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SHAKESPEARE:

VOLUME the FIRST.

CONTAINING,

The TEMPEST.
The MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM,
The Two GENTLEMEN of VERONA.
The MERRY Wives of WINDSOR
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PRINCESS of WALES.

MADAM,

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