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Excerpt from Alfonso, King of Castile: A Tragedy, in Five Acts I have already been asked so often, why, contrary to the usual custom, I publish this Tragedy previous to its performance, that I think it as well to publish also my reasons. In the first place, when my Drama of "Adelmorn the Outlaw" was played at Drury-Lane, so many wilful misrepresentations of it were made between the periods of its being performed, and of its being printed, that I resolved in future to take this method of depriving my censurers of the plea of involuntary mistaking. I print my Play for the same purpose, that advertisements are sometimes inserted in the Gazette - "In order that none may pretend ignorance." - To the assertion, that my Play is stupid, I have nothing to object; if it be found so, even let it so be said: but if (as was most falsely asserted of Adelmorn) any anonymous writer should advance that this Tragedy is immoral, I expect him to prove his assertion by quoting the objectionable passages. This I demand as an act of justice: as a matter of favour perhaps I might request my censurers to speak of my Play as it is, and "Nothing extenuate, Nor aught set down in malice." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.