_THE WORKS_ OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EDITED BY WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A. FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. _VOLUME VII._ Cambridge and London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1865. CONTENTS. PAGE THE Preface vii ROMEO AND JULIET 3 Notes to Romeo and Juliet 136 An Excellent Conceited Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet 143 TIMON OF ATHENS 201 Notes to Timon of Athens 307 JULIUS CÆSAR 319 Notes to Julius Cæsar 416 MACBETH 421 Notes to Macbeth 521 PREFACE. 1. The first edition of ROMEO AND JULIET was published in 1597, with the following title: AN | EXCELLENT | conceited Tragedie | _OF_ | Romeo and Iuliet, | As it hath been often (with great applause) | plaid publiquely, by the right Ho-|nourable the L. of _Hunsdon_ | his Seruants. | LONDON, | Printed by Iohn Danter. | 1597. | After Sig. D, a smaller type is used for the rest of the play, and the running title is changed from 'The most excellent Tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet' to 'The excellent Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet.' The text of this first Quarto differs so widely from that of later and more perfect editions, that it is impossible to record the results of a collation in footnotes: we have therefore reprinted it. When we refer to it in the notes, it is designated as (Q1), the marks of parenthesis being used as in similar cases previously.