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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5)

Chapter 1: THE WORKS OF THOMAS MIDDLETON.
By Thomas Middleton
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A collected edition gathers the surviving dramatic and miscellaneous writings of Thomas Middleton with a learned prefatory memoir and editorial apparatus by Alexander Dyce. It reproduces plays, occasional poems, paraphrases, and several collaborative or fragmentary pieces, accompanied by corrected texts, endnotes, addenda, and a transcriber’s note explaining editorial interventions. The editor supplies biographical material, documentary extracts, and textual commentary that situates rare quartos and manuscript sources. The arrangement emphasizes completeness and scholarly annotation to support reading and study rather than a curated selection.

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Title: The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5)

Author: Thomas Middleton

Thomas Dekker

William Rowley

Editor: Alexander Dyce

Release date: March 27, 2025 [eBook #75603]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Edward Lumley, 1840

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Transcriber’s Note:

Footnotes were lettered ‘a’ to ‘z’, repeating the pattern. They have been resequenced numerically to ensure uniqueness across the text. On occasion, when a note is referred to in another note by its superscripted letter, the new number is substituted.

All footnotes have been moved to the end of the text and linked for ease of reference.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.

This volume includes an “ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA” which hold editorial notes for all volumes of this series. The relevant portions of this section will be copied to the Transcriber’s end note for each of the succeeding volumes for ease of reference.

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THE WORKS
OF
THOMAS MIDDLETON.

VOL. I.
CONTAINING
  • THE OLD LAW.
  • THE MAYOR OF QUEENBOROUGH.
  • BLURT, MASTER-CONSTABLE.
  • THE PHŒNIX.
  • MICHAELMAS TERM.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY ROBSON, LEVEY, AND FRANKLYN,
46 St. Martin’s Lane.

Vera Effigies
Tho. Midletoni Gent.

THE WORKS
OF
THOMAS MIDDLETON,
Now first collected,
WITH
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR,
AND
NOTES,
BY
THE REVEREND ALEXANDER DYCE.
IN FIVE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
EDWARD LUMLEY, CHANCERY LANE.
1840.
TO
JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq.
These Volumes
ARE INSCRIBED
BY
HIS VERY SINCERE FRIEND,
ALEXANDER DYCE.