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A LIST OF SUCH

ANCIENT EDITIONS

1

O F

SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS,

AS HAVE HITHERTO BEEN MET WITH BY

HIS DIFFERENT EDITORS.

Those marked with Afterifks are in no former Tables; and those which are printed in the Italick character I have never feen.

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II.

III.

1. A Midfummer Night's Dream, William Shakspeare, 1600, Thomas Fisher.

2. Do. William Shakspeare, 1600, James Roberts.

1. Merry Wives of Windfor, William Shakspeare, 1602, T. C. for Arthur Johnson.

2. Do. William Shakspeare, 1619. for Do.

3. Do. William Shakspeare, 1630. T. H. for R. Meighen.

Much Ado about Nothing, William Shakspeare, 1600. V. S. for Andrew Wife and William Afpley.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

1. Merchant of Venice, William Shakspeare, 1600, J. R. for Thomas Heyes.

2. W. Shakspeare, 1600, J. Roberts. 3. Do. William Shakspeare, 1637, M. P. for Laurence Hayes.

4. Do. William Shakspeare, 1652, for William Leake.

1. Love's Labour's Loft,

William

Shakspeare, 1598, W. W. for
Cuthbert Burbey.

2. D°. William Shakspeare, 1631,
W. S. for John Smethwicke.

(1. Taming of the Shrew, 1607, V. S. for Nich. Ling."

4.

2. Do. Will. Shakspeare, 1631, W. S.
for John Smethwicke.

1. King Lear, William Shakspeare,
1608, for Nathaniel Butter.
2. Do. William Shakspeare, 1608,

for Do.

3. D. 1608, for D°.

4. D°. William Shakspeare, 1655, Jane Bell.

1. King John, 2 Parts, 1591, for Sampson Clarke.

2. Do. W. Sh. 1611, Valentine Simmes, for John Helme.

3. D. W. Shakfpeare, 1622, Aug. Matthewes, for T'homas Dewe."

4 This is the play on which Shakfpeare formed his own with the fame title.

Thefe three are only copies of the fpurious play.

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Simmes for Andrew Wife.

2. Richard II. William Shakspeare, 1508, Valentine Simmes for Andrew Wife.

3. Do. W. Shakspeare, 1608, W. W. for Matthew Law †

4. Do, William Shakspeare, 1615, for Matthew Law.

5. Do. William Shakspeare, 1634, John Norton.

1. Henry IV. First Part, 1598, P. S. for Andrew Wife.

2. D°. W. Shakspeare, 1599, S. S. for D°.

3. Do. 1604.

4. Do. 1608, for Matthew Law. †

5. Do. W. Shakspeare, 1613, W. W.

for Do.

6. Do. William Shakspeare, 1622, T. P. fold by Do.

7. D°. William Shakfpeare, 1632, John Norton, fold by William Sheares.

8. Do. William Shakspeare, 1639, John Norton, fold by Hugh Perry.

++King Richard II. and King Henry IV. 1608. ] Of each of thefe only one copy has been met with. They both belonged to the late Reverend John Bowle, and are now in my poffeffion. STEEVENS.

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XII. *

XIII. XIV.

XV.

XVI.

(1. Henry IV. Second Part, William Shakspeare, 1600, V. S. for Andrew Wife and William Afpley.

2. D°. 1600. Do.

3. D°. 1600. D°.

1. Henry V. 1600. Tho. Creede, for
T. Millington, and John Busby.
Do. 1602, Thomas Creede, for
Thomas Pavier.

2.

3. D°. 1608, for T. P.

1. Henry VI. William Shakspeare, 1600, Val. Simmes, for Tho. Millington.

2. Do. William Shakspeare, W. W. for T. Millington, 1600.

3. D. William Shakfpeare, T. P. 1. Richard III. 1597, Valentine Simmes, for Andrew Wife.

2. Do. William Shakspeare, 1598, Thomas Creede, for Do.

3. D. William Shakspeare, 1602,
Thomas Creede, for Do.

4. William Shakspeare, 1612, Tho.
Creede, fold by Matthew Lawe.
5. Do. William Shakspeare, 1622,
Thomas Purfoot, fold by D°.
6. Do. William Shakspeare, 1629,
John Norton, fold by Do.
7. Do. William Shakspeare, 1634,
John Norton.

Titus Andronicus, 1611, for Edward
White.

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XVIII. *

1. Troilus and Creffida, William Shakspeare, 1609, G. Eld, for R. Bonian and H. Whalley, with a Preface.

2. Do. 1609, for D°.

3. Do. no date, Do.

1. Romeo and Juliet, 1597, John Danter.

2. D°. 1599. Tho. Creede, for Cuth-
bert Burby.

3. D. 1609, for John Smethwicke.
4. D°. William Shakspeare, no date,
John Smethwicke.

5. Do. William Shakspeare, 1637,
R. Young, for D°.

1. Hamlet, William Shakspeare, J. R. for N. L. 1604.

2. D. William Shakspeare, 1605, I. R. for N. L.

3. Do. William Shakspeare, 1611, for XIX. * John Smethwicke.

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4. D°. William Shakspeare, no date,
W. S. for Do.

5. Do. William Shakspeare, 1637,
R. Young, for Do.
6. D. R. Bentley, 1695.

Othello, William Shakspeare, no date
Thomas Walkely.

2. Do. William Shakspeare, 1622,
N. O. for Thomas Walkely.
3. Do. William Shakspeare, 1630,
A. M. for Richard Hawkins.
4. Do. William Shakspeare, 1655,
for William Leake.

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