The foure prentises of London. London, 1615. EEBO. Subscr. Reprint. STC 13321.
- Heywood, Thomas. The Second Part of, If you know not me, you know no bodie. VVith the building of the Royall Exchange: And the Famous Victorie of Queene Elizabeth, in the Yeare 1588. London, 1606. STC 13336. EEBO. Web. Subscr.
- Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
- Thomas Heywood Heywood’s Dramatic Works. 6 vols. Ed. W.J. Alexander. London: John Pearson, 1874. Print.
Ben Jonson

(b. 1572, d. 1637)

Poet and playwright.
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Ben Jonson is mentioned in the following documents:
Ben Jonson authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Chapman, George, Ben Jonson, and John Marston. Eastward Ho! Ed. R.W. Van Fossen. New York: Manchester UP, 1999. Print.
- Dekker, Thomas, Stephen Harrison, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton. The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment of King James through the City of London, 15 March 1604, with the Arches of Triumph. Ed. R. Malcolm Smuts. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 219–79.
- Gifford, William, ed. The Works of Ben Jonson. By Ben Jonson. Vol. 1. London: Nichol, 1816. Remediated by Internet Archive.
- Jonson, Ben. The Alchemist. London: New Mermaids, 1991. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. Bartholomew Fair. Ed. E.A. Horsman. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1979. Revels Plays. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. Bartholomew Fair. Ed. Suzanne Gossett, based on The Revels Plays edition ed. E.A. Horsman. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2000. Revels Student Editions. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. Bartholomew Fayre. London, 1614. STC 14753.5. EEBO.
- Jonson, Ben. B. Ion: his part of King Iames his royall and magnificent entertainement through his honorable cittie of London, Thurseday the 15. of March. 1603 so much as was presented in the first and last of their triumphall arch’s. London, 1604. STC 14756. EEBO.
- Jonson, Ben. The Complete Poetry of Ben Jonson. Ed. William B. Hunter. Stuart Edtions. New York: New YorkUP, 1963.
- Jonson, Ben. The Devil is an Ass. Ed. Peter Happé. Manchester and New York: Manchester UP, 1996. Revels Plays. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. Epicene. Ed. Richard Dutton. Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2004. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. Epicoene, or the silent woman. London, 1620. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr. STC 14763.
- Jonson, Ben. Every Man Out of His Humour. Ed. Helen Ostovich. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2001. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. The First, of Blacknesse, Personated at the Court, at White-hall, on the Twelfth Night, 1605. The Characters of Two Royall Masques: The One of Blacknesse, the Other of Beautie. Personated by the Most Magnificent of Queenes Anne Queene of Great Britaine, &c. with her Honorable Ladyes, 1605 and 1608 at White-hall. London : For Thomas Thorp, and are to be Sold at the Signe of the Tigers Head in Paules Church-yard, 1608. Sig. A3r-C2r. STC 14761. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Jonson, Ben. Oberon, The Faery Prince. The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. Vol. 1. London: Will Stansby, 1616. Sig. 4N2r-2N6r. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Jonson, Ben. On the Famous Voyage. The Works of Ben Jonson. 8 vols. London, 1875. 8:232–39.
- Jonson, Ben. The Staple of Newes. The Works. Vol. 2. London: Printed by I.B. for Robert Allot, 1631. Sig. 2A1r-2J2v. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Jonson, Ben. The Staple of News. Ed. Anthony Parr. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1999. Revels Plays. Print.
- Jonson, Ben. To Penshurst. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt, Carol T. Christ, Alfred David, Barbara K. Lewalski, Lawrence Lipking, George M. Logan, Deidre Shauna Lynch, Katharine Eisaman Maus, James Noggle, Jahan Ramazani, Catherine Robson, James Simpson, Jon Stallworthy, Jack Stillinger, and M. H. Abrams. 9th ed. Vol. B. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. 1547.
- Jonson, Ben. Underwood. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1905. Web.
- Jonson, Ben. The vvorkes of Beniamin Ionson. Containing these playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The staple of newes. 3 The Divell is an asse. London, 1641. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr. STC 14754.
John Marston

Playwright and poet.
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John Marston is mentioned in the following documents:
John Marston authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Chapman, George, Ben Jonson, and John Marston. Eastward Ho! Ed. R.W. Van Fossen. New York: Manchester UP, 1999. Print.
- Marston, John. The scourge of villanie. London: 1598. STC 17485. EEBO. Subscr.
Philip Massinger

(b. 1583, d. 1640)

