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Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'avenant, Vol. 3: With Prefatory Memoir and Notes The last six lines are supposed to have been cancelled by Jonson, on account in the opinion of Sir Walter Scott, of the outrageous false wit with which they disgrace the commence ment. - See Osborne's Secret History of the Court of James I. Reprinted, Edinburgh, 1811, vol. I., p. 225, in which these verses are preserved entire. Countess survived her husband for many years, and, de parting this life in her house at Aldersgate Street, London, her remains were removed to Salisbury, where they were placed in the cathedral beside those of her husband. 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.