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PKIVATEliY PRINTED. — FIFTY COriES ONLY. 91 I3c£lfii)ptil)c Catalogue OF A COLLECTION OF SHAKSPEARIANA ; CONSISTING OP MANUSCRIPTS, BOOKS AND RELICS, Ellustrati&e of tfte 2-ife anU ffl[rittngs of Sljaftespeare, IN THE LIBEAE.T OF WILLIAM HARRISON, ESQ, F.S.A., F.G.S., ETC. OP GALLIGREAVES HALL, NEAR BLACKBURN, AND SAMLESBURY HALL, NEAR PRESTON, LANCASHIRE. LONDON: PRINTED BY THOMAS RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET. 1866. H33.3 PREFACE. The mofi: prominent feature of the interefling col- lection of Shakefpeariana, briefly catalogued in the following pages, is the remarkable feries of the original forgeries and papers of Ireland, believed to be the moft extenfive in exiftence. The foundation of this feries is the colle6lion defcribed at the com- mencement of the volume, pp. 1-52, which colle6lion was purchafed by the late Mr. Dent of Ireland himfelf for the fum of 300/. It has not been in the market for nearly forty years, and was fecured privately from a bookfeller who obtained it from the executors of the gentleman in whofe poffeffion 663 VI PREFACE. it came after the deceafe of Mr. Dent. To this colle6lion has been added feveral volumes of interefl: from the pfeudo-Shakfperian Hbrary of Ireland. Superior to thefe records of a curious though difcreditable epoch of Shakfperian literature, may be enumerated the three valuable relics, Nos. 39, 41, and 66. The fpecimen of the mulberry-tree, planted by Shakefpeare at New Place, is one of the beft authenticated and interefting portions of that celebrated tree known to exift. The token of the Falcon tavern, and the record refpe6ling the eftates of Shakefpeare in the year 1650, belong to a class of relics which are all but unique, and of the rareft poffible occurrence in private hands. The reft of the colle6lion is of rather a mifcella- neous chara6ler ; but it includes a fine colle61:ion of the later quarto editions of the plays of Shakfpeare, and feveral articles of Shakefpeariana of a high degree of rarity. Amongft the latter may be no- PREFACE. Vli ticed- the Silkewormes, 1599; the Diverting Hif- tory of the Life, Memorable Exploits, Pranks, and Droll Adventures of Sir John Falftaff, 1789; Shak- fpeare's Jefts, 1769; Willobie's Avifa, 1605; the old play-houfe copies of Hamlet, Othello, etc. SHAKESPEARIANA, 1. An engraved portrait of Ireland, publilhed in 1797, by H. Humphrey, with eight lines of infcrip- tion by the Rev. William Mafon. 2. Notes of the watermarks in the forgeries in the handwriting of Ireland. 3. A portrait in body colour of " Gulielmus Shak- fpear aetatis 36," with ten names (marked round the margin) of his friends and and affociates. Infcription at foot : Thys prettye gyfte offe mye fellowe Actores, and prefennetedde toe mee bye mye moufte worthye ffreynde John Hemynge, — TVm. Shakfpeare. 4. The Tragedye of King Lear. 5. A trial fheet of experiments in the forgeries, formations of letters, fhades of ink, and difcoloura- tions of paper. The initials W. S. appear to have been tried feveral times. 2 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 6. A portrait of Wm. Shakfpeare (pen and ink fketch). Vide facfimile prefixed to Ireland's Shake- fpeare Papers. 7. A piece of parchment imitative of the cover of a MS. (with parchment ties) endorfed thus," — " Thefe bee mye 2 Playes of Henrye 4 and Hen- rye 5. Win. Shak/peare!' 8. Queen Elizabeth's letter to Wm. Shakefpeare. It has been printed. Vide Ireland's Shakespeare Papei^s. 9. Letter of Wm. Shakfpear to Anna Hatherre- way. This is alfo printed. Vide Ireland's Shak- speare Papers. 10. Verfes to Anna Hatherreway. Printed ibid. 1 1 . Letter of Wm. Shakefpear to the Earl of Southampton. Printed ibid. 12. The Earl of Southampton to Wm. Shake pear. Printed ibtd. 13. A profeffion of faith, figned Wm. Shakfpeare. Printed ibid. 14. A letter to Richard Cowley. Printed ibid. 15. Promiffory note from Wm. Shakefpeare to his friend John Hemyng for five pounds five fhillings on account of fervices rendered. Printed ibid. SHAKESPEARIANA. 3 16. John Hemyng's receipt for the above five pounds five fhilllngs. Printed ibid. 17. A flip of parchment, containing in a fhield- like border fome tributary lines to Ireland. Alfo fketched are two efcotcheons linked by a chain, bearing the coats of Ireland and Shakefpeare. Printed in Ireland's Shakspeare Papers. I?). Another fmall flip of parchment with two woollen taffells attached, figned Wm. Shakspeare, being a drawing of two efcutcheons connected with a chain, the one on the right being the arms of Shakefpeare, that on the left of Ireland, five fleurs de lys, 3, 2, and i, with this pofy between thefhields, — Neverre toe parte, butte inne deathe. 19. An unpaged lift of water-marks in King Lear, in the handwriting of Ireland. 20. Errata in Lear, in Ireland's hand. 19*. Portion of Hamlet, feven leaves of MSS. 20*. A narrow flip of paper figned Wm. S., — Forre our greate trouble inne gettynge alle inne orderre forre the Lorde Leycefterres comynge, ande oure moneyes layde oute there 59 fhyllynges ; Receyvedde o' Mafterre Hemynge forre thatte nyghte 3 poundes. 4 SHAKESPEARIANA. Maflerre Lowinne 2 fhyllynges moure forre hys feide fervyces and welle playinge. .W. S. This Is printed by Ireland. 21. A fmall flip of paper figned Wm. Shakfpeare. A portion of the top torn away, commencing — Inne the yeare .... Printed in Ireland's Shakespeare Papers. 22. A flip of paper, — Inne the yeare of our Lorde Chrifte, 1598, Receyvedde o Mafterre Wm. Shak- fpeare the fumme o 2 pounds forre oylle ande otherre commodytyes furniflied hymme forre the Globe, I faye receyved, as witneffethe mye hande hereto. — B. yones, 23. A flip of paper with a burnt edge. — Payde Mafterre Jones hys weeklye accounte for oyle and lampes, 19 fhyllynge, 14 June, 1598. W. S. 24. A flip of paper much fcorched. — 16 Se . . . rre receyvedde o Mafterre Hemyng the fumme o 48 fhyllynges. Payde Mafterre Kempe 16 fliyllynge. For oyle 3 fliyllynges. Wm. Shakefpeare. 25. A flip. — Inne the yeare of oure Lorde Chrifte 1 598 payde forre newe alterynge mye playe o Henrye the fyfthe 9 poundes. Wm. Shakfpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 5 26. — A flip. — Forre oure greate expence ande trouble inne puttlnge alle a properre forte forre the comynge of hys Grace o Sothamptonne ande newe altyrynge mye Playe o Rycharde the feconde for thatte purrpofe 8 poundes. Receyved forre that nyghte 9 poundes. 27. A flip. — Hys Grace o Southamptonne agayne came ande dydde a feconde time orderre Rycharde the feconde, ande called mee to playe the parte o Kynge Rycharde, whyche I dydde, ande afterre I hadde made an ende, he fente forre mee to hymme, and toulde mee I had well playedde, and thenne gave mee 10 poundes as a prefaunte. 28. A flip. — Butte innedeede I doe thynke itte was too noblye done, as I dydde not merytte itte, butte he is notte alone a greate manne inne ftatyonne, butte he hathe an excellente hearte, ande dydde neverre fhut the cafemante ofs eare toe charytyes meltynge voyce. Wm. Shakefpeare. 29. A flip. — In the yeare o God 1598 Forre Baccoe forre lafte weeke 3 fhylynges Forre newe coverynge the Benneches 32 fhylynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 30, A flip.- — . . . terre Cowley . 19 fhyllynges . . terre Kempe . 14 fhyllynges . . . terre Lowynne . 37 fhyllynges . . . terre Armynne . 18 fhyllynges W. S. 31. A flip.- —2 nyghte 52 fhyllynges 3 nyghte 15 fliyllynges 4 nyghte 17 fhyllynges 6 nyghte 44 fhyllynges 9 nyghte 36 fliyllynges 10 nyghte 32 fhyllynges 1 1 nyghte 35 fhyllynges 1598. W. S. 32. A flip.- — Inne the ] y^eare Chryfte 1599 Forre Baccoe forre lafle weeke 2 fhyllynges Forre 6 ftooles 3 fhyllynges Forre coverynge 2 Benneches i fliyllynge Wm. Shakfpeare. 2,3. A flip. — In the yeare o Chryfte 1599 Forre Toebaccoe 3 fhyllynges Forre hewe Jerrekynne 29 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Lowinne 47 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIAN A. 7 34. A flip. — Inne the yeare o Chryfl:e 1599 Toe Mafterre Benne Johnfonne 4 and nyne ftiyllynges Toe Robertes the taylorre 14 fliyllynges 35. A flip. — Inne the yeare of our Lorde God 1599 Maflierre Lowenne payde mee 48 fliyllynges Forre Baccoe 4 fliyllynges Forre two Benneches 2 fliyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 36. A flip. — 1599 Octoberre the 17 Payde forre the lafte weekes attendaunce atte the Globe 3 Ihyllynges. Gave Mafterre Lowenne 3 1 fliyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 37. A flip. — 1599 December loth Receyved o Mafterre Hemynge 9 and fyftye fliyl- lynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 38. A flip. — Inne the yeare of oure Lorde Chryft 1600 Receyvedde o Mafterre Wm. Shakfpeare the fumme o 94 fliyllynges forre Tayllores worke done atte ande forre the Globe receyvedde as witneffe my^ marke Payde + Mafterres Robertfes marke. 39. A flip. — Payde forlampesandoyle 3 2 fliyllynges From Mafterre Hemynge 69 fliyllynges For Baccoe 4 fliyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 40. A flip. — 14 nyghte 16 nyghte 17 nyghte 19 nyghte 20 nyghte 24 fhyllynges 37 fhyllynges 16 fhyllynges 52 fhyllynges 57 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 41. A flip. — 17 daye o Aprylle Mafterre He- mynge payde mee 53 fhyllynges and onne the 18 22 fhyllynges 1600 Wm. Shakfpeare. 42. Toe Mafterre Benne Johnfonne the fomme o 34 fhyllynges Receyvedde o Mafterre Hemynge 42 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 43. A flip. — Inne the yeare of our Lorde Chryfte 1600 Joyntlye withe Mafterre Hemynge advancedde forre the repay ryng and putty nge the theatre inne orderre 14 poundes. Wm. Shakefpeare. 44. A flip. — Receyvedde o Mafterre Hemynge 39 fhyllynges Forre Baccoe 2 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Kempe 14 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARTANA. 9 45. A (lip. — Toe Mafterre Kempe Lowlnne Armlnne the fumme o 47 fhyllynges eache makynge uppe theyre accounte Wm. Shakefpeare. 46. Forre Merrye Wives of Windforre 3 8 fhyllynges Forre Rycharde the Thirde 50 fhyllynges Forre Robynne Hoode the Hunterre 41 fhyllynges Forre Rycharde the feconde 75 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 47. Inne the yeare o Chryfte 1600 Mafterre Hemynge 49 fhyllynges Forre lampe and oyle 39 fhyllynges Forre Baccoe 5 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Lowinne 'x,'] fhyllynges Wm. Shakf 48. Forre a newe dreffe forre Mafterre Cowleye 63 fhyllynges Forre the attenedauntes atte the Globe .... lynge eache Wm. Shakefpeare. 49. . . nyghte . 19 fliyllynges 18 nyghte . 47 fhyllynges 19 nyghte . 32 fhyllynges 22 nyghte . 15 fliyllynges t6oo Wm. Shakfpeare. c lO SHAKESPEARIANA. 50. Inne the yeare o Chryfte 1600 Receyvedde o Mafterre Wm. Shakefpeare the fumme o 4 poundes forre oyle ande lampes ufedde atte the Globe as witneffe hereto mye hande B. Jones. 51. Payde forre attendynge lafte weeke atte the Globe 3 fhyllynges Forre a newe hatte and doublette forre Mafterre Lowinne toe playe mye Hamblette 52 fhyllynges 1600 Wm. Shakefpeare. 52. Toe Mafterre Kempe Lowinne Armynne Johnfonne 14 fhyllynges payd inne advance Wm. S. 53. Inne the yeare o Chryfte 1600 Forre a newe fuitte forre Mafterre Kempe 64 ftiyllynges Forre 3 payre o gloves 7 ftiyllynges Forre oyle 4 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 54. Forre mye Playe o Kynge John 47 ftiyllynges Forre mye Leare 48 ftiyllynges Forre mye Tempefte 39 fliyllynges Forre mye Meafure for Meafure 52 ftiyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA, I I 55. Receyvedde atte mye Hamblette 67 fhyllynges Toe mafterre Robertes the Taylorre 14 fhyllynges Toe mafterre Jones 9 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 56. Receyvedde o Mafterre Hemynge 7 poundes Payde Mafterre Armynne 14 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 57. A new d . . . blette forre mye Hamblette 27 fhyllynges Payde forre the Tobaccoe ufedde lafte weekke 2 fhyllynges W. S. 58. Tewefdaye the 17 Maye Mafterre Johnfonne onne accounte of Playe 59 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 59. Mafterre Lowinne the fumme o 7 fhyllynges Mafterre Kempe 5 fhyllynges Mafterre Armine 6 fhyllynges Mafterre Kempe 14 fhyllynges Augufte 9, 1601 Wm. S. 60. Payde Mafterre Hemynge laft Wednefdaye beynge the 14 Augufte the fumme o 43 fhyllynges beyng the whole o his fhare Wm. Shakfpeare. 1 2 SHAKESPEARIANA. 6i. Mafterre Jones hys accompte 2 fhyllynges Forre mye Rycharde the thyrde 52 fhyllynges Forre Bennes newe Playe 49 fhyllynges Mafterre Armynne a newe Jerrekynne gloves ande otherre matteres 47 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 62. Inne the yere of oure Lorde 1602 Forre newe Benneches 30 and three fhyllynges Mafterre Robertes the Taylorre 3 poundes John Shanke 14 fhyllynges Maye the fyrfte 1602 Mafterre Hemynge fettledde with mee this daye Lowinne Kempe Shanke ande Cowleye 13 fhyl- lynges eache Wm. Shakfpeare. 63. 14 beynge a moufte raynye Evenynge ande notte hopinge forre Companye didde notte playe 16. Forre Rycharde the feconde 52 fhyllynges Forre Tu quoque 43 fhyllynges For moneys onne hirre 39 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpe . . . . 64. Toe Mafterre Connedelle nyne ande thirtye fhyllynges makynge uppe the whole ofs accounte Maye 14, 1603 W. Shakfpere. SHAKESPEARIANA. 1 3 65. 2*] Recyvedde 17 fhyllynges 29 nyghte Receyvedde 14 fhyllynges 30 nyghte Receyvedde 40 fhyllynges 37 nyghte Receyvedde 9 fhyllynges 41 nyghte Receyvedde 7 fhyllynges 42 nyghte Receyvedde 33 fhyllynges 43 nyghte Receyvedde 57 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 14 06loberre 1603 66. Inne the yeare o oure Lorde God 1603 Mafterre Robertes 43 fhyllynges Mafterre Jones 15 fhyllynges Mafterre Downes 14 fhyllynges Mafterre Hemyngs accounte 47 fhyllyngs Mafterre Cowleye 14 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 67. Mafterre Downes forre hys weekes trouble atte the Globe 1 7 shyllynges Settledde withe Mafterre Hemynge ande lentte joyntlye 5 poundes inne advance 14 Forre oyle and lampes 3 shyllynges 16 Decemberre 1603 Wm. Shakefpeare. 68. Octoberre 4 Receyvedde 25 shyllynges Octoberre 9 Receyvedde 49 shyllynges Octoberre 14 Receyvedde 34 shyllynges 14 SHAKESPEARIANA. Novemberre 7 Receyvedde 14 shyllynges Novemberre i i Receyvedde 27 shyllynges Novemberre 14 Receyvedde 52 shyllynges Novemberre 17 Receyvedde 29 shyllynges Novemberre 20 Receyvedde 34 shyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 69. Inne the yeare of oure Lorde Chryfte 1604 Mafterre Robertes the taylorre 47 shyllynges Mafterre Jones forre lampes 14 shyllynges Forre newe attyrynge Rycharde the feconde fevenne poundes Mafterre Connedelle 19 shyllynges Wm, Shakfpeare. 70. Thys 14 Novemberre fettledde withe Maf- terre Cowleye Kempe Armine Lowinne ande payde Mafterre Johnfonne the reft ofs accompte Wm. Shakfpeare. 71. Letter purporting to be from Wm. Shak- fpeare, and addreffed '' To bee lefte atte Mafterre Richarde Cowleys forre mye .... Mafterre He- mynge." Dearefte freynde I was fomewhotte fuprifedde thatte thou dydft notte comme toe the Globe accordynge toe promyfe I dydde fpeake toe Mafterre Condelle touchynge SHAKESPEARIANA. 