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APPENDIXES

1. Sequence Tables: Watermarks by Gathering in the Plays

Table 1.1 The Whole Contention (n.d.)

                                                 

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
Copy	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
C2	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
L(1)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
O	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Y2	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
BL(2)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(1)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(2)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(3)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(4)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(5)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(6)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(7)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(13)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(14)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
F(15)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
HD	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
HN	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
ILL	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
NY(1)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
NY(2)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
L18	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
E	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
E2	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

NOTES. Collates A-Q4. Distinctly and distinctively homogenous, twenty-three copies with
every gathering of every copy on stock 23.

Table 1.2. Pericles (1619)

                                             

	tp	R	S	T	V	X	Y	Z	2A	2B
Copy
C2	2	2	23	2	2	23	6.1	2	1\14	2
L	2	2	23	2	1\14	7.1	6.1	1\14	23	2
O	23	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	23
Y2	2	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
F(1)	2	2	23	2	1\14	23	6.1	2	1\14	2
F(2)	23	2	2	2	2	7.1	23	2	6.1	23
F(3)	2	2	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
F(8)	2	2	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
F(9)	23	23	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	23
F(10)	23	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
F(11)	--	2	23	2	2	7.1	23	2	1\14	23
F(12)	--	2	23	2	2	7.1	23	2	1\14	?
HD	23	2	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	23
Y	2	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	6.1	--
NY(1)	2	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	2	2
NY(2)	23	23	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	23
N	2	2	2	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
HN	2	2	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	2
L18	2	23	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	2	2
E	2	23	2	2	2	7.1	23	2	1\14	2
E2	6.1	2	23	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	1\14	--

NOTES. This quarto has signatures continuous with The Whole Contention and collates X1 [=2B2]
R-2A4 2B2(-2B2). Greg had queried his identifications of gathering 2A in the C2 (Capell) and
O (Malone) copies, the former as mark 1, the latter as mark 14; chainlines show that both
were actually Greg's 1. (See above for his understandable confusion over this pair.) Greg was
unable to identify the mark in 2B of the C2 (Capell), O (Malone), and Y2 (Huth) copies. Since
2B was printed as a half-sheet with the title-page, approximately one-half of the copies show no
watermark in this leaf. (Greg must have realized this since he did not identify 2B in these copies
as unwatermarked.) Chainlines allow positive identification in all but one case, F(12). The F(10)
copy was apparently made up, since different papers appear in the title-page and 2B.

Table 1.3. Yorkshire Tragedy (1619)

                                         

	tp	A	B	C	D
Copy
C2	2	1\14	1\14	2	2
L(1)	6.1	2	2	2	6.1
O	6.1	2	2	2	6.1
Y2	2	1\14	1\14	1\14	2
L(2)	6.1	1\14	2	2	6.1
L(3)	6.1	2	2	2	6.1
F(1)	6.1	6.1	2	2	6.1
F(2)	6.1	23	1\14	2	6.1
F(3)	23	23	1\14	2	23
F(4)	23	23	1\14	2	23
F(5)	6.1	2	1\14	2	6.1
F(6)	41	1\14	2	2	41
HD	6.1	2	2	2	6.1
Y	--	1\14	1\14	2	6.1
NY	6.1	1\14	2	2	6.1
N	2	1\14	1\14	2	2
HN	6.1	1\14	1\14	2	6.1
L18	6.1	23	1\14	2	6.1
E2	6.1	1\14	2	2	6.1

NOTES. This quarto collates:π1 [=D4] A-C4 D4 (-D4). I have seen the blank D3 in only a
single copy, F(1). Greg had been unable to identify the mark in C2 (Capell) gathering D and
had queried, though correctly identified, the mark in L(1) (Garrick) gathering D.

