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I. CTOCFCDALE's Edition of Shakfpeare : including, 

 *^ in one Volume, 8vo. the whole of his Dramatic 

 Works i with explanatory Notes, compiled from vari- 

 ous Commentators j to which are prefixed, his Life and 

 Will. 



" Nature her Pencil to his Hand commits, 



•' And then in all her Forms to this great Mafter fits." 



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ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. 



A New Edition of Shakfpeare, and an Edition of fo 

 lingular a form as the prefent, in which all his Plays are 

 comprehended in one Volume, will perhaps appear fur- 

 prifing to many Readers ; but, upon a little Refledtion, 

 their Surprife will, the Editor doubts not, be converted 

 into Approbation, 



Much as Shakfpeare has been read of late Years, and 

 largely as the Admiration and Study of him have been ex- 

 tended, there are ftill a numerous Clafs of Men to wliom 

 he is very imperfe(Stly known. Many of the middling 

 and lower Ranks of the Inhabitants of this Country are 

 either not acquainted with him at all, excepting by Name, 

 or have only feen a few of his Plays, which have acci- 

 dentally fallen in their Way. It is to fupply the Wants 

 of thefe Perfons that the prefent Edition is principally 

 undertaken j and it cannot fail of becoming to them a 

 perpetual Source of Entertainment and Inftruction. 



But the Inftru6iion that may be drawn from Shakfpeare 

 is equal to the Entertainment which his Writings afford* 

 He is the greatefl Mafter of Human Nature, and of Hu- 

 man Life, that perhaps ever exifted j fo that we cannot 

 perufe his Works without havingour Underftandings con- 

 fidcrably enlarged. To promote, therefore, the Know- 

 ledge of him is to contribute to general Improvement. 



Nor is the utility of the prefent Publication confined 

 to Perfons of the Rank already defcribed ; it will be found 

 ferviceable even to thofe whole Situation in Life hath en- 

 abled them to purchafe all the expenfive Editions of our 



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