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INTRODUCTION
TO
SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS.


I. THEIR HISTORY.

The Sonnets were first published in 1609, with the following title-page (as given in the "Cambridge" ed.):

SHAKE-SPEARES, | Sonnets. | Neuer before Imprinted. | at london. | By G. Eld for T. T. and are | to be solde by William Aspley. | 1609.