1 5 thatte affayre ande hee dyclde muche pleafe mee bye hys complyaunce withe oure defyre Wee doe berre youre companye to nyghte as muche bufyneffe mufte bee done Touchynge thatte thou dydfl fomewhatte too jeerynglye make mentyonne yefterrenyghte I fcruple notte toe telle thee the truthe though I dydde notte alletogetherre relifhe thye mentyonne offe itte inne fuch a boyfheroufe companye Thou knowft onne cannotte bee wife atte alle tymes evenne foe was itte withe myfelfe atte Bitteforde wee fhall thenne expe6le thee atte the Globe thys nyght. Farewelle thyne trewely Wm. Shakfpeare Novemberre the tenthe 72. Letter purporting to be written by Wm. Shakefpeare, and addreffed " Forre Mafterre He- mynge to bee givenne hymme whenne he fhall comme to the Globe thys evenynge." — Dearefte John I mufle ennetreatte to attende atte the Globe toe nyghte alfoe toe begge o thee to fpeake toe Maf- terre Johnfonne who hathe treatedde mee moufte hawtylye he dydde telle mee hee card notte forre the Globe norre woulde he i the leafte connefulte myne inneterefte ande dydde evenne moufte impu- 1 6 SHAKESPEARIANA. dentlye faye thatte shoud he fynde he would welle cudgelle mee I doo inne parte for- give hymme as meethynckes he feemes a lyttle de- rangedde ithe brayne bye lyquorre Theres thatte Maflerre Greene who is fomewhatte othe felfe fame nature with Maflerre Benne I praye you fpeake toe themme roundelye ande fende mee worde toe mor- rowe thatte whyche paffeffes \^Jic\ Anne thoulte dyne withe mee toe morrowe thou shake bee welle- comme Thyne withe trewe fyncerytye Januarye 14th Wm. Shakfpeare ']2i. A letter figned Rychard Cowleye, and ad- dreffed Forre Maflerre Shakefpeare atte Maflerre Popes (?) inne the Borough. Goode Maflerre William, Mye gratitude toe thee forre foe muche goodneffe I cannotte welle repaye ande fayne woulde fee thee I dydde receyve the money e and dydde paye itte as you defyredde mee I woud fee thee toe nyghte butte shalle be wantedde atte the Theaterre If I canne comme afterre alle is done I wille fuppe withe thee ande goode Maflerre Hemyng Fare thee welle Thye ferrevaunte everre Rychard Cowleye SHAKESPEARIANA. I 7 74. Letter from Rychard Cowleye to Wm. Shak- fpeare, addreffed — For Mafterre Shakefpeare at Mafterre Pope's (?) inne the Borough Deare Mafterre Willyam, I dydde accordynge toe youre defyre fpeake to Mafterre Prynterre ande .... promefe toe make thatte difference inne thye playe of Leare ande Hamblette Ife thou wihe comme toe mee toe morn- ynge I have muche toe telle thee Mafterre Lowinne dydde enable hys parte withe muche humoure lafte nyghte inne foe muche thatte alle who were thenne onne the ftage could notte keepe frome laughinge Fare thee welle thyne mouft trewelye Rychard Cowleye 75. . • foe yonge I dydde thynke meete toe fette doune mye reafonnes forre foe doynge I dydde thynke howe manye youthes dydde dye otherfe badde com- panye rewinne dethe parte ande thatte whyche is yette moure precyoufe healthe of Bodye thou hafte thenne noe prettye Babe toe greete thye comynge home noe fmylynge Innefante toe afke the Bleffynge noe prattlynge Innocence toe calme thye breafte whenne loffis fomewhatte tooe roughlye through thys mercyleffe worlde fore alle thefe thou mufte notte hope butte iffe give onne chylde is ille thyne noe ufe D 1 8 SHAKESPEARIANA. perrechaunce naye mouft . . tis the worke o otherres fecondlye howe widelye dififerente is thye ftatyonne whenne though joynd toe onne whome thou dofte cheryfhe thou hafte wordes weyghtyerre thanne lyppes canne give utteraunce toe The Lawes de- vyne and facredde moralle ande warannetedde bye thye bleffedde goode thye kynge and countrye thye chyldrenne inne lawe thyne heyre alle alle thefe methynkes are ftronge ande weyghtye matteres O manne thou art the mouft fataftic {Jic) anymalle underre the alle bleffedde canopye o heavenne feek- ynge happyneffe thou fyndfte myferye allewaye truftynge thyne owne weake Brayne ande . . . thyne Almightye Goodde & mafterre thynke . . . onne thys ... lie notte fcoffe foe muche atte Willye Shake- fpeare who is there wille weepe atte thye dyinge none fave Brothelle keeperres ande ryatous Taverne holderres many moure I coude name whome I doe pittye ande yette who meryte noe pittye foe fare welle Wm. Shakefpeare I doe .bequeath thee three fmalle fheetes toe the Globe atte mye deathe ande doe defyre hymme thatte fhalle furvive welle toe reade ande afterre he hathe , . . lette hymme copye the .... give itte toe otherres (In dorfo) . . . owne marryage . . . mafterre .... herein named and manye otherres SHAKESPEARIAN A. I 9 76. Verfes onne oure younge ande brave heroe George Clifford the valyaunte ande renownedde Earle of Cumberlaunde Godds whych o yon ftoode bye at Cliffordes byrthe Comes hee fromme Venus hys fhape dothe fhowe itte Lette Marfe bee proude we faye thatte ... is myne Inne mynde greatter thanne the thundrynge godde Forre coryage none hys breafte is firmlye fyxd Free hys foule openne as chryflalle heavenne Orre wille ye take hymme fromme the boyfteroufe wave Rycherre bye farre and greaterre is hee Deare toe hys queene thatte bleffed mornynge ftarre Eve o fweete Englande maydenne o thys Ifle Clifforde bye people lovd bye freyndes adord Untaynttedde withe the forme o gyldedde pryde Mercye thye ftudye charytye thye guide Bye nature framed forre fweete Southamptonnes freynde Evenne alyke toe poverretye thoulte fende Receyve fromme Shakefpeare with thefe lynes . . . Loe filverre footedde theye tryckle fromme the heart Ah louderre farre thye deedes themfelves proclayme Morre needed thou o arte to prayfe thye name Declare butte Cumberland thou namefte fame Wm. Shakfpeare "]"]. Deare Johnnye I woude thanke thee toe attend forre mee atte the Globe thys evenynge as I have beene taene wythe myne olde fyckneffe I amme nowe ynne myne bedde ande doe fufferre greatelye 20 SHAKESPEARIANA. howe itte wylle pleafe the greate Godde toe dyfpofe of mye frayle lumpe o dulle I cannotte faye butte thys I wylle telle thee thatte I wylle patyentlye beare ande dyenge bleffe hymme forre alle hys greate goodeneffe toe mee Fare thee well Thyne trewelye Wm. Shakefpeare Addreffed — Toe mye Mafterre Hemynge Atte the globe 78. Good freynd I dydd fende for Mafterr Hemyngs and hee dydd paye mee the money and I have fente thee thys as mye parte forr the rent foe farewelle R. Hunte Toe Mafterr Shakfpere 79. A leaf from Hollngfhed's Chronicle, black letter; pp. 1395, 1396. 80. Portion of the play of ACTE FYRSTE SCEANE FYRSTE Fraunce The EnglyJJie campe before a cajile Kynge Harry e Hugh Erie of Chefierre Roberte Erie of Letceflerre ande Roger re Mowbraye soldyerres her aides SHAKESPEARIANA. 2 1 (Harrye) Saye noble Chefterre have yette myne heraldes Fromm oute theyr brazenne ande longe necked trumpes Spoke Englyfhe thunderre toe thefe daftard Frenche Ande haylde theyre quycke furrenderre of thys forte Orre wylle theye ruffle Harryes fmylynge browe Ande bye denyalle dare hymme toe a fiege Chefterre dreade Sir theye here attende your wille {Hai^rye) Thenne lette the Englifhe Lyonns roare Heralds foimde A nfwerre fromine the cajlle {Heraldes) Speake who are ye thatte crave thys parley And wytthe fuche loude ande bellowinge clangorrc Woude fromme deaths fleepe awakenne uffe to cheare {Harrye) Unfurle mye bannere lette itte wave onne hygh Thatte itte doe fhowe the bloodye colord coate Offe Englands lyonnes rampante Onne yon pale ande meagre lookynge Frencheman Tis I Harrye bidds ye toe furrenderre Heralde Whye lette proude Harrye well ftande the tufsle Fore Godd we fwere allegyance toe oure kynge Harrye Am nott I Plantagenette fonn of Maud Who daughterre was of noble Harrye fyrfte Ande hee thyrde fonn of Normann WilHam Who ift thenne wille dare ufurpe mye tytle Heralde Kynge hes off P'raunce Harrye Thenne fherte mantledde Harry byds ye beware Forre as the Tygreffe whenne ftyrrd fromme herre welpes 22 SHAKESPEARIANA. Wille peace meale teare the intrudynge hunterre Soe ift with mee iff lowrynge onne thefe fmyles Spiritte of Revenge Aft home foiindes wythoiite Whence is thatte founde Leicejlerre. Tis the pofte mye Leige Who comes ynn hafte with letteres toe youre grace 8i. The yeare o Chryfte 1591 Thys mye playe o Harry feconde I ha taene fromm Mafterre Caxtonne ande Mafterre Holyn- fhedds Chronicle as allfoe fromme the lives o the Sayntes bye Mafterre Pynfonne William Shakfpeare. 82. A piece of paper infcribed — Mye playe off Henry e feconde Wm. Shakefpeare. 83. Thurfdaye badde dydde notte playe 14 hadde 49 fhyllynges Toe Roberte '^'] Wm. Shakefpeare. 84. Wednefdaye 14 Septemberre 1603 Mafterre Hemynge payde me 57 shyllynges whyche makethe uppe thatte hee dydde owe toe mee Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 23 85. T603 Forre Baccoe 2 shyllynges Toe Robbertes 27 shyllynges Toe Greene 42 shyllynges Toe Mafterre Benne t^j shyllynges Wm. S. 86. 1603 Forre newe Benneches 7 fhyllynges Forre 13 newe lampes 27 fhyllynges Forre oyle 4 fhyllynges Toe Robertes 27 fhyllynges ^j. 27 nyghte 48 fhyllynges 29 2>7 36 54 I 36 3 29 88. 17 nyghte 36 fhyllynges 22 39 23 47 25 17 30 19 32 33 76 48 56 halfe toe mye mafterre Hemynge Wm. S. Kempe 36 Lowinne 49 Armynne 27 Johnfonne 32 Greenne 36 Robbertes 54 fhyllynges W. S. 24 SHAKESPEARIANA. 89. 14 nyghtes 29 fhyllynges Julye 27 17 37 Thys daye mye 16 68 goode Johnnye 22 32 Hemynge dydde 23 49 fettle hys accompte Wm. Shakfpear. 90. Toe Maflerre Robbertes 29 fliyllynges Forre oyle 32 fhyllynges Toe owre attennedauntes 6 fhyllynges eache forre the lafte weeke Wm. S. 91. 1603 Forre attennedaunces atte the globe 37 fhyl- lynges Forre Baccoe 3 fhyllynges Toe Greenne 14 fhyllynges makynge upp alls accounte Wm. Shakefpeare. 92. Toe mye maflerre Greene '^^ fhyllynges whiche dothe make uppe alls accounte Toe Armyne 23 fhyllynges Toe Kempe 39 fhyllynges Wm. S. 93. Forre Baccoe forre ufe of mye Theatre 2 fhyllynges Maflerre Greene 47 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 2,5 94. 'The yere o Godd 1586 Toe the Taylorre forre 3 newe doublettes ande onne vefte o fylke 3 poundes and 1 1 fhyllynges Settledde this daye Wm. Shakefpeare. 95. Inne the yere o Chrlfte 1586 Forre Baccoe i fhyllynge and 4 pence Forre oyle ande lampes 33 fhyllynges 3 newe Benneches ande onne newlye mennededd 7 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 96. Inne the yere o Chryfhe 1586 Receyvedde myne thyrde parte offe the moneye comynge fromme oure .... 14 06loberre whyche .... forre the lafte weeke the . . . 4 poundes and 9 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. 97. The yere o Godde 1586 To the Taylorre 7 poundes (?) Toe oyle and Lampes 29 fhyllynges Toe Maflerre Greene 3 poundes and 4 fhyllynges fettledde thys daye Wm. Shakefpeare. 98. The yere o Chryfte 1586 Settledde thys daye forre the lafte weekes ac- compte off moneyes atte my theatre myne thyrde 26 SIIAKESrEARTANA. parrtye comynge toe mee beynge 2 poundes ande 18 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare. Toe lampes 7 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Browne 12 fhyllynges 99. Inne the yere o Chryfte 1586 Receyvedde forre myne thyrde parte o the mo- neye forre the lafhe weeke atte oure globe Theatre foure poundes onne fliyllynge and 9 pence fettledde ande payde thys daye Wm. Shakefpere. TOO. The yere o Godde 1587 Toe Mafterre Browne 15 fhyllynges To the Taylerre 4 poundes ande 9 fhyllynges Toe oyle ande lampe 19 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Greene 2 poundes whyche makethe uppe alles accompte lente hymme allfoe 30 ftiyllynges onne accompte Wm. Shakefpeare. 1 01. The yere o Chryfte 1587 Receyvedde myne thyrde parte o the moneyes comynge fromme oure Globe Theatre forre the lafte weekes playnge 3 poundes and 7 fhyllynges Thys daye fettledde , Wm. Shakefpeare. Lente joyntlye toe the Theatre forre mendynge ande repayrynge fame the fomme of 7 poundes W. S. SHAKESPEAKIANA. 27 102. Inne the yere o God 1602 Toe my mafterre Armynne 13 fliyllynges Toe Johnfonne 43 fhyllynges Payde mye Mafterre Greene 2)7 fliyllynges Forre Baccoe 2 fliyllynges Forre 3 Bennechefles 2 fliyllynges 103. Inne the yere o Chryfte 1602 Mafterre Hemynge dydde paye mee 98 fliyllynges forre the lafte weekes accompte Wm. Shakefpeare. 104. Payde for owne doubtlette forre Mafterre Kempe 52 fliyllynges mafterre Lowynnes fworde forre myne Hamblette 2)7 fliyllynges Forre Greenes Jerrekynne mennededd owne fhyllynge 105. Inne the yere o Godde 1602 Thys 14 06loberre mafterre Greene dydde paye hys forrefette of 4 fliyllynges forre hys beatynge mye mafterre Kempe I faye as here above receyvedde W. Shakefpeare. T06. Inne the yere o Chrifte 1604 06loberre wee dydde playe 3 nyghtes foure hys Grace o South- amptonne alle hys freyndes and the nobles beynge there prefaunte gave Mafterre Kempe forre hys merry mentes ande donfynges 27 fliyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare. 28 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 107. Inne the yeare o Chryfle 1603 fhillynges 2 nyghte 5 nyghte 6 nyghte 9 nyghte 1 1 nyghte 13 nyghte 41 33 27 39 76 63 14 nyghtes 22 23 26 29 30 31 H 72 63 66 64 12 37 108. 14 nyghte 41 fliyllynges 17 nyghte 36 22 nyghte 72 27 nyghte 63 30 nyghte 67 29 nyghte 32 Maflerre He- mynge payde me 65 fhyllynges be- ynge alle thatte was longynge toe mee W. S. 109. Forre lampes ande oyle 14 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre Robbertes 13 fhyllynges 14 dydde notte playe For Bookes forre oure a6lorres 29 fhyllynges W. Shakefpeare 1 10. Wm. Shakfpeare hys Booke 1599 SHAKESPEARIANA. 29 111. Hadd fromm Mailer Shakfpeare for oure Curtayne theatre the fomni of three pounds and fevenn fhyllynges John Heminges 06loberre 12, 1602 112. Hadd of Mafter Shakfpeare for ufe of the Curtayne the fomm of elevenn pounds John Heminges Decemberre ift, 1603 113. Hadde of Mafler Shakfpeare for ufe of the Curtayne theatre the fomm of fevenn pounds John Heminges Apprylle 21, 1602 114. Hadde of Mafter Shakefpeare the fomm of foure pounds and elevenne fhillynges John Heminges Augufte 14, 1603 115. Moneye receyvedde o my talle John He- mynge of the currtayne theatre 22 — 3 pounds 29 — 14 ftiyllynges 31 — 17 ftiyllynges 30 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 1 1 6. Fromme the currtayne theatre bye the paymente o John Hemlnge thefe the fumme o 3 pounds ande 15 fliyllynges W. Shakefpeare 1 17. Fromme the talk Hemynge o the Currtayne theatre 19 fhyllynges - 23 17 Wm. Shakefpeare 118. Fromme Heminge o the Currtayne theatre 5 — 2 poundes and 9 fhyllynges 7 — 18 fliyllynges 8 — 27 ' 6 — 32 10 — 49 Wm. Shakfpeare 1 19. Fromme Mafterre Hemynge the talle o the Currtayne playe houfe 1 — 2 poundes ande 6 fliyllynges 2 — 27 fliyllynges 4—53 7—96 8— 18 9 — 43 Wm. Shakefpeare 120. Recelptes forre moneyes givenne toe mee bye the talle Heminge onne accounte o the Curr- tayne theatre Wm. S. SIIAKESPF.ARTANA. 3 1 12 1. Off the talle John Heminge 15 — 47 ^ fhyllvn^es W. S. 17—18 ^ ^ ^ 18 — 36 122. Fromme the talle Hemynge o the Currtayne 4 — II 5—13 ^ fliyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare 8 — 64 9—13 123. Fromme talle John Heminge o the Curr- tayne playe houfe 5 — 49 6 — 64 7 — 67 11 — 18 fliyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare 12 — 2>7 13 — 34 14 — 43 32 STTAKESrEARIANA. 