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IT is believed that “The Female Rebellion” has hitherto been unknown to bibliographers, and is now printed for the first time. Although the MS. contains neither date nor author's name, there can be no doubt as to the period in which it was written; and we shall not greatly err in assigning it to the latter part of the reign of Charles II.
A few obvious corrections have been made in the text; these have been either inserted within square brackets, or pointed out in notes at the foot of the page. The punctuation has been supplied to a very limited extent.
It is with great pleasure that we acknowledge our obligations to John Payne Collier, Esq., F. S. A., for the substance of a portion of the Notes appended. One in particular, illustrative of a passage in “Much Ado About Nothing,” will be appreciated by those who take an interest in the text of our great dramatist.
Professor Young, on behalf of the Trustees of the Hunterian Museum, courteously allowed the MS. to be printed, for which favour acknowledgment is here made.
The impression of “The Female Rebellion” has been limited to fifty copies.
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