A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures

A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures

&c. by Samuel Harsnett, successively Bishop of Chichester and Norwich, and Archbishop of York.

rarity of this work, it is doubly interesting from the use which Shakespeare has made of it in King Lear, and because it allows us to fix the timeline original: "chronology" of that play with reasonable accuracy. See King Lear, Act 3, Scenes 4 and 6, and the accompanying notes. See also Boswell's edition of Shakespeare, volume 11, page 404, etc. Regarding the subject of Shakespeare's religion, consult also the attached note provided by Mr. Thomas Rodd, a bookseller.

Sold at the Roxburghe The library of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, sold in a landmark auction in 1812. sale, number 272, for 8 shillings. Sold at the Worth sale, part 3, number 691, for 14 shillings. This current copy, which is in excellent condition, cost me 1 pound and 5 shillings.

B.