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Excerpt from New Facts Regarding the Life of Shakespeare: In a Letter to Thomas Amyot, Esq. F. R. S., Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries, From J. Payne Collier, F. S. A
Thus we see that in 1589 Shakespeare's name is placed twelfth in the list of the sixteen members of the Company. In 1596, he had so far advanced that it was inserted fifth, when only eight of the associa tion were named: in 1603, he was second in the new Patent granted by King James on his accession. How much weight is due to these locations, and what in ferences we may fairly draw from them, it is not easy to decide, but they certainly show that Shakespeare from the first was gradually making his way to greater prominence of station.
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