124. O mye maflerre John Hemlnge o the Ciirr- tayne playe houfe 22 — 46 ^ ^ ' fhyllynges 26 — 14 Wm. S. 125. Fromme talle maflerre Hemlnge o the Curr- tayne playe houfe 11 — 28 12 — 46 '3 - 57 fhyiiyn , William 14 — 19 -> J ^ bhaklpeare 15 — 26 17 — 14 126. PVomme John Heminge o the Currtayne theatre 14 — 48 fhyllynges 15 — 32 17—29 18 - 54 20 — 37 22 — 46 30 — 98 Wm. Shakefpeare. SHAKESPEARIANA. 33 127. Fromme talle John Heminge o the Curr- tayne theatre 16 • — 3 poundes and 4 fliyllynges 17 — 17 fhyllynges 18 — 29 19 - 47 20 — 26 Payde mee Wm. Shakfpeare 128. Offejohn Hemingeof the Currtayne theatre 06loberre 4 — 2 poundes 5—37 fhyllynges 7—49 8 — 3 poundes II — 19 fhyllynges 12 — 2 poundes 13 — 17 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare 129. 2 — 19 fhyllynges the talle Heminge 3 — 27 o the Currtayne 4 — 29 Theatre 7 — 48 Wm. Shakefpeare 8 — 56 11—98 13 — 32 J4 _ 36 15 — 54 F 34 SHAKESPEARTANA. 130. The yeare Chyrfte 1604 Offe mye talle John Hemlnge of the Curtayne Theatre the fomme o 3 poundes ande 1 2 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare 131. Paperres ande receiptes betwene the talle Mafterre Hemlnge off the currtayne Theatre ande mee Wm. S. 132. Payde Mafterre Greene 42 fhyllyns onlye havynge keepenne the refte forre paymente off the lamps he broke onne Wednefdaye lafte whenne ynne l[iquor] .... ande owne fhyllynge for beatynge Mas[terre] Armynne onne thatte nyghte 133. Inne the yere o Chryfle 1603 Forre Mafterre Lowynne 32 fhyllynges Toe mye Mafterre Johnfonne 59 fhyllynges 134. 14 nyghte 37 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre 18 nyghte 14 fliyllynges Hemynge 23 nyghte 32 fhyllynges 40 fhyllynges 24 nyghte 48 fhyllynges W. S. 135. Inne the yere o God 1602 Toe Maflerre Kempe 43 fhyllynges Toe Robertes foureteene fhyllynges Forre Baccoe 3 fhyllynges W. S. SHAKESPEARIANA. 35 136. 1602 14 nyghte 53 fliyllynges 19 nyghte 41 fhyllynges 32 nyghte 47 fhyllynges 33 nyghte 49 fhyllynges 25 nyghte 38 fhyllynges Toe Mafterre He- mynge T^y fhyllynges whyche maketh uppe hys moneys forre the weeke 137. A Jerrekynne forre mye mafterre Johnfonne Alfoe toe my mafterre Kempe 3 payre o gloves 5 niewe Benneches A new doublette ande hatte forre mafterre Ar- mynne W. S. 138. Inne the yere o Chryfte 1605 Forre 3 ftooles 4 fhyllynges Forre Baccoe i fhyllynge Forre Oyle 7 fhyllynge Forre 2 lampes 3 fliyllynges Toe Robertes 47 fhyllynges Toe Hemynge 63 fhyllynges Wm. S. 139. Toe Lowynne 48 fhyllynges Armynne 40 fhyllynges Kempe 42 fhyllynges Johnfonne 37 fliyllynges Shanke 2,3 fhyllynges Novemberre 14th Thys daye mye Mafterre Hemynge ande mye felfe dydde fettelle Wm. Shakfpeare 36 SHAKESPEARIANA. 140. Atte mye Leare 52 fhyllynges Atte D'Olive -^'^ fhyllynges Atte Henrye fourthe 36 fhyllynges Forre Baccoe owne fhyllynge Toe mye Mafterre Greene 33 fhyllyngs Forre Oyle 4 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare 141. Letter figned Wm. Shakefpeare, addreffed ** Forre mafterre Johnnye Hemynge eytherre inne the Boroughe orre atte the Globe bye Thames". Deare freynde as mye mafterre Jones lefte Strat- forde thys mornynge I have fente thys bye hymme toe telle thee thatte onne Thurfday nexte I quitte thys place forre Londonne I have lofte manye o mye old freyndes thatte lovd mee whenne a youthe naye evenne thofe thatte wentte wythe mee toe fchoole are fadlye funke awaye I doe affure thee I have wepte and nowe doe weepe agayne whenne I doe bethynke mee thatte fuche thyngs were harde (?) maye thys bee oure lotte Butte fare welle health toe thee Thyne everre Wm. Shakefpeare 142. Letter figned W. Shakefpeare, addreffed Forre Johnnye Heminge atte the Globe. SHAKESPEARIANA. 2i7 Good Johnnye Muche doe I thanke thee forre thye goode favowres toe mee I fhalle noe longerre trouble thee toe attende as I intende toe bee atte the Theatre thys eve I woude thanke thee toe calle onne Benne ore fende goode Cowleye toe hymme as I wyfhe toe fee hymme there as toe morrowe is Simdaye and owre leyfure daye I woude fee thee toe dynnerre butte farewell thynne everre W. Shakfpeare 143. Letter figned Will Shakfpeare, addreffed Toe mafterre Hemynge inne the Boroughe. Goode freynde though I dydde thynke thatte I hadde lafhe nyghte tolde the alle yette I was i the wronge whylls I amme gonne fromme Londonne whyche wylle notte bee forre more thanne 3 weekes I doe nowe underre myne owne hande give the powerre toe receyve all moneye and toe fettle week- lye as ufualle Doe notte advaynce thatte wyckedde Greene anye mowre moneyes forre itte was butte yefter nyghte thatte hee dydde mofte beafte lyke brynge uppe onne the ftage I feare Mafterre Cow- leys jerrekynne was fpoyledde if foe I praye thee gette hymme anotherre telle Mafterre Greene wee Ihalle ftoppe itte oute ofs accompte fare well Will Shakfpeare 38 SHAKESPEARIANA. 144. The yeare o Godde 1588 Mafterre Hemynge fettledde thys daye wythe mee Wm. S. Gave owne accompte off the Globe 9 poundes Toe mendynges ande repayres Toe Greene i pounde Toe Baccoe 3 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare 145. 1588 Receyvedde forre the lafte weekes accompte off moneyes fromme the Globe 6 poundes 9 fhyllynges and 4 pence Toe Greene 47 fhyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare Toe Baccoe 2 fhyllynges ande t pennye 146. The yeare o Godde 1588 Toe Mafterre Johnfonne 3 poundes ande 14 fhyl- lynges Toe oyle and lampes 19 fhyllynges Toe 3 newe coverres forre Bennecheffes 4 fhyllynges ande 7 pence Wm. Shakfpeare 147. Inne the yere o Chryfle 1587 Receyvedde the fomme o 7 poundes forre the lafte weeke playnge atte oure Theatre. Wm. Shakfpeare Toe Mafterre Browne 19 fhyllynges Toe Henrye Bryce 47 fhyllynges SIIAKESPEARIANA. 39 148. The yere o Godde 1587 Toe oyle and lampes 37 fhyllynges Toe the Taylorre 3 poundes Wm. Shakefpeare 149. The yere o Godde 1587 Settledde thys daye forre the lafte weekes ac- compte ande receyvedde 5 poundes ande 7 fhyl- lynges onne accompte of the moneyes I ha lente the Theatre Wm. Shakefpeare 150. The yere o Godde 1586 Toe Maflerre Browne 14 lliyllynges Toe Mafterre Flynte 2 poundes Toe Mafterre Robertes 9 poundes ande 15 fhyl- lynges Toe oyle and Lampes 17 fhyllynges Toe Baccoe forre our Theatre 2 fhyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare 151. The yeare o Godde 1590 Toe Mafterre Browne 6 shyllynges Toe Mafterre Johnfonne 3 poundes ande 13 shyl- lynges Toe the Taylorre 4 poundes Toe Oyle and lampes 23 shyllynges Wm. Shakfpeare 40 SHAKESPEARIANA. 152. The yere o Chryfte 1589 Fromme Maflerre Hemynge forre lafle weeke moneyes 8 poundes and 2 shyllynges Wm. S. Lente Maflerre Hemynge joyntlye forre the Globe the fomme o 9 poundes Toe Greene i pounde ande 12 shyllynges W. Shakfpeare 153. The yeare o Godde 1589 Forre Baccoe 3 shyllynges Forre Oyle 6 shyllynges ande 9 pence Forre Maflerre Brownes attennedaunce 2 shyl- lynges Toe the Taylorre 4 poundes Wm. Shakfpeare 154. The yeare o Chryfle 1589 Receyvedde of my freynde Johnnye Hemynge the fomme o 7 poundes ande 3 shyllynges makynge uppe the whole of myne accompte Wm. Shakfpeare 155. The yere o Chryfte 1588 Toe Maflerre Robertes 2 poundes Toe Johnfonne 4 poundes ande 1 1 shyllynges Toe Maflerre Browne 16 shyllynges Toe oyle lampes ande forre Baccoe 23 shyllynges ande 4 pence Wm. Shakefpeare SHAKESPEARIANA. 4 1 156. The yeare o Godd 1589 Fromme Johnnye Hemynge 3 poundes ande 7 shyllynges Toe Maflerre Johnfonne 14 shyl- lynges Forre Baccoe 2 shyllynges ande 3 pennyes Forre lampes 7 shyllynges Toe the Taylorre I pounde and 4 shyllynges Wm. Shakefpeare 157. The playe of King Vortigern & Rowena. 158. Good Prynterre ynne the fpeeche Vortygerne aboutte the line 900 methynke were betterre putte thefe lynes Gues thenne notte foe loofelye my prefaunte thoughtes Ande dofte heare mee bydde the tongue bee fylente Elfe werre betterre thou dydfte retirre looke tot he doth fpeake t atte the fupperre Wm. Shakfpeare Below this fotne /ketches of a /word, dagger^ axe, cap and bells, etc. , with two coats of arms : Kempe 14 i Mafterre Wilham Lowynne 49 Henrye Ireland Armyne 36 2 Mafterre William Shakfpere 42 SHAKESPEARIANA. 159. Goode Mafler Willm Itt grives me muche thatte I cannotte give thee thatte whiche thou dofle afke forre thye playe ande as I doe alfoe knowe thou neve before didfte gette foe muche forre any onne Lette me begge thee therefoure toe lowerre a Httell inne thye demands forre though I doe Hke thy playe yett I doe Hke mye money thine trewely Willm Holmes (Addreffed) Forre Mafterre Shakfpeare 160. Deare freynde I doe eftemme muche mye playe havynge takenne muche wrytynge of itte ande I doe thynke thatte care hathe notte beene toe a verye lyttelle purpofe thereforre I cannot i the leafte lowerre mye pryce Thyne trewlye June 13 Wm. Shakfpeare Forre mafterre Wm. Holmes the prynterre 161. Goode Mafter Shakfpeare I doe notte defire thatte thye playe fhoulde goe toe anye fave myefelf therefore I will give thee foure poundes more thanne I didd firfte offer and thatte is the mofte I cann give thine ever Willm Holmes (Addreffed) To Mafterre Shakfpear SHAKESPEARIANA. 43 162. Goode mafterre prynterre Itte figgnyfyeth naughte thatte wee doe write thus muche I wille notte take onne fhyllynge leffe thanne I dydde afke Iffe I thoughte notte mye playe o worthe Ide notte take thye moneye ande therebye make thee lofe thyne everre Wm. Shakefpeare (Addreffed) Toe mye mafterre Holmes 163. Goode Willm This Is my lafte offerr ande I doe affure thee itte is moure bye 3 poundes thanne thou hafle hadde forr anye playe before iffe thoulte take 5 poundes inne addition toe thatt I firfte offerd whenne wee fpoke onne the matterre I wille give itte and noe more Ande foe farewell Willm Holmes (Addreffed) Forre Mafterre Shakfpeare 164. Goode freynde Thou myghtfle as welle turne the curraunte o the fea as alterre thatte whiche I ha fayde whenne I knowe itte toe bee ryghte wele fpeake noe moure onne thys matterre therefore thys evenyng fende mee backe mye writtenne playe ande mye letterres 44 SHAKESPEARIANA. whiche I ha fente thee if thou hafte barnte themme farewell e thyiie trewelye 33 June 1604 ^^ni- Shakfpeare Addreffed — Forre mye mafterre Holmes the prynterre 165. To all fingular the Mafters of the Globe Theatre Knowe ye that by order of oure gracyoufe Queue Elizabeth ye are to attend on her with your befte players att Grenewiche on Tewefdaye next there to playe fuch thinges as to herfelf fhall feem meet and fitting Youen at our manour at Greenewiche the yeare of God 1596 Elizabeth R R. H. ex' p Ed Pigeon (Indorfed) To the Mafters of the Globe Theatre E. p; 166. A letter upon thin paper, apparently traced from the original. My faithfull Shrewesbury let no grief touche your harte for feare of my difeafe for I allure you if my creadit wer not greater than my fhewe ther is no beholdar wold beleve that ever I had bin touched with fuche a maladye Your faitheful lovinge foveraine Elizabeth R SHAKESPEARIANA. 45 The above at foot of letter to the Earl of Shrewf- bury, dated Windfore, 22 061. 1572. Endorfed Copies of 2 fignatures of Queen EHza- beth in Coll. Armor. J. H. G. 167. A piece of paper infcribed Toe the Mafteres of the Globe Theatre by the bankes fide. 168. To all and fingular the Mafteres of the Globe Theatre Knowe ye that it is ordered by oure ladye Eliza- beth that you do come to Grenewiche on Fridaye nexte and that you do bring along with you your beft a6lores that you may then and there play accordynge to her pleafure Youen at Grenewiche under our fignett the yere of God 1597 Elizabeth R. R. H. ex"" p Ed. Pigeon (Indorfed) To the Mafteres of the Globe Theatre E. P. 169. To all and fmgular the Mafteres of the Globe Theatre Knowe ye by thefe prefentes that it is the will and commandemente of oure graceoufe Quene Eli- zabeth that you do attend her on Saturdaye next 46 SHAKESPEARIANA. att Grenewich with your befte a6lorres there to play fuche thynges as to herefelfe fhall feem befte mete and fittyng. Youen under our fignett at our man- nour at Grenewiche the yere of God 1591 Elizabeth R. Ex^ p R. A. 170. To all and every the Mafteres of the Globe Theatre Knowe ye that by th' ordinance and defire of our mofle gracioufe Quene Elizabeth you are to attend her pleafure at Grenewiche on Thurfdaye nexte with your befte a6lorres there to play and ena6te fuche thinges as to herfelfe fhall feeme befte fittyng. Youen at our mannor at Grenewiche under our fig- nett in the yere of God 1589 Elizabeth R. Ex'^ p R. A. 171. A piece of paper infcribed Toe the mafterres of the Globe Theatre by the Bankes fide. 172. Some memoranda in Ireland's hand. 173. A memoriall, Elizabeth R. Gal to your mynde good Kate how hardly we SHAKESPEARIANA. 47 princis can broke a croffing of our comandes How yreful wyl the hieft power be may you be fire wha murmure fhalbe made of his pleafmg wyl Let Na- ture therfor not hurt your felfe but glue place to the giver and tho this leffo be fro a fely vikar yet is but fro a lovinge fouveraine 174. Some memoranda in Ireland's hand. *^* The above-mentioned documents are comprifed in three large folio volumes^ and are in the fame dividing in which they were when they were fold by Ireland to Dent. II. The Deed of Gift from Shakespeare to Wil- liam Henry Ireland, 1604. The original forgery on vellum with feal. In a green morocco cafe. This remarkable forgery is thus defcribed by Ireland himfelf in his Confeffions, — A bold document, executed by myfelf to fubftan- tiate my claim to my own produ6lions, was a fup- pofed deed of gift from Shakfpeare to maifter William-Henry Ireland ; part of the contents of which are alluded to in the poetic lines laft given. In this inftrument, which was engroffed on parch- ment, and regularly fealed, like the foregoing law 48 SHAKESPEARIANA. documents, I accounted for the friendfhip that fub- fifled between our bard and Ireland, by dating that Shakefpeare's life had been faved by the exertions of my ancefhor, when, being In a boat upon the river Thames, through the intoxication of the watermen, the bark was unfortunately upfet. For this fervice the bequefts contained in the deed were fuppofed to have been made. But that the public may be better enabled to form a judgement upon the fubjedl, I fhall give the following ftatement, taken literally from the fpurious document in queflion. QUOTATION FROM THE DEED OF GIFT. " Whereas onne or abowte the thyrde daye of the lafle monethe beynge the monethe oi Augujle hav- ynge withe mye goode freynde mafterre William Henrye Irelande ande otherres taen boate neare untoe myne howfe afowerfayde wee didde purpofe goynge upp Thames butte thofe thatte were foe to condu6le us beying muche toe merrye throughe lyquorre theye did upfette oure fowerfayde bayrge all butte myefelfe favedd themfelves bye fwimmyng for though the waterre was deepe yette owre beynge clofe nygh toe fhore made itte lyttel dyffyculte for them knowinge the fowerfayde arte mafterre William Henrye Irelande notte feeynge mee dydd afke for mee butte owne of the companye dydd anfwerre SHAKESPEARIANA. 