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ationers' Company to inaugurate a press in his own nameand two years passed before he began business. In
1608 he obtained for publication a theological manuscript which appeared next year with his name on the
title?page for the first time. This volume constituted the earliest credential of his independence. It entitled him
to the prefix 'Mr.' in all social relations. Bet yilai:
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[link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n 1609 and 1614 he printed some twenty volumesmost of
them sermons and almost all devotional in tone. The most important of his secular undertaking was Guillim's
far?famed 'Display of Heraldrie' a folio issued in 1610. In 1612 Hall printed an account of the conviction and
execution of a noted pickpocketJohn Selmanwho had been arrested while professionally engaged in the
Royal Chapel at Whitehall. On the title?page Hall gave his own name by his initials only. The book was
described in bold type as 'printed by W. H.' and as on sale at the shop of Thomas Archer in St. Paul's
Churchyard. Hall was a careful printer with a healthy dread of misprintsbut his business dwindled after 1613
andsoon disposing of it to one John Bealehe disappeared into private life.
A Life of William Shakespeare
289
'W. H.' are no uncommon initialsand there is more interest attaching