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AN

INQUIRY

INTO THE

AUTHENTICITY

OF CERTAIN

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

AND

LEGAL INSTRUMENTS

PUBLISHED DEC. 24, M DCC XCV.

AND ATTRIBUTED TO

SHAKESPEARE, 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 AUTHENTICK DOCUMENTS:

IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE

RIGHT HON. JAMES, EARL OF CHARLEMONT,

By EDMOND MALONE, Esq.


DEMENS! QUI NIMBOS ET NON IMITABILE FULMEN

AERE ET CORNIPEDUM PULSU SIMULARAT EQUORUM.

LONDON:
Printed by H. Baldwin:
FOR T. CADELL, JUN. AND W. DAVIES,
(SUCCESSORS TO MR. CADELL,) IN THE STRAND.

M DCC XCVI.