Table 1.4. Merchant of Venice (1600)

                                 

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K
Copy
C2	2	6.1	1\14	1\14	2	6.1	6.1	1\14	1\14	8
L(1)	2	2	7.1	1\14	9	2	3	1\14	6.1	8
O	2	15\16.2	7.1	1\14	9	6.1	3	1\14	6.1	8
Y2	2	15\16.2	7.1	1\14	9	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
L(2)	7.1	6.1	7.1	6.1	9	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
F(1)	1\14	6.1	7.1	6.1	2	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	6.1
F(2)	2	6.1	7.1	6.1	9	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
F(3)	2	6.1	6.1	6.1	2	2	6.1	1\14	1\14	8
F(4)	2	6.1	7.1	6.1	2	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
HD	2	6.1	1\14	1\14	2	2	4.1	1\14	1\14	8
NY	7.1	6.1	7.1	6.1	9	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
ILL	2	2	7.1	6.1	2	2	6.1	1\14	6.1	8
N	2	2	7.1	1\14	9	2	6.1	1\14	1\14	8
HN	2	6.1	7.1	6.1	2	2	6.1	7.2	6.1	8
E2	2	6.1	--	6.1	2	2	--	1\14	6.1	6.1

NOTES. Collates A-K4. Greg must have erred in recording the marks for gatherings A and B
of the L(1) (Garrick) copy, both of which he identifies as mark 1; the rest of the marks for
this copy match perfectly my own observation. Greg had also queried his identifications for
gatherings E and K of this copy; both are correct. For gathering B of the O (Malone) and
Y2 (Huth) copy Greg failed to recognize that there was a second pair of ARMS: RG marks,
identifying them instead as his mark 18, which unlike the two 15\16 pairs is centered be-
tween rather than on chainlines.

Table 1.5. Merry Wives of Windsor (1619)

                                               

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Copy
C2	3	2	4.1	4.1	5	6.2	4.1
L(1)	3	1\14	7.2	4.1	5	5	5
O	3	2	3	7.2	5	5	2
Y2	8	2	4.1	4.1	5	5	5
L(2)	6.1	2	2	24\27.2	5	5	5
F(1)	3	2	35	36	5	5	2
F(2)	3	1\14	7.4	24\27.2	5	5	5
F(3)	3	1\14	4.1	24\27.2	5	23	5
F(4)	3	2	3	7.2	5	5	2
F(5)	3	2	4.2	24\27.2	5	5	0.?
F(6)	3	2	4.3	4.1	5	24\27.2	4.1
F(7)	3	2	7.2	3	5	5	5
F(8)	3	2	24\27.2	4.1	5	--	9
HD	3	2	24\27.2	4.1	5	2	4.1
Y	--	--	3	7.2	5	5	2
NY(1)	3	2	4.1	4.1	5	24\27.2	4.1
NY(2)	3	2	3	7.2	5	5	2
ILL	3	2	24\27.2	4.1	5	1\14	4.1
N	3	2	4.2	4.3	5	5	2
HN	3	2	3	24\27.2	5	5	5
L18	3	2	7.2	4.1	5	5	5
E	3	2	4.4	4.2	5	6.2	4.1

NOTES. Collates A-G4. Greg had queried his identification of mark 4 in L(1) (Garrick) gather-
ing D; he was correct. Gathering C has examples of all four pairs of Greg's single mark 4,
and gathering D has three of the four. The unmarked paper in F(5) gathering G is another of
the fugitives, the only example I encountered.

Table 1.6. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600)

                                           

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Copy
C2	6.1	7.2	8	5	9	2	2	2
L(1)	7.2	5	5	5	1\14	24\27.1	6.1	2
O	6.1	0.?	24\27.1	5	7.4	2	2	2
H	6.1	5	4?	5	9	2	6.1	2
L(2)	6.1	5	2	5	1\14	4.1	6.1	2
F(1)	6.1	5	2	5	9	2	2	2
F(2)	7.2	5	24\27.1	5	9	29	6.1	2
F(3)	3	5	5	5	2	2	2	2
F(4)	7.2	5	5	5	1\14	24\27.1	6.1	2
F(5)	6.1	23	24\27.1	5	28	2	6.1	2
F(6)	6.1	7.3	5	5	7.2	2	6.1	2
F(7)	6.1	5	5	5	2	2	6.1	2
HD	6.1	5	2	5	1\14	29	6.1	2
NY	6.1	5	3	2	9	2	2	2
ILL	2	5	24\27.2	5	9	29	6.1	2
N	6.1	5	2	2	9	2	2	2
HN	6.1	7.2	24\27.1	5	9	2	2	2
Y2	2	5	24\27.1	5	9	29	6.1	2
E	6.1	5	5	5	2	2	2	2
E2	3	7.3	5	--	7.2	2	2	2

