Arden —
“The forest of,”
AS YOU LIKE IT, i. 1. 105;
i. 3. 103; ii. 4. 13.
“Ardenne is a
forest of considerable extent in French Flanders, lying near the Meuse, and between
Charlemont and Rocroy. It is mentioned by Spenser in his Colin
Clout's come home again, 1595. . . . But our author was furnished with the scene
of his play by Lodge's novel”
(MALONE)
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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