Excerpt from Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare The reason was, They say, the realm of France, Replete with princes of great. Parentage, Except he be descended of the male; And that's the special ground of their contempt, To be but dusty heaps of brittle sand. Perhaps, it will be thought a heinous thing, That I, a Frenchman, should discover this: But heaven I call to record of my vows. 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.