Shakespeare's 396
sufferings at
publishers hands
The use of initials 397
in dedications of
Elizabethan and
Jacobean books
Frequency of wishes 398
for 'happiness' and
'eternity' in
dedicatory greetings
Five dedications by 399
Thorpe
'W. H.' signs 400
dedication of
Southwell's 'Poems'
'W. H.' and Mr. 402
William Hall
The 'onlie begetter' 403
means 'only procurer'
VI--'MR. WILLIAM
HERBERT'
Origin of the notion 406
that 'Mr. W. H.'
stands for William
Herbert
The Earl of Pembroke 407
known only as Lord
Herbert in youth
Thorpe's mode of 408
addressing the Earl
of Pembroke
VII--SHAKESPEARE AND
THE EARL OF PEMBROKE
Shakespeare with the 411
acting company at
Wilton in 1603
The dedication of the 412
First Folio in 1623
No suggestion in the 413
sonnets of the
youth's identity with
Pembroke
Aubrey's ignorance of 414
any relation between
Shakespeare and
Pembroke
VIII--THE 'WILL'
SONNETS
Elizabethan meanings 416
of 'will'
Shakespeare's uses of 417
the word
Shakespeare's puns on 418
the word
Arbitrary and 419
irregu