Playwright. Buried at St. Saviour, Southwark.
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Philip Massinger is mentioned in the following documents:
Philip Massinger authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Massinger, Philip. The City Madam. The Plays and Poems of Philip Massinger. Ed. Philip Edwards and Colin Gibson. Oxford: Claredon, 1976. Print.
- Massinger, Philip. A New Way to Pay Old Debts. London: Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seyle, 1633. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
Thomas Middleton

(bap. 1580, d. 1627)

Playwright.
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Thomas Middleton is mentioned in the following documents:
Thomas Middleton authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Brissenden, Alan. Introduction. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. By Thomas Middleton. 2nd ed. New Mermaids. London: A&C Black; New York: Norton, 2002. xi–xxxv. Print.
- Dekker, Thomas, Stephen Harrison, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton. The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment of King James through the City of London, 15 March 1604, with the Arches of Triumph. Ed. R. Malcolm Smuts. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 219–79.
- Middleton, Thomas, and Thomas Dekker. The Roaring Girl. Ed. Paul A. Mulholland. Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1987. Print.
- Middleton, Thomas. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. Ed. Alan Brissenden. 2nd ed. New Mermaids. London: Benn, 2002.
- Middleton, Thomas. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. London, 1630. STC 17877. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Middleton, Thomas. Civitatis Amor. Ed. David Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 1202–8.
- Middleton, Thomas. A Faire Quarrell. London: Printed by George Eld, 1617. STC 17911.
- Middleton, Thomas. Michaelmas Terme. London, 1607. Reprint. Internet Archive. Web. Open.
- Middleton, Thomas. No Wit/Help like a Woman’s. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657. ESTC R16728. Print.
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Honour and Industry. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1617. STC 17899. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Integrity. Ed. David Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 1766–1771.
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1619. STC 17902. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. Ed. David M. Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Clarendon, 2007. 968–76.
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. STC 17903. Reprint. EEBO. Web.[Differs from STC 17904 in that it does not contain the additional entertainment.]
- Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. STC 17904. Reprint. EEBO. Web. [Differs from STC 17903 in that it contains an additional entertainment celebrating Hugh Middleton’s New River project, known as the Entertainment at Amwell Head.]
- Middleton, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Middleton, now First Collected with Some Account of the Author and notes by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. Ed. Alexander Dyce. London: E. Lumley, 1840. Print.
- Taylor, Gary, and John Lavagnino, eds. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. By Thomas Middleton. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. The Oxford Middleton. Print.
Anthony Munday

(bap. 1560, d. 1633)

Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the Drapers’ Company or the Merchant Taylors’ Company.
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Anthony Munday is mentioned in the following documents:
Anthony Munday authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Anthony Munday. The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia. Arthur F. Kinney. Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments. 2nd ed. Toronto: Wiley, 2005.
- Munday, Anthony. Camp-Bell: or the Ironmongers Faire Feild. London: Edward Allde, 1609. DEEP406. STC 18279.
- Munday, Anthony. Chruſo-thriambos. The Triumphes of Golde. London, 1611. STC 18267.5. Trinity College, U of Cambridge copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
- Munday, Anthony. Metropolis Coronata, The Trivmphes of Ancient Drapery. London: George Purslowe, 1615. DEEP 630. STC 18275. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy filmed by EEBO.
- Munday, Anthony. The Trivmphs of the Golden Fleece. London: T[homas] S[nodham], 1623. STC 18280. British Library copy filmed by EEBO.
- Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
- Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5. Harvard University Library copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
- Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
Samuel Rowley

(d. 1624)

Actor and playwright.
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Samuel Rowley authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Rowley, Samuel. When You See Me, You Know Me. London, 1605. STC 21417. Reprint. Edinburgh; London: Tudor Facsimile Texts, 1912. Reprint. New York: AMSP 1970.
William Shakespeare

(b. 1564, d. 1616)

Playwright and poet.
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William Shakespeare is mentioned in the following documents:
William Shakespeare authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
- Shakespeare, William. All’s Well That Ends Well. Ed. Helen Ostovich. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. Ed. Randall Martin. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. Ed. David Bevington. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. Ed. Matthew Steggle. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline. Ed. Jennifer Forsyth. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Edward III. Ed. Jennifer Massai. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The first part of the contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster with the death of the good Duke Humphrey: and the banishment and death of the Duke of Suffolke, and the tragicall end of the proud Cardinall of VVinchester, vvith the notable rebellion of Iacke Cade: and the Duke of Yorkes first claime vnto the crowne. London, 1594. STC26099. [Transcription available from Internet Shakespeare Editions. Web.]
- Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. David Bevington. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. Ed. Rosemary Gaby. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 11 May 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry V. Ed. James D. Mardock. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 11 May 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry VIII. Ed. Diane Jakacki. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry VI, Part 1. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry VI, Part 2. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Henry VI, Part 3. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Ed. John D. Cox. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. King John. Ed. Michael Best. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. King Lear. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 1201–54.
- Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Ed. Michael Best. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. King Richard III. Ed. James R. Siemon. London: Methuen, 2009. The Arden Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare, William. The Life of King Henry the Eighth. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 919–64.
- Shakespeare, William. A Lover’s Complaint. Ed. Hardy M. Cook. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Love’s Labor’s Lost. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 11 May 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Ed. Anthony Dawson. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 414–54.
- Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. Ed. Herbert Weil. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 11 May 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ed. Suzanne Westfall. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies Published according to the true originall copies. London, 1623. STC 22273. [Book facsimiles available from Internet Shakespeare Editions. Web.]
- Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. Ed. Grechen Minton. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 11 May 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Othello. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 30 November 2013. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Passionate Pilgrim. Ed. Hardy M. Cook. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Pericles. Ed. Tom Bishop. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Phoenix and the Turtle. Ed. Hardy M. Cook. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. Ed. Hardy M. Cook. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Richard II. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 740–83.
- Shakespeare, William. Richard II. Ed. Catherine Lisak. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Richard the Third (Modern). Ed. Adrian Kiernander. Internet Shakespeare Editions. 6 March 2012. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Erin Sadlack. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 552–984.
- Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets. Ed. Michael Best. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew. Ed. Erin Kelly. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Ed. Brent Whitted and Paul Yachnin. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Timon of Athens. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Ed. David Bevington. 5th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. 966–1004.
- Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. Ed. Trey Jansen. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. Ed. W. L. Godshalk. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Ed. David Carnegie and Mark Houlahan. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Ed. Melissa Walter. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Two Noble Kinsmen. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. Ed. Hardy M. Cook. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
- Shakespeare, William. The Winter’s Tale. Ed. Hardin Aasand. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
John Webster

(b. between 1578 and 1580, d. 1638)

Poet and playwright.
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John Webster is mentioned in the following documents:
John Webster authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Dekker, Thomas, and John Webster. West-ward Hoe. London: John Hodget, 1607. Rpt. EEBO. Web.
- Webster, John, and Thomas Dekker. Northward Ho. London, 1607. STC 6539.
- Webster, John. The dramatic works of John Webster. Vol. 3. Ed. William Hazlitt. London: John Russell Smith, 1897. Print.
- Webster, John. The Tragedy of the Dutcheſſe of Malfy. London: Nicholas Okes, 1623. STC 25176. Subscr. EEBO.
- Webster, John. The White Devil. London, 1612. STC 25178. Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
- Webster, John. The Works of John Webster: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition. 3 vols. Ed. David Gunby, David Carnegie, and Macdonald P. Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. Print.
- Webster, John. The Works of John Webster. Ed. Alexander Dyce. Rev. ed. London: Edward Moxon, 1857. Print.
Gerard Christmas

(d. 1634)

Carver and sculptor. Artificer of mayoral shows.
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Sir William Davenant

(b. 1606, d. 1686)

Playwright.
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Sir William Davenant is mentioned in the following documents:
Sir William Davenant authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Davenant, William. Entertainment at Rutland House. The Dramatic Works of Sir William D’avenant. Vol. 3. Edinburgh, 1873. Web.
- Davenant, William. The Just Italian. London, 1630. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr. STC 6303.
Homer

Greek poet. Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Richard Johnson

(fl. between 1592 and 1622)

Writer.
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Richard Johnson authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
- Johnson, Richard. The Nine Worthies of London. London: Thomas Orwin, 1592. STC 14685.7. Reprint. Subscr. EEBO.
Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey Bishop of St. Asaph

(d. between 1154? and 1155?)

Bishop of St. Asaph 1152-1155. Author of The History of the Kings of Britain.
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Lud

Lud King of Britain

Legendary king of Britain. Early modern Londoners believed him to be a historical figure.
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Bede

Bede Venerable Bede

(b. between 672 and 673, d. 735)

Monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth. Known as the Father of English History. Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
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Ovid

(b. 20 March -43, d. between 17 BCE and 18 BCE)

Roman poet.
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Nathan Field

Actor and playwright.
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William Congreve

Playwright.
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Gildas

(fl. between 400 and 599)

Monk. Author of On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain.
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