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Shakespeare of Stratford pages on which it is written. It was witnessed by Francis Collins, Julius Shaw, John Robinson, Hamnet Sadler, and Rohert Whatcott, and was proved June 22, 1616,

Stratford Burial Register.

''1616 April 25  Will. Shakspere, gent.''

. The date of Shakespeare’s death, April 23, is indicated by the inscription on his monument in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford:

Shakespeare’s brother-in-law, William Hart, husband of his sister Joan (who survived till 1646), was buried in the same church on April 17, during the previous week.

(A) Dedicatory Epistle of Heminge and CondelL to the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery.