The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12

Us oeing much too merry tbron.h E "'
they did upset our aforesaid ~ nqoeI.
but myself saved themselves bv Au
!oi tnough the water was deep, YER IS.
bang close nigh to shore made 4 Eel; ~. Sa s
aculiy LOT them knowing the alore,s;S -.
Master Ireland not seeing me d;d ~ at
me, but one Of the company Ala .n a w
that | was drowning; on The wb;oL r
pulled of his jerkin and Jumped IN ~ .e
me, With much pains he drava-d vi
lorth' being then nearly dead, and 49,
did save my life; and for the wb;c6 s. - ne
/ do hereby give him as lolowa,L. &c
my written play of Henry the Fon-, i''
Henry the Fifth, King John, KIM I..
as also my written play never n,;n,.I
which | have named King H.nTm "' ~
Third" &c, ne
One would think that 10 havs h.l;.,
all this required greater degree of $500 ,,ss'1
ity than usually falls to the lot Of c,;, Su'-
An original letter, Purporting 10 have -
written to Shakespeare by Queen Eliz,bs,S
Is forgery almost equally daring M,
Pnnt II as It appears in the volume.
"We didde receive you're pre,,v.
goode Masterre William through The -
Of cure LoTde Chamberlayne ande wssSo-
conPlemente thee onne they're create ~.
cellence We shall depare fromme Ion
DOM toe HamPtowne for the holvd.r.
where we shalle exPecte thee witbs nv
beste actors thatte thou mayste Dlays 5s
fore ourselie toe amuse usse bee nor ,low.
butte CONNIE too use by Tuesdays nav,
asse the lorde Leicesterre will be wab.
use. "ELIzARrru PS
"Thys letterre dydde receive fromrs
mye moste gracyouse Ladye ElizabetIs
ande | doe requisite lite nave bee ksD-s
with allie care Possyble.
avn. SHAKEsPEARE."
Amongst the papers, also, was an ANA.
tory epistle to Anne "Ha.herrewav." n
which was enclosed a lock Of the poe,',
hair. The letter is not long, bot its Affect
ed grandiloquencs is rather amusing. Il
pray you" it commence, aperfuns hi,
my poor lock with thy balmy kisses lor
then indeed shall kings themselves bow and
pay homage TO it. do assure thee tia, no
rude hand hath knotted il; thy Willy,
alone hath done the work. Neither he
gilded banble that enymOns the head of
majesty, no, nor honors most weiqhty
would give me half the Joy as did tbs. nv
little work for Thee" There is also a uaDsr
Of verses, inscribed TO the same lady he
style Of which, as will appear from shor
specimen, is not quite worthy Shakespeare:
ais there in heaven aught more rars
Than thou sweet nymPh Of Avon fairl
Is there on earth a man more true
Than Willy Shakespeare ia to your
The last document We shall notice, "a a
"Deed Of trust to John Hemminge," drawn
up by Shakespeare himself, who states in
the preamble, as reason for being bis own
attorney, that he has ''found much wick.
edness among those Of the law" and does
not like ''to leave matters at their will"
The most daring part Of the imposition.
however, remains TO be told. On the I'd
of April, 1876, the play Of TOrtigsrn and
RotOena, ''from the pen Of ShaksPears,"
was announced for representation At Drury
Lane Theatre. Public excitement was sl
It's height. As the evening approached,
every avenue to the theatre was thronged
with anxious crowds, eager TO obtain ad-
mission. Wien the doors were opened,
there was furious rush, and thousands, Il
is said, were turned disappointed away
The play had been put on the stsgs with
unexampled care. DIR. kemble himself
sustained the part Of Vortigern. Tbs in
position, however, was too PalPabls to de-
ceive an intell gent audience, as will ap-
pear by the following characteristic accOun.
Of the performance, which appeared in he
Times newspaper Of the 4th of April
%The first act in every line Of it spoke
itself a palPable forgery; but it was heard
with candor. The second ard third grew
more intolerable; thus bad began, but worse
remained behind In the fourth, rude
murmurs, like the Notwithstanding surge,
broke loudly FORTH In the fifth act, The
opposition became seriously angry, and
on Mr.. Kemble repeating the significant
line
al would this solemn mocksry were O'sF!'
he was not allowed to proceed for several
minutes" An attempt was made to an
nounce the play for repetition, but the unsn-
imous voice o. the public having pro-
claimed the imPosture, it was wisely with
drawn.
The failure Of Vortigsrn was death
blow TO the fraud but il must occasion no
slight surprise taat such barelsced forge
~ should have succeeded so far. Without
possessing the genius Of CattertOn, il can
not be denied that Ireland exhibited large
amount Of INSTRUCTED ingenuity. Al the
time Of the completion Of VOriigsrH, he
was only nineteen. The play was written
and transcribed in secret, and at solemn
teryals; and il We may take bis own word,
"he appeared in public at the same time as
much as he could, in order to make the
world believe he was giddy, Ihoughtlsss
youth, incapable Of producing the papers.
The closing scene Of the comedy-lf
so we may style the whole afaT-may be
readily anticipated. Gratihed BY the no
tOriety he had acquired, Ireland wss easily
induced to publish full and free comics
sion Of his fraud. He fastened to axe
upon himself the whole responsibility. and
anxiorsly endeavored to eIculPate bis Ia
Their from any participation in the lmPOs
ture. 1t must be confessed that elrcunn-
stances seemed to warrant tho Suspicion
that father and son were equally ImPllea-
ted, and even the latter's solemn declaIa'