49 thatte I was drownynge onn the whyche hee pulledd off hys jerrekynne and jumpedd inn afterre mee withe much paynes he draggedd mee forthe I beynge then nearlye deade and foe he dydd fave mye Hfe and for the whyche I doe herebye give hym as folowithe" &c. III. Articles of agreement, 20 May, 8 James I., be- tween Henry Condelle of Londonne gentleman of thone parte, and William Shakefpeare late of Strat- ford-on- Avon in the County of Warwicke gentleman, butte nowe livinge in Londonne, of tother parte. Condelle binds himfelf " to and with the faid Wm. Shakefpeare for the further fpace or terme of three yeares to play upon the ftage for the faid William Shakfpeare alle comedyes and tragedyes whiche he the faid William Shakefpeare may at any time during the faid terme caufe to be played, not written or compofed by himfelfe, butte are the writings or compofytyons of others." The original forgery on vellum. In a green morocco cafe, which is, however, erroneoufly lettered, ''Shakfpeare k Lowine, 1609." IV. Ann Hatheway s Lock of Hair, given by her TO Shakespear. a relic fo defcribed by Ireland on a flip of paper. In a green morocco cafe. H 50 SHAKESPEARIANA. Shakespeare's Lease to Fraser. The original forgery on vellum. In a green morocco cafe. This forgery is thus curioufly noticed by Ireland in his Confeffions, — " Having cut off a piece of parchment from the end of an old rent-roll at chambers, I placed a deed before me of the period of James the Firfl, and then proceeded to imitate the fhyle of the penmanfhip as well as poffible, forming a leafe as between William Shakfpeare and John Heminge with one Michael Frafer and Elizabeth his wife, whereto I affixed the fignature of Shakfpeare, keeping the tranfcript of his original autographs before me ; while the fuper- fcription of Michael Frafer was executed with my left hand, in order the better to conceal it as being from the fame pen." VI. The Manuscript Common-place Book of Wil- liam Shakespeare, 1598, etc. The original forgery, in a green morocco cafe. I cannot difcover any account of this remarkable forgery. It is a fmall book on paper, bound with leather thongs in a vellum cover. On the firfl leaf is written, " Wm. Shakfpeare, 1598, Globe atte Londonne." Then follow lifts of moneys received SIIAKESPEARIANA. 5 1 from Hemings. Other players are alfo named. Then follow a memorandum by Shakefpeare of plays performed " before the Qweenes Mageflye, alle the noblemenne beynge prefaunte" ; other receipts ; a drawing of the flag fufp ended over the Globe Theatre; a pen and Ink drawing by Shakefpeare (!) of Ire- land's houfe, with the following memorandum, — VIewe o mye mafterre Irelandes houfe bye the whyche I doe proue thatte hee hathe falfelye fayde Inne tellynge mee I knewe notte howe toe fhowe itte hymme owne paperre and bye the whyche I ha wonne fromme the fumme o 5 fhyllynges W. Shakefpeare The following memoranda In this fingular little volume are worth adding, — Fromme mye mafterre hemynge 16 fhyllynges Toe Kempe Lowynne Armynne and Johnfonne 14 fhyllynges eache Toe Mafterre Greenne 4 poundes makynge uppe the whole ofs accompte Wm. Shakefpeare O Johnnye Hemynge thys 15 Januarye 7 poundes Toe Kempe 14 fhyllynges Toe the Taylorre 3 pounds Wm. Shakfpeare 14 Wee wente ande dydde playe fore the Queene 5 2 SHAKESPEARIAN A. mageftye alle the noblemenne beynge prefaunte wee dydde enafte 9 playes ande 1 1 Interreleudes ande muche profytte therebye Wm. Shakefpeare Inne the yeare o Chryfle 1599 Payde forre Chaucerre forre the other a6lorres atte oure Theatre 4 (hyllynges Toe 19 playes 6 fhyllynges Toe fundrye artycles 2 poundes Fromme Mafterre Hemynge 17 poundes Wm. Shakefpeare VII. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is now A6led at his Highnefs the Duke of York's Theatre. By William Shakefpeare. 4to. London, Printed by Andr. Clark for J . Marty n and H, Herringman, at the Bell in St. PauUs Churchyard, and at the Blue Anchor in the lower Walk of the New Exchange. 1676. This is the rareft of thefe quarto editions of Hamlet which were iffued after the Refloration, and has only been known of late years. It has the firft edition of the following curious addrefs to the Reader. This Play being too long to be conveniently aBed, fuch places as might be leafl prejtidicial to the Plot or Senfe are left out upon the Stage ; but that zee may no SHAKESPEARIANA. 53 zvay wrong the incomparable author^ are here inferted according to the Original Copy with this Mark, ". Betterton played Hamlet, Marcellus was under- taken by Lee, and the part of Ophelia by Mrs. Betterton. Title and Addrefs to the Reader, two leaves. Text, pp. 1-88. VIII. The Ingratitude of a Commonwealth ; or the Fall of Caius Martins Coriolanus. As it is A6led at the Theatre Royal. By N. Tate. 4to. London, Printed by T. M. for Joseph Hindmar/h, at the Black- Bull in Cornhill. 1682. This is an alteration of Shakefpeare's Coriolanus. The author, in his Dedication, obferves that he has '' in this adventure launcht out in Shakefpear's bot- tom ; — much of what is offered here is fruit that grew in the richnefs of his foil ; and whatever the fuperftru6lure prove, it was my good fortune to build upon a rock." IX. {a) Henry the Sixth, the Firft Part. With the Murder of Humphrey, Duke of Glocefter. As it was A61:ed at the Duke's Theatre. Written by Mr. Crown. 4to. London, Printed for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes, in Ruffel- Street, in Coven t- Garden. 1681. 54 SHAKESPEARIANA. To-day we bring old gather'd herbs, 'tis true, But fuch as in fweet Shakefpear's Garden grew. And all his plants immortal you efleem. Your mouthes are never out of tafte with him. Howe're, to make your appetites more keen, Not only oyly words are fprinkled in ; But what to pleafe you gives us better hope, A little vinegar againft the Pope. {d) Henry the Sixth, the Second Part. Or the Mifery of Civil War, as it was A61:ed at the Dukes Theatre. Written by Mr. Crown. 4to. London, Printed for R, Bentley and M. Magnes, in Rtiffel-Street in Covent Garden. 1681. The following fingular lines occur in the Prologue to this Second Part, — For by his feeble fkill 'tis built alone, The divine Shakefpear did not lay one ftone. Thefe two pieces are bound in one volume. X. The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imita- tion of Shakefpeare's Style. By N. Rowe, Efq. 4to. London, Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Croff- Keys between the Two Teinple-Gates in Fleet-Jlreet, n. d. I believe that this is the rare firfl edition of a tra- SHAKESrEARIANA. 55 gedy which was confhantly reprinted in the lafl cen- tury. It is dedicated to the Duke of Queensberry, but there is no date to the letter of dedication. XI. The Effayes or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Difcourfes of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of St. Michaell, &c., firfh written by him in French, and now done into Englifh by him that hath inviolably vowed his labors to the ^ternitie of their Honors, whofe names he hath feverally infcribed on thefe his confecrated altares, yohn Florio. Folio. Printed at London by Val. Sims for Edzvard Bloimt dwelling ifi Paules churchyard. 1603. A fine copy in an ancient calf binding, gilt orna- ments on the fides, with the initials H. P., Henry Palmer. This firft edition of Florio's tranflation of Mon- taigne will ever hold a diftinguifhed place in a Shak- fperian library as one of the few works we really know for certain that the great Poet read. He has, in faft, copied a few lines nearly literally in the Tempeft, aft ii, fc. i, from the following paffage in the prefent work, — " It is a nation (would I anfwer Plato) that hath no kind 0/ trafficke, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no na^ne of ma- 56 SHAKESPEARIANA. gijlrate, nor of politic fiiperioritie ; no ufe of fervice, of riches, or of povertie, no contrails y nofuccef/ionSy no partitions, no occupatio7i, but idle; no refpe6l of kindred but common ; no apparel but natural ; no use of wine, come, or metal. The very words that import lying, falfehood, treason, diffimulations, cove- toufnefs, envie, detra6lIon and pardon, were never heard amongft them." XII. Cotton (R.) Spirituall Song conteining an Hlflori- call Difcourfe from the infancie of the World untill this prefent time. At London, Printed by G. Sim- fon and W. White. 1596. Small quarto. This is one of the volumes of Ireland's Pfeudo- Shakfperian library, in the fame binding, green mo- rocco, in which it was fold at Ireland's fale in May, 1801, lot 566 in the fale-catalogue. Cotton's poem itfelf is imperfe6l, and the volume derives its interefl; from the feveral Shakfperian forgeries in it. At the end of the addrefs to the reader is the following note, — Thuffe muche toe thyne Readerre inne the whyche there bee muche goode ande fome lyttle toe bee blamedd. W. Shakfpeare. A poern, '' R. I. in commendation of this worke," is croffed through with a pen, and the expreffions, SHAKESPEARIANA. 57 badde, verye badde, iiorjle o alle, are noted in the margins. At the bottom of this page is the follow- ing note, — Mye goode mafterre R. I. thou hadfte donne welle hadfte thou notte pennd thofe lynes Ande thou Mafterre Cotton wouldfte betterre ha fhowne thye talente hadfte thou notte hereinne placedde thye name. There are other forged notes in the volume, amongft which the following delicious fragment fhould not be omitted, — '' Werte notte forre thofe who dydde give mee thys booke, I would reade noe more ont." XIII. The Englifh Treafury of Wit and Language col- lefted out of the moft and beft of our Englifh Dram- matick Poems ; methodically digefted into Com- mon Places for Generall Ufe. By John Cotgrave, Gent. London, Printed for Humphrey Mofeley, and are to be fold at his fhop, at the fign of the Princes Armes, in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1655. 8vo. This book is imperfeft at the end, but its value is not in the text itfelf, but in its having been the copy of the celebrated antiquary, Oldys, who, with prodi- gious pains, has traced nearly every quotation of Cotgrave to the original fource. The margins are I 58 SHAKESPEARIANA. filled with MS. notes In his autograph. Next to his annotated copy of Langbalne, now in the Britifh Mufeum, this Is perhaps the moft curious and In- tereftlng volume of Oldys's colleftlons that is known to exift. Numbers of the quotations are from Shakefpeare. XIV. The Sllkewormes and their Flies : Lively des- cribed In verfe, by T. M., a Countrie Farmar, and an apprentice In Phyficke. For the great benefit and enriching of England. Printed at London by V. S., for Nicholas Ling, and are to be fold at his fhop at the Weft ende of Faules. 1599. Small quarto. There is a woodcut on the title of the filkworm in its various ftages. This rare book has never been brought into connexion with Shakefpeare, yet it has for a long time appeared to me to be of fingular interefl as a popular book at about the time when we may fuppofe that Shakefpeare planted the mulberry -tree In the garden at New Place, Stratford- on-Avon. It Is dedicated '' to the moft renowned Patroneffe and noble Nurfe of Learning, Marie Counteffe of Penbrooke". The author's account of Pyramus and Thisbe apparently bears traces of a reading of the MIdfummer Night's Dream, — SHAKESPEARIANA. 59 Loves fchoolemafter records a tale mofl fweete, Of Lovers two that dwelt at Babllon, Equall of age, in worth and beautie meete, Each of their fex the floure and paragon, Next neighbours borne on fide of felfefame ftreete, For twixt their parents houfes dwelled none ; Him Pyramus, her Thisbe men did call, Coupled in heart, though fevered by a wall As neighbours children, oft they talke and view, That neighbourfhip was formoft fteppe to love, Love, which (like priv plants) in fhort time grew, Pales, wals, and eves, yea houfes and all above, Nay Hymeneus feafls were like t' enfue. And facred hands give ring and wedding glove, Had not unhappie parents that forbad, Which to forbid, no caufe but wil, they had. If lovers fpake, it was now all by lookes, None deign'd or durfl be trouchman to their mind, Paper was barr'd, and penne, and inke, and bookes, Not any helpe thefe parted prifoners find. But of a rift along the wal that crookes, (A wall of flint, et more then parents, kind) Which, w^ere it old or new, none it efpies. But lovers quicke, al-corner fearching eyes. This rift they ufde, not onely as a glaffe, Wherein to fee daily each others face. But eke through it their voyces hourely paffe. In whifpring murmurs with a ftealing pace : 60 SHAKESPEARIANA. Sometimes when they no longer durft (alas) Send whifprings through, when keepers were in place) Yet would they fhift to blow through it ?. breath, Which fed and kept their hoping harts from death. Envious wal (fayd they) what wrong is this ? Why doth not love or pittie make thee fal ? Or (if that be for us too great a bliffe) Why is thy rift fo narrow and fo fmall, As to deny kind love a kindly kiffe ? For which we never prove unthankful fhal, Although in truth we owe inough to thee, Giving our eyes and voyce a way fo free. In vaine thus having plaind in place diftinct, When night approach, they ech bad ech adew, Kiffmg their wal apart where it was chinckt Whence lovely blafts and breathings mainely flew : But kiffes ftaide on cithers fide faft lirickt, Seal'd to the wall with lips and Lovers glue : For though they were both thick and many eake. Yet thicker was the wal that did them breake. Rofe fingred Dame no fooner had put out Nights twinckling fires and candles of the fkie, Nor Phoebus brought his trampling fteeds about, Whofe breath dries up the teares of Veftaes eie, But fwift and foft, without all noyfe or fhowt, To wonted place, they haften fecretly. Where midft a many words muttred that day. Next midnights watch, each vowes to fteale away. SHAKESPEARIANA. 6 1 And left when having houfe and cittie paft, They yet might erre in fields, and never meete, At Ninus tombe their Rendes-vous is plac't, Under the mulb'ry white, and hony-fweete : Growing hard by a fpring that ranne at wafte, With ftreames more fwift then fpeedy Ifters feete" There they agreed in fpite of fpite to ftand. When monarchs teame had paft Bootes hand. The fubje6l of the poem is in itfelf an evidence that the cultivation of the mulberry and filk-worm was beginning to be famillarlfed to the Englifh pub- lic. This is the Bibllotheca Anglo-Poetica copy, No. 667, £15 : 15 :o. XV. The Diverting Hlftory of the Life, Memorable Exploits, Pranks, and Droll Adventures of the molt heroic, valiant and renowned Sir John Falftaff of Facetious Memory ; his J efts, Drolleries, Comical Humours, Queer Conceits, and moft Miraculous Efcapes from the Wanton Contrivances of the Merry Wives of WIndfor, as written by Shakefpeare. To which Is added A Short Dlffertatlon on his Charac- ter, and the Hlftory of the Boar's Head Tavern In Eaft-Cheap, by Dr. Goldfmlth. London, Printed for H. Lemoine, BIfhopfgate. 1789. 06lavo. This Is one of the rareft, If not the rareft, of the 62 SHAKESPEARIANA. pieces of Shakefpeariana of the lafl century. The firfl thirty pages of the tra6l are occupied by an original profe hiftory of Sir John Falftaff, grounded on the plays. This is the curious part of the volume. The remainder is taken from Goldfmith. XVI. The Fortunate Lovers, or the Hiftory of Doraflus, Prince of Sicily, and Fawnia, only Daughter and Heirefs to the King of Bohemia. An Arabian tale made Englifh from the Originals, written in the Bohemian and Groecian Tongues by a Gentleman who fpent many years in travelling through thofe Parts of the World. i2mo, n. d. A fcarce chap-book edition of the llory of Greene upon which Shakefpeare founded the Winter s Tale. At the end is a profe verfion of Hero and Leander. XVII. Macbeth, a Tragedy. With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and new Songs. As it's now a6led at the Dukes Theatre. 