THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

'IN NINE VOLUMES.

WITH

THE CORRECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

DR. JOHNSON, G. STEEVENS, AND OTHERS,

REVISED

BY ISAAC REED.

THIRD BOSTON,

FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.

VOL. IX.

Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble Fabricks of other Poets, passes

without Injury by the Adamant of Shakspeare.

Dr. Johnson's Preface.

BOSTON:

PRINTED BY MUNROE & FRANCIS, FOR THEMSELVES;
EZRA SARGEANT, NEW-YORK; AND EDWARD

EARLE, PHILADELPHIA,

1812.