The last of the old editions is dated 1622:—The troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward the second, King of England: with the tragicall fall of proud Mortimer. And also the life and death of Peirs Gauestone, the great Earle of Cornewall, and mighty Fauorite of King Edward the second. As it was publikely Acted by the late Queenes Maiesties Seruants at the Red Bull in S. Johns streete. Written by Christopher Marlow Gent. London, Printed for Henry Bell, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Lame-hospitall Gate, neere Smithfield, 1622.
The text of the 1598 4to., which is fairly free from corruptions, differs but slightly from the texts of the two later 4tos. I have not had an opportunity of inspecting the 8vo. of 1594; but I suspect that it agrees very closely with the later copies.
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
Edward II.
Prince Edward, his son, afterwards Edward III.
Gaveston.
Old Spencer.
Young Spencer.
Earl Mortimer.
Young Mortimer.
Berkeley.
Lancaster.
Leicester.
Edmund, Earl of Kent.
Arundel.
Warwick.
Pembroke.
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Bishop of Winchester.
Bishop of Coventry.
Beaumont.
Trussel.
Sir John Hainault.
Levune.
Baldock.
Matrevis.
Gurney.
Rice ap Howel.
Lightborn.
Abbot.
Lords, Messengers, Monks, James, &c., &c.
Queen Isabella.
Niece to Edward II.
Ladies.