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Documents contributed by Folger Shakespeare Library

1612
In An Apology for Actors, published in 1612, Thomas Heywood, a poet and playwright contemporary to Shakespeare, complains about William Jaggard’s The Passionate Pilgrim and appears to imply Shakespeare’s grievances as well.
1613
Mathew Law published this fifth edition of Henry IV Part 1 in 1613.
March 10, 1613
In March 1613 William Shakespeare and three associates agreed to purchase the Gatehouse of the former Dominican priory in London known as “Blackfriars” from Henry Walker for the sum of £140. The indenture of bargain and sale is dated March 10.
1613
The second edition of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, retains the attribution to W.S.
July 2, 1613 (reproduced here in print, 1661)
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