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 ••"-*'•'- Contents. 
 
 I. Special Issues and Plays sold in part separately 
 
 II. A List of 43 Plays sold only in sets 
 
 III. Collected Plays: — 
 
 (i) The Shakespeare Controversy 
 
 (2) The Macro Plays 
 
 (3) The Interludes of John Heywood 
 
 (4) The Interludes of John Bale 
 
 (5) The Known and Ascribed Plays of R. Wilson 
 *** For full Index to Plays see page 24. 
 
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THE TUDOR FACSIMILE TEXTS. 
 
 DRAMATIC SECTION. 
 
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 The edition is strictly limited to 1 25 copies : a few complete sets only 
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 THE SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY. 
 Six "Doubtfur' Plays of the Third Folio. 
 
 From the original quartos, viz. : — " London Prodigal " — " Lord Cromwell " — 'Sir John 
 
 Oldcastle " — "Puritan Widow" — "A Yorkshire Tragedy" — "Tragedy of Locrine." 
 
 "Pericles" for obvious reasons is excluded. Pp. xvi. and 378. 
 
 1 r t ^ S h Ri^ " "^^^^ enterprise is a spirited one, and deserves to succeed. It will 
 
 I vo . r. 4 o (lOg y i) enable every Reference Library in the country to have, if not the original 
 
 u pare men , ^^ \ea.%i an exact copy, of rare plays and other documents which are now 
 
 £5 5s- ne . practically inaccessible."— Na/i'on. 
 
 Six Shakespeare " Ascribed '* Plays. 
 
 From the original quartos, viz. : — " Arden of Feversham " — " Merry Devil of Edmonton " 
 — " Mucedorus " — " Birth of Merlin " — " Fair Em " — " Edward IIL" Pp. xvi. and 360. 
 
 '• Alike in inception and in execution an undertaking of great literary 
 
 importance."- Sir James A. H. Murray. " For all practicable purposes 
 
 vol Cr .ito /lo? bv Si\ these texts are as good as ... . and may be accepted with confidence by 
 
 full oarchment ** students who have no acces- to the originals." AthencEum. "These 
 
 /- ^ net ' facsimiles have done more for the history of the drama of the period than 
 
 *^ ^ ■ ■ all the professors for the last five-and- twenty years. We have seldom felt 
 
 more pleasure in commending a work to our readers than we do in the 
 
 present instance." — Notes and Queries. 
 
 Six Shakespeare "Foundation*' Plays (Historical). 
 
 From the origmal quartos, viz. : "The True Contention," &c. — "The True Tragedy of 
 
 Richard, Duke of York " — "The Tragedy of Richard IIL" — " The Troublesome Reign 
 
 of King John (2 Parts) " — " The Famous Victories of Henry V." {Preparing. 
 
 The boon thus conferred on English scholarship is emphasized when 
 
 / 3 K 8i\ ^* '^ borne in mind that these treasures are for the most part unique, or 
 
 I vol. Cr. 4to (log by «J), ^^at at best but two or three copies are known to exist, these being 
 
 full parchment, enshrined in public collections like the British Museum or the Bodleian, 
 
 A 5 53. net. from which they are never likely, humanly speaking, to emerge, or else 
 
 forming part of some exclusive and inaccessible private library. 
 
 Three Shakespeare "Source" Plays (Problem). 
 
 From the original quartos, viz.;" TheTaming of aShrew"-^"The Chronicle History of King 
 
 Leir" — "Promos and Cassandra" (the immediate authority of " Measure for Measure "). 
 
 I vol Cr. 4to (io|x8J), " A very remarkable collection of no small use, as well as of interest 
 
 full parchment, to the scholar. . . . Mr. Farmer enables us to examine at our ease 
 
 £2 I2S. 6d. net. these remarkable plays." — Spectator. 
 
 *^* These four volumes can also be had in full velvet calf to matcli the 
 Oxford First Folio. Also see " Sir Thomas More " (page 70) and 
 " The Two Noble Kinsmen'' (page 14). 
 
 THE MACRO PLAYS. 
 The Castle of Perseverance. (An eariy xv cemury ms. pUy c. 1400-25). 
 
 From a unique MS., probably not much later than 1400-1425, now in the possession of 
 J, H. Gurney, Esq., Keswick Hall, Norwich : one of the three " Macro Plays " (see 
 " Mankind " and " Wisdom," infra.) 
 
 The leaves of the original MS. were misplaced in binding .• this has 
 
 been rectified in the facsimile. There are numerous insertions in 
 
 Cr. 4to contemporary and later hands. The names of the players and a plan of 
 
 CI. bds. ant. the castle occur in the manuscript at the end. " An early treatment of a 
 
 (see note infra). fruitful theme, variously handled in Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, and in The 
 
 Holy War " (Ga.y\ey). "Its completeness indicates predecessors of the 
 
 same kind ' (Collier). 
 
 26#i21 
 
Mind, Will and Understanding, or a Moraiuy of wisdom who is chmt 
 
 (c. 1460). 
 
 The sub-title was the suggestion of the late Dr. Furnivall. The stage directions are 
 unusually full and descriptive. [Gurney collection.] 
 
 "Intellectually ... a weak play, but . . . well put to- 
 gether and rounded off, and with the aid of its pretty processions 
 Cr. 4to towards the beginning and the end, and the ballet of Maintenance, Perjury 
 
 CI. bds. ant. and Lechery in the middle, it was probably a great success." (A. W. 
 
 (See note /«/ra.) Pollard). "A comedy in the mediaeval sense pourtraying the ultimate 
 
 triumph of a hero in his contest with temptation." (Gayley). 
 
 Mankind. (A unique XV. century MS. play: c. 1461-85). 
 
 The third of three Macro Plays. (See E.E.T.S. Hst. [Gurney collection.] 
 
 Cr. 4to A curious picture of real life and ne'er-do-weels in late Plantagenet 
 
 CI. bds. ant. and early Tudor times— probably a strolling players' play, and meant to 
 
 (see note hifra.) be acted chiefly in the courtyards of inns and such-like places. 
 
 In sets only, 3 vols, interleaved for annotation, £2 12s. 6d. net. 
 Also in 1 vol., full parchment or velvet calf. 
 
 Everyman, (c. isoo.e.) 
 
 % Here begynneth a treatise how the | hye fader of heven sendeth dethe | to somon every 
 creature to j come and gyve a counte | of their lyves in this | worlde and is in ma- | nerof 
 a morall [ playe. [The rest of the page is occupied by a woodcut. — B.M. Huth Bequest]. . 
 There appears little doubt that the original of this old morality play 
 is to be found in the Dutch Elckerlijk (i.e. every man). Internal evidence 
 indicates the priority of the Dutch play, now generally attributed to Peter 
 Cr. 4to of Diest. There are four texts extant, more or less perfect — two 
 
 CI. bds. ant." by Pynson and two by John Scott. The present facsimile is taken 
 
 £\ 5S. od. net. (i) from the complete Scott copy now in the British Museum (Huth 
 
 Bequest) and (2) the B.M. fragment of one of the Pynson editions contain- 
 ing the latter two thirds of the play, which restores words and portions of 
 lines dropped in both Scott's editions. 
 
 Magnificence, by John Skelton, (c. 1515-23 : prob. pt. 1530.) 
 
 % Magnyfycence, | % A goodly interlude and a me- | ry deuysed and made by | 
 mayster Skelton. poet laureate late de-ceased.-. | [The whole title in a woodcut border. 
 At end, on Folio xxx. " the names of the players "]. . . f Cum priuilegio.-. [B.M. 
 C. 34, m. I. with imperfection from U.L.C., A.B. 8. 46, No. 4. {set b)]. 
 
 Probably from the press of John Rastell, and is the only surviving 
 Folio play of three known to have been written by John Skelton : it deals, as do 
 
 CI. bds. ant. f^jg satires, with the evils of ambition, with a special eye (probably) on 
 
 £2 2s. od. net. Cardinal Wolsey. 
 
 Godly Queen Hester, (suggested date 1525-9) : pr. i56i. 
 
 A newe enterlude | drawen out of the holy scripture | of godly queene Hester, verye 
 necessary | newly made and imprinted, this pre | sent yere. mdlxi. | Com nere vertuous 
 matrons & wome kind | Here may ye learne of Hester's duty, | In all comlines of 
 vertueyoushalfinde | How to behave your selves in humilitie. | The names of the players. | 
 [14] [Title within a border made up of various ornaments] . . . Imprynted at London 
 by Wyllyam Pickerynge | and Thomas Hacket, and are to be solde at | theyre shoppes. | 
 [" W.P." within an ornament]. [Devonshire collection.] 
 
 Mr. W. W. Greg, notwithstanding the date on title-page, gives 
 
 reasons for the suggested earlier period of writing ; Grosart also, as long 
 [Preparing.] ago as 1870, drew attention to the obvious allusions to Wolsey and his 
 
 policy. 
 
 TherSyteS (Author unknown: played 1538: pr. c. 1550) 
 
 A new Enterlude called " Thersytes." This Enterlude Folowynge Dothe Declare Howe 
 that the greatest boesters are not the greatest doers. [Here follows a list of " the names 
 of the players"] . . . Imprinted at London, by John Tysdale and are to be solde at 
 his shop in the upper ende of Lvmbard Streete, in Alhalowes Church yarde ueare vnto 
 grace church. [Devonshire.] 
 
 The original of this play is at Chatsworth House in the Devonshire 
 [Preparmg.] collection. Mr. A. F. Pollard has shown some grounds for attributing 
 
 "Thersytes" to John Hey wood. 
 
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MisOgOnUS, a pUy in MSS. only at ChaUworth. c. 1540—1553. 
 
 A mery and | [pleasaunt Comedie called] | Misogonus. | The names of the speakers 
 Prologus. I Philogonus, pater. | Eupelas, fidelis patris vicinus. | Cacurgus, morio. 
 Misogonus, filius domesticus. | Orgelus, servus misogoni. | CEnophilus, conservus eius. 
 Liturgus, servus philogoni. | Melissa, meretrix. | Sir John, sacerdos. | Jack, clarke. 
 Ceister Codrus, rusticus. | Alison, eius uxor, obstitrix. | Isbell Busbey [bracketted withj 
 Madge Caro, testes vetulae. | Eugonus, filius peregrinus. | Crito, peregrinus. | Epilogus. 
 [In a column side by side with " the names of the players " is a setting-out of the parts 
 for ten players.] Laurentius Bariwna. | Kettheringe. Die 20 Novembris. | Anno 1577. 
 [Devonshife]. 
 
 This manuscript is a fragment, though a substantial one. Its history 
 is shrouded in obscurity. It is not known whether the play was ever 
 printed. The MS. is in Vol. 8 of the Devonshire plays (Folio series). 
 [Prtparing.} These plays form a continuation of the Kemble collection, and they were 
 
 bought by the sixth Duke of Devonshire, sometimes separately, 
 sometimes in groups to fill up gaps in the Kemble plays. "Misogonus " isa 
 notable play in many respects. 
 
 Ralph Roister Doister (by Nicholas Udall. supposed date c. 1534.41 ). Certainly 
 in existence in 1552: pr. 1566. 
 
 [No perfect copy is known, but iu Eton College Library one wanting 
 
 the title-page is preserved. The only indication of authorship is Wilson's 
 
 {Preparing.'] reference to the " ambiguous letter " in his 1553-4 (third) edition of " The 
 
 Rule of Reason," the first and second impressions, silent thereon, having 
 
 appeared in 155 1-2. 
 
 Gammer Gurton's Needle, by w[iiiiam] s[tevenson]. (c. 1553-62: pr. 1575). 
 
 A Ryght I Pithy, Pleasaunt and me | rie Comedie : In- | tytuled Gammer Gur- [ tons 
 Nedle : Played on | Stage, not longe | ago in Chri- | stes | Colledge in Cambridge, j 
 Made by Mr, S. Mr. of Art. | Imprented at London in | Fleet-streat beneth the Con- | duit 
 
 at the signe of S. John | Euangelist by Tho- | mas Colwell Finis, Gurton. 
 
 Perused and alowed, &c. | [Imprint repeated]. 1575. [B. M. G. 11209]. 
 
 The date and authorship of this play have always been moot points. 
 
 Latterly, however, Dr. H. Bradley, one of the editors of the "Oxford 
 
 Cr. 4to English Dictionary," has put forward a strong case in favour of one 
 
 CI. bds. ant. William Stevenson, a Fellow of Christ's College, probably from 1551 to 
 
 17s. 6d. net. 1561. A curious manuscript note on a fly-leaf emphasises the value of 
 
 facsimile reprints — the original correcting some careless readings on the 
 
 part of more than one of the most careful of modern editors. 
 
 ReSpubllCa, one of the Macro plays: from the unique MS. kindly lent by J. H. 
 Gurney, Esq. 1553. 
 
 A merye enterlude entitled Respublica, made in the yeare of oure | Lorde 1553 and the 
 first yeare of the moost prosperous Reigne | of our moost gracious Soverainge Quene 
 Marye the firste | [Here " the partes and names of the plaiers " within a ruled border.] | 
 The Prologue, a Poete. | Avarice, allias policie, The vice of the plaie. 1 Insolence, 
 [allias] Authoritie, The chief galaunt. | Oppression, [allias] Reformation, an other 
 gallaunt. | Adulation, [allias] Honestie, The third gallaunt. | People, representing the 
 poore Commontie. | Respublica. a wydowe. | Misericordia. | Veritas. | lusticia. | pax. 
 [these four names in separate lines bracketted together]. Nemesis the goddess of redresse 
 and correction. A | Goddess. [Gurney Collection]. 
 
