Excerpt from Alfonso, King of Castile: A Tragedy, in Five Acts In the {econd place, I publiih my Play; previous to its reprefentation, becaufe I have very great doubts, 'whether even an excellent Tragedy, if written in blank verfe, would fucceed on the Stage at patient: of cosmic 1 do not flatter myfelf that mine will; and, after the cold reception of De vfart, I am not vain rough to ex. Pee't that now}; will meet with a kind one, I drew fore rather wifh this pmdnaion to be mafia? Dramatic poem, or (if that be too lofty a chug for it) as a {hart novel in dialogue, divided into eels, in (lead of chapters. In writing it, I here fpmd 9 pains. I now give it to the public. Wt. 18 ar but as the belt that I can Very ppllibly new could write. A wad} Tragedy; but it is a melancbnly truth, that. I qnnot write a hatter.

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.