4to. London, Printed for P. Chetwiuy and are to be Sold by mojl Bookfellers. 1674. XVIII. The third and lafl Booke of the Deftruftions of SHAKESPEARIANA. 63 Troy, how the fayde Cittle was by Priamus, fonne of King Laomedon, re-edified and repayred more ftrong and more fortified then ever it was before. And afterward how for the rauifhment of Dame Helene, Wife of King Menelaus of Greece, the faid Citie was totally deftroyed, and Priamus with He6lor and all his fonnes flaine, with Nobles out of number, as fliall appeare. 4to. In black-letter, London, Printed by Barnard A hop, i6i 7. The third part only, but this is the only part which was ufed by Shakefpeare, in fome earlier edition, in the preparation of his play of Troilus and Creffida. This copy of the date of 161 7 is probably unique, being unknown to all bibliographers. The following is a lift of the chapters. i. How the King Priamus re-edified the City of Troy more ftrong then ever it was before ; and of his fonnes and daughters. And how after many Councels hee fent Anthenor and Polydimas into Greece for to demand his fifter Exione that Ajax maintained. ii. How the King Priamus affembled all his Bar- rons for to know whom he might fend into Greece for to get againe his fifter Exione. And how He61:or anfwered, and of his good counfell ; and how Paris declared to his Father the vifion and the promife of the Goddeffe Venus. 64 SHAKESPEARIANA. ill. How Paris and Deyphebus, Eneas, Anthenor, and Polldamus were fent into Greece; and how they ravifhed Helene out of the Temple of Venus, with many prifoners and riches, and brought them to Troy, where Paris efpoufed the faid Helene. iv. How Menelaus was fore troubled for the ravifhing of Helene his wife ; and how Caftor and Pollux, brethren of her, purfued Paris in the Sea ; and of their death ; and of the condition and manner of the Lords as well Greekes as Trojans. V. How the Kings, Dukes, Earles, and Barons of Greece, affembled all with their Navie before the Citie of Athens, for to come to Troy ; and how many fhips each man brought unto the helpe of King Menelaus. vi. How the Greekes fent Achilles into Delphos to the God Apollo for to know the end of their warre, and how hee found Calchas fent from the Trojans that went with him to Athens. vii. How the Greekes with a great Nauie went and failed towards Troy, and how they arrived at the Port of Tenedon, three miles from Troy, which they conquered and beate downe to the earth. viii. How the Greekes did fend Diomedes and Uliffes unto the King Pryamus for to have againe Queene Helene, and the Prifoners, and what an- fwere they had. STTAKESPEARIANA. 65 ix. How Agamemnon affembled to counfell the Greekes for to have vI6luals, and how they fent Achilles and Telephus unto the realme of Meffe, where they flewe the king Theutran in battell ; and how Telephus was made king ; and of the kings that came in the ayde and helpe of king Priamus. X. Of the comming of Duke Palamedes, and how the Greekes departed from the point of Tenedon by the counfell of Diomedes, and came and tooke land before the fhrong City of Troy ; and how the Troyans receyved them with battell right vigoroufly. xi. Of the fecond battell before Troy, in the which were many kinges and great Barons flaine by the worthie He6lor ; and how the Troyans had beene viftorious of their enemies, had it not been for the Praier of Thelamon Ajax, coofm of Hec- tor, &c. xii. Of the firft truce of two monethes demanded by the Greekes, and of the three battels betweene them, in the which He6lor beat Achilles to the ground twice, and after flew the king Prothenor, and fmote him with one ftroke in two parts. xiii. How the Greekes held parliament how they might flea the worthie He6lor, and how they re- turned to the fourth battell, in the which Paris and Menelaus encountred, and the king Thoas was brought prifoner to Troy. K 66 SHAKESPEARIANA. xiv. How Priamus would that the king Thoas, that was prifoner, fhould have have been hanged, and how they returned to the fift battell, in the which He6lor flew with his hands three kings ; and how Diomedes flew the Sagittary. XV. Of the truce that were betweene them, after the which began battell againe from morne to even, with great damage of that one partie, aud of that other ; but the Troyans loft more than the Greekes. xvi. How the Greekes and Troyans began the fixt battell that dured by the fpace of thirty dayes, in which were many kings and princes dead of the one flde, and of the other, and how Diomedes fmote downe Troylus of his horfe, and fent it to Brifeyda his love that received it gladly. xvii. How the Greekes and the Troyans beganne the feventh battell that dured twelve dayes, and after begann the eight battell much damageous to the Troyans, for He6lor was flaine by Achilles, and they were driuen backe into their City by force to their great damage. xviii. Of the rich fepulture of He6lor, and of the great lamentations and weepings that the Troyans made for his death : and how Palamedes was chofen duke and governour of the hoft of the Greekes. xix. Howe the King Pryamus iffued out to Bat- tell, for to avenge upon the Greekes the death of SHAKESPEARIANA. 67 his Sonne Heftor : and of the proweffes that he did : and of the annlverfary of the faide He6lor, in which Achylles was furprized with the love of Po- lyxena, the Daughter of K. Pryamus, in fuch wife that he might endure no reft. XX. How Achilles fent his fecret meffenger unto Hecuba the queene of Troy, for to requeft her fayre Daughter Polixena, and of the answere : and how for the love of her, the faide Achylles affem- bled the Hoaft of the Greekes, and counfelled them to depart, and have peace with the Troyans. xxi. Of the death of Deyphebus, the Sonne of K. Pryamus : and how Paris flew Palamedes : and how the Troyans drave backe the Greekes into their Tents, and fet fire on their ftiippes : and how for all thefe things Achilles would not go to battell, for the love of Polixena. xxii. Of many battels that were fought on the one fide, and on the other, to their both great da- mage : and of a certain truce, and of the death of the noble Troylus, that Achylles flew againft his promife, and drew him at his Horfe-tayle, through- out the Hoaft, and how Achylles flew the King Menon. xxiii. How Paris by the perfwafiv of Hecuba his mother, flew Achilles in the temple of Apollo, and the son of Duke Nestor, and how Paris and Aiax flew each other in the battaile. 68 SHAKESPEARIANA. xxiiii. How the queen Penthafilea came from Amazonne with a thoufand Maydens, to the fuccour of Troy, and flew many Greekes, and after was fhee flaine by Pyrrhus the sonne of Achilles. XXV. How Anthenor and Eneas confulted to- gether among them for to deliver the citie unto the Greekes by treafon, and did it under colour of peace : and how the King Pryamus gainfadge them, with fome of his baftards by great and rude words. XXVI. How the Tray tour Anthenor bought of the Prieft the Palladium, and gave It to Ulyffes : and of the Horfe of Braffe, that was by the Greekes brought to the Temple of Pallas, being full of men of armes : and how the Cittie of Troy was taken, and burnt, and the King Pryamus flayne, etc. xxvil. Of the diffenflon that was moved becaufe of the Palladium, betweene Thelamon and Ulyffes : and how Eneas and Anthenor were exiled out of Troy : and how the Greekes returned, and of their adventures. xxvlil. How the king Naulus and Cerus his sonne did fpoile on the fea many fhippes of the Greekes, in their return for the death of his fonne Palamedes, and of the death of the king Agamemnon, and of the exile of Diomedes, and of his calling backe by Egee his wife, etc. xxix. How Horefles fonne of King Agamemnon, SHAKESPEARIANA. 69 cruelly avenged himfelfe of the death of his father. And how King Ulyffes after fundry perillous ad- ventures returned to his countrey and kingdome. XXX. Of the dealings of Pyrrhus, after his returne from Troy : and how Horeftes the fonne of Aga- memnon flue him at Delphos, for that hee had goten away Hermione his wife. xxxi. Of a Vifion that Ulyffes had in his fleepe : and how Thelagonus the Sonne of Ulyffes by queene Circe, came to feeke Ulyffes, and flew him, not knowing who he was. XIX. The Anatomie of the Englifh Nunnery at Lisbon in Portugall : Diffected and laid open by one that was fomtime a yonger Brother of the Couent : Who (if the grace of God had not preuented him) might haue growne as old in a wicked life as the oldeft amongft them. 4to. PubliJJied by Authoritie. Are to bee fould by R. Milbourne and Philemon Stephens. 1623. A very curious and rare book, containing at p. 17 an interefting allufion to Shakefpeare's Venus and Adonis. The title to this copy contains a brilliant impreffion of the plate. The following is a copy of the paffage which relates to Shakefpeare's poem, — '' Then after fupper it is ufuall for him to reade a JO SHAKESPEARIANA. little of Venus and Adonis, the jefts of George Peele, or fome fuch fcurrilous booke ; for there are few idle pamphlets printed in England which he hath not in the houfe, being either brought over to his fonne Peter, the drunken familiar aforefaid, by fea-men ; or elfe hapning into the hands of Father Newman, an Englifli priest, who hath an office in the Inquifition houfe to perufe all Englifh bookes that are brought into Lisbon." XX. A Catalogue of Some Books in the Poffeffion of H. Jadis, Efq., in Bryanftone Square. At the end is, — Shakfpeariana : a Complete Collection of the Books and Pamphlets which have been publifhed relative to the Life, or Illuftrative of the Writings, of Shakefpeare, in the Poffeffion of H. Jadis, Efq. 8vo. 1826. Privately printed. Very fcarce. XXI. The Englifh Ufurer, or Ufury Condemned by the moft learned and famous Divines of the Church of England, and dedicated to all his Maieflie's Sub- ie6ls, for the ftay of further increafe of the fame. Colle6led by lohn Blaxton, Preacher of God's Word at Ofmington in Dorcet-fhire. London, Printed by SHAKESPEARIANA. 7 1 John Norton, and are to bee fold by Francis Bow- man in Oxford. 1634. Small quarto. This little volume has a curious frontifpiece of a devil feizing hold of an ufurer, which affords a good illuftration of the verfes on John a Combe, attri- buted to Shakefpear. XXII. Ireland's own inlaid and illustrated copy of the Mifcellaneous Papers, 1796, 4to., including, — (a) An engraved portrait of W. H. Ireland, 1803, A MS. note fays, '' this was engraved from a minia- ture painted by my younger fifter, Jane Ireland." (d) Armorial bearings of the Irelands of Lanca- fhire. (c) Mifs Anna Maria Ireland and Mifs Jane Linley. A private plate engraved by Mr. Samuel Ireland from a drawing by himfelf. Mifs Ireland copied out the whole of Vortigern, Henry the Se- cond, &c., from her brother's fabricated manufcrlpts. (d) Engraved portrait of Shakefpeare. (e) Three fpurious fignatures of Shakefpeare. {/) Tracings from the authentic fignatures. {£) Fabricated fignature of Shakefpeare to the Frafer deed, and a reprefentation of the quintain feal. {/i) Fabricated fignature of Frafer, on vellum. 72 SHAKESPEARIANA. (/) " Bye me William Shakefpeare." A fabri- cated fignature, on vellum. (k) Promiffory note of hand to John Hemlnge, In the following terms, — " One moneth from the date hereof I doe promyfe to paye to my good and wor- thie freynd John Hemynge the sume of five pounds and five fhilllngs Engllfh moneye as a recompenfe for his greate trouble In gettyng anne engagement for me at the Globe Theatre, as alfo for his trouble yn going downe for me to Stratford. WItnefs my hand, lV7n. Shakspeare, September the riynth, 1589." (/) Spurious fignature of Hemlnge. (in) Reprefentatlon of the jug watermark. (n) A forgery of the Profeffion of Faith, poffibly a firft attempt of this remarkable fabrication, on two leaves, an account of which is thus given by Ireland, — '' Having frequently heard of the bigoted profef- fion of faith found at the birth-place of Shakfpeare, and faid to have been written by John Shakfpeare, our poet's father, wherein the effufions of the mofl determined catholic are expreffed, I had recourfe to the plan of writing a profeffion of faith for our bard, which I executed accordingly. The fheet of paper on which the profeffion of faith was written was the outfide of feveral others, on fome of which accounts had been kept in the reign of Charles the Firft ; SHAKESPEARIANA. 73 and being at that time wholly unacquainted with the water-marks ufed in the reign of queen Elizabeth, I carefully fele6led two half fheets not having any mark whatfoever, on which I penned my firfl: effu- fion ; keeping the fac-Jimiles of Shakefpeare's ori- ginal autographs before me. — The word leffee, which appears in this article, and which was fo much the fubje6l of cavil, was intended to be leaflefs ; and to the perturbation of the moment only is to be attri- buted that literal error, which was afterwards fwelled into a flagrant proof of the invalidity of the compofition as coming from the pen of Shakfpeare." WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE's PROFESSION OF FAITH. I beynge nowe offe founde Mynde doe hope thatte thys mye wyfhe wille atte mye deathe bee acceeded toe as I nowe lyve in Londonne ande as mye foule maye perchance foone quitte thys poore Bodye it is mye defire thatte inne suche cafe I maye bee car- ryed toe mye native place and thatte mye Bodye bee there quietlye interred wythe as little pompe as canne bee, ande I doe nowe inne thefe mye feyrioufe moments make thys mye prefeffione of fayth and which I doe mofte folemnlye believe I doe fyrfhe looke toe oune lovynge and greate God and toe hys glorioufe fonne Jefus I doe alfoe beleyve thatte thys mye weake ande frayle Bodye wille retturne 74 SIIAKESPEARIANA. toe dude butte forre mye foiile lette God judge thatte as toe hymfelfe fhalle feeme meete O omnlpotente and greate God I am full offe Synne I doe notte thynke myfelfe worthye offe thye grace and yette wille I hope forre evene the poore pryfonerre whenne bounde with gaily ng Irons evenne hee wille hope for Pittye ande whenne the teares offe fweete re- pentance bathe his wretched pillowe he then looks ande hopes forre pardonne thenne roufe mye Soule ande lette hope thatte fweete cheryfher offe alle afforde thee comforte alfoe O Manne whatte arte thou whye confiderefte thou thyfelfe thus gratelye where are thye greate thye boafted attrybutes bu- ryed lofte forre everre inne colde Deathe O Manne whye attempteft thou toe fearche the greatneffe offe the Almyghtye thou dofte butte loofe thye labourre more thou attemptefte more arte thou lofhe tille thye poore weake thoughtes arre elevated toe theyre fummite and thenne as fnowe fromme the leffee tree droppe ande dyftylle themfelves tille theye are noe more O God manne as I am frayle bye nature fulle offe Synne yette greate God receyve me toe thye bofomme where alle is fweete contente ande happynelfe alle is blyffe where dyfcontente iffe ne- verre hearde butte where oune Bonde offe freynd- fliippe unytes alle menne forgyve O Lorde alle oure Synnes ande withe thye greate goodneffe take SHAKESPEARIANA. 