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The Plays of William Shakspeare (1); [historical and Critical Matter] the Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry Wives of Windsor
The Plays of William Shakspeare the Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor - 1 - historical and Critical Matter Author:William Shakespeare Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1811 Original Publisher: J. Nichols Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition ... more »of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SHAKSPEARE'S WILL, FROM THE ORIGINAL In the Office of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Vicesimo quinto die Martii,1 Anno Regni Domini nostri Jacobi mine Regis Anglia, §c. decimo quarto, et Scotia quadragesimo nono. Anno Domini 1616. TN the name of God, Amen. I William Shak- speare of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent. in lierfect health and memory (God be praised!) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following; that is to say: First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Judith, one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful English money, to be paid unto her in manner and form following ; that is to say, one hundred pounds 1 Our poet's will appears to have been drawn up in February, though not executed till the following month ; for February was first written, and afterwards struck out, and March written over it. in discharge of her marriage portion within one year after my decease, with consideration after the rate of two shillings in the pound for so long time as the same shall be unpaid unto her after my decease ; and the fifty pounds residue thereof, upon her surrendering of, or giving of such sufficient security as the overseers of this my will shall like of, to surrender or grant, all her estate and right that sh...« less