. An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. and attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton: illustrated by fac-similes of the genuine hand-writing of that nobleman, and of Her Majesty; a new fac-simile of the hand-writing of Shakspeare, never before exhibited; and other authentic documents: in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont. VkSumiidM_ r-- ^^y,(a^ V^.tt. >. vVm c- <Vtl< *^7! / [ I ] this paper, her Majesty, probably after shehad affixed her sign-manu
. An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV. and attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton: illustrated by fac-similes of the genuine hand-writing of that nobleman, and of Her Majesty; a new fac-simile of the hand-writing of Shakspeare, never before exhibited; and other authentic documents: in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont. VkSumiidM_ r-- ^^y,(a^ V^.tt. >. vVm c- <Vtl< *^7! / [ I ] this paper, her Majesty, probably after shehad affixed her sign-manual to it, waspleased with her own hand to write asfollows : ** I thake you good Harry for soe otherServices than Comen Comissios for wiche inskroile of other Memorielz I faile not toLocke in my best Memorye.* In comparing these genuine specimens ofElizabeths hand-writing with the spurioustrash on the same plate, (No. I.) copiedfaithfully from the late publication, nomagnifying glasses or other aids are re-quisite : it is only necessary for any person,however unconversant with ancient manu-scripts, to cast his eye on the facsimilesannexed, to be convinced that the pretendedLetter of Queen Elizabeth to Shakspeare isa manifell and bungling forgery.^ Another « See Plate I. N°. III. 5^ That he that runs may read, and that this forgery maybe at once made evident even to those least conversantwith such subjects, on the same plate is given an Alphabettaken from her spurious Epistle, exh
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