 Folio A play on the social condition of England at the accession of Queen 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Mary. It treats the Reformation from a domestic not doctrinal point of 
 
 £1 155. net. view. John Heywood has been suggested as possibly the author. 
 
 Tom Tiler and His Wife (c. 1551 : see titiepage.; 
 
 Tom Tyler | and | His Wife. | An excellent old Play, | as | it was Printed and Acted 
 about a | hundred years ago. | Together with an exact Catalof^ue of all the playes | that 
 were ever yet printed. I The second Impression | [Ornament]. London, \ Printed in the 
 Year, 1661]. 
 
 Ritson, notwithstanding the title-page, held that the first edition 
 [Prtparing.'] appeared in 1578 : no copy, however, is known of any edition earlier 
 
 than 1661. 
 
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Jack Juggler, Author unknown: c. 1553-61. 
 
 A new Eiueriued for Cliyldren to playe, named Jacke Jugeler, both wytte, and very 
 playsent. Newly Imprented. [Here the players' names, with a woodcut of three figures 
 
 underneath] Imprinted at London in Lothbury by one Wyllyam Copland. 
 
 {Devonshire collection). 
 
 The Chatsworth copy is the only one known to be extant. "Within 
 
 a narrow compass [the author] has developed a humourous action quite 
 
 [Preparing.^ novel in English comedy . . . We are led from interest to interest 
 
 by means of anticipation, surprise, and the clever repetition of comic 
 
 crises." (Gayley). 
 
 Cambyses, King of Persia, by Thomat Preston (c. iseo: pr. c. 1569.70. 
 
 date of this edition c. 1584.) 
 
 A lamentable Tragedie, mixed full of | plesant mirth, containing the life of Cam- | bises 
 king of Percia, from the beginning of his King- | dome, vnto his death, his one good deede 
 of execu- | tion, after that many wicked deedes, and tyrannous mur- | ders, committed by 
 and through him, and last | of all, his odious death by Gods Justice | appointed. Done 
 in such order | asfolloweth. | By Thomas Preston. | [Here follows the " diuision of the 
 parts" set out in tabular form for eight " men," filling the rest of the title-page.] [B.M. 
 C. 34, d. 57]. 
 
 Cr. 4to The first edition probably appeared in 1570 shortly after its entry on 
 
 CI. bds. ant. the books of the Stationers' Company. Edward Allde, the printer of this 
 
 17s. 6d. net. edition succeeded his father in 1584. 
 
 The Conflict of Conscience, by Nathaniell Woodes, Minister in Norwich. 
 Probably written c. 1563; pr. 1581. 
 
 An excellent new Commedie, | Intituled : | The Conflict of Conscience. | contayninge, | 
 A most lamentable example, of the dole- | full desperation of a miserable world- | linge, 
 termed, by the name of | Philologvs, who forsookethe | truethof God's Gospel, for | feare 
 of the losse of | lyfe, and worldly | goode. | Compiled by Nathaniell | Woodes, Minister, 
 in I Norwich. | % The Actors names, deuided into six partes, most con- | uenient for 
 such as be disposed, either to show this Comedie in | priuate houses, or otherwise. [Here 
 the list of players set out in tabular form in three columns.] AT LONDON | Printed, by 
 Richarde Bradocke | dwelling in Aldermanburie, a Uttle aboue the | Conduict. Anno 
 1581. [B.M. 162 e. 24 and C. 34. b. 3.] 
 
 Qj. .(.Q The original of this reprint wants two leaves : Aiii and Aiv, These 
 
 CI. bds ant. ^^^ supplied by a typographical reprint in the copy facsimiled. The 
 
 /i ii^s od net. originals, from another copy, will be supplied from another copy in one of 
 
 the volumes of " Dramatic Fragments " with which this series will close, 
 
 HoreSteS, by John Pickering. 1567. 
 
 A Newe | Enterlude of Vice Conteyninge, the | Historye of Horestes with the 
 cruell I reuengment of his Fathers death, | vpon his one naturill Mother, i by John 
 Pikeryng. | [Here '' The players' names," and " The names deuided for VI. to playe."] [ 
 % Imprinted at London in Fletestrete, at the | signe of the Falcon by Wylliam Gryffith 
 and I are to be solde at his shope in S. Dunstans | Churcheyearde. Anno 1567 .... 
 Finis, qd. LP. | [Here a woodcut of St. John the Evangelist surrounded by 
 " Sapi I ens domina | bitur | astris " and the colophon repeated as above.] [B.M. C. 34, 
 g.28.] 
 
 Cr. 4to The only known edition, of which the British Museum copy is 
 
 CI. bds. ant. unique. Nothing is known of the author : he is not even mentioned in 
 
 17s. 6d. net. " The Dictionary of National Biography." 
 
 GismUnd of Salerne (otherwise Tancred and Gismund), from the Lansdowne 
 MS. 786 in the British Museum. 
 
 parallelled with the edition of 1592. 
 
 [An ornament]. The | Tragedie | of Tancred and Gismund. | Compiled by the Gen- | 
 tlemen of the Inner Temple, and by them pre- | sented before her Maiestie. | Newly 
 reuiued and polished according to the decorum | of these daies. By R. W. | . . . 
 London, | Printed by Thomas Scarlet, and are to be solde by | R. Robinson, 1592. 
 
 A comparison of the two texts shows very forcibly in what direction 
 . and to what extent dramatic taste and method had developed during the 
 
 IFfeparmg.j quarter of a century which had elapsed between representation in 1568 
 
 and publication in 1592. 
 
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The Longer Thou Livest the more Fool Thou art, 
 
 by William Wager (c. 1568.) 
 
 A very mery and | Pythie Commedie, called The Longer | thou liuest, the more foole 
 thou art. | A Myrrour very necessarie for youth, and | specially for such as are like to 
 come to dig- | nitie and promotion : As it maye | well appeare in the Matter | folowynge. | 
 Newly compiled by | W. Wager. | [Here the printer's device]. | ^Imprinted at | London, 
 by Wyllyam How | for Richarde Johnes : and | are to be solde at his shop | under the 
 Lotterie | house. [_c. 1568]. B.M. C. 34, e. 37]. 
 
 This play was presumably licensed in 1568-9 an entry being made on 
 Cr. 4to the Stationers' Registers in that year, for "a ballet." The fragments of 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Wager's "Cruel Debtor" will be given in one of the volumes of 
 
 £1 IS. od. net. " Dramatic Fragments " winding up this series. 
 
 Common Conditions (Author unknown : c. 1572-76). 
 
 An Excellent and Pleasant Come- | die, termed after the name of the Vice, | Common 
 Conditions, drawne out of the most | famous historie of Galiarbus Duke of Arabia, and of | 
 the good and eevil successe of him and his two | children, Sedmond his sun and Clarisia 
 his I daughter ; set foorth, with delectable | mirth, and pleasant shewes. | % The Players 
 Names | [20]. Six may Play this Comedie. | [Title within an ornamental woodcut border] 
 . . Imprinted . . by William How for John Hunter . . on London Bridge . . 
 at the Blacke Lion {^Devonshire and ? Atnenca], 
 
 Until the Mostyn copy came into the market in 1907 the only 
 |-p , -, example then known was the very imperfect copy at Chatsworth. For the 
 
 L Kparing.j better one— " some marginal notes cut into, and a few head-lines shaved, 
 
 otherwise perfect " — Mr. Quaritch paid £255. 
 
 The Tide Tarrieth No Man, by George wapuu, 1576. 
 
 The I Tyde taryeth no Man. j A Moste Plea- | sant and merry Commody, right | pythie 
 and full of delight. | Compiled by George WapuU. | % Fowre persons may easily play it. | 
 I. The Prologue Hurtful! help, the Tenaunt, | Faithful few for one | 2. Paynted 
 profyte. No good Neighbourhood, | the Courtyer, Wastefullnesse, Christianitye, | 
 Correction for another, j 3. Corage the Vice, Debtor, for another, j 4. Fayned further- 
 aunce, Greedinesse the Mar- I chaunt, Wantonesse the Woman, the Ser- | iaunt, Authority 
 and Dispayre, for another. | ^ Imprinted at London, in Fleete- | streate, beneath the 
 Conduite, at the | Signe of Saynt lohn Euangelist, | by Hugh lackson. | 1576. [The 
 whole in a scroll border.] [B.M. C. 34, f. 45]. 
 
 Cr. 4to One copy only known as extant until "the Irish find of 1906": i.e. 
 
 CI. bds. ant. the Heber copy in the Devonshire collection. The recovered copy from 
 
 £x IS. od. net. which this facsimile was made is now in the B.M. 
 
 All For Money, by Thomas Lupton, 1578. 
 
 A moral | and pitieful Co- I medie. Intituled, All for Money. | Plainly representing the 
 ma- I ners of men, and fashion of the world | noweadayes. | Compiled by T. Lupton. | 
 [Here follows " The names of them that play this Comedie."] At London. | Printed by 
 Roger Warde and Richard Mundee, dwel- | ling at Temple Barre. Anno 1578. | . . . . 
 Finis, qd T Lupton. | [Here follows the imprint as above " Imprinted at &c.," and 
 underneath this a woodcut ornament]. [B.M. C. 34, d. 24]. 
 
 Cr. 4to From the B.M. copy. Another (the only other known) is in the 
 
 cl. bds. ant. Bodleian. Little is known of the author, Thomas Lupton. 
 
 17s. 6d. net. 
 
 Promos and Cassandra, by Geo. whetstone (Parts i. & ii. 1578.) 
 
 ^ The right excel- | lent and famous Historye, of | Promos and Cassandra : | Deuided into 
 two Commicall | Discourses. | In the first parte is showne the | vnsufferable abuse, of a 
 lewde Magistrate : | The vertuous behauiours of a chaste Ladye : | The vncontrowled 
 leawdenes of a fauoured | Curtisan. | And the vndeserued estimation of a pernici- | ous 
 Parasyte. | In the second parte is discoursed, | the perfect magnanimitye of a noble 
 kinge, | in checking Vice and fauouringe Vertue : | Wherein is showne, the Ruyne and 
 ouer- I throwe, of dishonest praaises : with the ad-uauncement of vpright dealing. | The 
 worke of George | Whetstones Gent. | Formae nulla fides. . . . Finis G. Whetstone. | 
 [Below is an ornament] | % Imprinted at London by Richarde | Ihones, and are to be solde 
 ouer agaynst Saint | Sepulchres Church, Avithout Newgate. | Auguste 20. 1578. [B.M. 
 C. 34, e. 42]. 
 
 The two parts in The Author's preface and the note of " the Printer to the Reader " 
 
 I vol. contain bibliographical facts. The second part commences with a fresh 
 
 Cl. Bds. ant. title though the signatures are continuous. No other edition is known. 
 
 2S. Other copies are in the Bodleian and at Trinity College, Cambridge. 
 
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The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune, staged c. 1 582 jptisss. 
 
 The Rare Triumphes of Loue and Fortune. Plaide before the Queenes most excellent 
 Maiestie : wherein are many fine Conceites with great delight. At London. Printed by 
 E.A. for Edward White, and are to be solde at the little North doore of S. Paules 
 Church, at the sign of the Gunne. 1589. [Bridgewater Collection']. 
 
 " An excellent instance of the fusion of moral and romance." (Gayley). 
 [Preparing,] " The beginnings of romantic comedy were foreshadowed by the play." 
 
 (Ward). It has been ascribed both to Kyd and R. Wilson. 
 
 The Famous Victories of Henry V, a " Foundation "[?] Shakespearean 
 play. Staged in 1585. 
 
 The Famous Victories of Henry the fifth : Containing the Honourabell Battell of Agin- 
 court : as it was plaide by the Queenes Maiesties Players. London. Pnnted by Thomas 
 Creede. 1598. 
 
 \Prei>arins 1 Licensed 14 May, 1594, but no earlier edition than that for 1598 is 
 
 '- ^ ^*-' known. 
 
 The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England, c i587-8; printed 
 
 1591. 
 
 The I Troublesome Raigne | of lohn King of England, with the dis- | couverie of King 
 Richard Cordelions | Base sonne (vulgarly named The Ba- | stard Fawconbridge.) : also 
 the I death of King lohn at Swinstead | Abbey. I As it was (sundry times) publikely acted 
 by the | Queenes Maiesties Players, in the ho- | nourable Citie of | London, j [Here the 
 printer's device] | Imprinted at London for Sampson Clarke, | and are to be solde at his 
 shop, at the backe- | side of the Royal Exchange. | 1591. [Trinity College, Cambridge.'] 
 
 Part II. 
 
 The I Second part of the | troublesome Raigne of King | lohn, conteining the death | of 
 Arthur Plantaginet, | the landing of Lewes, and | the poysning of King | lohn at Swin- 
 stead I Abbey. | As it was (sundry times) publikely acted by the | Queenes Maiesties 
 Players, in the ho- | nourable Citie of | London. | [Here a device followed by the same 
 imprint as in Part I]. [Trinity College, Cambridge.] 
 
 " The source whence Shakespeare drew his materials for King John. 
 
 Though he has followed his original with a fidelity bordering on 
 
 2 vols. Cr. 4to scrupulosity, act by act, and scene by scene, yet he is by no means a 
 
 CI. bds. ant. mere slavish reproducer . . . The older drama is based on 
 
 £2 los. od. net. Holinshed and, in a minor degree, on Bale's Kynge Johan, but there is no 
 
 evidence in King John that Shakespeare saw either the one or the other. ' ' 
 
 (Smeaton.) 
 
