THE

PL AY S

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES.

WITH

THE CORRECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

VARIOUS COMMENTATORS.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

N O T E.S,

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON AND GEORGE STEEVENS.

THE FIFTH EDITION.

REVISED AND AUGMENTED

BY ISAAC REED,
WITH A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

ΤΗΣ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΗΝ, ΤΟΝ ΚΑΛΑΜOΝ ΑΠΟΒΡΕΧΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΝΟΥΝ.

Vet. Auct. apud. Suidam.

Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble Fabricks of other

Poets, passes without Injury by the Adamant of SHAKSPEARE.

Dr. Johnson's Preface.

MULTA DIES, VARIUSQUE LABOR MUTABILIS ÆVI

RETULIT IN MELIUS, MULTOS ALTERNA REVISENS

LUSIT, ET IN SOLIDO RURSUS FORTUNA LOCAVIT.

Virgil.

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VOL. I.

ADVERTISEMENT by Mr. Reed

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Advertisement by Mr. Steevens

Preface to Mr. Richardson's Proposals, &c.

Proposals by William Richardson

14

Supplement to Proposals

17

Advertisement by Mr. Steevens to Edition of

1793

Rowe's Life of Shakspeare, &c.

57

Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys, &c. 120

Baptisms, Marriages, &c.

132

Shakspeare's Coat of Arms

146

Shakspeare's Mortgage

149

Shakspeare's Will

154

Dedication by Hemings and Condell

163

Preface by ditto

166

by Pope

168

by Theobald

188

by Hanmer

222

by Warburton

226

by Johnson

Advertisement to 20 Plays, by Steevens 311

Preface by Capell

326

Advertisement by Steevens

396

Preface by M. Mason

417

Advertisement by Reed

Preface by Malone

424

245

421

VOL. II.

Dr. Farmer's Effay on the Learning of Shak-

speare

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Colman's Remarks on it

87

Ancient Translations from Claflick Authors:

92

Entries of Shakspeare's Plays on the Stationers'

Books

119

List of ancient Editions of Shakspeare's

Plays

139

List of modern Editions

148

List of ancient Editions of Shakspeare's

Poems

152

List of modern ditto

153

List of altered Plays from Shakspeare

156

List of detached Pieces of Criticism on Shak-

speare, his Editors, &c.

167

Commendatory Verses on Shakspeare

181

Malone's Attempt to ascertain the Order of

Shakspeare's Plays

222

Malone's Eslay on Ford's Pamphlet, &c. 374
Steevens's Remarks on it

408

VOL. III.

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351

Malone's historical Account of the English

Stage

Additions

Additions by Steevens

Further historical Account by Chalıners

Addenda by the same

404

VOL. IV.

TEMPEST.

Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.

MIDSUMMER Night's DREAM.

VOL. V.

MERRY Wives of WINDSOR.

TWELFTH Night.

VOL. VI.

Much ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

VOL. VII.

Love's LABOUR's Lost.

Merchant op VENICE.

VOL. VIII.

AS YOU LIKE IT.

All's WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

VOL. IX.

TAMING OF THE SHREW.

WINTER'S TALE.

VOL. X.

МАСВЕтн. .

KING JOHN.

VOL. XI.

KING RICHARD II.

KING HENRY IV. Part I.

VOL. XII.

KING HENRY IV. Part II.

KING HENRY V.