Again, Feb. 18. 1582. M. Tottell.] Romeo and Juletta. 7 Vol. B. P. 193 C. p. 12. b. Again, Aug. 5, 1596,-as a newe ballet, for Edward White. April 3, 1592. Edw. White.] The tragedie of Arden of April 18, 1593. Rich. Field.] A booke entitled Venus and Adonis." 7 This and the foregoing are perhaps the original work on which Shakspeare founded his play of Romeo and Juliet. STEEVENS. This play was reprinted in 1770 at Feverfham, with a preface attributing it to Shakfpeare. The collection of parallel paffages which the editor has brought forward to justify his fuppofition, is fuch as will make the reader fmile. The following is a fpecimen : Arden of Feversham, p. 74: 66 Fling down Endimion, and fnatch him up." Merchant of Venice, A&t V. fc. i: "Peace, ho! the moon fleeps with Endymion." Arden of Feverfham, p. 87: "Let my death make amends for all my fin." Much Ado about Nothing, A& IV. fc. ii: Death is the fairest cover for her fhame." STEEVENS. The laft ftanza of a poem entitled Mirrha the Mother of Adonis; or Luftes Prodegies, by William Barkited, 1607, has the following praife of Shakspeare's Venus and Adonis : "But ftay, my mufe, in thy own confines keepe, 66 Afterwards entered by Harrison, fen. June 23, 1594: by Symon Waterfon. ] A booke entitled the Feb. 6, 1593. John Danter.] A booke entitled a noble nicus. Entered alfo unto him by war-, rant from Mr. Woodcock, the ballad thereof. March 12, 1593. Tho. Millington.] A booke entituled the Firft Part of the Contention of the twoo famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the Deathe of the good Duke Humphrie, and the Banifhment and Deathe of the Duke of Yorke, and the tragical Ende of the proude Cardinall of Winchester, with the notable Rebellion of Jacke Cade, and the Duke of Yorke's firft Claime unto the Crown. 304 b. 305 b. I fuppofe this to be Daniel's tragedy of Cleopatra. Simon Waterfon was one of the printers of his other works. STEEVENS. Daniel's Cleopatra was published by Waterfon in 1594; this entry therefore undoubtedly related to it. MALONE. May 2, 1594. Peter Shorte.] A pleafaunt conceyted hyftorie called the Tayminge of a Shrowe." May 9, 1594. Mr. Harrison Sen. ] A booke entitled the Ravyfhment of Lucrece. May 12, 1594. Tho. Strode,] A booke entitled the famous taining the honorable Battell of Edw. White.] A booke entituled the famous of England and his three Daugh Edw. White.] A booke intituled a Winter Nyghts Paftime.' 306 b. 306 b. So6 b. 307 307 b. 2 I conceive it to be the play that furnished Shakspeare with the materials which he afterwards worked up into another with the fame title. STEEVENS. 3. This might have been the very displeasing play mentioned in the epilogue to the fecond part of King Henry IV. STEEVENS. The earliest edition of this play now known to be extant, was printed in 1598. Of that edition I have a copy. This piece furnished Shakspeare with the outline of the two parts of King Henry IV. as well as with that of King Henry V. 4 MALONE. I fuppofe this to be the play on the fame fubject as that of our author, but written before it. STEEVENS, Query, if the Winter's Tale. STEEVENS. June 19, 1594. Tho. Creede.] An enterlude entitled the Tragedie of Richard the Third, wherein is fhown the Death of Edward the Fourthe, with the Smotheringe of the twoo Princes in the Tower, with the lamentable End of Shore's Wife, and the Contention of the two Houfes of Lancafter and York," July 20, 1594. Tho. Creede.] The lamentable Tragedie of Locrine, the eldest Son of K. Brutus, difcourfinge the Warres of the Britains, &c. Before the beginning of this volume are placed two leaves containing irregular entries, prohibitions, notes, &c. Among these are the following. Aug. 4th. As You like it, a book. Comedy of Much Ado about Nothing. 3og b. 310 b. Vol. C. to be ftaied. 6 This could not have been the work of Shakspeare, as the death of Jane Shore makes no part of his drama. STEEVENS. 7 Probably the play before that of Shakspeare. STEEVENS. Surely this muft have been Shakspeare's Henry V. which, as well as Much Ado about Nothing, was printed in 1600, when this entry appears to have been made. See the Effay on the chronological order of Shakspeare's plays; article, As you like it. MALONE. B S The dates fcattered over these pages are from 1595 to 1615. Dec. 1, 1595. Cuthbert Burby,] A booke entituled Ed- Prince, their warres with King Edw. White.] A new ballad of Romeo and Juliett." Aug. 15, 1597. Rich. Jones.] Two ballads, being the first and fecond parts of the Widowe of Watling-ftrect.2 Aug. 29, 1597. Andrew Wife.] The tragedye of Richard the Seconde. Oct. 20, 1597. Andrew Wife.] The tragedie of King Richard the Third, with the Deathe of the Duke of Clarence. Feb. 25, 1597. Andrew Wife.] A booke entitled the Hif 6 12 b. 22 b. 23 25 3 This is afcribed to Shakspeare by the compilers of ancient catalogues. STELVENS. و 9 Query, if Shakspeare's play, the firft edition of which appeared in 1597. STEEVENS. 2 Perhaps the fongs on which the play with the fame title was founded. It may, however, be the play itself. It was not uncommon to divide one dramatick piece, though defigned for a fingle exhibition, into two parts. See the King John before that of Shakspeare. STLEVENS. |