TO THE READER.
They
, who have read Shakespear's Second Part of Henry VI. may, probably, recollect most of the Passages, I have borrowed from Him, either Word for Word, or with some small Alteration. Nevertheless, that I may not be thought unwilling to Acknowledge my Obligation to so great a Poet; I desire my Readers will place to his Account, One or Two Hints, and One intire Line, in the 24th Page, where Eleanor's Penance is related: Four Lines, in the 38th Page, where Beaufort speaks of Gloucester's Popularity: Three Parts in Four of the Description of the Duke's Head Body, in Page 71: And about Seventeen Lines in the last Scene; some of which are so very beautifull, that it may be questioned, whether there be any Passages, in Shakespear, that deserve greater Commendation.
