THE | TRAGEDIE | of King Richard | the third. | _Conteining his treacherous Plots against his brother | Clarence_: the pittifull murther of his innocent Ne-|phewes: his tyrannicall vsurpation: with the | whole course of his detested life, and | most deserued death. | _As it hath bin lately Acted by the Right Honourable | the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants_. | Newly augmented, | By _William Shake-speare_. | LONDON, | Printed by Thomas Creede, and are to be sold by _Mathew | Lawe_, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, at the Signe | of the Foxe, neare S. Austins gate, 1605. | There is no copy of Q4 in the Capell collection. We have collated one in the Bodleian which formerly belonged to Malone. It is numbered 880. The fifth Quarto, Q5, was printed in 1612, not from its immediate predecessor, but from the Quarto of 1602, although it was printed by the same printer and for the same bookseller as that of 1605. The title-page of Q5 is as follows: THE | TRAGEDIE | of King Richard | the third. | _Containing his treacherous Plots against his brother | Clarence_: the pittifull murther of his innocent Ne-phewes: his tyrannicall vsurpation: with the | whole course of his detested life, and | most deserued death. | _As it hath beene lately Acted by the Kings Maiesties | seruants_. | Newly augmented, | By _William Shake-speare_. | LONDON, | Printed by Thomas Creede, and are to be sold by Mathew | Lawe, dwelling in Pauls Church-yard, at the Signe | of the Foxe, neare S. Austins gate, 1612. | The edition of 1622 is so rare that its very existence has been called in question†. There is however a copy in the Capell collection, of which the title-page is as follows: ────────── † ‘An impression of 1622 is mentioned in some lists, but the existence of a copy of that date is more than doubtful.’ Collier, Ed. 2, Vol. iv. p. 217. THE | TRAGEDIE | _OF_ | KING | RICHARD | _THE THIRD_. | Contayning his treacherous Plots against | _his brother_ Clarence: _The pittifull murder of his innocent_ | Nephewes: his tyrannicall Vsurpation: with the whole | course of his detested life, and most | _deserued death_. | As it hath been lately Acted by the Kings Maiesties | _Seruants_. | Newly augmented. By _William Shake-speare_. | LONDON, | Printed by _Thomas Purfoot_, and are to be sold by _Mathew Law_, dwelling | in _Pauls_ Church-yard, at the Signe of the _Foxe_, neere | _S. Austines_ gate, 1622. This edition we call Q6. It is printed from Q5. Another edition in Quarto was printed in 1629, not from the first Folio, but from the sixth Quarto. It was printed by Iohn Norton for Matthew Law. Except in the name of the printer and the substitution of the word ‘tiranous’ for ‘tyrannicall’ the title-page does not differ from that of Q6. We call it Q7.