A and B] 2. l. 38. _Adds stage direction_] _Cæsar flourish._ p. =84=, l. 17. Prescription. p. =85=, l. 5. ha's. l. 25. By'th masse that's. ll. 28 and 33. B] Pan. p. =86=, l. 18. By heaven tis. p. =88=, l. 33. Sen. Semp. =3=. p. =89=, l. 36. Lizus. p. =90=, l. 7. B _prints a full stop after_] here. l. 9. Bellonia's l. 35. honour. p. =91=, l. 3. H'as. l. 28. blush. l. 33. did yet. p. =92=, l. 29. a Mistris. MONSIEUR THOMAS. B = Second Folio. The title-page of the Quarto of 1639 (= =A=) runs as follows: Monsieur | Thomas. A Comedy. | Acted at the Private House in | Blacke Fryers. | The Author, | John Fletcher, | Gent. | London, | Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterson, and are | to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard,| at the signe of the Crowne: | 1639. This Quarto is sometimes met with under the title of _Fathers own Son_. The title-page is followed in the Quarto by these verses and Richard Brome's letter (see ante, p. 174). In prayse of the Authour, and his following Poeme. _'Tis both the life of Action and of wit,_ _When Actors so the fanci'd humours hit,_ _As if 'twixt them and th' Authour there were strife_ _How each to other should give mutuall life._ _The last this wanted not. Invention strayes_ _Here in full many pleasant turning wayes,_ _That like Meanders their curld circles bend,_ _Yet in a smooth streame runne to crowne the end._ _Then 'tis authoriz'd by the Authors name;_ _Who never writ but with such sprightly flame,_ _As if the Muses jointly did inspire,_ _His raptures only with their sacred fire._ _And yet perhaps it did participate_ _At first presenting but of common fate;_ _When ignorance was judge, and but a few_ _What was legitimate, what bastard, knew._ _The world's growne wiser now: each man can say_ _If_ Fletcher _made it 'tis an exc'lent play._ _Thus Poemes like their Authors may be sed,_ _Never to live 'till they have first beene dead._ Rich. Brome. As neither the Folio nor the Quarto give the dramatis personæ, I print a list of the characters here. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. MONSIEUR THOMAS. Valentine. Francesco, his son. Sebastian. Thomas, his son. Hylas. Sam. Michael. Launcelot, servant of Thomas. Fiddler. Three Physicians. Apothecary, Barber, Sailors, Officers, Servants. Alice, sister of Valentine. Mary, their niece. Cellide. Dorothea, daughter of Sebastian. Abbess of St Katherine's, aunt of Thomas and Dorothea. Nuns. Madge, Kate and Maids. The variants below are those of A unless otherwise noted.