75 US alle to thye Breafte O cheryfhe uffe like the fweete Chickenne thatte under the coverte ofFe herre fp ready nge Wings Receyves herre lyttle Broode ande hoverynge overre themme keepes themme harmleffe ande in fafetye W"" Shakfpeare "In penning this profeffion of faith I formed the twelve different letters contained in the chriftian and fir names of Wni. Shakfpeare as much as pof- fible to refemble the tracings of his original auto- graphs ; and I was alfo particular in introducing as many capital doubleyous and ejfes as poffible. The other letters were ideal, and written to correfpond as nearly as might be with the general ftyle of the twelve letters ufed in Shakfpeare's names as written by himfelf As the penmanfhip of the profeffion of faith was my firft effay beyond a fimple autograph, it was written with fome caution : but had any per- fon minutely compared the ftyle of writing therein produced with thofe manufcripts which were penned after I had acquired a facility of committing to paper the difguifed hand, he muft inftantly have dif- covered the difference ; which was, indeed, fo ob- vious, that the hand producing the profeffion of faith would fcarcely be thought, upon examination, to have been the fame that committed to paper the great bulk of the manufcripts. — The opinions deli- vered as to the language of the profeffion of faith 76 SHAKESPEARIANA. were unanimous — every perfon allowing the genuine feeling that breathed throughout the whole compo- fition ; which, It was ftated, fully evinced it to be from the pen of our great dramatlfh : nor was my fatlsfaftlon a little heightened on finding that this effufion banifhed at once every Idea of Shakfpeare's cathollclfm from the minds of thofe whom I had fre- quently heard hazarding that opinion as to his reli- gious tenets." {o) A Letter to Richard Cowley, I fancy a dupli- cate forgery. (/) The Witty Conundrum, a fcarce engraving by Samuel Ireland from the original forgery. {q) Autograph letter of W. H. Ireland, inferted in the volume long after the time of Steevens. (r) A forgery, probably a duplicate one, of the verfes to Anne Hathaway, commencing, — Is therre inne heavenne aught more rare Thanne thou, fweete nymphe of Avon fayre ; Is there onne earthe a manne more trewe Thanne Willy Shakfpeare is toe you. Though fyckle fortune prove unkynde, Stille dothe fhe leave herre wealthe behynde ; She neere the hearte canne forme anew, Norre make thy Willys love unntrue. {s) A forgery, probably a duplicate one, of the letter to Anne Hathaway. SHAKESPEARIANA. • ']'] (t) Copy of the letter to Lord Southampton, alfo his fpurious fignature. Two forgeries. (71) Fabricated fignature of Queen Elizabeth. (v) Title and two leaves of the Tragedy of King Leer, duplicate forgeries. (w) Spurious fignatures of Shakfpeare and Lowin, both on vellum ; and fimilar fignatures of Shakefpeare and Condell. (x) Two fabricated receipts for playing before the Earl of Leicefter. (jk) Spurious fignature of Shakefpeare. On vel- lum. {z) Tributary Lines to Ireland by Shakefpeare, " inne remembraunce of hys havynge savedde mye life whenne onne Thames." One leaf, folio. {aa) The anti-Malone handbill, iffued on the occafion of the reprefentation of Vortigern. It is of extreme rarity, and perhaps unique. See Ireland's Confeffions, p. 142. The following is an exadl copy of this broadfide, — Vortigern. A Malevolent and impotent attack on the Shaks- peare MSS. having appeared, on the Eve of repre- fentation of the Play of Vortigern^ evidently intended to injure the intereft of the Proprietor of the MSS., Mr. Ireland feels it impoffible, within the fhort fpace 78 • SHAKESPEARIANA. of time that intervenes between the publifhing and the reprefentation, to produce an anfwer to the moft ilHberal and unfounded affertions in Mr. Malone's enquiry. He is therefore induced to requeft that the Play of Vortigern may be heard with that Can- dour that has ever diftinguifhed a Britijh Audience. *^* The Play is now at the Prefs, and will in a very few days be laid before the P^iblic. XXIII. Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia. Afted at the Theatre Royall, a Tragedy Alter'd from Mr. Shakefpears Works, By Mr. Edw. Ravenfcroft. Licenfed Dec. 21. 1686. 4to. London, Printed by J . B. for J . HindmarfJi, at the Golden-Ball in Cornhill, over againfl the Royal- Exchang e. 1687. Ravenfcroft, in a very interefting preface, ob- ferves, — '' I think it a greater theft to rob the dead of their praife, then the Hving of their money. That I may not appear guilty of fuch a crime, 'tis necef- fary that I fhould acquaint you that there is a play in Mr. Shakefpears Volume under the name of Titus Andronicus, from whence I drew part of this. I have been told by fome anciently converfant with the ftage, that it was not originally his, but brought by a private Author to be afted, and he only gave SHAKESPEARTANA. 79 fome mafter-touches to one or two of the principal parts or chara6lers ; this I am apt to beHeve, be- caufe 'tis the mofl incorre6l and indlgefted piece in all his Works. It feems rather a heap of rubbifli then a f(:ru6lure." XXIV. The Hiftory of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater. As it is afted at the Duke's Theatre. Made into a Play. By Tho. Shadwell. 4to. London, Printed by y . M. for Henry Herring- nian, and are to be fold by fos. Knight and F. Saun- ders at the Blue A^ichor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1688. XXV. The Hiftory of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater, as it is a6led by Her Majefties Servants. Made into a Play. By Tho. Shadwell. 4to. London, Printed for H. H. and fold by W, Davis at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and B. Lintott at the hiner-Temple Gate in Fleetjlreet, 1703. XXVI. Julius Csefar : A Tragedy as it is now A6led at the Theatre Royal. Written by William Shake- fpeare. 4to. London, PHnted by H. H. Jnn. for Hen. Her- 8o SHAKESPEARIANA. ringman and R. Bentley in RuJ/el-Jlreet in Covent Garden, aiid fold by yofeph Knight and Francis Saunders at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange in the Strand. No date, but about 1684. XXVII. Macbeth. A Tragedy with all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. As it is now A6led at the Queen's Theatre. 4to. London : — Printed for J . Tonfon : A nd fold by John Phillips at the Black Bull over-againfl the Royal Exchange in CornhilL 1 7 1 o. XXVIII. The Fairy-Queen : An Opera. Reprefented at the Queen's Theatre by Their Majefties Servants. 4to. London, Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges- Head, in Chancery -Lane. 1692. The Roxbughe copy of a fcarce alteration of the Midfummer Night's Dream, converted into an opera. XXIX. The Comical Gallant : or the Amours of Sir John Falftaffe. A Comedy. As it is Afted at the The- atre Royal in Drury-lane. By his Majesty's Ser- vants. By Mr. Dennis. To which is added, A SHAKESPEARIANA. 8 1 large account of the Tafte in Poetry, and the Caufes of the Degeneracy of it. 4to. London, Printed and Sold by A. Baldzvin, near the Oxford Arms in Warwicklane. 1702. A copy of a fcarce alteration of the Merry Wives of Windfor, feldom found in good condition. The author of this variation, John Dennis, is the firft narrator, in the Dedication to it, of the tradition of the Merry Wives of Windfor having been written by Shakefpeare at the requefl: of Queen Elizabeth. " This comedy," he obferves, ^' was written at her command, and by her diredlion, and llie was fo eager to fee it a6led, that fhe commanded it to be finifhed in fourteen days ; and was afterwards, as tradition tells us, very well pleas'd at the repre- fentation." XXX. The Hiftory of King Lear, A6led at the Queen's Theatre. Revifed with Alterations. By N. Tate. 4to. London : Printed for Richard Wellington at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Chtirch-ya7^d. 1712. XXXI. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. A Tragedy. As it is now A6led by his Majefty's Servants. Written by William Shakefpeare. i2mo. M S2 SHAKESPEARIAN A. London ; Printed by J . Darby for M. Wellington at the Kings Head over againft St. Clement's Chjtrch, in the Strand. 1718. This edition is of extreme rarity, and is believed to be unnoticed by all bibliographers. XXXIT. Admirable and Memorable Hiflorles containing the wonders of our time. Colledled into French out of the beft Authors. By I. Goulart. And out of French into Engllfli, by Ed. Grimefton, 4to. Imprinted at London by George Eld, 1607. This curious and rare book contains the ftory of the Induftlon to the Taming of the Shrew. XXXIII. The Philofophers Satyrs, written by M. Robert Anton, of Magdalen Colledge in Cambridge. 4to. London, Printed by T. C. and B. A. for Roger lacks 071, and are to be sold at his fJiop in Fleet street, ouer against the great Condiiit. 161 6. This very curious and fcarce poem, brim full of quaint conceits, deferves to be better known. The title and the odd way of printing are againft It, but the perfevering author the next year iffued It under a new title, " Vices Anatomic fcourged and correded in new Satires." At p. 46 is the following curious SHAKESPEARIAN A. 83 notice of the reprefentation of Antony a7id Cleo- patra on the ftage, — Why doe our luftfuU theaters entice, And perfonate in Hvely a6lion vice ; Draw, to the cities fhame, with guilded clothes, Such fwarmes of wives to breake their nuptiall othes ? Or why are women rather growne fo mad, That their immodeft feete, Hke planets, gad With fuch irregular motion to bafe playes, Where all the deadly fmnes keepe hollidaies. There fliall they fee the vices of the times, Oreftes incefh, Cleopatres crimes, Lucullus furfets and Poppeas pride, Virgineaes rape, and wanton Lais hide Her firens charmes in fuch eare-charming fenfe. As it would turne a modeft audience To brazen-fac'et profeffion of a whore. Their hiftories perfwade, but a6lion more ; Vices well coucht in pleafmg fceanes prefent More will to a6l then a6lion can invent. And this the reafon, unleffe heaven prevent. Why women moft at playes turne impudent. It is clear alfo from the context that Shakfpeare's play of the Comedy of Errors is alluded to in the following paffage, — Sooner may fhameleffe wives hate Braindford feafts, Albertus Magnus, or the pilfred jefts Of fome fpruce fkipjack citizen from playes, A coach, the fecret baudihoufe for waies. 84 SHAKESPEARIAN A. And riotous wafte of fome new freeman made, That in one yeere to peices breakes his trade, Then walh the toadlike fpeckles of defame. That fwell the world with poyfon of their fhame. What Comedies of Errors fwell the ftage With your most publike vices, when the age Dares perfonate in a6lion, for your eies, Ranke fceanes of your luft-fweating qualities. XXXIV. King Charles the Firft : An Hiftorical Tragedy, written in Imitation of Shakefpeare. As it is A61ed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. 8vo. London, 1737. XXXV. Avon, a Poem in Three Parts. Birmingham, Printed by John Bafkerville. 4to. 1758. XXXVI. The Hiftory of Jack and the Giants. Part the Firft. — The Hiftory of Jack and the Giants. Part the Second. i2mo. An old chapbook edition, with woodcuts. This old tale will always be of intereft, it being quoted by Shakefpeare in King Lear. XXXVII. Shakefpeare's Jefts, or the Jubilee Jefter : being SHAKESPEARIANA. 85 the moft curious Colle^lion of Funny Jokes, Merry Stories, Droll Adventures, Frolickfome Tales, Witty Quibbles, Youthful Pranks, Smart Repartees, Double Entendres, Wife Sayings, Witty Jefts, Anecdotes, Waggeries, Whims, Humbugs, Puns, Bon Mots and Laughable Tricks that ever were offered to the Public in this Kingdom. 8vo. n. d. Of great rarity, efpecially in a fine ftate with the curious frontifpiece, as in this copy. The tales here told of Shakefpeare are of courfe rank forgeries, and perhaps the following examples will fuffice, — A gentleman being choaked with a honeycomb, his friends began to bemoan him. Why make you fuch lamentation, faid Shakefpear, never man had a fweeter death. A country gentleman once telling Shakefpear he was furprized there was fo many pickpockets in London, feeing there was a watch at every corner. Pough, replies Shakefpear, they are as glad of a watch as any elfe. . Shakefpear being at church when a dry empty fellow preached moft of his auditors out of the church, faid he made a very moving fermon. Shakefpear being with a fet of merry companions over a chearful bowl, when different toafts were going round, a gentleman whofe name was Brown toafted an abfent lady, which he had often done for 86 SHAKESPEARIANA. many years, tho he never had the courage to fpeak to her. Our wag, who fat next him, faid, I believe, fir, you have toafled that lady thefe feven years at leaft, and it's furprizing fhe is not brozmi yet. Shakefpear being in company with fome gentle- men and ladies who were playing at comparifon, an agreeable young lady was likened to a repeater. She appealed to Shakefpear for the propriety of the refemblance. Madam, fays he, I find a very great difference ; a repeater makes us remember the hours, but you make us forget them. Shakefpear having brought his friend down into his cellar, his friend obferving there was no feat to fit upon, afked him the reafon of it : becaufe, reply'd Shakefpear, I will have no man that comes here drink any longer than he can ftand. Shakefpear being told by a gentleman that players v/ere idle fellows ; you are mifhaken, fays our wag, for their whole life is full of a6tion. A pert coxcomb in company with Shakefpear, rifing from his chair, faid faucily, know, Mr. Wag, I fet up for a wit. Oh, do you fo, fays Shakefpear, then take my advice and fit down again. XXXVIII. An Effay on the Writings and Genius of Shake- pear, compared with the Greek and French Dra- SHAKESPEARIANA. 87 matic Poets. i2mo. Dtiblin, 1769. A fcarce edi- tion. XXXIX. An original token of the Falcon Inn, opposite Shakespeare's residence of New Place, Strat- FORD-ON-AvoN, 1 688. In an elegant oaken ca/ket made of the wood of Shakefpeare s barn. This is the original token iffued by Jofeph Phil- lips in 1668, having the figure of the Falcon on one fide. It is engraved in Halliwell's Hiftory of New Place, p. 88. This interefting relic is of the higheft degree of rarity, only one other fpecimen, that pre- fcrved in the Shakefpeare Mufeum at Stratford-on- Avon, being known to exift. XL. A nine-men's morris board, elegantly carved in oak from the wood of Shakefpeare's barn. The game of nine men's morris, alluded to by Shakefpeare, is ftill played in Warwickfhire, but on a board inftead of the turf See a defcription of the game in the variorum edition of Shakefpeare, ed. 1821, V. 213-214. XLI. The Mulberry Tree. A piece of the mulberry-tree planted by Shake- fpeare in the gardens at New Place, extremely inte- 88 SHAKESPEARTANA. refting as fhowing part of the bark in its pure ftate. Nearly all the relics fliown as belonging to this celebrated tree are fpurious, but the prefent one is perhaps better authenticated than almoll any other, with the exception of courfe of the box prefented by the Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon to Garrick, nowpreferved in the Britifh Mufeum. It is, I think, of equal authenticity, and of greater interefl than any now in private hands. As a relic, it appears to me to be of higher value in the prefent ftate than if it were cut up and made into a box. It is accom- panied by the following certificates, — {a) This is to certify that this piece of mulberry wood, which I herewith have the pleafure of pre- fenting to you, is part of the antient tree which lately grew at New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, where W"' Shakefpeare the poet lived and died, and which from the beft traditional authority was planted by Shakefpeare's own hand. W'"' Hunt, Proprietor of Nezv Place, and Town Clerk of Strat- ford-7ipon-Avo7i. This memorandum is written on a card attached to the relic. {b) W. Hunt, Efq., who prefented this piece of mulberry tree planted by the poet, W. Shakefpeare, to Mr. Penn, his head and confidential clerk, was Town Clerk, and grandfather to the prefent Clerk SHAKESPEARIANA. 