NOTES. Collates A-H4. I have included the Huth copy examined by Greg in its usual position
fourth in the list, but designated it H instead of Y2 and reported Greg's assessment of it. All
other Y2 (Elizabethan Club) copies appear to be the Huth copies, but the Y2 MND does not
match Greg's sequence, nor does any other copy I have examined. The paper at O gathering
B is one of five fugitive unmarked papers which I have met with only once.

Table 1.7. King Lear (1608)

                                         

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	L
Copy
C2	1\14	2	6.1	10\11	10\11	12\19.1	0.3	12\19.1	0.1	13	0.1
L(1)	2	2	25	10\11	10\11	12\19.1	0.3	12\19.1	20.1	13	0.?
O	2	1\14	2	10\11	26	12\19.2	0.3	12\19.1	21	0.1	21
Y2	2	2	7.2	10\11	0.2	12\19.2	0.3	12\19.1	0.1	13	21
L(2)	1\14	1\14	1\14	6.1	26	12\19.2	0.3	12\19.1	20.1	13	0.1
L(3)	1\14	2	6.1	10\11	25	12\19.2	33	12\19.2	0.1	13	0.1
F1	1\14	2	6.1	10\11	10\11	12\19.1	33	12\19.2	0.1	13	0.1
F2	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	12\19.2	0.?	12\19.1	21	13	21
F3	1\14	1\14	13	2	25	12\19.2	33	12\19.1	20.1	13	21
F4	1\14	6.1	13	13	26	12\19.2	26	12\19.1	0.1	21	0.1
F5	2	1\14	1\14	10\11	13	12\19.1	26	12\19.1	20.1	13	20.1
F6	2	2	25	10\11	10\11	12\19.1	0.3	12\19.2	20.1	13	21
HD	2	1\14	25	10\11	26	12\19.2	0.3	12\19.1	20.1	21	0.1
NY	2	2	25	6.1	10\11	12\19.1	0.3	12\19.2	20.1	13	20.1
ILL	2	1\14	13	6.1	13	12\19.2	0?	12\19.2	20.1	0.?	0.1
N	1\14	2	24\27.1	10\11	25	12\19.1	33	12\19.2	20.1	21	21
HN	2	1\14	1\14	6.1	13	12\19.2	0.3	12\19.1	20.1	13	20.1
E	1\14	2	1\14	2	25	12\19.2	33	12\19.1	0.1	13	21
E2	1\14	2	25	10\11	10\11	12\19.2	33	12\19.1	20.1	13	--

NOTES. Collates A-L4. The queried unwatermarked sheets, designated "0.?", cover two situ-
ations: for F(2) gathering G and ILL gatherings G and K the chainlines were too faint to
measure; L(1) gathering L is a fugitive unmarked paper, one for which I have found no other
example.

