Excerpt from Shakspeare and the Bible: Shakspeare, a Reading From the Merchant of Venice; Shakspeariana"Therefore, friends,As far as to the sepulchre of Christ,Whose soldiers now, under whose blesséd crossWe are impresséd and engaged to fight... in those holy fieldsOver whose acres walk'd those blesséd feetWhich, fourteen hundred years ago, were nail'dFor our advantage on the bitter cross."W. S."Let me, O God, for ever fix mine eyesUpon the merit of that sacrifice:Let me retain a due commemorationOf those dear mercies, and that bloody passion."Emblem - The Pelican. G. Wither.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.