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present and that of previous editions. The reader has been placed in possession of the old by the side of the new readings, and left to an unbiassed choice between them. The frequent recurrence of notes of this description rendered necessary the simple abbreviation of/, e. for former edition, the edition referred to being that of Collier, published in IS-ii, and almost universally received as the established text, until the discovery by the same editor of the celebrated copy of the folio of 1632. No other abbreviations occur in the notes, unless the mention of the first, or folio of 1623, as " the folio," be so regarded.
It may be proper to state that the notes, unless where otherwise expressed, refer to the word preceding the corresponding numbers in the text.
As an interesting illustration, a characteristic fac-simile of a portion of a page of the corrected folio, 1632, is appended. The head of the Poet, which forms the frontispiece, is a faithful copy of the engraving by Martin Droeshout, which is printed on the title-page of the folios, of 1623, and 1632, and upon which Ben Jonson wrote the celebrated ! lines testifying so decidedly to the faithfulness of the likeness — a stronger guarantee than any other portrait of the Dramatist can claim.
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New Yoek, Sejytt'mher, 1853.
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Char, fiail Yorkcand SonicrfcL brought rdcucjn^ We fhould havcfound a bloody day of this-
^4j?. Howthe yong whelpe of T'^^^/j^ raging wood. Did jlcfh hispuny-lword in Freacbmens blood.
Pne. Oiicc I encouiitrcd hiiTi,and thus 1 laid: Thou Maiden y oQth,be vam^uiiht by a Maide. But with a provdMajefticallbigb fcorne ^** '*^(5'^ *** Heanfwer'd thus : Y ong Tdlbot was jiot borne i^;*-^*^-*^ To bethcpillageoraGiglot Wciicb,^''/'^ /^^"'''^ He left tne proudly, as unworthy fight.
i?«r.Doubtleirehe would have made a noble Knight : See where helye^ inherced in the avmes ^ -j / ^ •
Of th e irnrfl UJ uudy NuriTer of his harmes . V^ 6(<r5^ Baft. Hew them to peeces, liack their bones alfunder, Whoie \\i^ was Englands glory,Ga]lia's wonder t
[hur. Oh no forbeare: For that which we have fled
Dnrinethelifejetasnot Wrong; it dead. /2 .^L ^ Enter iMcj. o-^^^hr.-^5>-
X*.Herald,condu<^ me to the Dolphins Tent, To j^now who hath Ofctain'd the glory oUhe day.
Char. On what fubmijTive meflageart thoufent?
Lncy. SubmiiTionDolphin^Tiyameere French word: We Englifh' Warno"!*^ wot not whatitroeanes. I come to know whaiPrifoners thou haft tane,- Ktid. to furvey the bodies ofthe dead.
Char. Forprifoners askft thou?HeJil our prifonis. But tell me> whom thou leeHsi)^ ^ ^'«'*^
Lhc. But Where's the great Alcide&of the field, VaUant Lord ^dhot'^x\t of Shrewsbury? Created for his rarefuccelTein Armes, Great EarIe6f;^^;-i/W,r«J^rydf<l?,and Vdim, Lord TaJkot o£Coodri^d.r\d. Vrch nfuidy Lo r d Strode o f ^Ucl(niere, Lor< Verdon o^&y^lton, Lord Cromwell o ^iVinj^ejU ld.LQi L fHrnivallof She0fild, The thrice viAorious lOrd Ol rdtidn6Hage, Knight of the Noble Order of S- Geor^e^ Worthy S. .4/i«(jtf^/,andthe golden Fleece, Great MarOiall to o ur King Benrj the fixt, Of all his Warres within the Realnie of Pranee.
Dedication
ro the most Noble and Incomparable Pail- of Brethren. William Earl of Pembroke, &c. Lord Chamberlain to
the King's most Excellent Majesty.
And Philip Earl of Montgomery, <fec. Gentleman of his Majesty's Bedchamber. Both Knights of the most
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