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Editor: Ronald Bayne

Transcriber's Note

Endnotes have been moved to the end of the scene to which they apply. The following note preceded the printed endnotes:

"In the Quartos there are no divisions of acts and scenes.

ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM

The text of this edition is nearly that of the first Quarto, the copy of which in the Dyce Library at South Kensington has been carefully collated. I have not noted minute variations. The German editors, Warnke and Proescholt, give the various readings of the three Quartos and of later editions.

ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM

J. M. DENT AND CO. ALDINE HOUSE : LONDON 1897

'Considering the various and marvellous gifts displayed for the first time on our stage by the great poet, the great dramatist, the strong and subtle searcher of hearts, the just and merciful judge and painter of human passions, who gave this tragedy to the new-born literature of our drama ... I cannot but finally take heart to say, even in the absence of all external or traditional testimony, that it seems to me not pardonable merely or permissible, but simply logical and reasonable, to set down this poem, a young man's work on the face of it, as the possible work of no man's youthful hand but Shakespeare's.'

Mr. A. C. SWINBURNE.

ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THOMAS ARDEN, Gentleman, of Feversham FRANKLIN, his Friend MOSBIE CLARKE, a Painter ADAM FOWLE, Landlord of the Flower-de-Luce BRADSHAW, a Goldsmith MICHAEL, Arden's Servant GREENE RICHARD REEDE, a Sailor BLACK WILL } Murderers SHAKEBAG } A PRENTICE A FERRYMAN LORD CHEINY, and his Men MAYOR OF FEVERSHAM, and Watch

ALICE, Arden's Wife SUSAN, Mosbie's Sister

ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM

ACT I

Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press

Transcriber's Note

The following apparent printing errors have been corrected:

p. 4 "the field." changed to "the field,"

p. 6 "of men." changed to "of men,"

p. 10 "it me" changed to "it me."

p. 19 "true or no" changed to "true or no?"

p. 23 "neighhour" changed to "neighbour"

p. 30 line-number 90 changed to 93

p. 36 "heat." changed to "heat,"

p. 49 "dream" changed to "dream."

p. 69 "is death" changed to "is death."

p. 75 "my state," changed to "my state."

p. 97 "bills" changed to "bills."

p. 99 "knew now" changed to "knew not"

p. 102 "did not" changed to "did not."

p. 104 "a a letter" changed to "a letter"

p. 110 "adevrbially" changed to "adverbially"

p. 111 "'Seam rent fellows," changed to "'Seam rent fellows,'"

p. 111 "sense" changed to "sense?"

Other inconsistent punctuation has been retained as printed, as have inconsistent spellings.

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