Shakespeare's Christmas gift to Queen Bess in the year 1596 . araSler as well as to the metre of his [part Gift to Queen Befs 22 part, he had picked up the glove, prefentingit to its owner with the words:— ^And though now bent on this high ftoop we to take up our coujins glove. Seats are taken, the manufcript isopened, and the club becomes a green-roomconference. The play is not to be recajientirely, the changes from the early verjionbeing mainly to introduce certain touches toflatter the royal ears, and to fuit it to themore elaborate equipment of the Whitehall [stage 24 Shakefpea
Shakespeare's Christmas gift to Queen Bess in the year 1596 . araSler as well as to the metre of his [part Gift to Queen Befs 22 part, he had picked up the glove, prefentingit to its owner with the words:— ^And though now bent on this high ftoop we to take up our coujins glove. Seats are taken, the manufcript isopened, and the club becomes a green-roomconference. The play is not to be recajientirely, the changes from the early verjionbeing mainly to introduce certain touches toflatter the royal ears, and to fuit it to themore elaborate equipment of the Whitehall [stage 24 Shakefpeares Chriftmas Jiage. ^ill in hand, the reader as heproceeds crojfes out from his manufcripteverything that clogs the movement or de-traBs from the playfulnefs; giving freerein to his luxuriant imagination, he fcat-ters the choiceji flowers of fancy to createa vivid and animated piSiure. The loversmeet and part with pretty rhymes andrepartee; the hard-handed men—thetradefmen and tinkers—bring their clumfyefforts to ferve the wedding-feafl; the [fairies. Old JVarwiikf/iire CottagesAnd all tilings f/iall be peace.
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