wherein one John Robinson dwelleth, situate, lying and being in the Blackfriars in London, near the Wardrobe; and all other my lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever; to have and to hold all and singular the said premises, with their appurtenances, unto the said Susanna Hall, for and during the term of her natural life; and, after her decease, to the first son of her body lawfully issuing; and to the heirs males of the body of the said first son lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, to the second son of her body lawfully issuing, and to the heirs males of the body of the said second son lawfully issuing; and for default of such heirs, to the third son of the body of the said Susanna lawfully issuing; and to the heirs males of the body of the said third son lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, the same so to be and remain to the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons of her body, lawfully issuing one after another, and to the heirs males of the bodies of the saidfourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons lawfully issuing, in such manner as it is before limited to be, and remain to the first, second, and third sons of her body, and to their heirs males; and for default of such issue, the said premises to be and remain to my said niece Hall, and the heirs males of her body lawfully issuing and for default of such issue, to my daughter Judith, and the heirs males of her body lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, to the right heirs of me the said William Shakespeare for ever. : Item, I give unto my wife my second-best bed, with the furniture. Item, I give and bequeath to my said daughter Judith, my broad silver-gilt bowl. All the rest of my goods, chattels, leases, plates, jewels, and household stuff whatsoever, after my debts and legacies paid, and my funeral expenses discharged, I give, devise, and bequeath to my son-in-law, John Hall, Gent., and my daughter Susanna, his wife, whom I ordain and make executors of this my last will and testament. And I do entreat and appoint the said Thomas Russell, Esq., and Francis Collins, Gent., to be overseers hereof. And do revoke all former wills, and publish this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto put my hand, the day and year first above written. By me, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Witness to the publishing hereof. FRA. COLLYNS, JULIUS SHAW, JOHN ROBINSON, HAMNET SADLER, ROBERT WHATTCOTT. Probatum fuit testamentum Suprascriptum apud London, Coram Magistro William Byrde, Legum Doctore, &c., vicesimo secundo die mensis Junii, Anno Domini 1616; juramento Johannis Hall, unius ex cui, &c., de bene, &c., jurat, reservata potestate, &c. Susanna Hall, alt. ex., &c., eam cum venerit, &c., petitur, &c. LIST OF IMPORTANT EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. FROM 1623 TO 1881. Earliest Editions. First Edition, folio.—“Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London. Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Edward Blount, 1623." Contains thirty-six plays, Pericles being omitted. Of seventeen of these there had been no previous editions, and no trustworthy edition of Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V. and 2 and 3 Henry VI. The dedication to "William Earle of Pembroke" and " Philip Earle of Montgomery" is signed "Iohn Heminge and Henry Condell." An exact fac-simile of this edition has been produced by the photo-zincographic process at Her Majesty's Ordnance Survey Office. 66 Second Edition, folio. —“Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. The second Impression. London. Printed by Thomas Coles, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Churchyard, 1632." Third Edition, folio. - -“Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. The third Impression. And unto this Impression is added seven Playes, never before printed in folio, viz.: Pericles Prince of Tyre. The London Prodigall. The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell. Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham. The Puritan Widow. A Yorkshire Tragedy. The Tragedy of Locrine. London. Printed for P. C., 1664." This appears to be a second issue of an edition printed for Philip Chetwinde in 1663, without the seven spurious plays. Fourth Edition, folio. -"Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. Unto which is added seven Plays, never before printed in folio, viz.: ut ante. The Fourth Edition. London. Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, R. Chiswell, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Paul's Church Yard, and in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1685." Modern Editions. 1709-10.- By Nicholas Rowe, the dramatist; 7 vols. 8vo. Tonson. Published by 1725.- By Alexander Pope, the poet; 6 vols. 4to. Published by Tonson. 1733.- By Lewis Theobald (Pope's "piddling Tibbald "); an excellent edition, with many valuable emendations; 7 vols. 8vo. Tonson. 1744-46.-By Sir Thomas Hanmer; contains several judicious corrections of the text; 6 vols. 4to. Oxford. 1747. By Bishop Warburton; very untrustworthy, and overloaded with a most fantastic display of inappropriate learning; 8 vols. 8vo. Knapton. 1753. By Dr. Hugh Blair, author of Sermons, On Rhetoric, &c.; 8 vols. 12mo. Published at Edinburgh. 1765.By Dr. Samuel Johnson; with a celebrated Critical Preface; 8 vols. 8vo. London: Tonson. 1767-68.- By Edward Capell; a good edition; 10 vols. crown 8vo. I. and R. Tonson. 1773. — By Dr. Samuel Johnson and George Steevens; 10 vols. 8vo. London. 1785. The 1733 edition reprinted, and revised by Isaac Reed; 10 vols. 8vo. 1793. London. Another edition of the above; 15 vols. 8vo. 1774. - By Bell; the stage edition; reprinted in 20 volumes, 1786. 1784. By Samuel Ayscough; 1 vol. royal 8vo. London: Stockdale. 1786-90.- By John Nichols; 7 vols. 12mo. London. 1786-94. By Rev. Joseph Rann; 6 vols. 8vo. Oxford. 1790. By Edmund Malone; 10 vols. in II, crown 8vo. London. 1802. - Boydell's edition, illustrated with 100 engravings after Westall, Hamilton, Smirke, Stothard, and other artists; 9 vols. atlas folio. 1805. By Alexander Chalmers, M. A.; 9 vols. 8vo. London. 1806. By Manley Wood, M. A.; 14 vols. 12mo. London. 1807-18. — The Family Shakespeare, by Thomas Bowdler, F. R. S.; an expurgated edition; 10 vols. royal 18mo. London: Longman. 1825. By Rev. William Harness, M. A.; 8 vols. London: Dove. 1826. By Samuel Weller Singer, F. S. A.; with a Life by Charles Symmons, 1838. — By Thomas Campbell, the poet; royal 8vo. London: Moxon. 1838-43.- By Charles Knight; known as the Pictorial Edition; 8 vols. imperial 8vo. London: C. Knight. 1839-43.By Barry Cornwall (Bryan Waller Procter), the poet; 3 vols. imperial Svo. London: Tyas. 1841-44. By J. Payne Collier; 8 vols. 8vo. London: Whittaker. 1844. By O. W. Peabody; 7 vols. 8vo. Boston, U. S. 1847. By Dr. G. C. Verplanck; 3 vols. royal 8vo. New York, U. S. -- By William Hazlitt; 4 vols. 12mo. London: Routledge. - 1851. 1851-53. By James Orchard Halliwell; 4 vols. imperial 8vo. London: Tallis. 1851-54. By Samuel Phelps; 2 vols. royal 8vo. London: Willoughby. 1852.The Lansdowne Edition; I vol. 8vo. London: White. 1852-57.- By Rev. H. N. Hudson; 11 vols. 12mo. Boston and Cambridge, U. S. 1853. By J. Payne Collier; the text regulated by the old copies and by the recently discovered folio of 1632, containing corrections by a supposed early emendator; I vol. imperial 8vo. London: Whittaker. This edition excited an almost interminable controversy. 1853-61. By J. O. Halliwell, F. R. S.; 15 vols. folio. London: Adlard. 1856. By W. W. Lloyd; 10 vols. 12mo. London Bell and Daldy. 1857. — By Rev. Alexander Dyce, M. A.; 6 vols. 8 vo. 1857-60.- By Richard Grant White; 12 vols. crown 8vo. London: Moxon. |