 The Misfortunes of Arthur, by T. Hughes and others. 1587. 
 
 Certaine Deuises and shewes presented to her Maiestie by the gentlemen of Grayes- 
 Inne at her Highnesse Court in Greenewich, the twenty eigth day of Februarie in the 
 thirtieth yeare of her Maiesties most happy Raigne. At London. Printed by Robert 
 Robinson. 1587. [B.M. C. 34, b. 3.] 
 
 Hughes was assisted in these Devises by no fewer than seven persons, 
 
 Cr. 4to one of whom was Francis Bacon. In both the Devonshire and Garrick 
 
 CI. bds. ant. copies " cancels " are here and there pasted over passages where slips of 
 
 £1 lis. 6d. net. the press occur. The chief of these pages, in which the cancel is 
 
 arranged as a " turn-back " to show both readings, is given in duplicate. 
 
 The Chronicle History of King Leir : a Shakespeare Foundation" 
 play (c.1588 9: St. Reg. 1594). 
 
 The I True Chronicle Hi- ] story of King Leir, and his three | daughters, Gonorill, 
 Ragan, | and Cordelia. | As it hath bene diners and sundry | times lately acted. | 
 [Here an ornament] London, | Printed by Simon Stafford for lohn | Wright, and are to 
 bee sold at his shop at I Christes Church dore, next Newgate- I Market. 1605. I 
 [B.M. C. 34, b. II.] 
 
 King Leir" has been variously attributed to Kyd, Lodge, Marlowe, 
 
 Cr. 4to 
 
 Greene, and Peele, to the last named without much cause ; the work is 
 
 CI "bds ant ^^^° regarded by many as " too poor " for Marlowe : the " consensus of 
 
 /22s od net opinion " divides the authorship jointly between Greene, Kyd, and Lodge. 
 
 * ■ ' ■ In the original C2 and C3 are missing : these have been supplied from 
 
 another but inferior copy in the King's Library, 161, a. 51. 
 
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THE KNOWN AND ASCRIBED PLAYS OF ROBERT WILSON 
 The Three Ladies of London, by R[obert] wcuson, the EWero 
 
 A right excellent | and famous Comcedy called | the Three Ladies of London. \ Wherein is 
 nota- I blie declared and set | foorth, how by the meanes of Lucar, Loue | and Conscience 
 is so corrupted, that | the one is married to Dissi- | mulation, the other fraught | with all 
 abhomina- | tion. % A perfect patterne for all | Estates to looke into, and a worke right 
 wor- I thie to be marked. Written by R. W. | as it hath beene publiquely | played. | 
 At London | ^ Printed by Ro- | ger Warde, dwelling neere | Holburne Conduit at the 
 signe j of the Talbot 1584. . . . Finis. Paule Bucke | [Under, an ornament], [B.M. 
 C. 34, b. 30.] 
 
 Another edition appeared in 1592. The " D.N.B." takes it for granted 
 
 Cr. 4to that Wilson was the author of this play and (consequently) of "The 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Three Lords and Three Ladies of London " also, the second being 
 
 £1 IIS. 6d. practically a continuation. Other plays more certainly ascribed to Wilson 
 
 are " The Cobler's Prophecy " and " The Pedler's Prophecy." 
 
 The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London, by R[obert] 
 
 W[ilson the Elder.] 1590. 
 
 The pleasant and Stately Morall of the three Lordes and three Ladies of London. With 
 
 the great Joy and Pompe, solemnized at their Marriages : Commically interlaced with 
 
 much honest Mirth, for pleasure and recreation, among many Morall observations, and 
 
 other important matters of due Regard. By R. W. London. Printed by R. Ihones, at 
 
 the Rose and Crowne neere Holburne Bridge. 1590. [A woodcut on Title]. [^Bodleian.'] 
 
 The Museum copy, though a better example than the " Malone " in 
 
 J- . the Bodley, is yet imperfect. This facsimile will, therefore, follow the 
 
 \_rrepanng.\ ^ y^^ copy in the main, making good the imperfections from the Oxford 
 
 copy. 
 
 The Cobbler's Prophecy, by Robert wihon, Gent. 1594. 
 
 The Cobler's Prophesie. Written by Robert Wilson Gent. Printed at London by John 
 Danter for Cuthbert Burbie ; and are to be sold at his shop nere the Royall-Exchange. 
 1594. \_Dyce Bequest.'] 
 
 Cr. 4to Wilson's reputation as a writer is manifest from the reference by 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Lodge in reply to the attacks of Gosson. A copy of the play is in the 
 
 £1 IIS. 6d net. B.M., but imperfect, lacking sig. e. 
 
 The Pedlar's Prophecy [by Robert WiUon, the Author of the Cobler's 
 Prophesy (?)]. 1595. 
 
 The Pedlers Prophecie. London Printed by Thomas Creede, and to be sold by 
 William Barley at his shop in Gratious Streete. 1595. ^BM. C. 34, b. 37.] 
 
 Cr. 4to The B.M. copy is the only known one extant. For what is known of 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Wilson " The Dictionary of National Biography " must be consulted. 
 
 £1 IIS. 6d. net. 
 
 ^*^ The four plays bound in one vol. full vellu^n can be obtained, 
 
 price, £5 5 net 
 
 r air Hm, (staged c. 1589-94). Date of first known edition, 1631. 
 
 A Pleasant | Comedie | of | Faire Em, | The Millers Daughter of | Manchester : | With 
 the loue of William the Conqueror. | As it was sundry times publiquely acted in the | 
 Honourable Citie of London, by the right Ho- | nourable the Lord Strange his Seruants. 
 [Here an ornament over a line across page.] | London, | Printed for lohn Wright, and 
 are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Bible in Guilt-spur street without I New-gate. 
 1631. [^.M. C. 21, c. 35 (6).]. 
 
 Q . The play has been most definitely ascribed to Shakespeare, an 
 
 CI bds ant attribution as definitely denied by others. It is, however, generally agreed 
 
 /i ^s od net ^^^* " ^^^^ ^™ " ^^ ^ satirical play cleverly masked under the guise of 
 
 * ■ ■ romance, Robert Greene being the object of attack. 
 
 The Reign of Edward III., in parts an "Ascribed" Shakespeare Play. (c. 
 1589:) pr. 1596. 
 
 The I Raigne of | King Edward | the third : | As it hath bin sundrie times plaied about | 
 the Citie of London. | [Here an ornament]. London, | Printed for Cuthbert Burby, | 
 1596. [5.M. C. 34, g. I.] 
 
 Many authorities hold, more or less strongly, that there are grounds 
 
 Cr. 4to for regarding this play as wholly or in part the work of Shakespeare in 
 
 CI. bds. ant. the early days of his dramatic activity — "the play-cobbling stage": 
 
 £2 2s, od. net. contention to the reverse is equally strong. Another edition appeared in 
 
 i599> varying considerably from that of 1596. 
 
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The Book of Sir Thomas More, from the HarleianMS, 7368. B.MMSSO) 
 
 " The Book of Sir Thomas More, which is known as No. 7,368 in the 
 
 Harleian MSS., has been a work of great difficulty, and presents to the 
 
 student a facsimile of uncommon interest. The MS. is extremely crabbed, 
 
 Folio and has become so tattered and corroded that much of it has required 
 
 CI. bds. ant. overlaying with tissue paper to keep the fragments together. Yet despite 
 
 £2 2S. od. net. the filmy surface thus interposed between the original and the eyes of 
 
 [Also to match the the reader, the reproducer's art has been so successful that the facsimile 
 
 " Shakespeare Controvesy " is now judged to be as legible as the original. This MS. has never before 
 
 vols., in full velvet calf, been produced in facsimile, and it gains in importance from the fact that 
 
 £■1 i2S. 6d.] many experts believe portions of it to be in the handwriting of 
 
 Shakespeare himself. The work bears the authorization of Edmund 
 
 Tilney, legalising its stage production, and apparently certain emendations 
 
 which he required as censor."— Dai'/j' Telegraph. 
 
 Arden of FeVersham: an "Ascribed" Shakespeare Play. 1592. 
 
 The I Lamenta- | ble and true tra- | gedie of M. Ar- | den of Feversham | in Kent. | Who 
 was most wickedlye murdered, by | the means of his disloyall and wanton | wyfe, who for 
 the loue she bare to one | Mosbie, hyred two desperat ruf- | fins Blackwill and Shakbag, I 
 to kill him. | Wherein is shewed the great mal- | lice and discimulation of a wicked wo- | 
 man, the vnsatiabJe desire of filthie lust | and the shamefull end of all | murderers. | 
 Imprinted at London for Edward | White, dwelling at the lyttle North j dore of Paules 
 Church at | the signe of the | Gun, 1592. [The Dyce Bequest.'] 
 
 „ A much debated play. The Shakespearean origin was first mooted by 
 
 ri Rd'^ Jacob in 1770, Stevens pooh-poohed the notion, since when the battle 
 
 Ul, cds. ant. j^^g raged full merrily among the critics even down to the present day : the 
 
 £2 2S. net. reader is invited to seek information first-hand of these gentlemen. 
 
 The Life and Death of Jack Strawe, 1593 
 
 The I Life and | Death of lacke | Straw, A notable Rebell | in England : | who was kild 
 in Smithfield | by the Lord Maior of | London. [Here an ornament]. Printed at 
 London by lohn Danter, and are to be | solde by William Barley at his shop in | 
 Gratious-street ouer against ( Leaden-Hall. | 1593. [B.M. C. 34, b. 46.] 
 
 Cr. 4to From the B.M. copy. Another edition issued in 1604 is in the 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Bodleian Library at Oxford. The colophon of this 1593 edition is dated 
 
 £1 5s. od. net. 1594! whereas the title-page has 1593. 
 
 A Knack to Know a Knave. 1594. 
 
 A most pleasant and | merie new Comedie, | Intituled | A Knack to Knowe a Knaue. | 
 Newlie set foorth, as it hath sundrie | tymes bene played by Ed. Allen | and his Com- 
 panie. | With Kemps applauded Merrimentes | of the men of Goteham, in receiuing | the 
 King into Goteham. | Imprinted at London by Richard lones, dwelling | at the signe of 
 the Rose and Crowne, nere | Holborne Bridge. 1594. [B.M. C. 34, b. 26.] 
 
 Cr. 4to There is also a copy in better condition in the Dyce collection at 
 
 CI. bds. ant. South Kensington, and it is from this example that the present facsimile 
 
 £1 IIS. 6d. has been taken. 
 
 The Wars of Gyrus. 1594. 
 
 The Warres of Cyrus King of Persia, against Antiochus King of Assyria with the 
 Tragicall ende of Panthaea. Played by the children of her Maiesties Chappell. London 
 Printed by E.A. for William Blackwal, and are to be solde at his shop ouer against 
 Guild-hall gate. 1594. [BM. C. 34, b. 15.] Cm. 4to, CI. bds. ant,, £1 us. 6d. net. 
 
 The Taming of a Shrew, a "Foundation" Shakespeare Play, 1594. 
 
 A I Pleasant Conceited | Historie, Called the taming | of a Shrew. | As it was sundry 
 tirnes acted by the | Right honorable the Earle of | Pembrook his Seruants. | [Here the 
 printer's device.] Printed at London by Peter Short and | are to be sold by Cuthbert 
 Burbie, at his | shop at the Royall Exchange. ( 1594. [Devonshire collection."] 
 
 " Probably written about 1592, and based on a still older piece on the 
 same theme. . . . Shakespeare's play was probably written early in 
 [Preparing.! ^596- As his groundwork he appears to have taken the drama of 1594. . 
 
 A number of old scenes were left untouched, he wrote in several new 
 scenes [to] give more vivid colour and greater point to the play.' 
 (Smeaton). 
 
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The Tragedy of LoCrine: an "Ascribed" Shakespeare Play. 
 
 The I Lamentable Tragedie of | Locrine, the eldest sonne of King Brutus, discour- | sing 
 the warres of the Britaines, and Hunnes, | with their discomfiture : | The Britaines 
 victoria with their Accidents, and the | death of Albanact. No lesse pleasant then | 
 profitable. | Newly set forth, ouerseene and corrected, | By W.S. | [Here the printer's 
 device]. London | Printed by Thomas Creede. | 1595. [5.M. C. 34, b. 28.] 
 
 _ The editor of the third folio Shakespeare, in 1664, was the first to 
 
 ri M ^^^^ "W.S." as the initials of the great Elizabethan dramatist. [In my 
 
 Ul. oas. ant. introduction the words " third folio," by a printer's error, erroneously 
 
 £1 15s. od. read " first folio."- J. S. F.]. 
 
 A Knack to Know an Honest Man. 1596. 
 
 A pleasant Conceited Comedie, called, A Knacke to Know an honest Man. As it hath 
 beene sundrie times plaied about the citie of London. London. Printed for Cuthbert 
 Burby, and are to be solde at his shop by the Royal Exchange, 1596. [Dyce Bequest.] 
 [Preparing.] 
 
 The Pilgrimage to Parnassus ) [Author unknown: c. 1597- 
 
 The Return from Parnassus Part I [edTon oSThi^ust'';? Te 
 
 . J J J three, dated 1606. 
 
 The I Retvrne from Pernassvs | or | The Scourge of Simony. Publiquely acted by the 
 Students in Saint lohns CoUedge Cambridge [This is the third of the series.] [From 
 the Hearne MS. ; the " Return " Pt. II from the Bodley copy.] 
 
