Excerpt from An Essay on the Character of Henry the Fifth, When Prince of Wales So deeply, that I fear it will be thought a vain attempt toshew his error and remove its impressions. LI want to dis pell a mist that his delicate hand has made us wish to keep before our eyes; and must: raise a contention between two great favourites of the nation, the Prince and Shakespear. T? It shall be my study to carry it on' Without offending their admirers; to distinguish the prince of history from the prince of poetry, and the natural character from the work of art; And so to clean away the tarnish from one of the brightest ornaments of the English throne, that our hero's glory may become more splendid, Without lessening the poet's fame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.