THE

DRAMATIC WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

FROM THE TEXT OF

JOHNSON, STEVENS, AND REED,

WITH

GLOSSARIAL NOTES, LIFE, ETC.

NEW EDITION,

BY WILLIAM HAZLITT, ESQ.

IN FOUR VOLUMES,

Engl, Zill,

VOLUME III.

LONDON:

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO. SOHO SQUARE.

590220-ÆNGL

PRINTED DY

COX (BROTHERS) AND WYMAN, GREAT QUEEN STREET,

The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England; but afterwards wholly in France.

Enter CHORUS.

O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend

The brightest heaven of invention !

A kingdom for a stage, princes to act,

And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!

Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,

Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels,

Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire,
Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,

VOL. III.

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