An attempte to rescue that aunciente, English poet, and play-wrighte, Maister Williaume Shakespere; from the maney errours, faulsely charged on him, by certaine new-fangled wittes; ... By a gentleman formerly of Greys-Inn.
Holt, John,active 18th century.
London : printed for the author, and sold by Messieurs Manby and Cox,
1749.
A gentleman = John Holt.
In this issue the titlepage has "Shakespere" followed by a semicolon and includes a quotation from 'Hamlet'; the verso of the titlepage is blank.
Largely a discussion of 'The tempest'.
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