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[1]

Cf. P. Williams, 'The Compositor of the 'Pied Bull' Lear', SB, I (1948-49), 61-68; J. R. Brown, 'The Printing of John Webster's Plays (I) and (II)', SB, VI (1954), 117-140 and VIII (1956), 113-127; and R. K. Turner Jr., 'The Composition of The Insatiate Countess, Q2', SB,XIII (1959), 198-203; 'The Printing of The Maid's Tragedy Q1' SB, XIII (1960), 199-220; 'Notes on the Text of Thierry and Theodoret Q1', SB, XIV (1961), 218-231; and 'The Printing of Philaster Q1 and Q2', The Library, 5th series, XV (1960), 21-32.

[2]

Cf. The White Devil, ed. J. R. Brown (1960), p. lxx, notes 3 and 4.

[3]

The Jacobean Drama (1936), p. 42.

[4]

Cf. J. R. Brown, op. cit., SB, (1954), 132 and VIII (1956), 117-120.

[5]

Possibly lines of dialogue were also added at the same time: or, if Compositor A (who set I1v) was ahead of B, the latter might already have followed the lead of the corrector of I1v and set two or three speeches continuously on I3v without special provocation. It is just possible that the whole madman's song as it is printed in the quarto was an addition to the printer's copy, replacing four or five lines of dialogue or stage-direction on both pages. This hypothesis gains some support by: 1.) 7 lines are saved on I3v and only four used on I4; 2.) on H2 a 'ditty' is printed where the printer's copy had announced 'The Hymne' and the author added an apologetic note after some sheets had been printed; the printer's copy may have been deficient in its songs as some dramatic texts of the period are; and 3.) the disconnected talk of the madmen might easily be cut without leaving traces.

[6]

One is printed in SB, VIII (1956), 127.