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lowe. By a conveyance, dated 21st Dec, 11th Henry 

 VIII., we find that Robert Arden then became possessed 

 of houses and lands in Snitterfield, from Richard Rushby 

 and his wife : from Robert Arden the property descended 

 to his son, and it was part of this estate which was oc- 

 cupied by Richard Shakespeare in 1550. We have no 

 distinct evidence upon the point ; but if we suppose 

 that Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield to have been the 

 father of John Shakespeare of Stratford, who married 

 Marj' Arden, the youngest daughter of Robert Arden, it 

 will easily and naturally explain the manner in which 

 John Shakespeare became introduced to the family of the 

 Ardens, inasmuch as Richard Shakespeare, the father of 

 John, and the grandfather of William Shakespeare, was 

 one of the tenants of Robert Arden." 



Another new and curious fact is the poet Marston's con- 

 nexion with the Gunpowder Plot, as shown in the ac- 

 companying letter from him now first printed, and for 

 which Mr. Collier acknowledges his obligations to his 

 friend Mr. Peter Cunningham ; — 



« To the Right Honorable 

 the Lord Kimbolton these. 



" My Lord, 



" Though my owne miseries press me hard to solli- 

 cite j'our Honour's Compassion, yet you may be assured 

 how much I am unseduc't from my former temper, I shall 

 now disserue my selfe (though my Condicon be very 

 Calamitous) to serue your Honour, and y« Parliam', in a 

 matter of no meane Concernm'. The Errand I send this 

 paper on to your Lord'P is to offer to your Honour a dis- 

 couery of no meane Consequence, w'='» I beseech your 

 Honor not to slight before you know it ; for when you do, 

 I am sure you will not : to yf"^ purpose I humbly beg 

 that your Honor will send som such trusty and rationall 

 messinger to me, whose relacon to your Honour may be 

 heere vnknowne, and y* the same messinger may bring me 

 som assurance y' I shall be concealed in y« business : My 

 Lord, I hope you will not delay, for I cannot tell how 

 soone, it may be to late : For y" future I beseech j'our 

 Honor to esteeme me a most faythfull seruant to your 

 Honor and y« Parliam' from w«'i nothing shall ever diss- 

 oblige 



"Your most humble seruant, 



" John Marstoh. 



"From the Gate Howse 

 this present Monday." 



Finally, let us refer to the curious evidence of a William 

 Shakspeare in the hundred of Barlichway, in which hun- 

 dred Stratford is situated, being returned as under arms 

 and ready for service by Sir Fulk Greville, — and the very 

 probable speculation that it was the Poet, (for, on the 

 discovery of the plot, Shakspeare was in his native town,) 

 who had there actually enrolled himself in a body of 

 trained soldiers ready to be called upon, if necessary, for 

 the defence of the state. Have we not thus proved that 

 all who feel an interest in Shakespeare's biography — and 

 who does not? — are under great obligations to Mr. Col- 

 lier for his successful researches. This new edition of our 

 great dramatist will certainly add to Mr. Collier's repu- 

 tation as an Editor. 



The lovers of Early Art are indebted to Mr. Murray 

 for a little volume of considerable interest — Memoirs of 

 the Early Italian Painters, and of the Progress of Painting 

 in Italy. By Mrs. Jameson. New Edition, with numerous 

 Illustrations. It contains between twenty and thirty me- 

 moirs, viz. those of Giovanni Cimabue, Giotto, Lorenzo 

 Ghiberti, Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, and Angelico di Fie- 

 sole, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea Castagno, and Luca Sig- 

 norelli, Dominico del Ghirlandajo, Andrea Mantegna, 

 The Bellini, Pietro Perugino, II Francia, Fra Bartolomeo, 

 and II Frate, Ijconarda da Yinci, Michael Angelo, Andrea 



del Sarto, Raphael and his scholars, Correggio and Gior- 

 gione and their scholars, Parmigiano, Giorgione, Titian, 

 Tintoretto, Paul Veronese, and Jacopo Bassano. When 

 we add that these biographical and critical sketches are 

 illustrated with seventy admirable woodcuts, we have 

 said enough to show the value of this little volume as a 

 companion to every gallery which contains specimens of 

 these great Masters of their Art. 



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