“Whereas let him be poor and meanly clad,
Though ne’er so richly parted,” &c.
[22] The words “He [i.e., Lampatho] breaks a jest” have the look of a stage-direction.
[23] The Insatiate Countesse. London, Printed by N. O. for Thomas Archer, &c., 1616, 4to.
[24] The full title is [The] Insatiate Covntesse. A Tragedy: Acted, at White-Friers. Written, By William Barksteed. London, Printed for Hvgh Perrie, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Harrow in Brittaines-Burse. 1631. 4to.
[25] Reprinted in Dr. Grosart’s valuable Occasional Issues.
[26] These plays are printed in the second volume of Simpson’s School of Shakspere. I have not included them in this edition of Marston; they are of little value and are easily accessible. Marston’s share in Histriomastix was slight.
[27] See Simpson’s School of Shakespere, ii. 127.
[28] Probably the Rev. John Marston, of St. Mary Magdalene, Canterbury, who published in 1642 A Sermon preached ... before many ... Members of the House of Commons.
[29] In his Shakespeare Collier states that the letter was written in 1605, and that it refers to the Gunpowder Plot; but in his Bibliographical Account, 1. xxiv*, correcting his former statement, he says that the letter was written in 1641, and that it concerns the arrest of the Five Members.
[30] In some copies the author’s name is not given, and the title-page runs, Tragedies and Comedies collected into one volume, viz. 1. Antonio and Mellida. 2. Antonio’s Revenge. 3. The Tragedie of Sophonisba. 4. What You Will. 5. The Fawne. 6. The Dutch Courtezan.