Epistle dedicatory to the Duke of Grafton, signed and dated 'Essex
Court in the Temple Nov. 9^th'. 1766, altered to 1767 as in printed
edition. At the end of vol. vi is inserted a printed table as in
MS. 3. The date at which Capell began and ended each play is
entered, but these dates do not run consecutively through the
volumes as finally bound up. The earliest date is that to the
'Merry Wives of Windsor', begun Nov. 25, 1749, and ended Jan. 18,
1750; the latest that to the 'Taming of the Shrew', begun July 4,
1766 and ended Aug. 1 of the same year. Whether these dates refer
to the actual construction of the text or merely to the present
transcript is not clear, but they certainly bear some relation to
the latter as may be seen from the handwriting which gradually
grows larger, heavier, and less easy to read, though always
distinguished by copperplate regularity.
Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare, ... Volume the First. [Volume
the Second.] _London: Printed by &c._
Volume the Third. The School of Shakespeare: or, authentic Extracts from
divers English Books, that were in Print in that Author's Time;
evidently shewing from whence his several Fables were taken, and some
Parcel of his Dialogue: Also, further extracts, from the same or like
Books, which or contribute to a due Understanding of his Writings, or
give Light to the History of his Life, or to the dramatic History of his
Time. With a Preface, and an Index of Books extracted. _London: Printed
by &c._