[[25]] The italics in this and all the following quotations are my own.
[[26]] As I have said elsewhere, I do not contend that Shakespeare did not have a part and a large part in the production of the Shakespearean plays. My insistence is only that he was not the transcendent genius to whom we owe their wonderful and unrivalled poetry.
[[27]] Halliwell's Shakespeare, pp. 186, 187, 232, 241-245.
[[28]] Lee's Shakespeare, pp. 272, 273.
[[29]] Lee's Shakespeare, pp. 205, 206.
[[30]] Lee's Shakespeare, pp. 264-266.
[[31]] The different versions of those lines are printed in the appendix.
[[32]] Lee's Shakespeare, pp. 193-196.