Produced by Louise Hope, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber’s Note: Words shown between +marks+ were printed in black-letter (“gothic”) type; _lines_ represent italics. Letters printed as superscripts are shown in {braces}. Except for footnote and illustration markers, all brackets [ ] are in the original. The symbol shown as “(,’,)”-- low 9, high 6, low 6, the whole in parentheses-- has not been identified. Punctuation and capitalization in the play itself are unchanged. Note that the character descriptor “Harpax”-- a word, not a name-- is generally given in italics, not in blackletter, as is the word “Omnes”.] +English Reprints.+ NICHOLAS UDALL, M.A. Master, in succession, of Eton College and Westminster School. +ROISTER DOISTER.+ Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully Edited from the Unique Copy, Now at Eton College, by EDWARD ARBER, _Associate, King’s College, London, F.R.G.S., &c._ London: 5 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C. Ent. Stat. Hall.] 24 July, 1869. [All Rights reserved. +Dramatis Personæ.+ +Ralph Roister Doister.+ +Mathew Merygreeke.+ +Gawyn Goodluck+, _affianced to Dame Custance_. +Tristram Trustie+, _his friend_. +Dobinet Doughtie+, _‘boy’ to Roister Doister_. +Tom Trupenie+, _seruant to Dame Custance_. +Sym Suresby+, _seruant to Goodluck_. +Scriuener.+ _Harpax._ _Dame_ +Christian Custance+, _a widow_. +Margerie Mumblecrust+, _her nurse_. +Tibet Talk apace+, } _her maidens._ +Annot Alyface+, } Time. _About Two days._ Scene. _Not indicated: ? London._ A brief Note of the LIFE, WORKS, and TIMES of NICHOLAS UDALL, M.A. Teacher, Dramatist, Translator, Preacher. In succession Master of Eton College, Rector of Braintree, Prebend of Windsor, Rector of Calborne, and Master of Westminster School. * Probable or approximate dates. There are materials extant for a good _Life_ of Udall. Meanwhile there is Mr. Cooper’s excellent _Memoir_ in the _Shakespeare Society’s_ reprint of _Ralph Roister Doister_ [_see_ No. 5 _on p. 8_]; and Anthony à-Wood’s account of him, _Ath. Oxon. i. 211. Ed. 1813_. +1485. Aug. 22. Henry VII. becomes king.+ *1504. Nicholas Udall ... was born in Hampshire, and descended from those of his name, living sometimes at Wykeham in the same county.--_Wood_. +1509. April 22. Henry VIII. begins to reign.+ 1520. June 18. æt. 14. Admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 1524. May 30. æt. 18. Takes his B.A. [_Wood, Fasti Oxon., i. 65, Ed. 1815._] ----. Sept. 3. Elected Probationer Fellow of his College. 1533. May. Whitsun Eve. æt. 27.