THE NIGHT-WALKER.

A = 1640 quarto. B = 1661 quarto. C = Second folio.

[Mrs Arnold Glover has kindly collated the 1640 quarto in the Dyce collection and the 1661 quarto in the British Museum; Mr R. F. Towndrow has kindly collated the 1640 and 1661 quartos in the Bodleian.]

(A) The | Night-|Walker, | or the | Little Theife. | A Comedy, | As it was presented by her | Majesties Servants, at the Private | House in Drury Lane. | Written by John Fletcher. Gent. | London, | Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, | and William Cooke. 1640.

To | The worthily-deserving | all his ingenuous Attributes | William Hudson Esq.
Worthy Sir,

I Should derogate from your worth, to doubt of your pardon, and I should wrong too much your goodnesse to present the endeavours of some frothy braine to the triall of your judgement, when the More ignorant world had already condemned it; but sir, this is one of the coheirs of much admired, much lamented Fletcher, whose matchlesse Fancies are fit onely for the perusall of such as you, who have candour and knowledge so united, that there cannot be a reprive for those Poems you condemne; accept this weake Testimonie of my Service, and as yours by familiar acquaintance with them, favourably entertaine these witty conceits particularly presented unto you, by him who shall glory in nothing more than to be stiled

The Honorer of
Your Vertues,
A. C.

[Then follows the list of actors.]

(B) The | Night-|Walker, | or the | Little Thief. | A | Comedy, | As it was presented by her Majesties | Servants, at the Private House in | Drury-Lane. | Written by John Fletcher, Gent. | London, | Printed for Andrew Crook, 1661.

[No dedication or list of actors.]

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End of Vol. VII.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.