Transcriber's Notes:

1. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without comment.

2. A Table of Contents did not appear in the original text. The brief brief Table of Contents has been created for this e-text.

3. All end-of-line stage directions have been moved onto their own lines and indented by a consistent amount under the dialogue.

4. Footnotes have been numbered sequentially and moved to the end of this e-text. Markers have been added indicating where footnotes for a particular play begin.

5.Spelling corrections:

[p. 69], "emnity" to "enmity" (2) (that fatal enmity)

[p. 132], "Eléazar" (1) to "Eleazar" (60) (Until my Eleazar)

[p. 186], "philip" (1) to "Philip" (88) (can I Philip him)

[p. 253], "ememy's" to "enemy's" (36) (an enemy's advice)

[p. 371], "KILLLGREW" to "KILLIGREW" (20) (THOMAS KILLIGREW)

[p. 510], "aud" to "and" (envy and a dazzling power)

[Footnote [265], "entituled" to "entitled" (3) (epigrams, entitled)

There are a number of spelling variants between the various authors, all of which have been retained.

There are a number of word variants retained throughout the text, sometimes occuring within the SAME play (and often the same speaker), these include hyphenations, apostrophe's and accented characters.

6.Other Corrections and Notes:

[p. 212], corrected SCENE IV. to SCENE VI. For reference, Scene IV is on [p. 205] and Scene V is on [p. 209].

[p. 301], added Footnote Anchor [125] missing in original text.

[p. 353], changed ACT VIII. to SCENE VIII., this is correctly Scene VIII of the FOURTH ACT of this play. ACT V. begins on the next page.

[Footnote [190], corrected subscripted "o" character to superscripted to conform with other instances. (printed in 12^o, 1641)

[p. 451], added Footnote Anchor [239] missing in original text.