89 of the Peace, W. O. Hunt, Efq. Mr. Penn would have rather parted with his Hfe than this wood, fo well authenticated. He was a moft ardent admirer of the works of Shakefpeare. Written on the wood. [c) Purchafed from the widow of Mr. Penn by S. Gwinnett at her houfe in Scholars Lane, Stratford- on-Avon, April, 1841. This wood grew in New Place, and was the property of the donor of this wood. Written on the zuood. (d) S. Gwinnett was honorary fecretary of the Royal Shakefpeare Club from about its commence- ment till 1830. Mr. Gwinnett, from whom it was lately purchafed, is a gentleman of acknowledged honour and integ- rity, and, as the handwriting on the card has been fhown to the grandfon of the original poffeffor, and its genuinenefs admitted, there cannot be any proba- bility of deception in the genealogy of the relic. The following extraft, however, from a letter of W. O. Hunt, Efq., written in April, 1863, from Strat- ford-on-Avon, will place the matter further beyond doubt, — "Mr. Ward was, I have no doubt, quite corre6l in ftating that the father of Mr. Thomas Hunt was a purchafer of a confiderable portion of the mulberry tree. The faid Thomas was, as I fuppofe you are aware, my F'ather, and I have heard him and feveral N 90 SHAKESPEARIANA. members of the family fay that my grandfather pof- feffed himfelf of a large portion of the tree. I be- lieve a man of the name of Geo. Willes, who was in his employ afterwards, helped to cut it down. There was a very large block of it at one time, fo that a perfon could fit on it. I imagine at my grandfather's death it was cut up and divided amongfh the family, for I know my uncle, who was Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, had a block of it which he prefented to Trinity Library. Two aunts of mine had alfo a block each, and I men- tioned to you that the piece in Mr. Gwinnett's pof- feffion was given by my grandfather to W. Penn, his head clerk, upon which my grandfather certifies in his own handwriting the genuinenefs of the wood. I think Mr. Gwinnett told me that he purchafed this of Mr. Penn's reprefentatives, who were very loath to part with it." XLII. A volume of fcraps collected by W. H. Ireland, lettered, " Shakfperian Mifcellanies by Ireland," containing amongft others the following articles, — (a) Anglo-Saxon Alphabet and Poetry, with a note by W. H. Ireland. (J)) A draft letter from the younger Ireland, ''written at Mr. Wallif-s," dated January the 31 ft. SHAKESPEARIANA. 9 1 1797. An interefting letter refpe6ling his pamphlet, which his father Is defirous that he fhould retra6l. {c) A cancelled preface to '' An Account of the Manufcrlpts attributed to Shakefpeare." The fol- lowing note by W. H. Ireland at the end, — *' copied from the original in my handwriting now deftroyed. Previous to my publication of the Confeffions, I had intended to feal up an account of the fabrication of the manufcrlpts, with the foregoing lines as an in- trodu6lion, to any perfon after me who Ihould hap- pen to poffefs the papers." {d) An inedited paper by W. H. Ireland which " was to have accompanied the foregoing introduc- tion." {e) A variety of fcraps, in manufcript and print, collefted by W. H. Ireland. [/) A fancy portrait of Shakefpeare, Weftal del. [g) " My Mother's arms, drawn by Mr. S. Ire- land." [k) An Ode to the Memory of Shakefpeare, by W. Havard, comedian of Drury Lane Theatre. (/) A Dutch play-bill of the Tragedy of Hamlet, a6led in Holland, September 12th, 1789. The fol- lowing memorandum accompanies this curious relic, — "when Mr. S. Ireland was at Amfterdam, pre- vious to his publication of his Tour through Holland, he went to the Theatre, and there faw performed 92 SHAKESPEARIANA. the tragedy of Hamlet in choice Dutch, the annexed being the bill of that evening. — W. H. I." XLIII. A Declaration of the Praftices and Treafons at- tempted and committed by Robert late Earle of Effex and his Complices againft her Maiefhie and her Kingdoms, and of the proceedings as well at the Arraignments and Conui6lions of the faid late Earle and his adherents, as after : Together with the very Confeffions and other parts of the Euidences themfelves word for word taken out of the Originals. 4to. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Queenes mofl excellent Maieftie. Anno 1 60 1. *^* This is one of Ireland's pfeudo-Shakfperian books, in the original green binding. There are no manufcript notes, but the forged fignature of W"^ Shakfpeare is on the title-page. XLIV. A Difcourfe of the Felicitie of Man, or his Sum- mum Bonum. Written by Sir Edward Barckley knight. 4to. London, Printed for William Ponfonby, 1598. *^* A fine copy of the firft edition of this curious SHAKESPEARIANA. 93 book, which contains, at pp. 24, 25, the Story of the Indu6lion to the Taming of the Shrew. XLV. Annotations on Plays of Shakfpear. 8vo. York, 1 8 10. This tra6l was privately printed, and is of very unufual occurrence. XLVI. The A6lors Vindication, containing three brief Treatifes, viz., — i. Their Antiquity. — 11. Their an- tient Dignity. — iii. The true Ufe of their Quality. Written by Thomas Hey wood. 4to. London, Printed by G. E. for W. C, n. d. *^* This curious little volume contains feveral notices of the original adiors In the plays of Shake- fpeare, and at p. 42 a curious ftory of an Incident fimilar to that introduced into the play-fcene in Hamlet. XLVII. St. Hillaire's Teares fhed upon all Profeffions from the Judge to the Petty Fogger. From the fpruce Dames of the Exchange to the durty walking Fifhmongers. From the Coven-Garden Lady of Inlquitie to the Turnebal-Jlreete Trull, and indeed from the Tower-ftaires to Weftminifler Ferry. 4to., 1642. 94 SHAKESPEARIANA. XLVIII. Rex Platonicus, five de Potentlffimi Principis Jacobi Britannlarum regis, ad illuflrlffimam Acade- miam Oxonienfum adventu, Aug. 27, anno 1605, narratlo. 4to. Oxonlse, 1607. Firfh edition. See the flory of Macbeth at p. 18, which, according to fome, fuggefted the fcene of the witches to Shakefpeare. XLIX. The Battell of Alcazar, fovght in Barbarie be- tweene Sebaftian king of Portugall, and Abdelmelec king of Marocco. With the death of Captaine Stukeley. As it was fundrie times plaid by the Lord high Admirall his feruants. 4to. Imprinted at London by Edward Allde for Richard Bankworth, and are to be folde at his fhoppe in Pauls Churchyard at the figne of the Sunne. 1594. *^* This rare play is burlefqued by Piftol in the Second Part of Henry the Fourth, — '' Then, feed and be fat, my fair Calipolis." Politique Difcourfes, treating of the differences and inequalities of Vocations, as well Publique as Priuate, with the fcopes or endes wherevnto they SIIAKESPEARIANA. 95 are clire6led. Tranflated out of French by Agre- mont Ratcliffe, efquire. 4to. Imprinted at London for Edward Aggas. 1578. *^* It was Dr. Farmer's opinion that Shake- fpeare alludes to this work in the Firft Part of King Henry the Fourth. See Hunter's New Illus- trations, vol. ii, p. 48. LI. Watfon's Paffionate Centurie of Love, black- letter, made up with MS. by George Steevens, who has added at the end interefting copies of poems tranfcribed from a colle6lion of ancient Englifh poetry in the poffeffion of Samuel Lyfons. 4to. Steevens pronounced Watfon a more elegant fon- neteer than Shakefpeare, — a rafh judgement, al- though thefe early Englifh fonnets illuftrate thofe of the great poet. Amongft the manufcript poems at the end is one printed in Shakefpeare's Paffionate Pilgrim. This volume fold for 5/. los. at Steevens' fale in 1800. LII. The Englifh Opera ; or the Vocal Mufick in Pfyche, with the Inftrumental therein Intermix'd. To which is adjoyned ^/ze hijlritrnental Mujick in the Tenipejl. By Matthew Lock, Compofer in Or- 96 SHAKESPEARIANA. dinary to His Majefly, and Organifl to the Queen. 4to. London, 1675. Very rare. LIII. The Firft Booke of Songs or Ayres of foil re parts, with Tablature for the Lute, So Made that all the parts together, or either of them feverally, may be fung to the Lute, Orpherian, or Viol de Gambo. Compofed by John Dowland, Lutenift and Bacheler of Mufick in both the Univerfities. Alfo an invention by the faid Author for two to play upon one Lute. Fol. Imprinted at London by Humfrey Lownes, dwelling on Bredftreet-hill, at the figne of the Starre. 1613. '' A peculiar intereft attaches to one of the pieces in this book, My thoughts are wingd with hopes, on account of the initials W. S. being appended to it in a manufcript of the time preferved in the Ham- burgh City Library, and looking at the chara6ler and language of the piece, it is not impoffible that it was the work of our great dramatift, to whom it has been affigned by fome continental critics." — Collier. Dowland, the author of this work, is alluded to in Shake{peare's Paffionate Pilgrim. SHAKESPEARIANA. 97 I.IV. The Antiquities of Warwickfhire Illuflrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manufcripts, Charters, Evi- dences, Tombes, and Armes ; beautified with Maps, Profpe6ls and Portrai6lures. By William Dugdale. Folio. London, 1656. The original edition, of great Shakfperian interefh on account of its poffeffmg the earlieft known repre- fentation of Shakefpeare's monument at Stratford- on-Avon. See p. 520. LV. Willobie his Avifa, or the True Pi6lure of a modeft Maide, and of a chaft and conftant wife. Whereunto is added an Apologie fhewing the true meaning of Willobie his Auifa : With the vi6lorie of Englifh Chaftitie, neuer before publifhed. The fourth time corre61:ed and augmented. 4to. Imprinted at London by lohn Windet. 1605. I^ woodcut border. *^* All editions of this interefting Shakfperian volume are of great rarity. Of the prefent one only one other copy is known. This copy is on the whole a fine one, but it has two or three leaves in facfimile. Willobie himfelf does not mention Shake- fpeare, but the following lines occur in fome com- mendatory verfes written by a perfon who ftyles o 98 SHAKESPEARIANA. himfelf Hexametron, '* In prayfe of Willoby his Auifa, Hexametron to the Author, — " Though CoUatine haue dearly bought, To high renowne a lading life. And found, that mofb in vaine haue fought. To haue a faire and conftant wife. Yet Tarquine pluckt his glifbring grape, And Shake-fpeare paintes poor Lucrece rape. The fubje6l of the work is the attempted feduc- tion by various perfons of one Avifa, both in her virgin and married flate, and her fuccefsful rejeftion of them. The author thus commences an account of his own fubje6lion to her charms, — " Hen. Will, being fodainly infefted with the contagion of a fan- tafhicall fitte at the firfh fight of A, pyneth awhile in fecret griefe ; at length, not able any longer to in- dure the burning heat of fo fervent a humor, be- wrayeth the fecrecie of his difeafe unto his familiar friend W. S., who not long before had tryed the curtefie of the like paffion, and was now newly re- covered of the like infedlions ; yet finding his friend let bloud in the fame veine, he tooke pleafure for a time to fee him bleed, and in fteed of flopping the iffue, he inlarged the wound with the fharpe rafor of a willing conceit, perfwading him that he thought it a matter very eafy to be compaffed, and no doubt, SHAKESPEARIANA. 99 with paine, diligence and fome coft, in time to be obtained." It would be pleafing to believe that the W. S. of this paffage flood for the name of the great poet, but there is no probability that fuch was the cafe. There is an additional chapter by Darrell, dated at Oxford, 30th of June, 1596, in which he fpeaks of Willobie as then lately deceafed, and in the courfe of which he afferts that, — '' This poeticall fi6lion was penned by the author at leaft for thirty and five yeares fithence, as it will be proved, and lay in waft papers in his ftudie, as many other prettie things did of his devifing, and fo might have continued ftill, as his Su/anna yet doth, had not I, contrarie to his knowledge, with paine colle6led it ; and, in con- fideration of the good ende to which it was dire^led, publifhed it." This brings the date of the compofi- tion of the Avifa to fomewhere about the year 1561. LVI. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, compared together by that grave learned Philofopher and Hiftoriographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea. Tranf- lated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot, Abbot of Bellozane, Bifhop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie Counfell, and great Amner of France. With the Hues of Hannibal and of Scipio African : lOO SHAKESPEARIANA. tranflated out of Latine into French by Charles de I'Efclufe, and out of French into EngUfh by Sir Thomas North, Knight. Folio. Imprinted at Lon- don by Richard Feld for Thomas Wight. 1603. This is one of the few books v/e pofitively know was read by Shakefpeare. It is termed by Warton the great poet's " florehoufe of learned hiflory." The prefent edition is of exceffive rarity, and unno- ticed by bibliographers. LVII. Original Manufcript Poems by and in the Auto- graph of W. H. Ireland. In quarto. LVIII. Shaksperian Gatherings, a quarto volume con- taining, amongft numerous other fcraps, (a) medal- lion portrait of Shakefpeare engraved by Van der Gucht, {b) Knight's view of Windfor Caftle, {c) en- gravings (fome few fcarce) of Shakefpeare's birth- place, {d) Shakfperian cuttings from the newfpapers of the year 1791, (e) autograph letter of the Duke Gonzaga, 1530, {f) broadfide about a rhinoceros, 1756, {g) proof of the engraving of Shakefpeare's chair, (h) portrait of W. H. Ireland, faid to be the only finiflied proof taken off on India paper, {i) various curious papers from Ireland's colleftions, SHAKESPEARIANA. lOI (k) James Bofwell at the Shakefpeare Jubilee in 1769, &c. LIX. An Arrangement of Shakfpere's Plays, made by J. Newton, Efq., May, 1795. 8vo. Privately printed, and not named in any lift of Shakfperiana. LX. Familiar Verfes from the Ghoft of Willy Shake- fpeare to Sammy Ireland. 8vo. 1796. LXI. Ode to the Genius of Shakefpear, from fome work, not noted, of the laft century. 