In the first seat, in robe of various dies
A noble wildness flashing from his eyes,
Sat Shakspeare.-In one hand a wand he bore,
For mighty wonders fam'd in days of yore;
The other held a globe, which to his will
Obedient turn'd, and own'd a master's skill:
Things of the noblest kind his genius drew,
And look'd through nature at a single view:
A loose he gave to his unbounded soul,
And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll;
Call'd into being scenes unknown before,
And, passing nature's bounds, was something more.

Churchill's Rosciad.

C Ο Ν Τ Ε Ν Τ S.

VOL.

I.

I

64

89

94

159

ADVERTISEMENT.

i
Rowe's Life of Shakspeare, &c.
Anecdotes of Shakspeare from Oldys, &c.
Baptisms, Marriages, &c.

74
Shakspeare's Coat of Arms.

86
Shakspeare's Mortgage.
Shakspeare's Will.
Dedication by Hemings and Condell. 103
Preface by ditto.

105
by Pope.

107
by Theobald.

126
by Hanmer.
by Warburton.

163
by Johnson.

181
Advertisement to 20 Plays, by Steevens. 241
Preface by Capell.

255
Advertisement by Steevens.

323
Preface by M. Mason.

342
Advertisement by Reed.
Preface by Malone.

349
Entries of Shakspeare's Plays on the Stationers'
Books.

422
List of authentick ancient Editions of Shak-
speare's Plays.

440
List of modern Editions.

447

346

List of ancient Editions of Shakspeare's
Poems.

451 List of modern ditto.

452 List of altered Plays from Shakspeare. 454 List of detached Pieces of Criticism on Shak

speare, his Editors, &c. Malone's Attempt to ascertain the Order of Shakspeare's Plays.

472 Malone's Essay on Ford's Pamphlet, &c. 618 Steevens's Remarks on it.

612

462

I

84

Farmer's Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare.
Colman's Remarks on it.
Catalogue of ancient Translations from the

Greek and Roman Classicks, by Steevens. 89 Malone's historical Account of the English Stage.

114 Steevens's Additions.

495 Commendatory Verses.

495