Francis Beaumont: Dramatist / A Portrait, with Some Account of His Circle, Elizabethan and Jacobean, / And of His Association with John Fletcher

by Charles Mills Gayley

Possible typographical errors retained in text; falling within quoted material:

• p. 64, "lived in her highnes," (highness)
• p. 81, "it was no ofspring" (offspring)
• p. 108, "Drammatick and Scenical King" (Dramatick)
• p. 122, "... excellent Maister Beamont" (Beaumont)
• p. 194, "... Francis Beamont" (Beaumont)
• p. 231, "Flesher and Beaumont" (Fletcher)
• p. 231, "The Faithfull Shipheardesse" (Shepheardesse)
• p. 375, "Abigal," (Abigail)
• p. 430, "Cavendishes" (Cavendishs') (in Index)

Several instances of "Middle English Spellings" used are:

• "Maiesties" (Middle English) and "Majesties," and
• "Doe, se, yt, yn, y'll" and "do, see, it, in, I'll"

Play Title Variations, each of which appears several times:

• "Aeschylus" and "Æschylus"
• "Amadis de Gaule" and "Amadis de Gaul"
• "Beggars' Bush" and "Beggars Bush"
• "... Curious coxcombe" and "... Curious cox-combe"
• "Duchess of Malfi" and "Duchess of Malfy"
• "Julius Ceasar" and "Julius Cæsar"
• "Maid's Tragedy", "Maids Tragedy", "Maides Tragedy"
• "Maske of the Gentleman of Grayes Inne" and "Maske of the Gentlemen of Grayes Inne".
• "Morall Representations" and "Moralle Representations"
• "Parisitaster" and "Parasitaster"
• "Essay of Dramatick Poesie" and "Essay on Dramatick Poesy"
• "The Scornful Lady" and "The Scornful Ladie"
• "The Shepheardesse" and "The Shepheardess"
• "The Coxcomb" and "The Coxcombe"
• "Weather-cocke" and "Weather-Cocke"
• "Women Pleas'd" and "Women Pleased"

Other word variations:

• "Zouch" and "Zouche" (Ashby-de-la-----)
• "Bedchamber" and "Bed-chamber"
• "birthright" and "birth-right"
• "Cal, S. P.," "Cal. St. Pa., Dom.," "Calendar of State Papers (Domestic)" (see Footnotes)
• "Condel" and "Condell" (Henry ----)
• "countryside" and "country-side"
• "D'Urfey" and D'Urfé (Marquis ----)
• "Hoskyns" and "Hoskins" (Serjeant ----)
• "milkmaid" and "milk-maid" (both occur on p. 27)
• "northwest" and "north-west"
• "Pierepoint" and "Pierrepoint"
• "Sannazzaro" and "Sannazarro"
• "Shepherdesse" and "Shepheardesse"
• "Sempill" and "Semphill" (Sir James ----)
• "southeast" and "south-east"
• "White-hall" and "Whitehall"

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