Shakespeare's

Centurie of Prayse.

Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse;

BEING

Materials for a History of Opinion
on Shakespeare and his Works,

Culled from Writers of the first Century
after his Rise.

Praestanti tibi maturos largimur honores,
Jurandasque tuum per nomen ponimus aras,
Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes.

Horat. Epist., lib. ii, ep. i, l. 73.

LONDON:

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Printed by JOSIAH ALLEN, of Birmingham, &published by TRÜBNER & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill.

1874.

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