1796-] 
«“ man, and fuch as eftablifhed, beyond 
© all doubt, his title to a confiderable 
‘ property ; deeds of which this genile- 
‘¢ man was as ignorant, as he was of his 
‘havirg in his poffeffion any of the 
«MSS. of Shakfpeare. In return for 
“ this fervice, added to the cenfideration 
“that the young man bore the fame 
“ name and arms with the perfon who 
« faved the life of Shakfpeare, this gen- 
“ tleman promifed him every thing rela- 
“tive to the prefent fubjeét, that had 
“been, or fhould be, found, either in 
“ town, or at his houfe in the country. 
« At this houfe, the principal part of the 
« papers, together with a great varicty 
“of books, containing his MS. notes, 
“ and three MS. plays, with part of an- 
“‘ other, were difcovered.” 
Here follows the enquiry. ‘ Who the 
«¢ gentleman is from whom thefe papers 
“have been obtained ?’’ To this Mr. 
' Jreland anfwers, that, ‘when he applied 
“to the original pcffeffor of the papers 
“for permiffion to print them, it was 
“not obtained but under the ftrongeft 
«‘injunétion that his name fhould not 
“ appear. This injunétion, has through- 
‘out all the flage of this bufinefs, been 
“ uniformly declared; and as this gen- 
“ tleman has dealt moft liberally with 
“the editor, he can confidently fay, that 
«in his turn, he has, with equal open- 
“nefs and candour, conduéied himfelf 
“towards the public, to whom, imme- 
“diately upon every communication 
“made, every thing has been fubmitted, 
“¢ without referve.”’ 
Mr. Ireland further informs the pub- 
lic, tnat (befides the play of Vortigern, 
now preparing for reprefentation at 
Drury-Lane theatre) another, and more 
interefting hiftorical play has been dif- 
covered amongft the other papers in the 
hand-writing of Shakfpeare; and that 
this will, in due time, be laid before the 
public. \ 2 
He likewife acquaints them, that * he 
is in poffeffion of a great part of Shak- 
“fpeare’s library, in which are many 
** books, with notes in his own hand, 
‘¢and thofe of a very curious nature. 
© Some of thefe he moft probably will 
<6 nen Eines . 
The following are the contents of tls 
volume: ¢ 

Fac-fimile of Shakfpeare’s Autograph. 
Fac-fimile of Queen Elizabeth’s Letter to 
him. ] 
Fac-fimile of four Mifcellaneous papers. 
Fac-fimile of a Letter to Anna Hatherewaye 
(whom Shakfpeare afterwards married) inclofing 
a lock of his hair, : 3 
: Herfebel s Telefcopes | 42 
J 
Fac-fimile of a copy of verfes to the feme. 
Fa -fimile of Shakipeare’s Letter to the Earl 
of South:mpton., 
Fac-fimile of the Eari’s Anfwer. 
Fac-fimile of Shakfpeare’s profeffion of his 
Fath. ’ if 
Fac-fimile of a Letter to Richard Cowley. 
Fac-fimile of a pen-drawing or {ketch of 
Shak{peare by himfelf, with his arms and 
creft, wth two fignatures of his name, 
Fac-fimile of the Reverfe, with his Initials, 
bc. 2 
A deed of gift to William Henry Ireland, 
with fac-fimiles of his fignature and feal. 
Fac-fimile of tributary limes to Ircland, with. 
the arms of Ireland and Shakfpeare linked 
together by a chain, fketched by himlelf. 
-Fac-fimile, a pen fketch of Ireland’s hou‘e in 
Blackfriars. 
Fac-fimile of the arms of Shakfpeare and 
Ireland. 
Fac-fimile of Shakfpeare in the characters of 
Baffanio and Shylock, whole iength tinted 
drawings. : 
Agreement with Lowine. 
Agreement with Condelle. 
Leafe to Michael Frafer and his wife. 
Deed of truft to John Heniynge. 
Tragedy of King Lear, with fac-fimiles. 
Fac-fimile of the frit page of Hamlet. 
Several controverfial pamphlets have 
already appeared, in which the affirmas 
tive and negative fide of the quefiton, re- 
lative to the authenticity of thefe re 
mains, are maintained; but the public 
expectation is particularly excited; by an 
announced work of Mr. Malone, which 
he entitles a Detection of the Forgerys 
and the appearance of which is-only de- 
layed by the time requifite for fmithing 
certain engravings. 
Meantime, the play of Vortgern is 
preparing for exhibition at the ‘Theatre 
Royal of Drury-Lane; and it cannot be 
doubted; that attack on one fide will 
be forcibly repelled by defence on the 
other. 
Se eee 
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY anno 
MATHEMATICS. 
Defcription of HERCHELS FORTY 
Foor REFLECTING TELESCOPE; 
delineated in the plate, and abridged 
from the laft Number of the Philofophicat 
Lranfadtions. 
oe Telefcope is placed: in .a fituation 
-due north and fouth, and the plate 
delineates the whole apparatus as feen 
by a perfon placed at a convenient dif- 
tance from it towards the fouth-weft. 
From this view the ftruéture is fuffie 
ciently underftood; and, with very little 
attention, the mode of painting this ime 
Ga menfe 
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