Shakespeare, William. Macbeth,
Wake, Sir Isaac. 1575-1632. **G_4073.12 Rex platonicvs: sive, de potentissimi principis Iacobi Britanniarvm
regis, ad iJlustrissimam Academiam Oxoniensem, adventu, Aug. 27. anno. 1605. narratio. Oxoniz. Barnesius. 1607. (6), 140, (2) pp. 19 ¢cm., in 4s. On p. 18 is a reference to an interlude based on the story of Macbeth, which was acted before King James at Oxford in 1605. The favorable re- ception of this has been thought to have given Shakespeare the idea of writing his Macbeth. The title-page is slightly mutilated.
This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, February 9, 1915. K2713 — T.r. — James I., of England. — University of Oxford. History. — Shakespeare, William. Macbeth.