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"The Printing of John Webster's Plays (I)" was published in Studies in Bibliography, VI (1954), 117-140. To my debt to Professor F. P. Wilson should be added that to Mr. John Crow; both have given generous help and advice.

In state ii, IV.iii.48 is on H2v.

The comma is not printed clearly; the reading may be due to a wrongly adjusted space.

In several copies the marginal directions are incomplete because of cropping.

There is evidence of frisket bite on C1, E2v, and G1v (corrected state) in some copies.

Cf. Lucas, I, 251.

What appears to be a l in the uncorrected copies may be a broken long s.

To the right of the text, in small type.

Among the variants not listed because they were caused by deterioration of the type during printing, one may be specially noticed as it is just possible that it represents a genuine press correction: on K1v, Hn2 and Co read 'shrill;' for the 'shrill,' (IV.ii.181) of the other copies. There is evidence of frisket bite on B3 in some copies.

In NY the reading is doubtful; it may be 'Woman,'

In state ii, III.iii.326 is on G1v.

Among the variants not listed because they were caused by deterioration of the type during printing, one may be specially noticed as it possibly represents a genuine press-correction: on D3, O reads 'sakes;' for the 'sakes,' (II.i.358) of the other copies. There is evidence of frisket bite on A1v in some copies.

Cf. "The Printing of John Webster's Plays (1)," Studies in Bibliography, VI (1954), 134-136.

In the statistics that follow I discount the spelling of proper names and onesyllable words. I also, for contrast with the i'll spelling, discount I'll at the beginning of a sentence or line printed as verse.

Cf. Alice Walker, "Compositor Determination and other Problems in Shakespearian Texts," Studies in Bibliography, VII (1955), 14, n.8.

Demetrius and Enanthe also has another variant, suddeine.