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Excerpt from Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia The general intention and scope of this book will be gathered from the Introduction which follows; but after that Introduction and most of the following pages were printed off, the book received a most important addition in the new set of marginalia drawn from Harvey's copy of Speght's Chaucer (1598). These marginalia in their bearing on the date of Hamlet were discussed by Malone, Steevens, and Bishop Percy (the possessor) in the eighteenth century. Since then, it has been supposed that the book perished in a fire at Northumberland House (see p. 86). Although Mrs. Stopes assured me three years ago that this was an error, I was no nearer getting access to the volume, till Sir Ernest Clarke kindly informed me much more recently that he had been permitted to see it at the house of the lady who now owns it, herself a great-granddaughter of Bishop Percy. After some further correspondence he was able to convey Miss Meade's very kind invitation to me to see the book. This invitation I accepted with alacrity, and to crown my happiness, Miss Meade most cordially allowed me to publish the notes and photographic fac-similes. My readers will join me in gratitude to her for her generosity, and to Sir Ernest Clarke for his very great kindness in the matter. The special interest which these marginalia have is twofold. 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.