 A trilogy of dramas which, although known to have once existed, 
 had lain petdii to the world from the time of composition, except with 
 regard to the third part ("Return from Parnassus" Part II) until the 
 [Preparing.] Rev. W. D. Macray " met these lost plays " in the Rawlinson MSS. : In 
 
 1886 he edited the MSS. and published his " find." The chief interest 
 lies in the notices of Shakespeare of so early a date as 1600, and telHng of 
 popularity already won, although of a kind not altogether desirable. 
 
 MuCedorUS : an "Ascribed" Shakespeare Play. 
 
 A I most Pleasant Co- | medie of Mucedorus the kings | sonne of Valentia and Amadine | 
 the Kings daughter of Arragon, | with the merie Conceites | of Mouse. | Newly set foorth, 
 as it hath bin | sundrie times plaide in the ho- | norable Citie of London. | Very delectable 
 and full I of mirth. I [Here an ornament between two rules]. London | Printed for 
 William lones, dwel- ling at Holborne conduit, at I the signe of the Gunne. I 1598. 
 [5. M. C. 34, P- 34-] 
 
 Qj. -(.Q The "binding story" of the ascription is well known : round it has 
 
 CI. bds. ant. centred much discussion and criticism, but to little definite result. The 
 
 /lis. od. net. play was obviously exceedingly popular, no less than ten editions being 
 
 issued in little more than half a century. 
 
 A Warning for Fair Women. 1599. 
 
 A Warning for Faire Women. Containing The Most Tragicall and Lamentable Murther 
 of Master George Sanders of London, Marchant, nigh Shooters hill. Consented vnto by 
 his owne wife, acted by M. Browne, Mistris Drewry, and Trusty Roger, agents therin, 
 with their seuerall ends. As it hath beene lately diuerse times acted by the right 
 Honorable the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruantes, Printed at London by Valentine Sims 
 for William Aspley. 1599. [Bodleian.] 
 
 It is held by many scholars-^ indeed, the majority— that Shakespeare, 
 as a kind of assistant stage-manager under Burbage, engaged in " play- 
 [Preparinel cobbling"; old and weak plays being wrought on ; and that thereby he 
 
 achieved no small reputation for skill in adapting, altering, and re- 
 writing the pieces placed in his hands. This play is one supposed to be 
 so treated. 
 
 The Two Angry Women of Abingdon, by Henry Porter. 1599. 
 
 The Pleasant Historie of the two angrie women of Abington. With the humorous 
 mirthe of Dick Coomes and Nicholas Prouerbes, two Seruingmen. As it was lately 
 playde by the right Honorable the Earle of Nottingham, Lorde high Admirall, his 
 seruants. By Henry Porter Gent. Imprinted at London for loseph Hunt and William 
 Ferbrand, and are to be solde at the corner of Coleman-streete, neere Loathburie. i^QQ. 
 [B.M. C. 34, d. 35] . 
 
 Cr. 4to ^^- Gayley's Introduction (Rep. Eng. Comedies, 1903) to this play is the 
 
 CI. bds. ants. most important study of Porter that has yet appeared, embracing all the 
 
 £2 2s. od. net. discovered facts of Porter's life and a discussion of the vexed question of 
 
 the lost parts of the Abingdon triad. 
 
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Sir John OldcaStle, a play "ascribed" to Shakespeare. 1600. 
 
 The first part | Of the true & hono- ! rable history, of the Life of | Sir lohn Old-castle, 
 the good I Lord Cobham. | As it hath bene lately acted by the Right honorable the Earle 
 of Notingham Lord High Admirall of England, his Seruants. i Written by William 
 Shakespeare. | [Here an ornament. | London printed for T. P. | 1600. [B.M. C. 34, i. 6]. 
 
 Two editions of this play were issued in 1600 ; one impression 
 
 Cr. 4to ascribed it to Shakespeare (supra), the other did not. It is uncertain 
 
 CI. bds. ant. which of the two editions is the earlier. Both title-pages are given, but 
 
 £1 15s. net. the text is from the impression which lacks the ascription, as in that 
 
 edition certain errors of the press, occcuring in the other, are corrected. 
 
 The Weakest goeth to the Wall, leoo. 
 
 The I Weakest Goeth to the Wall. | As it hath bene sundry times plaide by the 
 right ho- I nourable Earle of Oxenford, Lord great I Chamberlaine of England I his 
 seruantes. | [Here the printer's device.] | London | Printed by Thomas Creede, for 
 Richard | Oliue, dwelling in Long Lane. | 1600. [B.M. 161, b. 15]. 
 
 Cr. 4to Another edition appeared in 1618. Another copy of the original 
 
 CI. bds. ant. impression is in the Bodleian and there is also a duplicate copy in 
 
 £1 15s. od. net. the B.M. 
 
 The Contention Between Liberality and Prodigality. 
 
 [Staged 1600.] 
 
 A pleasant Comedie, Shewing the Contention betweene Liberalitie and Prodigalitie. As 
 it was played before her Maiestie. London Printed by Simon Stafford, for George 
 Vincent : and are to be sold at the signe of the Hand in hand in Wood Street ouer 
 against S. Michaels Church. 1602. [B.M. C. 34, b. 13.] 
 
 The Museum Copy is probably unique. Collier thought its revival 
 rp . ■ n in 1600 was from a more ancient piece and notes a play of " Prodigality " 
 
 lt^repanng.\ exhibited at Court in 1568. The reference to the 43rd year of Queen 
 
 Elizabeth fixes the date of representation. 
 
 The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll, leoo. 
 
 The Wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll. As it hath bene sundrie times acted by the Children 
 of Powles. London, Printed by Thomas Creede, for Richard Oliue, dwelling in Long 
 Lane. 1600. [B.M. C. 34, b. 17.] [Preparing. 
 
 Nobody and Somebody. 
 
 Nobody, and Somebody. With the true Chronicle Historie of Elydure, who was 
 fortunately three seuerall times crowned King of England. The true Coppy thereof, 
 as it hath beene acted by the Queens Maiesties Seruants. Printed for lohn Trundle 
 and are to be solde at his shop in Barbican, at the signe of No-body, [On the title is a 
 woodcut of Somebody : on I4 verso an illustration of Nobody.] [B.M. C. 34, b. 36.] 
 
 [Cr. 4to. CI. bds. ant. £1 iis. 6d. net. 
 
 Look About You and Be Not Wroth, leoo. 
 
 A Pleasant Commodie, called Looke about you. As it was lately played by the right 
 honourable the Lord High Admirall his seruants. London, printed for William Ferebrand, 
 and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the signe of the Crowne neere Guild-hall 
 gate. 1600. [B.M. C. 34, b. 32.] [Preparing. 
 
 Jack Drum's Entertainment [leoo]. 
 
 Jacke Drums Entertainment : Or the Comedie of Pasquill and Katherine. As it hath 
 bene sundry times plaide by the Children of Powles. At London Printed for Richard 
 Oliue, dwelling in Long Lane. 1601. [B.M. C. 34, b. 18.] 
 
 ' No anonymous Play can bear more satisfactory evidence, either of 
 
 its date or its author. ... It was written in the time of Elizabeth, after 
 
 |-p . . -, Kemp's Morris had been danced, while 'Peace with Spain' was the 
 
 '- y S-\ burden of everyone's discourse, and in a ' Woman's Year,' i.e., leap year, 
 
 which must have been i6bo. . . . Characteristic Marstonian words 
 
 abound."- R. W. Simpson. 
 
 Alarum for London, 1602. 
 
 Alarvm for London, or the Siedge of Antwerpe. With the ventrous actes and valorous 
 deeds of the lame Soldier. As it hath been playde by the right Honorable the Lord 
 Charberlaine his Seruantes. London, Printed for William Ferbrand, and are to be sold 
 at his shop in Popes-head Alley, ouer against the Tauerne doore, neere the Royall- 
 Exchange. 1602. [B.M. C. 34, b. 29.] [Preparing. 
 
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How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad, 1602. 
 
 A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a man may chuse a good Wife 
 from a bad. As it hath been Sundry times Acted by the Earle of Worcesters 
 Seruants. London, Printed for Mathew Lawe, and are to be solde at his shop in 
 Paulas Churchyard, neare vnto S. Augustines gate, at the signe of the Fox. 1602. 
 [B.M. C. 34, b. 53.] 
 
 . A popular play, judging from the frequency of the editions— seven 
 
 IPrepanng.^ in little more than 30 years. 
 
 Thomas, Lord Cromwell, an "ascribed" Shakespeare pUy included in the 
 Third Folio. 
 
 The I True Chronicle Hi- | storie of the whole life and death | of Thomas Lord Cromwell. 
 I As it hath beene sundrie times pub- | hkely Acted by the Right Hono- | rable the Lord 
 Chamberlaine | his Seruants. | Written by W. S. | [Here the printer's device.] 
 Imprinted at London for William lones, and are | to be solde at his house neere 
 Holburne con- | duict, at the signe of the Gunne. 1602. [B.M. C. 34, i. 20]. 
 
 The only other known copy of the first edition is in the Bodleian. 
 p. ,^^' ^ : The play was entered in the Stationers' Register Aug. nth, 1602. 
 
 CI. bas. antique. Another edition appeared in 161 3 and it was included in the Shakespeare 
 
 Ai5S-od. Folios of 1664 and 1685. 
 
 Patient Grissill, by Henry Chettle, William Haughton, and Thomas Dekker. 1603. 
 
 The Pleasant Comodie of Patient Grissill. As it hath beene sundrie times lately plaid 
 by the right honorable the Earle of Nottingham (Lord high Admiall) his seruants. 
 London Imprinted for Henry Rocket, and are to be solde at the long Shop under S. 
 Mildreds Church in the Poultry. 1603. [5.M. C. 3, a. 19] . 
 
 Across the title page is what purports to be the autograph of "WiUiam 
 
 Cr. 4to Shakespeare." Opposite on a fly-leaf appears in pencil the following 
 
 CI. bds. ant. note by the late Dr. Garnett : — " The signature on the title-page has been 
 
 £7, 2S. od. net. submitted to Mr. Bond, who pronounces it to be spurious, and adds that 
 
 it strongly resembles those in the Ireland forgeries. R. G. Oct. 28, 1869." 
 
 The Wit of a Woman, i604. 
 
 A pleasant Comedie, Wherein is merily shewen : The Wit of a Woman. London 
 Printed for Edward White, and are to be sold at the little North doore of Paules Church 
 at the Signe of the Sun. 1604. [B.M. C. 34, b. 56.] [Cr. 4to. CI. bds. ant. £1 iis. 6d. net. 
 
 The London Prodigal, [An "Ascribed ' Shakespeare Play : included in Third Folio. 
 
 The I London | Prodigall. | As it was Plaide by the Kings Male | sties seruauts. I By 
 William Shakespeare. | [Here the printers' (Creed) device]. London. | Printed by T. C. 
 for Nathaniel Butter, and | are to be sold neere S. Austins gate, | at the signe of the 
 Pyde Bull. | 1605. [B.M. C. 34, 1. 3]. 
 
 Q . Issued in 1605 with " by William Shakespeare" on the title-page 
 
 CI hd^ ant ^* ^^^ apparently not reprinted until its appearance in the Third 
 
 / ■ J ■ Shakespeare folio. "The London Prodigal" does not appear in the 
 
 41 5s. OG. nei. books of the Stationers' Company. 
 
 A Yorkshire Tragedy : an "Ascribed" Shakespeare pUy (c. 1605; pr. 1608). 
 
 A I Yorkshire | Tragedy. | Not so New as Lamentable I and true. | Acted by his Maiesttes 
 Players at | the Globe. | Written by W. Shakspeare. ] [Here the printer's device]. At 
 London | Printed by R. E. for Thomas Pauier and are to bee sold at his ] shop on Cornhill, 
 neere to the exchange. | 1608. [B.M. C. 34, 1. 5]. 
 
 P , "A Yorkshire Tragedy was entered on the Stationers' Books May 2, 
 
 ri hd '^ ° f 1608, and was published the same year. No other edition appeared until 
 
 17 6d t* ^^ ^^^ included in the Third and Fourth Shakespeare Folios in 1664 and 
 
 The Fair Maid of Bristow. 1605. 
 
 The I Fair Maide | of Bristow | As it was plaide at Hampton, before the | King and 
 Queenes most excellent | Maiesties. [Here the printer's device with " T " and " P " one 
 on each side of same.] Printed at London for Thomas Pavyer, and are | to be solde at 
 his shop, at the entrance | into the Exchange 1605. [B.M. C. 34, b. 6]. 
 
 Collier attributed "The Fair Maid of Bristow" to John Day, on 
 ^Preh ' 1 somewhat slight grounds, but the consensus of modern opinion is in the 
 
 L panng.] ^^g^j^^ adverse to the ascription. H One other copy is known besides the 
 
 B.M. copy, that in the Bodleian. 
 
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The Trial of Chivalry, leos. 
 
 The History of the tryall of Cheualry. With the life and death of Caualiero Dicke 
 Bowyer. As it hath bin lately acted by the right Honourable the Earle of Darby his 
 seruants. London Printed by Simon Stafford for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold at 
 his shop in Paules Church-yard, neere S. Austens gate. 1605. [B.M. C. 34, b. 50. 1 
 
 [Preparing. 
 
 Captain Thomas Stukeley, (Author unknown,) leos. 
 
