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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. x. SEPT. 6, 1002.

In this title-page it will be noticed that a period is substituted for the comma after "Histories," "according" is misspelled, the two letters n in London are from different founts, "Pauls" is in italics, and "Church- yard " is followed by a comma.

Extra title - page, not inserted in any copy :

(h) M r. William | Shakespeares | Comedies, | Histories, and | Tragedies. | Published according to the true Originall Copies. | Ihe becond Impression. | Portrait | London, | Printed by Iho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe | of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.

An examination of these various title-pages shows that (/; and (g) differ from the others in two particulars, both of which evidence an entirely new setting-up of the page, in the two designated copies the r of " M r " has below it a much heavier period than the others, and the imprint " Printed by," &c., is set up close to the left margin, while in all the others it begins considerably to the right.

Preliminary Leaves.

In Bonn's 'Lowndes' (London, 1869; 100 copies only) Ben Jonson's verses opposite the title-page are given correctly, save that brasse in line 8 should begin with a capital letter, and the ct of picture should be a logotype, the c being battered in all copies. The title-page is followed by the dedication in all save (d) % where it is followed by the leaf " Upon the effigies." The last line of A2 substitutes same for like of the First Folio. The next leaf should be " To the great variety of .Readers," and all have sig. A4. In (a), (6), (e), (f), and (g) the next leaf is " Upon the effigies," while in (c) this leaf precedes Hugh Holland's verses, and in (d) follows title-page. In (/) this leaf seems to be newly set up, or else it is an "insert" to supply a missing leaf. The IF of " Workes," in place of being made up of two capital V's, is a solid letter. The ornamented capital S of "Spectator" is wholly different, and "(Shake- speare" in the last line is not hyphenated as in all others. In the heading "An Epitaph," " Poet " is not followed by a comma. The ornamented capital W is entirely different. '{Starre-y pointing" of all the others is here starr e-y pointed, and Fame is in italics, while the others have it in Roman capitals. Whilst and Art are followed by commas, which the others lack, and tooke has a colon. This leaf is followed by " To the Memorie " in all but (c), where it follows the leaf "On Worthy Master," &c. The next leaf has the sig. *, and is headed " The Workes of William," &c. Next follows the leaf with sig. *2, and

leading " To the memory, ' &c. There is a atchword " Of " on this leaf, and a second capital may be seen in all copies directly above said word. The last of the preliminary eaves is headed " On Worthy Master Shake- speare."

The Comedies.

In (d), (e), and (g) the title ' The Tempest,' under headpiece of p. 1, is marred by heavy printer's marks between the letters e and m. P. 46 is misprinted 64 in all; p. 56 is correctly printed in all but (d), where it is 79; p. 58 is misprinted 80 in all. The running title on p. 60 of all reads ' The meery Wives of Windsor.' Pp. 153 and 194 are respec- tively misprinted 151 and 494, while p. 205 is misprinted 208 in (d), (/), and (g), and cor- rectly in the others, The mispagmation 208 is evidently a tirst print, and an examination discloses these corrections on the correctly paged leaf :

"It is so be all made of fantasie," corrected to It is to be all made of faatasie." " IScenca Quarta: Enttr (among others) Colia," corrected to ' Cdia." " Enter Jtosalmade,'' corrected so as to read

The running title on pp. 213 and 223 in all reads ' The Taming of a the iShrew.' iSigs. u and w are omitted in all, and on p. 229 the signature is a capital V in all. Pp. 249 and 249 [250 ]\ are misprinted 251 and 252 in all, and p. 273 is misprinted for 265 in all. Pp. 277 and 304 are blank, and sig. cc2 is omitted in all.

The Histories.

Pp. 47-48 are wanting in all, p. 47 being printed 49, and then continuing regularly, except in (c), where p. 47 is misprinted 45; and this latter page is again evidently a first print, and shows these corrections in the other copies :

"I shall have none but Mordake Eare of Life." corrected to read "I shall have none but Mordake Earle of Fife"

"And clockes the tongue of Bawdes," corrected to read "and clockes the toiiyueti of Bawdes."

"Is not a Butfe Jerkin a most sweet robe durance?" corrected to read " is not a Butfe Jerkin a most sweet robe of durance?"

"But I pry thee sweete Wag," corrected to read "But Iprythtt sweete Wag."

"But Hal, I pry thee," corrected to read " But Hal, Lprt/thee."

"Before i knew thee Hal.," corrected to read " Before 1 knew thee Hal,"

Pp. 89-90 are misprinted 91-92 in all, and in (6) and (/) p. 95 is misprinted 65, and said page has the running title "The second Part of King He nry the Fourth." What should be p. 101 has sig. i2 in all but (a) and (#), which have it i3. In (fj) and (/) p. 88 id