AND

HIS FRIENDS;

OR, "THE GOLDEN AGE” OF MERRY ENGLAND.

LEA AND BLANCHARD,

SUCCESSORS TO CAREY AND CO.

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THE ADMIRERS

OF

“Donie-Tong'd Shakspeare,”

AND OF THE OTHER ILLUSTRIOUS SPIRITS OF

THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLAND,

THESE VOLUMES,

WITH TRUE HUMBLENESS,

AND ENTIRE DEVOTEDNESS TO THE SUBJECT,

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

THEIR FELLOW-WORSHIPPER,

AND VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.