Excerpt from Mr. Ireland's Vindication of His Conduct: Respecting the Publication of the Supposed Shakspeare Being a Preface or Introduction to a Reply to the Critical Labors of Mr. Malone in His Enquiry Into the Authenticity of Certain Papers, &C J J. 01 t! I 1 TH E following Iheets originall_v Emmet! A.part' aim woflc now in confiderable fermrdnefs; as a rep tni M r. Malone's c'ritical labors; on the fubjeeft of the Shakfpeare mss. The body of this work required cohfiderable; With, and, fo largea, pottion.of time (chins corn-r pletion, as to', render'fometftirtliaer delay unavoidableirb the publication of the whole. But this part of.the worki having been completed and ready for the public eye, I have yielded to the importunities of my friends, who have fuggefied to me the neceflity at this moment, of laying before the public fuch further particulars as relate to my condui'l therein. It will be Obferved - tha't I have adverted in the courfe of the following pages to Mr. Malone: and ifthe animadv crfions fhould be deemed irrelevant, I trufi, that no Other apology is hecefi'ary, than the Intimation already given, of my having intend ed this Vindication as ah introduetion to the work ai luded to, and therefore that it was a more eligible plan, not to make any deviation from the method, I at firf't deter mined upon purf'uing. 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.