 The I Famous Historye of | the life and death of Captaine | Thomas Stukeley. | With 
 his marriage to Alderman | Curteis Daughter, and valiant ending | of his life at the 
 Battaile of | Alcazar. | As it hath beene Acted. | [Here an ornament] | Printed for 
 Thomas Pauyer, and are to be sold at I his shop at the entrance into the I Exchange, 
 1605. [B.M. C. 21. c. 37. (i.)] 
 
 Cr. 4to From the original in the B.M. Captain Stukeley, the subject of the 
 
 CI. bds. Ant. play, half soldier hero half braggart, has been exhaustively dealt with 
 
 £2 2s. od. net. by the late Mr. R. Simpson in his " School of Shakespeare." 
 
 Wily Beguild, leoe. 
 
 A i leasant Comedie, Called Wily Begvilde. The Chiefe Actors be these: A Poore 
 Scholler, a rich Foole.and a Knaue at a shifte. At London, printed by H. L.for Clement 
 Knight : and are to be solde at his Shop, in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the 
 Holy Lambe. 1606. [Dyce Bequest.] 
 
 [Preparing.'] Later editions appeared in 1623, 1635, and 1638; that of 1606 is 
 
 regarded as " the most correct." 
 
 Sir Giles Goosecap, leoe. 
 
 Sir Gyles Goosecappe, Knight. A Comedie presented by the Chil : of the Chappell. At 
 London, Printed by lohn Windet for Edward Blunt. 1606. [B.M. 11773, b.b.b. 5]. 
 
 [Preparing. 
 
 The Puritan, or The Widow of Wading Street 
 (otherwise The Puritan Widow), by wciiuam] sLhakespeare.j 
 
 ThePvritaine * or | The Widdow | of Watling-Streete. | Acted by the Children of Paules. 
 I Written by W. S. | [Here an ornament] | Imprinted at London by G. Eld. | 1607. 
 B.M. C. 34, 1. 4]. 
 
 •' The Puritan Widow " was entered on the Stationers' Register on 
 
 Cr. 4to Aug. 6th, 1607. Kirkman identified " W. S." as Shakespeare, and the 
 
 CI. bds. ant. editors of the Third and Fourth Folios included it and six others since 
 
 £1 15s. od. net. regarded as more or less doubtful in those collected editions of the 
 
 Poet's works. 
 
 The Merry Devil of Edmonton, leos. 
 
 [A headpiece.] | The | Merry Devill | of | Edmonton. | As it hath beene sundry times 
 Acted, I by his Maiesties Seruants, at the | Globe on the banke side. | [Here an ornament.] 
 I London | Printed by Henry Ballard for Arthur lohnson, dwelling | at the signe of the 
 white-horse in Paules Church I yard, ouer against the great North I doore of Paules. 
 1608. [Capell R. 23]. 
 
 Cr. 4to From the unique copy in the Capell Collection at Trinity College, 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Cambridge. Other editions appeared in 1612, 1617, 1626, 1631 and 
 
 £1 5s. od net. 1685. 
 
 The Two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shake«peare 
 [c. 1610-1625; staged c. 1626] : pr. 1634 
 
 The Two Noble Kinsmen.— The | Two | Noble | Kinsmen: | Presented at the Black- 
 friers I by the Kings Maiesties servants, | with great applause: | [a "rule" across 
 " measure " of title] | Written by the memorable Worthies | of their times | 
 (Mr. John Fletcher, and \ ^ , 
 [Mr. William Shakspeare.j '^^"^• 
 [a "rule" across "measure" of title] | [Here the printer's device]. | a "rule" as 
 before] | Printed at London by Tho. Cotes, for lohn Waterson : ( and are to be sold at 
 the signe of the Crowne | in Pauls Church-yard. 1634. [B.M. C. 34, g. 23.] 
 
 P From an orginal copy in the British Museum, and first published, it 
 
 n hd'' ° ^^ thought, from a play-house copy. The part supposed to have been 
 
 ,' . ^' ^" ■ taken by Shakespeare has been the source of interminable criticism and 
 
 £^ 2^- °«t- contention. 
 
 *^*Also to match the ^^Shakespeare Controversy'' vols., m full parchment 
 or full velvet calf, £2 12s. 6d. net. 
 
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Histrio-Mastix. leio. 
 
 Histrio-Mastix : Or, The Player whipt. Printed by Th. Thorp. 1610. [BM. C. 34, b. 23.] 
 
 [Pyeparing. 
 
 Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman will have her 
 
 Will, by William Haughton. 1616. 
 
 Englishmen | for my Money; | or, | a pleasant Comedy, | called, j A Woman will haue 
 her Will. [Here a portrait of Queen Elizabeth]. Imprinted at London by W, W^iite, 
 I dwelHng in Cowe-lane. 1616. [5.M. C. 34, c. 40.] 
 
 The authorship is fixed by the entry in " Henslowe's Diary" Feb. 
 iJj ^'■° I597-8' It was licensed in 1601 under the secondary title, but the first 
 
 CI. bus. ant. ^^^ second editions bear the full description ; in the third impression, in 
 
 £2 25. od. net. 1631, there is the curtailment altho' the running title remains unaltered. 
 
 The Birth of Merlin: an "ascribed" Shakespeare-Rowley Play (1662, probably 
 written c. 1620. 
 
 The I Birth | of i Merlin: | or, | The Childe hath found his Father: | As it hath been 
 several times Acted | with great Applause. | [Here a rule across measure.] Written by 
 William Shakespear, and William Rowley. | [Here another rule.]Placere Cupio. | [Here 
 another rule and below an ornament and another rule.] London : Printed by Tho. 
 Johnson for Francis Kirkman, and | Henry Marsh, and are to be sold at the Princes Arms 
 in I Chancery Lane. 1662. [B.M. C. 34, 1. 7] . 
 
 Cr. 4to Kirkman's ascription to Shakespeare is generally regarded as 
 
 CI. bds. ant. improbable. The date of composition and the stage-history of the play 
 
 £1 IS. od. net. are also shrouded in mystery. 
 
 Believe As Ye List, by PhiUp Massinger. (An autograph play (Egerton MS, 2828.) 
 
 A new play | called | Beleeue as you | List. | Written by Mr. Massenger | May 6th | 
 1631. 
 
 This MS. is the only play by an Elizabethan dramatist which we 
 
 have in the author's handwriting, with the exception, of course, of the 
 
 P ,. two Ben Johnson masques. It was bought at Sotheby's in November, 
 
 ri hrl ° 1900, by Dr. Warner for the British Museum, he knowing Massinger's 
 
 / o ^ A ^"^ t hand from his experience of it in the Dulwich MSS. It comprises 29 
 
 ^2 2s. o . ne . leaves folio, and is endorsed: — " This Play called Believe as you List may 
 
 be acted this 6 of May 1631. Henry Herbert." With an introduction 
 
 giving a precis of the history and discovery of the MS. 
 
 Grim the Collier of Croydon. is. An oia play recast and revised by 
 (?) John Tatham when printed in 1662. 
 
 Grim the Collier of Croydon or The Devil and his Dame with the Devil and Saint 
 Dunstan | By L T. | London | Printed in the year [1662]. \2^. 
 
 There is great uncertainty as to date. This the only known printed 
 
 edition is obviously a Restoration play founded on an older one traceable 
 
 [Pyeparing']. by allusions here and there. The "I. T." is probably John Tatham. 
 
 Fleay, on the authority of the sub-title, attributed it to William Haughton, 
 
 but it was probably written much earlier. 
 
 Dramatic Fragments, Vol. I. 
 
 iX, I In Pyeparation. 
 
 III.) 
 
 [Subscribers and others ure invited at once to communicate with the Editor 
 concerning any fragment that in the interests of scholarship, preservation, or 
 otherwise, it would be desirable to include in one of these volumes.] 
 
 SPECIAL NOTICE— PERSONAL. 
 
 This "Rough Hand-list" is merely what its name implies. 
 I intend to expand it and add to it, on the actual completion of the 
 series, as here announced, as a Bibliographical and General Index. 
 
 JOHN S. FARMER. 
 
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THE TUDOR FACSIMILE TEXTS. 
 
 LIST OF A SPECIAL SERIES 
 
 Sold only in Sets, viz., 43 vols, as follows. Price £42, 7s. net. 
 
 ^omc ^«0innlu0» of ©nelisij 
 
 Wealth and Health | Johan the Evangelist 
 
 Impatient Poverty 
 
 l(«kn0njn {ov xxxxvecovheh) 
 (IBMtione of ^cavce ®IJ> ^lrt^« 
 
 The Story of King Darius 
 Lusty Juventus 
 
 Nice Wanton 
 
 The Play of the Weather 
 
 ^n ^ntoj^vapij ^lay^ of 
 
 Believe as Ye List 
 
 Manicind 
 Wisdom 
 
 The Castle o Perseverance 
 Respublica 
 
 ^otttij" an^ ''Pvoiti^al** pla^si 
 
 Nature 
 
 Hickscorner 
 
 Youth (Copland Edition) 
 
 The Nature of the Four 
 
 Elements 
 Nice Wanton 
 The Disobedient Child 
 
 (Bavl^ (!5'Xxteviniie& 
 
 Youth (Lambeth Fragment I New Custom 
 
 and Worley Edition) The Trial of Treasure 
 
 The World and the Child | Liice Will to Like 
 
 Calisto and Melibaa 
 Damon and Pithias 
 
 Gorboduc ; or, Ferrex and 
 
 Porrex 
 Apius and Virginia 
 
 §cci:ptural ^nievixxtteji 
 
 Jacob and Esau 
 
 King Darius (Colwell Edition) 
 
 I The Life and Repentance of 
 I Mary Magdalene. 
 
 ®ije tf£>txtevlxxhe&, OBtc., 
 
 ^f 
 
 The Pardoner and the Frere, the Curate and neybour Pratte 
 
 The Play called the Four P.P. 
 
 John John the Husband, Tib his Wife, and Sir John the 
 
 Priest 
 The Play of the Weather 
 The Play of Love 
 Of Gentleness and Nobility 
 Witty and Witless 
 
 ®ije (^xxtevlxxhe^ of ^otjn ^aU 
 
 The Chief Promises of God unto Man 
 The Temptations of Our Lord 
 
 A Comedy concerning the Three Laws of Nature, Moses 
 and Christ 
 
 plit |tlau» 
 
 The Play of Wit and Science 
 
 The Marriage of Wit and Science 
 
 A Contract of Marriage between Wit and Wisdom 
 
 , See "Special Issues 
 
 Sold Separately." 
 y Pages 53-4 Included in the 
 j price of the set as detailed 
 ' supra. 
 
 Cardinal and Archbishop of 
 
 The Castle of Perseverance, 
 Mind, Will, and Understanding, 
 Mankind. 
 
 INatUre, by Henry Medwall, Chaplain to John Morton, 
 Canterbury, (c. 1486-1500: pr. 1516-20). In two parts. 
 
 II Nature. | 1 A goodly interlude of Nature copylyd by mayster | Henry Medwall, 
 chapleyn to the ryght re- | verent father in god Johan Morton | sometyme Cardinall and 
 arche | byshop of Can- | terbury . • . | . . . [The names of the players, twenty one in 
 number are given at the end in three columns • .] . [B.M. C 34, e. 54] . 
 
 The original in B.M. is thought to be unique. With this facsimile 
 are also given two duplicate leaves bound up with the Museum copy ; 
 also a fragment, restoring clipped lines, found in the Bodleian. Without 
 date, place or printer's name, but it probably came from the press of 
 John Rastell c. 1516-20. A very unclerical play: the author was 
 obviously well acquainted with the seamy side of the London life of his 
 
 Cr. 4to 
 CI. bds. ant. 
 £1 15s. net. 
 
 CI. bds. ant. 
 17s. 6d. net. 
 
 Hickscorner. (c. 1497 1512: pr. c. 1512). 
 
 Hyckescorner | [Within a ribbon-border over woodcut page. On back of title-page 
 another full-page woodcut] .... Enprynted | by me Wynkyn de | Worde. [The 
 printer's device on the last page] . [B.M. C 21, c, 24]. 
 
 Cr. 4to From the original (Garrick's copy) in the B.M. The play has been 
 
 reprinted several times. The woodcuts pourtray the characters in the 
 drama. All are " stock " blocks, appearing in other books of the period. 
 The date is apparently fixed by internal evidence. 
 
 The World and the Child (otherwise Mundus & Infans: c. 1500-6: pr. 1522). 
 
 Here begynneth a propre newe Interlu- | de of the Worlde and the chylde, otherwy- | se 
 called [Mundus & Infans] & it sheweth | of the estate of Chyldehode and Manhode. | 
 . . . . f Here endeth the Interlude of Mundus & Infans. | Imprynted at London in 
 Fletestrete, at the sygne of y^ J - Soiie by me Wynkyn de Worde. The yere of our 
 Lorde | m.ccccc . and . xxii. The . xvii. day of July. [On title a three-quarter 
 page woodcut]. [Trinity College, Dublin] . 
 
 Cr. 4to Only a single copy of any edition is known— the original of this 
 
 CI. bds. ant. facsimile, now in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. " A vivid 
 
 17s. 6d. net. satirical picture of low life." 
 
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The Four Elements (Author unknown: sometimes attributed to John Rastell, 
 without date or printer's name c. 1510-1520). 
 
 f A new interlude and a mery of the | nature of the .iiij. elements declarynge many Pro ] 
 per poynts of phylosophy naturall, andof dyuers | straunge landys, and of dyuers straunge 
 effects & I causis, whiche interlude yf ye hole matter be playde | wyl conteyne the space 
 of an hour and a halfe, but | yf ye lyst ye may leue out much of the sad mater | as the 
 messengers pte, and some of naturys parte | and some of experyens pte and yet the matter 
 wyl de I pend conuenyently, and than it wyll not be paste | thre quarters of an hour of 
 length. [Here the names of the Players and a synopsis of the play] . [5.M. 643, b. 43] . 
 
