The

Athenæum Press Series.

This series is intended to furnish a

library of the best English literature

from Chaucer to the present time in a

form adapted to the needs of both the

student and the general reader. The

works selected are carefully edited, with biographical and critical introductions,

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sary apparatus.

73983

SPECIMENS

OF THE

PRE-SHAKSPEREAN DRAMA

With an Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary

BY

JOHN MATTHEWS MANLY

PROFESSOR IN BROWN UNIVERSITY

VOL. I

This is the silliest stuff that e'er I heard!
The best in this kind are but shadows;
and the worst are no worse, if imagi-
nation amend them.

BOSTON, U.S.A., AND LONDON
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

The Athenæum Press

1897