8vo. Embellifhed with a fmall copper-plate engraving by A. Walker. LXII. Timon of Athens, from the third folio edition of 1663, with a curious manufcript lift of the a6lors who performed in fome revival of the play in the latter part of the feventeenth century. Folio. LXIII. A Poem on Shakefpeare in modern Greek, printed in the year 1864. Folio, LXIV. The Tragedies of the laft Age confider d and I02 SHAKESPEARIANA. examin'd by the Pra6lice of the Ancients, and by the common fenfe of all Ages. In a letter to Fleetwood Shepheard, Efq. By Thomas Rymer of Gray's Inn, efquire. i2mo. 1678. LXV. A Short View of Tragedy, its Original Excel- lency and Corruption. With fome Reflexions on Shakefpear, and other Pra6litioners for the Stage. By Mr. Rymer, Servant to their Majeflies. i2mo. 1693. *^* The chapter on the tragedy of Othello is, perhaps, the moft Angular and curious piece of Shakefpearian criticifm which ever appeared. "In the neighing of an horfe, or in the growling of a maftiff," obferves Rymer, '' there is a meaning, there is as lively expreffion, and, may I fay, more huma- nity than many times in the tragicall flights of Shake- fpear." In another place, after quoting Shakefpeare, he adds, — '' there is not a monky but underftands Nature better ; not a pug in Barbary that has not a truer tafte of things." Of Defdemona's language he fays, — *' no woman bred out of a pig-ftye cou'd talk fo meanly ;" and he thus concludes, — " There is in this play fome burleflc, fome humour, and ramble of comical wit, fome fhew and fome mimickry to divert the fpeftators ; but the tragicall part is plainly SHAKESPEARIAN A. IO3 none other than a bloody farce without fait or favour." LXVI. An original Final Concord respecting the Estates of Shakespeare at Stratford-on-Avon, 1650. Bound In folio. LXVII. The Hiftory of King Lear : a Tragedy as It Is now A6led at the King's Theatre. Revlv'd with Alterations. By N. Tate. 8vo, Lond. 1729. An edition unnoticed by bibliographers. LXVIII. Le Tredeci Placevollffime NottI dl M. Gio. Franceco Straparola da Carauaggio. 1 2 mo. Venet. 1608. *^* A portion of the plot of the Merry Wives of WIndfor is contained in this work. LXIX. Early Notices of Shakefpeare from the Wits Com- monwealth of Francis Meres. i2mo. LXX. K. Henry IV. with the Humours of Sir John Falftaff. A Tragi-Comedy. Written by Mr. W. I04 SHAKESPEARIANA. Shakefpear. i2mo. London, Printed in the year 1 710. Very fcarce. LXXI. Julius Csefar, a Tragedy, as it is now Afted by his Majefly's Servants. Written by William Shake- fpeare. 8vo. London, 1729. LXXII. The Tragical Hiflory of King Richard IIL, as it is A6led at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane. Al- ter'd by Mr. Gibber. 8vo. London, 1737. LXXIII. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A Tragedy. By Mr. William Shakefpeare. 8vo. London, 1734. LXXIV. Hiftorical and Defcriptive Account of the Birth- place of Shakfpeare, by R. B. Wheler. With litho- graphic Illuflrations by C. F. Green. 8vo. Strat- ford-upon-Avon, 1824. LXXV. Dialogues of the Living and the Dead, in Imita- tion of Lucian and the French. The feventh Dia- SHAKESPEARIANA. IO5 logue is between Shakefpear and Lee. 8vo. Lon- don, Printed in the year 1701. *^* A fine copy of one of the fcarceft tra6ls in the whole range of Shakfpeariana. LXXVI. The Tempefl. An Opera taken from Shake- fpear. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. The Songs from Shakefpear, Dry- den, &c. The Mufic compofed by Mr. Smith. 8vo. London, 1756. LXXVII. A BLACK-LETTER PROCLAMATION RESPECTING THE Fire at Stratford-on-Avon, 1616. Of exceffive rarity. Folio. James by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all and fmgular Archbifhops, Bifhops, Archdeacons, deanes, and their Officials Parfons, Vicars, Curats, and to all fpirituall perfons : And alfo to all Juftices of Peace, Maiors, Sheriffes, Bayliffes, Conftables, Churchwardens and Headboroughes : And to all officers of Citties, Boroughes, and Townes corporate : And to all other our Officers, Minifters, and Subje6ls whatfoever they bee, afwell within Liberties, as without, to whom thefe prefents fliall p I06 SHAKESPKARIANA. come, greeting. Whereas we are credibly certified by a Certificate under the hands of our trufty and wellbeloved fubje61s Sir Fulke Grevill Knight, Chancellor of our Exchequer, Sir Thomas Leigh, fir Edward Devereux, and Sir Thomas Holt Knicrhts and Baronets, fir Edward Grevill, fir Clement Fiflier, Sir Clement Throgmorton, Sir Richard Verney, Sir Thomas Lucy, Sir Henry Dymocke, Sir William Somervill, fir Thomas Beawfon, and Sir Henry Rainsford Knights, Thomas Spencer, Edward Boughton, Bartholomew Hales, John Reffington, William Combe, and William Barnes Efquires, Juflices of the Peace within our Counties of War- wick and Glocefter : That upon Saterday the nynth day of July in the yeare of our Lord God, One thoufand fixe hundred and fourteene, there hap- pened a fodaine and terrible Fire within our Towne of Stratford upon Avon within our County of War- wicke, which within the fpace of leffe then two howres confumed and burnt fifty and fower dwelling houfes, many of them being very faire houfes, be- fides barnes, ftables, and other howfes of Office, to- gether alfo with great ftore of corne, hay, ftraw, wood and timber therein. Amounting in all to the value of eight Thowfand pounds and upwards. The force of which fier was fo great (the wind fitting full upon the Towne) that it difperfed into fo many SHAKESPEARIANA. IO7 places thereof, whereby the whole Towne was in very great danger to have beene utterly confumed and burnt ; by reafon whereof, and of two feverall fiers happening in the faid Towne within thefe Twenty yeares, to the loffe of twenty thoufand pounds more, not onely our faid poore fubje6ls who have now fuflained this great loffe, are utterly un- doone and like to perifh, but alfo the refl: of the Towne is in great hazard to be overthrowne and undone, the Inhabitants there beeing no waies able to relieve their diftreffed neighbors in this their great want and mifery. And whereas the faid Towne hath been a great Market Towne whereunto great recourfe of people was made by reafon of the weekely market, faires, and other frequent meetings, which were there holden and appointed, and now being thus ruinated and decayed, it is in great hazard to bee utterly overthrowne, if either the refort thither be negle6led, or courfe of travellers diverted, which for want of fpeedy reparation may bee occafioned. And forafmuch as our fayd diilreffed fubje6ls the Inhabitants of the faid Towne are very ready and willing to the uttermoft of their powers to reedifie and new build the fay Towne againe, Yet finding the performance thereof far beyond their ability, they have made their humble fuite unto us, that we would be pleafed to provide fome convenient meanes 108 SHAKESPEARIANA. that the faid Towne may be again reedlfied and re- payred as well for the reliefe of the diftreffed people within the fame as alfo for the reftoring and conti- nuing of the fayd Market, and have humbly befought us to commend the fame good and laudable deed and the charitable furtherance thereof, to the bene- volence of all our loving fubje6ls, not doubting but that all good and wel-difpofed Chriftians will for common charity and love to their country and the rather for our commendation hereof, be ready with all willingnes to extend their charitable reliefe to- wards the comfort of fo many diftreffed people, and the fpeedy performing of fo good and charitable a worke. Know yee therefore, that wee (tendering the lamentable eftate and loffes of our fayd diftreffed Inhabitants, together with the humble fuit of all our forefaid Juftices, made unto us on their behalfes) Of our efpeciall Grace and princely compaffion have given and granted, and by thefe our Letters Patents doe give and graunt unto our forefaid trufty and welbeloved Subje61s, Sir Richard Verney, Sir Henry Rainsford, Knights, Bartholomew Hales Efquior, and the Bayliffe and Burgeffes of the fayd Towne of Stratford upon Avon, and to their Deputie and Deputies, the bearer or bearers hereof, full power, licence and authority, to afke gather, j-eceive, and SIIAKESPEARIANA. lOQ take the Almes and Charitable benevolence of all our loving Subje6ls whatfoever Inhabiting within our Counties of Yorke Lancafter, and the County Pala- tine and Bi(hopricke of Durham, Chefter, Denbigh, Flint, Montgomery, Pembroke, Brecknoch, Mon- mouth, and Hereford, with our Citties of Yorke, Chefter, and Hereford, with our Towne and County of Kingfton upon Hull : And in all other Cities, Townes, Corporate, priviledged places, parifhes, villages and in all other places whatfoever within our faid Counties, and not elfewhere, for and to- wards the new building, reedifying and eredling of the faid Towne of Stratford upon Avon, and the relieving of al fuch our poore diftreffed fubje61s, their wives and children, as have fuftained loffe and decay by the misfortune of the faid fire. Wherefore wee wil and command you, and every of you, that at fuch time and times as the fayd Sir Richard Verney, Sir Henry Rainsford, Bartholomew Hales, the Bayliffe and Burgeffes aforefaid or any of them, or their Deputie or Deputies, the bearer or bearers hereof, fhall come and repaire to any your Churches, Chappels, or other places to afke and receive the gratuitous and charitable benevolence of our faid fubjefts, quietly to permit and fuffer them fo to do, without any manner your lets, or contra- di6lions. And you the faid Parfons, Vicars, and I lO SHAKESrEARIANA. Curats, for the better flirring up of a charitable de- votion, deliberately to publifh and declare the Tenor of these our letters patents unto our faid Subje61s, Exhorting and perfwading them to extend their liberall contributions in fo good and charitable a deede. And you the Churchwardens of every Parifli where fuch Colle6lion is to be made as aforefaid to colle6l and gather the Almes and charitable bene- volence of all our loving Subjects, And what fliall be by you fo gathered to endorfe on the Backe fide heerof, and deliver the fame to the bearer or bearers heereof when as thereunto you fhall be required. Any Statute, Lawe, Ordinance, or provifion heerto- fore made to the contrary in any wife notwithftand- ing. In witneffe wherof, wee have caufed thefe our Letters to be made Patents for the fpace of One whole yeare next after the date heerof to endure. Witneffe ourfelfe at Weflminfler the eleaventh day of May in the fourteenth yeere of our Raigne of England, Fraunce and Ireland and of Scotland the nine and fortieth. God fave the King. Printed by Thomas Ptirfoot. LXVIII. The Hiftory and Fall of Caius Marius. A Tra- gedy, as it is A6led at the Theatre Royal. By Thomas Otway. 4to. London, Printed for R. SHAKESPEARIANA. I I I Bentley in Ruffel-Street, Covent Garden, 1692. Partially taken from Romeo and Juliet. LXXIX. An old Play-house copy of Othello, from the third foHo edition of 1663, with numerous erafures, notes for the ufe of the a6lors, &c. FoHo. The play itfelf is not quite complete. LXXX. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is now A6led by Her Majefty's Servants. By William Shakefpeare. 4to. London, Printed for Rich. Wellington at the Dolphin and Crown in Pauls Churchyard, and E. Rumball in Covent-Gar- den, 1703. LXXXL The Hiftory of King Richard the Second. Afted at the Theatre Royal, under the Name of the Sicilian Ufurper. With a Prefatory Epiftle in Vindication of the Author, occafion'd by the Prohibition of this Play on the Stage. By N. Tate. 4to. London, Printed for Richard Tonfon and Jacob Tonfon at Grays-Inn Gate, and at the Judges- Head in Chan- cery-Lane near Fleet-flreet, 1681. LXXXH. Bibliotheca Steevenfiana. A Catalogue of the 1 I 2 SHAKESPEARIANA. Curious and Valuable Library of George Steevens, Efq. 8vo. 1800. *^* The fale Catalogue of the Shakefpearian critic, whofe large and valuable colle6lion of early editions of Shakefpeare is here defcribed. LXXXIII. Illuftrations of Wafhington Irving's paper upon Stratford-on Avon, containing a portrait of Sally Gardiner, the houfe-maid at the Red-Horfe, the Sexton's cottage, the Parlour at the Red-Horfe, the Inn itfelf, and the poker or Geoffrey Crayon's fcep- tre. 4to. LXXXIV. Shakefpearian MIfcellanies, including autographs of W. H. Ireland, Alexander Chalmers, Dr. R. Farmer, Ifaac Reed, E. Malone, M. Lort, Capel Lofft, and F. Douce, with various Shakfperian cut- tings from old books, &c. 4to. LXXXV. All for Love : or the World well Loft. A Tra- gedy, as It is A6led at the Theatre-Royal, and Written in Imitation of Shakefpeare s Stile. By John Dryden, Servant to His Majefty. 4to. In the Savoy : Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Henry Her- SHAKESPEARIANA. I I 3 ringman, at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange. 1678. LXXXVI. The Tempeft, or the Enchanted Ifland. A Co- medy. As it is now Ailed at his Highnefs the Duke of York's Theatre. 4to. London, Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringnian at the Blew Anchor in the Lower-walk of the New-Exchange. 1670. LXXXVII. The Fairies. An Opera. Taken from a Mid- fummer Night's Dream, written by Shakefpear. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. 8vo. 1755. LXXXVIII. All for Love, or the World Well Loll. A Tra- gedy as it is A6led by His Majefhies Servants, and Written in Imitation of Shakefpeare's Stile. By Mr. Dryden. 4to. London, Printed by Tho. War- ren for Henry Herringman, and Sold by R. Bentley, J, Tonfon, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet, 1696. LXXXIX. The Hiftory of King Lear. A6led at the Duke's Theatre. Reviv'd with Alterations. By N. Tate. 4to. London, Printed for E. Flefher, and are to be Q 114 SHAKESPEARIANA. fold by R. Bentley and M. Magnes in Ruffel-ftreet near Covent-Garden. 1681. xc. The Tempefl, or the Enchanted I Hand. A Comedy. As it is now Afted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. 4to. London, Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New-Exchange. 1674. xci. An Account of the Incidents from which the Title and Part of the Story of Shakfpeare's Tem- pefl were derived ; and its true Date afcertained. By Edmond Malone. 8vo. 1808. With the Ap- pendix, *^* Privately printed, the impreffion of the work itfelf being limited to eighty copies, and, according to 'Lowndes, only twenty copies of the Appendix were printed. It is, indeed, of exceffive rarity when accompanied with the Appendix. The prefent copy was given by Malone to Philip Neve, and has his autograph notes on the fly-leaf. xcii. K. Henry IV. With the Humours of Sir John Falftaff. A Tragi-Comedy. As it is A6led at SHAKESPEARIANA. I T5 the Theatre in Little Lincohis-Inrt-Fields„ by His Majefly's Servants. Revived, with Alterations. Written Originally by Mr. Shakefpear. 4to. Lon- don, Printed for R. W. and Sold by John Deeve at Bernard's-Inn-Gate in Holborn, 1709. y;-: XCIII. Julius Csefar. A Tragedy, as it is now A6led at the Theatre Royal. Written by William Shake-' fpeare. 4to. London, Printed by H. H. Jun. for Hen. Heringman and R. Bentley in Ruffel-ftreet in Covent-Garden, and fold by Jofeph Knight and Francis Saunders at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange in the Strand. 1684. xciv. Remarks on the Tempeft : or an Attempt to ref- cue Shakefpear from the Many Errors falfely charged on him by his feveral Editors. To which is prefix'd, a fhort Account of the Story, Plot, Dif- pofition and Chronology of the Play, as a Plan for a new Edition of that Author. 8vo. London, 1750. *^* A beautiful copy, edges uncut, of a work of very confiderable rarity. xcv. A curious old play-house copy of the Tragedy of Il6 SHAKESPEARIANA. 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