 The only known copy of the original, now in the B.M., is imperfect. 
 
 The date of composition or printing given above is purely conjectural. 
 
 Cr. 4to -pjjg purpose of this interlude is scientific, not moral. Gayley accepts the 
 
 CI. bds. ant. ascription to Rastell without reserve; and some authorities think 1539 a 
 
 17s. 6d. net. much more likely date of printing on the ground that the only other use 
 
 of the music type in it is of that year, and is not so worn. 
 
 Johan the Evangelist (c 1520 : pr. c. i565). 
 
 f Here begynneth the j enterlude of Johan ] the Euangelyst. | [Here a three-quarter 
 page illustration of St John, surrounded by a conglomerate woodcut border] . . . 
 iS' Thus endeth the Enterlude of Saynt Johan | the Euangelyste. Imprynted at 
 London | in Foster laene by John Waley. \_BM. C. 34, i. 20] . 
 
 This play was untraced in modern times until recently. It is one of 
 
 the three " lost" plays recovered in " the Irish find " of 1906. In the 
 
 Cr. 4to same year it was purchased for the British Museum at Sotheby's for 
 
 CI. bds. ant. ;^io2. John Waley, the printer of this edition, was in business from 154b to 
 
 17s. 6d. net 1586, but in the " Day Book of John Dome," an Oxford bookseller, there is 
 
 recorded in 1520 the sale of " | saint jon euuangeliste entrelute i [d]."— 
 
 Oxford. Historical Society's Collectancea, 1885. 
 
 Nice Wanton, (Author unknown, but sometimes attributed to John Ingelend, the author 
 of " The Disobedient Child": c. 1546) 1560. 
 
 f A Preaty Interlude | called, Nice Wanton, j [Here a small composite ornament of 
 types.] f Wherein ye may see, | Three braunces of an yll tree, | The mother and her 
 chyldren three, | Twoo naught, and one godlye. | Early sharpe that wyll be thorne, | 
 Soone yll, that wyll be naught: | To be naught, better vnborne, | Better vnfed.then 
 naughtely taught. | . . . [Here the list of " personages."] f Anno Domini | 
 M.D.L.X. . . . f Imprinted at London, in Paules Churche yearde at the Sygne of I 
 the Swane by John Kyng [B.M. C. 12, e. 20] . 
 
 Cr. 4to Another edition (see infra) was issued in 1565, which had, until 
 
 CI. bds. ant. 1906, been unknown. The date of composition, judging from internal 
 
 17s. 6d. net. evidence, was probably much earlier than the year of publication. 
 
 [c. 1565]. 
 
 [The title-page as supra with textual and other variations] . . . ^ Imprinted at 
 Lon I don at the long Shop adioining vnto Saint | Mildreds Church in the Pultrie, by | 
 John Allde. | [The Colophon worded as the imprint supra] . [B.M. C. 34, i. 24] . 
 
 For this, until recently unknown edition, scholars are again indebted 
 
 to "the Irish find of 1906." It is a matter of congratulation that not 
 
 PI hri '^^° °"'y ^^^ three " lost " plays then brought to light, but also the " unknown 
 
 fiH* ^^f editions " of four other early plays have all found a resting place in the 
 
 17s. 5d. net. ^ -^ ^^^ ^j^^^^^ therefore, it has been possible to make them fully useful 
 
 to scholars by including them in *' The Tudor Facsimile Texts." 
 
 The Trial of Treasure (i567). 
 
 % A new and mery | Enterlude, called the Triall of | Treasure, newly set foorth, and | 
 neuer before this tyme | imprinted. | % The names of the plaiers, | First, Sturdines, 
 Contentation | Visitation, Time. | The second, Lust, Sapience, Con- | solation, | The 
 thirde, the Preface, Just, Plea- | sure, Gredy gutts. | The fourth, Elation, Trust, a 
 wo- I man, and Treasure, a woman. | The fifth. Inclination the Vice. | % Imprinted 
 at Londo in Paules | Churcheyarde, at the signe of the ] Lucrece by Thomas | Purfoote. | 
 1567 ... On verso of title is the printer's device, presumably a representation of 
 " Treasure, a woman " with " Thomas Pvrfoote " in a panel at foot. [B. M. C. 34, b. 49.] 
 Qj. jQ The authorship is unknown. It may have been written a few years 
 
 CI bds ant before it was printed. Another copy is in the Bodleian Library : also, 
 
 17's. 6d" net" " *^^ ■'■"^'^ ^""^ °^ 1906 " unearthed another copy, which it is believed was 
 
 secured at auction for America. 
 
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THE INTERLUDES OF JOHN HEYWOOD. 
 
 The Pardoner and the Frere, the Curate and 
 Neighbour Pratte, (by John Heywood c. 1521) 1533. 
 
 % A mery play betwene | the pardoner and the frere, the curate i and neybour Pratte. | 
 [The play commences immediately] . . . Imprynted by Wyllyam Rastell the , 8 . 
 day I of Apryll the yere of our lorde. M. | CCCCC. xxx III. | . % Cum priuilegio. 
 [Pcpys' Collection] . 
 
 Large 410 From the original in the Pepys collection at Magdalene College, 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Cambridge. The only other copy known is in the Devonshire collection 
 
 17s. 6d, net. at Chatsworth. 
 
 John John the Husband, Tib his Wife and Sir John 
 
 the Priest (by John Heywood). 1533. 
 
 % A mery play | betwene Johan Johan the | husbande, Tyb his | wyfe, & syr Jhan | 
 the preest. | [The title, between ornaments top and bottom, immediately precedes the 
 text.] . . . • H Impryntyd by Wyllyam Rastell, the xii day of | February the yere 
 of our lord. M. ccccc. and xxxiii. | f Cum priuilegio [Pepys Collection] . 
 
 Large 4to From the copy in the Pepys collection at Magdalene College, 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Cambridge. Another copy is in the Bodleian— the only other known 
 
 17s. 6d. net. to be extant. 
 
 The Play of the Weather, by John Heywood. 1533. 
 
 f The Play of the Wether | [Here an ornament across width of type] . ^ A new and 
 a very | mery enterlude of | all maner we- | thers made | by John Heywood. | [Here 
 another ornament across page followed by "The players nanres : " see infm] . . . 
 Finis. I Prynted by w. Rastell. ! 1533- i Cum Priuilegio. [Pepys Collection]. 
 
 This, a facsimile of the earliest known edition of '• The Play of the 
 
 Large 4to Weather," is from an original copy now in the Pepys collection at 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Magdalene College, Cambridge ; it is the only perfect example known of 
 
 17s. 6d. net the editio princeps, the copy at St. John's College, Oxford, lacking the 
 
 last leaf : see infra. 
 
 . {c. 1565.) % The playe of the | weather. | 
 
 % A new and a very merye enter- | lude of all maner wethers | made by Ihon Hey- j 
 woode. I (.-.) I f The players names | Jupiter a God. | Mery report the vyce. | The 
 Gentleman. | The Marchante. ( The Ranger. | The Water Miller, | The Winde Miller. | 
 The Gentlewoman. | The Launder. | A boye the leste that can playe. | . . . . ^ Im- 
 printed at Lon- I don by Ihon Awdeley dwelling | in litle Britayne streete, beyonde | 
 Aldersgate. [B.M. C.34, i. 23.] . 
 
 Cr. 4to An edition unrecorded until the Irish find of 1906, of which it formed 
 
 CI. bds. ant. part, the B.M. paying ;^i9o for it. The earher edition printed by Rastell 
 
 17s. 6d. net. in 1533 is also included in this series. 
 
 The Play of Love, made by John Heywood. 1533. 
 
 A play of love, j % A newe and a | mery enterlude concernyng plea- | sure and payne in 
 loue, I made by Jhoh | Heywood. | ,', | The players | names. | ,', | A man a louer not 
 beloued. | A woman beloued not louyng. | A man a louer and beloued. | The vyse nother 
 louer nor beloued. [Title enclosed in an imposing-looking architectural border] .... 
 Prynted by .w Rastell | M. ccccc. xxxiii. | cum priuilegio Regali. [Pfpys Collection] . 
 
 This is another of John Hey wood's interludes, the original of which is 
 
 preserved at Magdalene College, Cambridge, being the only perfect copy 
 
 Large 4to known of this early edition. Pasted in the Magdalene original on back of 
 
 CI. bds. ant. title-page is a fine portrait engraving of Samuel Pepys : for reasons set 
 
 17s. 6d. net. out in the Introduction this portrait is retained in the facsimile. The 
 
 introduction narrates much concerning the new facts recently discovered 
 
 about the author. 
 
 Of Gentleness and Nobility (by John Heywood (?): c. 1535). 
 ^ Of Gentylnes and Nobylyte. | A dyaloge betwen the Marchaut the | Knyght and the 
 plowman dysputyng who is a verey Gen- | tylman & who is a Noble man and how men 
 shuld 1 come to auctoryte, compiled in maner of an en- | terlude with divers toys & gestis 
 addyd therto | to make mery pastyme and disport. | [Here, immediately following, is the 
 text.] . . . . A M E N. I Johes rastell me fieri fecit j Cum priuilegio regali. | 
 [B.M. C. 40, i. 16.] 
 
 Sm. Folio It is uncertain, very doubtful according to some authorities, as to 
 
 CI. bds. ant. whether this dialogue can be attributed to John Heywood. The volume 
 
 17s. 6d. net. contains a facsimile pasted-in "portrait " of the attributed author. 
 
 ^18; 
 
Witty and Witless, an autograph interlude by John Hey wood, together with a 
 special letter discussing the questions of the date and autograph character of the MS. 
 bef. 1547]. 
 
 [The MS. commences imperfectly] . . . Amen qd John Heywod. [B. M. Harl. 
 MSS. 367] . 
 
 P .. The original MS. is a fragment; but little can have been lost beyond 
 
 C\ hfT ^ ant *^® introduction. The MS. is unquestionably of the XVI. century : the 
 
 I7S 6d net " same watermark occurs in Royal MS. 7 B. iv., Cranraer's draft of the 
 
 ' ■ ■ " Prayer-Book, 1543-7. 
 
 The Play called The Four PP. By John Hey wood (c. 1545?) 
 
 The playe called the | foure PP. | f A neweanda very mery enterludeof | A palmer. | 
 A pardoner. | A potycary. | A pedler. | Made by John Heewood. | [Here, filling the rest 
 of the page a woodcut of three figures] ... % Imprynted at London in Fletestrete 
 at the I sygne of tne George by Wyllyam | Myddylton .-. \ [Here the printer's punning 
 device] . [B.M. C. 34, e. 43] . 
 
 One of the undoubted Heywood plays. Seven only have come down 
 
 Cr. 4tc to us, but he spoke of himself as having " made many mad plays." It is 
 
 CI. bds. ant. noteworthy that the first of the three unnamed figures on the title-page 
 
 17s. 6d. net. was also used in the Lambeth fragment of " Youth " and the third in the 
 
 Copland edition of the same play (qv.). 
 
 The Beauty and Good Properties of Women (otherwise 
 known as Calisto and Melibsea : author unknown, but (?) John 
 
 Heywood : c. 1530. 
 
 A new comodye in englysh in maner | Of an enterlude ryght elygant & full of craft | of 
 rethoryk, wherein is shewd & dyscrybyd as | well the bewte & good propertes of^women, | 
 as theyr vycys & euill codicios, with a morall | coclusion & exhortacyon to vertew. 
 
 Johes rastell me imprimi fecit | Cum priuilegio regali | [A final leaf has 
 
 printer's device one side and a composite woodcut on the other] . [Bodletan] . 
 
 The only known copy is in the Malone collection in the Bodleian 
 
 Large 4to Library. The suggested ascription to Heywood is borne out by facts at 
 
 Cl. bds. ant. least as weighty as those which would attriDute " Thersites " to him. 
 
 17s. 6d. net. Probably the immediate source of ' ' Calisto and Melibsea " was the French 
 
 translation of the Spanish comedy, published by Du Pre in 1527. 
 
 Youth (Author unknown : attributed by Wood to John Heywood : date not earlier than 1528 
 for the Lambeth fragment). 
 
 [Lambeth Fragment.] Thenterlude of youth, [over a woodcut of 
 
 three figures — 4 leaves] . [Lambeth Palace Liby.] 
 
 [Waley EDITION.] Theterlude of youth. [This is the only title, over a woodcut 
 
 of two figures— Charity and Youth, the text commencing immediately under]. . . 
 
 Imprinted at London, by John waley | dwellyng in Foster Lane. [B.M. C. 34, b. 24.] 
 
 It is supposed that five editions in all were issued - an original 
 
 Cr. 4to edition now lost, and from this the Lambeth fragment and another edition 
 
 Cl bds. ant. (lost) were probably printed. From the second lost edition probably both 
 
 17s. 6d. net. Waley's {c. 1557) and Copland's (c 1560) were printed : see infra. 
 
 ' [Copland edition.] The Enterlude | of Youth. [This over a 
 
 woodcut of three figures (they differ from the Lambeth and Waley groups) — 
 Charity, Youth, and an unnamed third, probably HumiHty] . . . . f Imprented at 
 London in Lothbury ouer a- | gainst Sainct Margarytes church by me | Wyllyam 
 Copland. [B.M. C. 34, e. 38] . 
 
