Excerpt from Selected Notes Upon Shakespeare's Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra Some said, John, print them others said, Not so Some said, They might do good; others said, No. Under the impression, however, that a collection of extracts, illustrative of Shakespeare's language and allusions, taken from Old English books, is never without some value, I have decided to print a selec tion from my materials on each play separately. Upon some of the dramas there will be but a small contribution, but it is trusted that there will be hardly a volume in the series, however diminutive, which will not offer information of some little use to a future editor. 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.