A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare / Player, Poet, and Playmaker

by Frederick Gard Fleay

Transcriber's Note.

A [list] of the changes made can be found at the end of the book.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
PLAYER, POET, AND PLAYMAKER

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EDWARD ALLEYN.

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A CHRONICLE HISTORY
OF THE
LIFE AND WORK
OF
William Shakespeare
PLAYER, POET, AND PLAYMAKER

BY
FREDERICK GARD FLEAY

With Two Etched Illustrations.

LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.
1886

[All rights reserved]

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Dedication.

TO
THE SHAKESPEARE OF OUR DAYS,
ROBERT BROWNING,

A PERMITTED TRIBUTE
FROM
HIS EVER-DEVOTED LIEGEMAN,
FREDERICK GARD FLEAY.

To him, whose craft, so subtly terse,

(While lesser minds, for music's sake,

From single thoughts whole cantos make),

Includes a poem in a verse;—

To him, whose penetrative art,

With spheric knowledge only his,

Dissects by keen analysis

The wiliest secrets of the heart;—

To him, who rounds us perfect wholes,

Where wisdom, wit, and love combine;

Chief praise be this:—he wrote no line

That could cause pain in childlike souls.

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