 The B.M. copy of this edition is probably unique : this and the 
 
 Waley edition with the Lambeth fragment are indispensable for 
 
 (3r. 4to comparative study : see supra. The Lambeth fragment was a "waste" 
 
 Cl. bds. ant. °^ unbound sheet found in another book. In Youth details of character, 
 
 17s. 6d.* net. device, situation and literal transference of language are borrowed from 
 
 Hickscornir : but it improves on all : itself an indirect argument for the 
 
 Heywood attribution. 
 
 The Play of Wit and Science, by Master John Redford (c. isso). 
 
 A facsimile of the original MS. in the British Museum: no early printed copy has been 
 traced. The play was probably written for, and played by his "children," Redford being 
 their "master" at St. Paul's about 1535. [B.M. Add. MSS. 15,233 folios 11-27]. 
 
 Cr. 4to It is curious that nowhere in the British Museum catalogue does 
 
 Cl. bds. ant. Redford's name occur, though his name appears both in the MS. and in 
 
 17s. 6d. net. the reprint made for the Shakespeare Society, 
 
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THE INTERLUDES OF JOHN BALE. 
 The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, by John saie, 
 
 Bishop of Ossorv. 1538. 
 
 A Comedy concer j nynge thre lawes, of nature I Moses, & Christ, corrupted I by the 
 Sodomytes | Pharyseesand | Papystes. | Compyledby Johan Bale. | AnnoM.D XXXVIII. 
 . . . Thns endeth thys Comedy | concernyng thre lawes, of Nature, Mo | ses, and 
 Christ, corrupted by the Sodomy | tes, Pharisees & Papystes most wycked. [ Compyled 
 by Johan Bale. Anno | M.D. XXXVIII, and lately in- | prented per Nicolaum 1 Bam- 
 burgensem. [/i.M. C. 34, a. 12]. 
 
 Cr. 4to The B.M. copy wants the title-page. It is here supplied in reduced 
 
 CI. bds. ant. facsimile from the only other known copy in the Bodleian. A portrait of 
 
 £1 15s. net. Bale appears on G.ii. 
 
 The Chief Promises of God unto Man, by John Bale, Buhop of 
 
 Ossory, 1538. 
 
 A Tragedye or enterlude | manyfestyng the chefe promyses of God | vnto man by all 
 ages in the olde lawe, from the fall of | Adam to the incarnacyon of the lorde Jesus | 
 Christ. Compyled by Johan Bale. Anno | Domini M. D xxxviii. [Here an ornament: 
 the rest of title-page is much mutilated and wanting] . [B.M. C. 34, c. 2] . 
 
 Cr. 4to The only known copy of the first edition (in B.M. to which it came 
 
 CI. bds. ant. through the Garrick collection, probably from the Harley library acquired 
 
 17s. 6d. net. from Robert Dodsley). 
 
 The Temptations of Our Lord, by John Bale, Bishop of Ossory. 1538. 
 
 A brefe Comedy or enter | lude concernynge the temptacyon of our | lorde and sauer 
 Jesus Christ, by Sathan in the de- | sart. Compyled by Johan Bale. Anno M.D.XXXVIII. 
 [Here follow a small woodcut and the verse Matthew iv.] Interlocutores. | lesus Christus 
 Satan tentator. | Angelus primus. Angelus alter. Baleus Prolocutor. [Bodl. Douce 
 B. Subst. 164]. 
 
 Cr. 4to This play is facsimiled from the only known extant copy in the 
 
 CI. bds. ant. Bodleian Library. The fly-leaf of script, in Douce's handwriting, is also 
 
 17s. 6d. net. reproduced : this is by way of annotation and criticism. 
 
 ^*^ Bale's interlude of ''John, King of England,'' known only in the 
 MS., now in the possession of The Duke of Devonshire, is purposely 
 excluded in accordance with my custom of, as far as possible, includ- 
 ing in this series only those printed and manuscript rarities that have 
 not been elsewhere reproduced. ''John, King of England" has been 
 reproduced in Prof. Bang's " Materialien zur Kunde des alter en 
 Englischen Dramas." Price £5. 0. (125 fr.). 
 
 New Custom (Author unknown. 1573: prob. written c 1550-53). 
 
 ^A new Enterlude | No lesse wittie : then pleasant, entituled | new Custome, deuised of 
 late, and for diuerse | causes nowe set for the, neuer before | this tyme Imprinted. | 1573. | 
 f The players names in this | Enterlude bee these. | The Prologue. | Peruerse Doctrine, 
 an olde Popishe priest. | Ignoraunce. an other, but elder. | Newcustome. a minister. I 
 Light of the gospell. a minister. | Hypocrisie. an olde woman. | Creweltie. a Ruffler. ] 
 Auarice. a Ruffler. | Edification, a Sage. | Assuraunce. a Vertue | Goddes felicitie. a 
 Sage. I % Power may play this Enterlude j i. J Peruerse-doctrine. 3 ] [centred] newe 
 Custome. Auarice. Assuraunce. | 2. j [centred] Ignoraunce. Hypocrisie. and 
 Edification. 4. ] [centred] Light of the Gospell. Creweltie. Goddes felicitie. The 
 Prologue. I . . . ^ Imprinted at London in Fleetestreete by WiUiam How | for 
 Abraham Veale, dwelling in Paules churche I yarde at the signe of the Lambe. 
 [_B.M. C 21, b. 40 [2] ]. 
 
 Cr. 4to An extremely rare item. Till the Irish find no copy had turned up 
 
 CI. bds. ant. for more than a century, when an example fetched £155, subsequently 
 
 17s. 6d. net. selling for ;^205. An anti-papist play. 
 
 T?p»«r\iiV»lioci ' ^^^ Special issues Sold separately p. . . . 
 rve^pUDllCa | included in the price of the set as now detailed. 
 
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The History of Jacob and Esau, c. 1550.53 (licensed 1557-8: fir.t 
 
 known edition 1568). 
 
 A newe mery and wittie | Comedie or Enterlude, newely | imprinted, treating vpon the 
 Historic of | lacob and Esau, taken out of the xxvij. | Chap, of the first booke of Moses j 
 entituled Genesis. | The partes and names of the Players I who are to be consydered to 
 be Hebrews | and so should be apparailed with attire. | [Here list of names in two 
 columns] | Imprinted at London by Henrie | Bynneman, dwelling in Knightriderstreate, | 
 at the signe of the Mermayde. | Anno Domini 1568. [B. M. C. 34, b. 25]. 
 
 Cr. 4to Original in the B. M. the 1568 edition is not likely to be the first 
 
 CI. bds. ant. one, but no other is extant. From its decidedly protestant bias it was 
 
 17s. 6d. net. probably written before Marian days. 
 
 A Contract of Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom, 
 
 (c. 1551-53.) Extant in MS. only. 
 
 Contract of I Mariage betweene wit and wisdome | very fruitfull and mixed full of | 
 pleasant mirth as well for | the beholders as the | Readers or hearers | neuer before im- | 
 printed. | The deuision of the partes for six to playe this | interlude. | [Here the list of 
 players set out in tabular form] . [B.M. Add. MSS. 26,782] . 
 
 This play exists in manuscript only : the original is in the B.M. From 
 
 Cr. 4to the title-page it would appear to be the author's copy as prepared for the 
 
 CI. bds. ant. printer. The mention of the King's most "royal majestie " and the 
 
 17s. 6d. net. appearance of the Vice Idleness as a priest point to a pre-Marian date, 
 
 while contrariwise, posterity to Redford's play is indicated. 
 
 Lusty JuVentUS, by Richard Wever, 1540. 
 
 f An Enterlude called | lusty Juuentus, | Lyuely discribing the frailtye of youth : | of 
 nature, prone to vice: by grace | and good counsayll, trayne- | able to vertue. | (.-.) | 
 f The names of the players. | ^ Messengers. | % Lusty Juuentus. | ij Good Counsell. | 
 f Knowledge. | f Sathan the deuill. | % Hypocrisy. | f Felowship. | Abhominable 
 lyuing. ^ Gods merciful promises. | % Foure may play it easely, taking such partes | as 
 they think best : so that any one take | of those partes that be not in | place at once. | (.-.) 
 I [Here two lines of small ornaments, five above and three below] .... Finis. 
 Quod. R. Weuer. | [On opposite page Fii a head ornament followed by] Imprynted at 
 London | by John Awdely dwelling in | little Britayne strete without | Aldersgate. | (.-.) 
 I [Here six lines of small ornaments in 7s, 6s, 5s, 4s, 3s, and 2S respectively with a tail 
 ornament under all. [B.M. C. 34, i. 2]. 
 
 Cr. 4to An edition unknown to Lowndes, Halliwell or Hazlitt : part of " the 
 
 CI. Bds, ant. Irish find of 1906," being bought for the B.M. for /140. Other editions 
 
 17s. 6d. net. were issued by Copland and Vele, all differing. 
 
 W^ealth and Health (noplace, date, or printers name. Licensed 1557-8.) 
 
 Jk An enterlude of | Welth, and Helth, very mery and full of j Pastyme, newly att [sic] his 
 tyme | Imprinted. | (.-.) I % The Names of the players | [in three columns]. | Foure may 
 easily play this Playe. | [Above occupies barely half the page and below there is no 
 sign of ornament, imprint or other printed matter : in fact the page has the appearance 
 of interrupted work. There is no colophon.] 
 
 A recently recovered lost play, unique in every respect — for its 
 
 hundreds of printer's blunders, its battered type, turned letters, letters 
 
 used interchangeably, its extraordinary rhymes, its Dutch and Spanish 
 
 Cr. 4to jargon, and in many other respects ; in short, probably the worst printed 
 
 CI. bds. ant. and rarest pre-Shakespearean interlude. This unique copy sold at 
 
 17s. 6d. net. Sotheby's for ;^95 and was bought for the nation. Another more perfect 
 
 copy turned up later and was bought by Mr. T. Wise, who has been good 
 
 enough to give me facilities for restoring a mutilated page for the 
 
 "Fragments Volume." 
 
 The Disobedient Child, by Thomas Ingelend, late student in Cambridge (c. 
 1560). 
 
 [A slightly taller than type-high ornament] A pretie | and Mery new En- ( terlude : 
 called the Dis- | obedient Child. | Compiled | by Thomas Ingelend | late Student in | 
 Cambridge. | 5[ Imprinted at London | in Fletestrete, beneath | the Conduit by Tho | mas 
 Colwell. I [The whole in a floral-ribbon border : the same design was used in " Gammer 
 Gurton's Needle '" . . . [At end the printer's device of St. John Evangelist] 
 [B.M. C. 34, c. 35]. 
 
 Cr. 4to One of the rarest of pre-Shakespearean plays. A copy turned up in 
 
 CI. bds. ant. " the Irish find of i ^06," was bought by Mr. Quaritch, who subsequently 
 
 17s. 6d. net. catalogued it at ;^28 + . 
 
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Impatient Poverty. (Author unknown: ISeO. Title in ornamental border with panel 
 at foot inscribed T.R.) 
 
 % A Newe In | terlude of Impacyente pouerte | newlye Imprynted. | M.D.L.X. | fFoure 
 men may well and ease ] lye playe thys Interlude. I Peace and Collhassarde and Co | 
 scyence, for one man. | Haboundaunce and mysrule for | another man. | Impaciente 
 pouerte, Prospery- | te, and pouerte, for one man. | Enuye and the sommer [sic sumner] 
 
 for ano- | ther man ^^^ Imprinted at London, in Paules | Churche yearde 
 
 at the Sygne of | the Swane by John Kynge. | [Here a tail-piece] . [B.M. C. 34, i. 26] . 
 _ A "lost play " recovered in the notable " Irish find of 1906." It 
 
 DM '^^'^^ bought at Sotheby's for the B.M. for ;^i50. The original is 
 
 1' r!f' ' discoloured, the type is ragged, the ink is spread and the pages blurred : 
 
 17s. Od. net. ^ valuable acquisition notwithstanding. 
 
 The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex, by Thomas sackviiie andThoma. 
 
 Norton, 1561. 
 
 % The Tragidie of Ferrex | and Porrex, | set forth without addition or alte- | ration but 
 altogether as the same was shewed | on stage before the Queenes Maiestie, | about nine 
 years past, viz. the xviij. day of lanuarie, 1561, | by the gentlemen of the Inner Temple. | 
 Seen and allowed, &c. | ^Imprinted at London by | lohn Daye, dwelling ouer | Aldersgate. 
 [B.M. C. 34, a. 6] . 
 
 Cr. 4to An earlier and unauthorised edition appeared in 1565, the cir- 
 
 Cl. bds. ant. cumstance being alluded to in "The P. to the Reader" in the present 
 
 17s. 6d. net. issue. 
 
 Apius and Virginia, by r. b. (c. isesa.) 1575. 
 
 A new Tragicall Comedie | of Apius and Virginia, | Wherein is liuely expressed a rare | 
 example of the vertue of Chastitie, ] by Virginias constancy, in wishing j rather to be 
 slaine at her owne Fa- | thers handes, then to be deflow- | red of the wicked fudge | 
 Apius. I By R. B. (Here the players' names in double columns). Imprinted at London, 
 by Wil- I liam How, for Richard Ihones. j 1575. [B.M. C. 34, b. 2.] 
 
