[Q4] 1608.... With new additions of the Parliament Sceane, and the deposing of King Richard. As it hath been lately acted by the Kinges Maiesties seruantes, at the Globe. W[illiam] W[hite] for Mathew Law. [Two issues with distinct t.ps., of which one only has the altered title. Both include the added passage IV. i. 154–318.]
[Q5] 1615. For Mathew Law.
[F1] 1623. The life and death of King Richard the Second. [From Q1-Q2-Q3-Q4-Q5, with corrections.]
[Q6] 1634. Iohn Norton.
The Merchant of Venice. 1596 (?)
S. R. 1598, July 22. ‘A booke of the Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called the Jewe of Venyce, Prouided that yt bee not prynted by the said James Robertes or anye other whatsoeuer without lycence first had from the Right honorable the lord Chamberlen.’ James Robertes (Arber, iii. 122).
S. R. 1600, Oct. 28. Transfer from Roberts to Thomas Heyes (Arber, iii. 175).
[Q1] 1600. The most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice. With the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the sayd Merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning of Portia by the choyse of three chests. As it hath been diuers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants. Written by William Shakespeare. I[ames] R[oberts] for Thomas Heyes.
[Q2] [1619]. ‘Printed by J. Roberts, 1600.’ [On the evidence for printing with false date by William Jaggard, cf. Pollard, 81.]
S. R. 1619, July 8. Transfer from Thomas to Laurence Heyes (Arber, iii. 651).