The many experi
ments of this kind which were made by the first editors of Shakespeare and other writers, and the futility of them all, as hath appeared from the enquiries of later commentators, have sufficiently
convinced him that such a mode of getting rid of the which occur in ancient writers, is more calculated to shew the boldness of the critic,
than to give credit to his knowledge, either of the authors, or the habits, fashions, humours, or customs,
of former times.
ments of this kind which were made by the first editors of Shakespeare and other writers, and the futility of them all, as hath appeared from the enquiries of later commentators, have sufficiently
convinced him that such a mode of getting rid of the which occur in ancient writers, is more calculated to shew the boldness of the critic,
than to give credit to his knowledge, either of the authors, or the habits, fashions, humours, or customs,
of former times.
Dodsley - Select Collection of Old Plays - v1