 From the B.M. copy, which until "the Irish find " of 1906 was 
 
 Cr. 4to unique. Since then, however, another copy turned up in the Mostyn sale, 
 
 CI. bds. ant. making three copies now known. "R.B." are generally regarded as the 
 
 17s.6d.net. initials of Richard Bower (no mention in " N.D.B."), but they would 
 
 apply to several writers of the time. 
 
 Damon and PithiaS, by Richard Edwards. Master of the Children, c. 1564-5 
 
 (1571). 
 The excellent Comedie of | two the most faithfullest | Freendes, Damon and Pithias. ! 
 Newly Imprinted, as the same was shewed be- | for the Queenes Maiestie, by the Children 
 of her Graces | Chappell, except the Prologue that is somewhat al- | tered for the proper 
 vse of them that hereafter | shall haue occasion to plaie it, either in | Private or open 
 Audience. Made | by Maister Edwards, then beynge j Maister of the Children. | 1571. | 
 [Here three small ornaments in a line.] Imprinted at London in | Fletelane by Richard 
 lohnes, and are to be | solde at his shop, ioyning to the Southwest | doore of Paules 
 Churche. [B.M. C. 34, c. 30] 
 
 Cr. 4to It would appear this was not the first edition, though no copies of 
 
 CI. bds. ant. an earlier one are known to be extant. Edwards died in 1566, and a 
 
 17s. 6d. net. printer's license is on record dated 1568. 
 
 The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, by Lewis 
 
 Wager, 1567. 
 
 A new Enterlude, neuer [ before this tyme imprinted, entreating of the | Life and Repen- 
 
 taunce of Marie Magdalene: not only | godlie, learned, and fruitefuU, but also well 
 
 furnished with plea- | saunt myrth and pastime, very delectable for those | which shall 
 
 heare or reade the same. | Made by the learned clarke | Lewis Wager. | The names of 
 
 the Players [Here follow in double columns the names of fourteen characters] . Foure 
 
 mav easely play this Enterlude. | Imprinted at London, by lohn Charlewood, | dwelling 
 
 in Barbican, at the signe of the halfe Eagle | and the Key. Anno 1567. [B.M. C. 34, e. 36] 
 
 P Another edition identical with the present original, save in the date, 
 
 C\ hf\ appeared iu 1566 (the only known copy is in America). This 1577 issue 
 
 C . DOS. ant. ^g^j, probably made up of unsold copies of the 1566 impression with the 
 
 £i 15s. od. net. title-page redated. 
 
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The Story of King Darius, ises. -' - 
 
 A Pretie new En- 1 terlude both pithie & pleasaunt | of: the.Story^orKyn^- Darvus, j 
 Being taken out I of the third | and fourth Chapter of the | thytd book of '| Bsdras | 
 f The names of the Players. | [Here the names in double columns.] % Syxe persons 
 may safely play it. | % Imprinted at London in Flete- 1 Streat beneath the Conduite, at 
 the I sygne of S. John Euangelyst | by Thomas Colwell. | Anno Domini. M.D. LXV. | 
 In October. [B.M. C. 34, b. 16] . 
 
 , Cr. 4to ^jj anti-papist play. Other copies are at Cambridge, Chatsworth 
 
 CI. bds. cut. ^^ Bridgewater Ho. 
 
 17s. 6d. net. ° 
 
 (1577). 
 
 Another edition of which the title page varies but little from that of 1565. [B.M. 
 C. 34, i. 21] . 
 
 This edition was unknown till 1906 when, amongst three equally 
 
 Cr. 4to unknown editions of other plays and three plays supposedly "lost," 
 
 CI. bds. ant. besides other rarities, a copy "turned up" in an Irish country house. 
 
 17s. 6d. nett. Brought to auction at Sotheby's in the same year the original of this 
 
 facsimile fetchtd £132, being bought for the B.M. 
 
 Like Will to Like, by Ulpian Fulwell. 1568. 
 
 A pleasant Enterlude, | intituled, Like will to Like quoth the | Deuill to the Collier. 
 Wherein is declared what pu- } nishments foUowe those that will rather Hue | licentiously : 
 then esteeme and followe good | Councell. And what benefits they receiue \ that apply 
 them selves to vertuous ! lining and good exercises. | Made by Vlpian | Fulwell. Fiue 
 may easily play this Enterlude. | [Here the names of the players set out in tabular form.] 
 London | Printed by Edward AUde, and are | to be Solde at the Long Shop adioyning | 
 vuto Sainte Mildreds Church in | the Pultrie, 1587. [B.M. C. 34, c. 36] . 
 
 The B.M. original was unique until another copy turned up in the 
 (-1 UA '^^° Mostyn Sale (1908) which realised ;^ioi. The Mostyn copy was described 
 
 CI. bds. ant. ^^ ,, perfect and in good state," whereas the general condition of the B.M. 
 
 17s. 6d. net. example is anything but good. 
 
 The Marriage of Wit and Science. 1569.70. 
 
 f A new and | Pleasaunt enterlude in- | tituled the mariage of Witte | and Science. | 
 [Here a small scroll-like ornament.] ^ Imprinted at London in | Fietestrete, neare vnto 
 sainct | Dunstones churche by | Thomas Marshe. | [Here an index hand with forefinger 
 pointing upwards and " 1570 " underneath in Malone's script. [BodUy, Malone, 231.] 
 
 The last of a trio of " Wit plays," all included in this series, the only 
 
 „ known copy is in the Bodleian. The original was facsimiled for this copy 
 
 r} l'/\ by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. Modelled on, if not actually a version 
 
 L.1. DOS. ant. ^^ Redford's earlier play, it is, says Prof.Gayley, in literary and dramatic 
 
 17s. bd. net. handling, an example of the perfection to which the moral play could 
 
 come, 
 
 ■Q !• -C7- T • . f See Plays sold separately, page 15. 
 
 rSelieve as l e i^lSt. | included in thepnce oj the set as detailed on page 16. 
 
 Summary of Issues and Cost of Complete Sets to Christmas, 1911. 
 
 Of complete sets only 23 remain at the date of this "Rough Hand-list." 
 Each set comprises 84 vols, in Folio and Quarto (Eighty-four Vols.), viz : — 
 43 vols, at 17s. 6d, per vol.; 4 vols, at 21s. per vol.; 8 vols, at 
 25s. per vol.; 8 vols, at 31s. 6d. per vol.; 10 vols, at 35s. per vol.; 
 and 11 vols, at 42s. per vol.; all net. Total Price for 84 vols., One 
 Hundred Guineas. 
 
 Issues still unpublished will follow at the rate of one vol. at least 
 fortnightly. 
 
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INDEX TO THE PLAYS. 
 
 of 
 
 Abingdon, Two Angry Women of 
 Alarum for London 
 All for Money 
 'Apius and Virginia 
 Arden of Feversham . . '• 
 
 Arthur, Misfortunes of . . 
 'Bale, The Interludes of John 
 'Beauty and Good Properties 
 
 Women . . 
 Believe as ye List . . . . 15, 
 
 Birth of Merlin ., .. 3, 
 
 'Cdlisto and Melibsa 
 Cambises . . 
 
 Captain, Thomas Stuckeley 
 Castle of Perseverance .. 3, 
 
 Chief Promises of God to Man . 
 Cobler's Prophecy 
 Common Conditions 
 Conflict of Conscience 
 Contention between Liberality 
 
 and Prodigality 
 Contract of Marriage between 
 
 Wit and Wisdom 
 Cromwell, Thomas Lord.. 3, 
 
 Cyrus, Wars of 
 Damon and Pithias 
 Darius, King 
 Disobedient Child . . 
 Doctor DodypoU . . 
 Dramatic Fragments 
 Edward III . . . . 3 
 
 Englishmen for my Money 
 Everyman . . 
 
 Fair Em 3 
 
 Fair Maid of Bristow 
 Fair Women, Warning for 
 Famous Victories of Henry V. . . 
 Ferrex and Porrex 
 Four Elements 
 
 Four P.P 
 
 Gammer Gurton's Needle 
 Gentleness and Nobility . . 
 Gismund of Salerne 
 Godly Queen Hester 
 Goosecap Sir Giles 
 
 Grim the Collier 
 
 Henry V 
 
 Hester, Godly Queen 
 
 Heywood, The Interludes of 18, 
 
 Hickscorner 
 
 Histrio-Mastix 
 
 Horestes 
 
 How a Man may choose a Good Wife 
 
 Impatient Poverty. . 
 
 Man 
 
 Mary 
 
 Jack Drum's Entertainment 
 
 Jack Juggler 
 
 Jack Straw . . 
 *Jacob and Esau 
 *John John, &c. 
 
 John King 
 
 John the Evangelist 
 *King Darius 
 
 King John . . 
 
 King Leir . . 
 
 Knack to Know a Honest 
 
 Knack to Know a Knave 
 
 Leir, King . . 
 
 Liberality and Prodigality 
 *Life and Repentance of 
 
 Magdalene 
 *Like will to Like . . 
 
 Locrine 
 
 London Prodigal . . 
 
 Longer thou Livest, &c., &c 
 
 Look About You, &c. 
 
 Lord Cromwell 
 
 Love and Fortune . . 
 
 * Love, The Play of.. 
 *Lusty Juventus 
 
 Macro Plays 
 Magnificence 
 Mankind . . . . . . 1. 
 
 * Marriage between Wit and 
 
 Wisdom.. 
 •Marriage of Wit and Science 
 *Marriage of Wit and Wisdom 
 
 * Mary Magdalene .. 
 Measure for Measure 
 
 Merlin 
 
 Merry Devil of Edmonton 
 
 *Mind, Will and Understanding , 
 
 Misfortunes of Arthur 
 
 Misogonus . . 
 
 More, Book of Sir Thomas 
 
 Mucedoras .. 
 •Nature 
 *New Custom 
 *Nice Wanton 
 
 Nobody and Somebody 
 
 Oldcastle, Sir John 
 ♦Pardoner and Frere 
 
 Parnassus Plays . . 
 
 Patient Grissell 
 
 Pedler's Prophecy 
 
 Pilgrimage to Parnassus 
 *Play called Four P.P. 
 *Play of Love 
 *Play of Weather . . 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 18 
 
 3. -'^ 
 
 17 
 
 23 
 
 3.8 
 
 3-8 
 
 II 
 
 23 
 
 3. 13 
 8 
 
 , 18 
 
 21 
 
 • 3.4 
 
 4 
 
 4, 16 
 
 20 
 23 
 16 
 
 PAGE 
 
 19 
 3. 7 
 
 3. 14 
 4 
 5 
 
 *Play of Wit and Science . . 
 Promos and Cassandra . . 
 Puritan Widow 
 Queen Hester 
 Ralph Roister Doister 
 Rare Tri. of Love and Fortune 
 Respublica . . .. .. 5,20 
 
 Return from Parnassus .. .. 11 
 
 Richard III 3 
 
 SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSY 
 The " Doubtful " P lays of 3rd Fol. 3 
 The "Ascribed" Plays .. .. 3 
 
 The "Foundation" Plays .. 3 
 
 The "Sources," &c. . . . . 3 
 
 Shrew, The Taming of a.. 3,10 
 
 Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes . . 5 
 Sir Giles Goosecap . . . . 14 
 
 Sir John Oldcastle . . 3.12 
 
 Sir Thomas More . . . . 10 
 
 Stukeley, Captain . . . . 14 
 
 Taming of a Shrew . . 3. 10 
 
 Tancred and Gismund . . . 6 
 
 * Temptations of our Lord.. .. 20 
 
 Thersites . . . . . . . . 4 
 
 Thomas Lord Cromwell . . . . 13 
 
 Three Ladies of London . . . . g 
 
 *Three Laws of Nature, Moses and 
 
 Christ 20 
 
 Three Lords and Three Ladies, &c. 
 
 Tide Tarrieth no Man . . 
 
 Tom Tiler 
 
 Trial of Chivalry 
 
 * Trial of Treasure . . 
 
 Troublesome Reign of King John 
 
 Two Angry Women of Abingdon 
 
 Two Noble Kinsmen 
 
 Warning for Fair Women 
 
 Wars of Cyrus 
 
 Weakest to the Wall 
 *Wealth and Health 
 *Weather, Play of the 
 
 18 
 
 Wilson, Plays known and ascribed to g 
 
 Wily Beguild 
 
 Wisdom 
 
 Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll 
 
 * Wit and Science .. 
 'Wit and Science . . 
 
 * Wit and Wisdom .. 
 Wit of a Woman . 
 
 *Witty and Witless 
 
 Woman will have her Will 
 *World and the Child 
 
 Yorkshire Tragedy 
 *Youth 
 
 II. 
 
 ^I. 
 
 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 
 
 Only 125 copies of each Play have been printed and but very few complete sets 
 
 remain on sale. See pages 23 and 15. 
 The vols, enumerated on pp. 16-23 can only be supplied in sets (see page 16 
 
 and the "starred" plays supra). 
 "The Shakespeare Controversy" (p. 3), "The Macro Plays" (p. 3), "Respublica" (p. 5) 
 
 and " Magnificence " (p. 4) .are also sold separately. 
 Owing to about twenty broken sets (the "Barabbas" history of which will be told 
 
 later) other vols. (pp. 4-15) can be purchased separately, such sales being strictly 
 
 limited to the stock so at command. 
 All books are net and accounts are payable co.d. Approved subscriptions for sets 
 
 can be paid for by post-dated cheques spread over twelve months, if so desired. 
 
 Books sent on approval. 
 Parcels (not more than 20 copies) of any individual play in the Series (pp. 4-15) may 
 
 be obtained at very considerably reduced prices for bona fide class use. 
 
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