JO. MARSTON.
[115] Ed. 3 (i.e., the 8vo of 1633) “ingenuously.” I have retained the reading of the earlier eds., as ingenious was commonly used in the sense of ingenuous (Middleton, iv. 14, &c.)
[116] Thyestes, 402-3.
[118] From the prose preface to Martial’s epigrams.
[119] Persius, Sat. i. l. 49.
[120] “Cedro digna locutus.”—Persius, Sat. i. l. 42.
TO THE READER.[121]
Reader, know I have perused this copy, to make some satisfaction for the first faulty impression; yet so urgent hath been my business that some errors have still passed, which thy discretion may amend. Comedies are writ to be spoken, not read; remember the life of these things consists in action; and for such courteous survey of my pen, I will present a tragedy[122] to you, which shall boldly abide the most curious perusal.
[121] This note is from the second 4to.