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HE Remains of Mr. William Shakespeare, call'd, The Passionate Pilgrime, and, Sonnets to sundry Notes of Musick, (at the End of this Collection) came to my hands in a little stitch'd Book, printed at London for W. Jaggard, in the Year 1599. It is generally agreed he dy'd about the Year 1616. so that it appears plainly they were published by himself, being printed 17 Years before his Death.

I will say nothing of Venus and Adonis, nor of the Rape of Lucrece, they being universally allow'd to be Shakespear's, only that I have printed them from very old Editions, which I procur'd, as the Reader will find by my keeping close to his Spelling.

The Writings of Mr. Shakespeare are in so great Esteem, that several Gentlemen have subscrib'd to a late Edition of his Dramatick Works in Six Volumes; which makes me hope, that this little Book will not be unacceptable to the Publick. I