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For Parts I, II, and III of this series, see Studies in Bibliography, vols. VIII, IX, and XI.

Figures for Field's plays are based on the edition of William Peery (Texas, 1950).

The form occurs both times as a'th'.

Cf. SB. XI (1958), 85ff.

Cf. SB, VIII (1956), 143.

Cf. SB, VIII (1956), 143-144.

Cf. SB, XI (1958), 88.

It should be observed, however, that ha' is to be found in certain of the Fletcher-Massinger collaborations. I note the following occurrences: The Custom of the Country — 6; The Double Marriage — 2; The Elder Brother — 3; The Little French Lawyer — 5; The Sea Voyage — 15.

The Fatal Dowry, Edited, from the Original Quarto, with Introduction and Notes by Charles Lacy Lockert, Jr., (Lancaster, Pa., 1918), p. 20. My figures for the play are based on this edition.

Cf. SB, VIII (1956), 139; and IX (1957), 149-150.

References in parentheses are to page and column number of the 1647 folio.

A few examples of this will suffice: "some other Country (Zanthia)" [72b]; "(Ye noble props of Malta)" [73b]; "but my self (faire Knights)" [74a]; "by my troth (Sweet)" [86b]; "You shall not (fair)" [87a]; "Which you (unkind)" [87b]; "What (Sweet?)" [93a].

The Honest Man's Fortune, A Critical Edition of MS. Dyce 9 (1625), J. B. Wolters — Groningen, Djakarta — 1952, pp. xl ff. My statistics do not always agree with Dr. Gerritsen's, one should notice.

Boyle divided the play between Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, and Tourneur. Macaulay rejected the claim of Beaumont and introduced Field. Sykes rejected the claim of Tourneur and introduced Webster. Oliphant, dividing the play among five dramatists, finds the work of both Tourneur and Webster. Dr. Gerritsen accepts the presence of Tourneur, Fletcher, and Field, but is unconvinced of the shares of Massinger and Webster.

Figures for The Atheist's Tragedy are based on Allardyce Nicoll's edition of The Works of Cyril Tourneur (Fanfrolico Press, 1930).

Figures for Webster's plays are based on the edition of F. L. Lucas (London, 1927).

The form occurs once as a'the.

The form occurs once as o'the.

Shat occurs twice in The Woman Hater; wot is found once in The Maid's Tragedy, A King and no King, and The Coxcomb; shannot is found once in Cupid's Revenge and The Knight of the Burning Pestle; wonnot appears a single time in The Maid's Tragedy and A King and no King, thrice in Cupid's Revenge. The latter play displays as well single instances of the affirmative forms shan and won.

The Fletcher-Massinger collaborations display single occurrences of wot (spelled in each case woot) in The Double Marriage and The Little French Lawyer. Wonot occurs once in The Sea Voyage.

Regarding the occurrence of 'um in the plays of the corpus, see SB, VIII (1956), 141-142; and XI (1958), 97-98.

G. E. Bentley, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage, I, 250.

The form occurs as 'we.

The form occurs once as 'm.

The form occurs twice as i'the.

Figures in square brackets are based on Dr. Gerritsen's edition of MS. Dyce 9 (1625). The figures given here for the occurrence of ye, you, 'em, and them, and those shown in Dr. Gerritsen's tabulation (p. lxxxiii), seldom agree.

The form occurs as a'the.

The form occurs as a'th'.

The form occurs as a'th'.

The scene is omitted in the text of the manuscript.

The form occurs once as i'the.

The form occurs once as i'the.

The form occurs as o'the.

The form occurs twice as i'the.

The form occurs once as a'th'.