Excerpt from The Works of Shakespeare: The First Part of King Henry the Sixth There is only one text for Part I. Of Henry that of the first Folio, 1623. In this respect it stands on a different footing from Parts II. And III., and for this reason chiefly, it is best to consider it here as a play by itself and not as a portion of the trilogy: since Parts II. And III. Are founded Upon earlier plays whose texts we fortunately possess. But it must be borne in mind that, structurally speaking, no such separation is legitimate. Of this we will become aware at the beginning of Part II., where the sequence of events from Part I. Is clearly maintained, and purposely, if somewhat care lessly, adhered to by the same hand or hands. Whether Part I. Is, as we have it from the Folio, founded upon an older play is one of the first questions that occurs; whether in its remodelled state, supposing it to have been so founded, it is by Shakespeare, or how much of it is by Shake speare is another question of long-standing difficulty. What other authorship is traceable and whose and where P - all those are admittedly amongst the most troublesome that a student can be confronted with; and their difficulty increases as we consider Parts II. And III. Before entering into these discussions, let us string together our facts, touching on the appearance of Part I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.