...edition is very rare, and I have unwillingly used the Bodleian copy, which has a manuscript title. 3. " The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey : And the banishment and death of the...

...scored her own chases as she walked along. VOL. V. P. 4. — The date of the earliest edition of " The first part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster " should have been stated to be 1594, and not 1600. Both that and the second part...

...honorable history of the life of Sir John Oldcastle, the good lord Cobham (Lond. 1600. 4.); Henry the sixth (The first part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with (lie death of the good Duke Humphrey and the Banishment and death of the...

...history of the life of Sir John Oldcastlc, the good lord Cobham '(Lond. 1600. 4.): Henry the sixth (The first part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey and the Banishment and death of the Duke...

...Hall in 1593 ; that the Second Part of Henry VI. (if it is by Shakspeare) in its original form of ' The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster,' was published in 1594 ; the Third Part of Henry VI. (if by Shakspeare), in its original form of ' The...

...one of the greatest rarities in that repository. Another old play exists in the Bodleian, called " The First Part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of York and Lancaster," &c. 1594 ; this edition is also unique, and thus, as the editor observes, " The possessors of the present...

...similarity of its language with that of the older " King John," "Locrine," and even the older work of " the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster"), are not quite conclusive, I cannot venture to maintain the contrary, since, on the one hand, there...

...similarity of its language with that of the older " King John," " Locrine," and even the older work of " the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster"), are not quite conclusive, I cannot venture to maintain the contrary, since, on the one hand, there...

...expanding, developing, and giving effect to all of them. That was printed in 1594, under this title : " m to his horse, Three times bestrid him ; thrice I led him off, P Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey : And the banishment and death of the...

...is utterly impossible to explain. Whether Shakspeare is or is not the author of the play entitled " The First Part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of York and Lancaster," the Second Part of " Henry VI." is entirely based upon that work. Shakspeare has, however, quoted from...