purgation whatever, do in the holy prefence above fpecified, of my own free and voluntary accord, make and ordaine this my last spiritual will, teftament, confeffion, proteftation, and confeffion of faith, hopinge hereby to receive pardon for all my finnes and offences, and thereby to be made partaker of life everlafting, through the only merits of Jefus Chrift my faviour and redeemer, who took upon himself the likeness of man, fuffered death, and was crucified upon the croffe, for the redemption of finners. II. " Item, I John Shakspear doe by this prefent proteft, acknowledge, and confefs, that in my past life I have been a moft abominable and grievous finner, and therefore unworthy to be forgiven without a true and fincere repentance for the fame. But trufting in the manifold mercies of my bleffed Saviour and Redeemer, I am encouraged by relying on his facred word, to hope for falvation and be made partaker of his heavenly kingdom, as a member of the celestial company of angels, faints and martyrs, there to refide for ever and ever in the court of my God. III. "Item, I John Shakspear doe by this prefent proteft and declare, that as I am certain I muft paffe out of this tranfitory life into another that will laft to eternity, I do hereby most humbly implore and intreat my good and guardian angell to inftruct me in this my folemn preparation, proteftation, and confeflion of faith, at leait fpiritually," &c. The Emendations and Additions to the notes on the plays will be found in the Appendix at the end of Vol. X. CONTENTS VOL. I. PART I. REFACE. PREFACE Preface by Johnson. Advertisement by Steevens. Pag. I 50 Catalogue of the earliest Tranflations from the Greek and Roman Clafficks; by Steevens. Preface by Pope. 65 82 Dedication by Heminge and Condell to the Folio, 1623. Preface by the fame. 98 100 Rowe's Life of Shakspeare, augmented by Malone. 102 Anecdotes of Shakspeare, from Oldys's Mfs. &c. 156 Baptifms, Marriages, and Burials of the Shakspeare family; extracted from the Registers of Stratfordupon-Avon, by Malone. Shakspeare's Coat of Arms. 171 182 Shakspeare's Will, (from the original,) with notes by Malone. 185 Shakspeare's Mortgage. 192 Ancient and Modern Commendatory Verfes on Shak fpeare. 197 Lift of the most authentick ancient Editions of Shakspeare's Plays. 228 Lift of the modern Editions of his plays. 230 Lift of the most authentick ancient Editions of Shakspeare's Poems. Entries of Shakspeare's Plays and Poems in the Stationers' Registers; extracted by Steevens. 250 Effay on the Order of Time in which the Plays of Shakspeare were written;-by Malone. 261 Effay T Efay to prove that the account of a pretended Pamphlet entitled Old Ben's Light Heart made heavy by young John's Melancholy Lover, was fpurious, and that no fuch pamphlet ever was published;-by Malone. 387 VOL. I. PART II. An Hiftorical Account of the Rife and Progrefs of the English Stage; of the economy and ufages of our Ancient Theatres; and of the Original Actors in Shakspeare's Plays;-by Malone. Emendations and Additions. 284 KING HENRY VI. Part Firft. DISSERTATION on the Three Parts of KING HENRY VI. by Malone. 曬 DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. The head of Shakspeare to face the Title-page to Vol. I. Part I. The heads of Dr. Johnson, Dr. Farmer, &c. to face the first page of Dr. Johnfon's Preface. Shakspeare's Houfe, to face p. 116, Vol. I. Part I. The fac-fimile of the hand-writing of Shakspeare and the The fac-fimile of Shakspeare's hand-writing, with a label and feal, to face his Mortgage, i. e. p. 192, Vol. I. P. I. The head of Lowin to face p. 205 of Vol. I. Part II. The Morris-dancers, to be inferted in Vol. V. at the end of King Henry IV. Part I. and not Part II. as marked by mistake. The head of Lord Southampton to face the Title-page of Vol. X. |