omparison:--

THE TAMING OF A SHREW.

(1) "Now that the gloomy shadow of the night," &c. p. 161.

(2) "But stay, what dames are these, so bright of hue," &c. p. 167.

(3) "O, might I see the censer of my soule." &c. p.169.

(4) "Come, fair Emelia, my lovely love," &c. p. 180.
"Valeria, attend, I have a lovely love," &c. p. 191.
"And all that pierceth Phoebus' silver eye," &c. p. 181.
"Fair Emelia, summer's bright sun queen," &c. p.199.

(5) "I fill'd my coffers of the wealthy mines," &c. p.181.

(6) "As richly wrought
As was the massy robe that late adorn'd
The stately legate of the Persian king," p.183.

(7) "_Boy_. Come hither, sirha boy.
_Sander_. Boy, O, disgrace to my person!" &c. p.184.

MARLOWE.

(1) "Now that the gloomy shadow of the night," &c.
--_Faustus_, vol. ii. p.127.

(2) "Zenocrate, the loveliest maid alive," &c.
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.46.

(3) "Whose darts do pierce the centre of my soul," &c.
--_Tamb._ vol. i. p.120.

"Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships," &c.
--_Faustus_, vol. ii. p.192.

(4) "Now bright Zenocrate, the world's fair eye," &c.
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.102

"Batter the shining palace of the sun," &c.
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.120

"A greater lamp than that bright eye of heaven," &c.
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.154.

--"the golden eye of heaven."
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.155.

"Wherein are rocks of pearl that shine as bright," &c.
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.177.

(5) "I'll have them fly to India for gold," &c.
--_Faustus_, vol. ii. p. 123.

(6) "And show your pleasure to the Persian
As fits the legate of the stately Turk."
--_Tamb_. vol. i. p.87.
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(7) "_Wagner_. Come hither, sirha! Boy!
_Clown_. Boy! O disgrace to my person!" &c.
--_Faustus_, vol. ii, p. 131.

Leaving the question in this position for the present, I shall be
glad of such information from any of your readers as may tend to
throw a light on the date of Shakspeare's _Taming of the
Shrew_. I find Mr. Collier's opinion expressed in the following
words:--

"The great probability is that _Hamlet_ was written
at the earliest in 1601, and the _Taming of the Shrew_
perhaps came from the pen of its author not very long afterwards."

I am anxious to ascertain whether I am acquainted with all the
circumstances on which the above opi