Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious

BEINGS VI Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious

Name	Example	Gloss
Adam	MAI.i.239	Adam Bell, famous archer
Amurath	2H4V.ii.48	16th-c Turkish sultan, Murad III, who killed all his brothers on ascending the throne; as did his successor
Andrew	MVI.i.27	the Saint Andrew; name of a Spanish galleon captured at Cadiz in 1596
Basilisco	KJI.i.244	knight character in a contemporary play, Solyman and Perseda
Brownist	TNIII.ii.30	follower of Robert Browne, founder of a 16th-c religious sect advocating a new form of church government
Calipolis	2H4II.iv.174	mother of Muly Mahamet, character in a contemporary play by George Peele, The Battle of Alcazar
Cambyses	1H4II.iv.380	6th-c BC king of the Medes and Persians, as represented in a 16th-c play by Thomas Preston, Cambyses
Dowland	PP.8.5	John Dowland; English composer and musician, 16th-c
Hiren	2H4II.iv.155	[unclear meaning] character in a lost contemporary play by George Peele, The Turkish Mahomet and Hyrin the Fair Greek
Iniquity	1H4II.iv.441	character in morality plays
Jeronimy, Saint	TS induction.1.7	Jerome; but here a confusion with Hieronimo from Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy ; Jeronimy, Saint in RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES AND BEINGS
Mall, Mistress	TNI.iii.120	Mary; several contemporary figures possible, such as Mary Fitton, lady-in-waiting involved in a scandal of 1601
Monarco	LLL IV.i.100	contemporary fantastical character at court
Peg-a-Ramsey	TNII.iii.74	spying wife in a contemporary ballad
Quinapalus	TNI.v.32	imaginary name for a learned authority
Ringwood	MWII.i.111	traditional name for an English hound
Ruffian	1H4II.iv.442	character of a fiend in morality plays
Sackerson	MWI.i.275	famous bear from the bear-baiting ring at Paris Garden, London
Solyman	MVII.i.26	Suleiman, 16th-c sultan who fought against Persia
Sophy	TNII.v.174	Shah of Persia, possibly Abbas the Great, 16th-c
Spenser	PP.8.7	Edmund Spenser; English poet, 16th-c
Termagant	HamIII.ii.13	noisy and overbearing character in mystery plays
Vanity	1H4II.iv.442	character in morality plays
Vice	1H4II.iv.441	buffoon character in morality plays