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ca. 1620
Manuscript extracts from Pericles and Richard III included on a slip of paper
This scrap of paper, subsequently used as a bookmark, includes eight Shakespeare quotations from Richard III and Pericles.
1620
The Praise of Hemp-seed: John Taylor references Shakespeare by name
John Tyler’s The Praise of Hemp-Seed was first published in 1620 by Edward Allde for H. Gosson. The poem includes an early remembrance of Shakespeare four years after his death, praising paper for keeping his art alive (image 2): 

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