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HISTORY OF

KING HENRY THE SIXTH

PART I

EDITED, WITH NOTES

BY

WILLIAM J. ROLFE, LItt.D.

FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK .:. CINCINNATI .:. CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

PUBLIC LIBRARY
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PREFACE

As this play was an old one, only very slightly retouched by Shakespeare in his 'prentice days, it is very seldom, if ever, read in secondary schools and Shakespeare clubs, or by other students and readers until they have become somewhat familiar with the dramatist. These and other minor reasons naturally affected my treatment of the play in the original edition of 1882, and have also had their influence in the present revision. The general plan of the new series has, however, been thoroughly carried out in both the introduction and the

notes.