English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600; Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641
The six volume _Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood_, published by J.
Pearson in 1874, was consulted for many of the corrections listed
below.
# is used in the text-only edition of this ebook to indicate bolded
text.
Alterations to the text:
Omit drop caps and other decorations.
Speaker names: expand, make uniform, and place on line separate from
dialogue.
Minor formatting changes to some stage directions.
Relabel footnote markers, collect footnotes at the end of the text,
and add an entry to the TOC.
Add The Red Bull Theatre to TOC.
[Introduction]
Change (Such words as “_trifulk_,” ... “_tenébrous_,”) to
_trifurk_ and _tenebrous_, respectfully.
[A Woman Killed with Kindness]
(a2s1) “and therefore grateful. _Pr’ythee_, Nan,” to _Prythee_.
(a2s3) “_Whay_ say’st thou, metal?” to _What_.
(a3s2) “_T’was_ but a thankless office” to _’Twas_.
(a4s3) “As you love, me sir,” relocate first comma after _me_.
(a4s3) “Come, Nan, I _pr’ythee_ let us sup within.” to _prythee_.
[The Fair Maid of the West]
(a1s3) “Enter Spencer, Captain _Goolack_” to _Goodlack_.
(a5s1) “I will have no _commèrce_ with Mullisheg,” to _commerce_.
[The English Traveller]
(a2s1) “_W ee ntreat_ you,” to _We entreat_.
(a2s2) “Why _dos’t_ not thou fly too?” to _dost_.
(a3s1) “And is my present joy, if their _aspéct_” to _aspect_.
(a4s3) “On two unmatched for sordid _villany_” to _villainy_.
[The Wise Woman of Hogsdon]
(a3s1) “make short work, and _h’ath_ dispatched by this” to _hath_.
(a4s2) “Well, I hear thee,” change second comma to a period.
[The Rape of Lucrece]
(a3s1) “The host is now/Upon their march....” change the speaker from
Lucretius to Tarquin. (Lucretius never entered this scene).
(a3s5) “Terry, derry, &c.” (3rd to last line in song) delete the
first comma.
(a5s1) “and guerdon base _trangression_.” to _transgression_.
[End of Text]
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