Table 1.8. Henry V (1608)

                                         

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Copy
C2	12\19.1	20.2	21	22	0.4	15\16.1	0.1
L(1)	12\19.1	5	5	22	15\16.1	15\16.1	0.1
O	12\19.2	20.2	5	21	0.?	15\16.1	0.4
Y2	12\19.1	20.2	0.1	22	0.4	15\16.1	0.1
L(2)	12\19.1	20.2	21	22	0.4	15\16.1	21
F(1)	12\19.1	20.2	20.2	22	15\16.1	0.4	15\16.1
F(2)	12\19.1	20.2	5	22	38	15\16.1	0.1
F(3)	12\19.1	5	0.1	22	39	0.4	0.1
F(4)	12\19.1	5	5	22	32	21	0.1
F(5)	12\19.1	20.2	20.2	22	15\16.1	0.4	15\16.1
F(6)	12\19.1	5	5	21	15\16.1	18	--
F(7)	12\19.1	20.2	21	22	0.4	0.4	15\16.1
HD	12\19.1	5	5	22	0.1	15\16.1	15\16.1
NY	12\19.1	5	5	21	15\16.1	18	0.1
N	12\19.1	5	20.2	22	21	15\16.1	15\16.1
HN	12\19.2	20.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	43.2	0.1
L18	12\19.1	20.2	5	21	43.2	15\16.1	0.1
E	12\19.1	5	0.1	22	39	21	0.?
E2	12\19.1	5	5	22	15\16.1	15\16.1	0.1

NOTES. Collates A-G4. In the O (Malone) copy Greg had questioned his identification of his
mark 20 in gathering B; he was correct, though he didn't know that there were two sets of
mark 20. He offered only a query for O gathering E. It is one of the fugitive unmarked pa-
pers, as is that in copy E gathering G: I have found no other examples of either.

Table 1.9. Sir John Oldcastle (1600)

                                             

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K
Copy
C2	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	18	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
L(1)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
O	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
Y2	15\16.1	17	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.2	15\16.1	5
L(2)	15\16.1	17	17	31	17	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	37	5
F(1)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.2	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.2	43.1	5
F(2)	44	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
F(3)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	18	15\16.1	15\16.2	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
F(4)	15\16.1	15\16.1	30	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	15\16.2	5
F(5)	15\16.1	17	17	15\16.1	15\16.2	15\16.1	31	45	15\16.1	5
F(6)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
F(7)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	18	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.2	5
HD	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
Y	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.2	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
NY	15\16.1	15\16.1	42	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
N(1)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.2	15\16.1	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	43.1	5
N(2)	15\16.1	17	17	31	17	15\16.1	31	15\16.1	37?	5
HN	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	18	46	31	15\16.1	34	5
L18(1)	44	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	15\16.1	5
L18(2)	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	5	15\16.1	34	5
E	15\16.1	15\16.1	17	15\16.1	15\16.1	15\16.1	40	15\16.1	15\16.1	5

NOTES. Collates A-K4. Greg identified gathering G in the Huth copy as mark 21, which looks
to me like a cap with a TV antennae on top; if Y2 is indeed the Huth copy, this is an error
since the mark is my 31, a POT surmounted with a pyramid of martini olives. I have found
Greg 21 in no copy of Oldcastle. My identification of N(2) gathering I as mark 37 is tentative
since I have only fragmentary drawings of this mark and its possible twin in the same gather-
ing of L(2).

2. Summary Tables: Watermarks in Individual Plays

Table 2.1. The Whole Contention;
16 edition sheets, 23 copies

                                                   

Watermark	23	Totals
Copy
C2	16	16
L(1)	16	16
O	16	16
Y2	16	16
BL(2)	16	16
F(1)	16	16
F(2)	16	16
F(3)	16	16
F(4)	16	16
F(5)	16	16
F(6)	16	16
F(7)	16	16
F(13)	16	16
F(14)	16	16
F(15)	16	16
HD	16	16
HN	16	16
ILL	16	16
NY(1)	16	16
NYP(2)	16	16
L18	16	16
E	16	16
E2	16	16
Totals	368	368

Table 2.2. Pericles; 9 edition sheets, 21 copies

                                     

Watermarks	1\14	2	6.1	7.1	23	Totals
Copy
C2	1	5	1		2	9
L	2	3	1	1	2	9
O	1	5	1	1	1	9
Y2	1	6	1	1		9
F(1)	2	4	1		2	9
F(2)		5	1	1	2	9
F(3)	1	5	1	1	1	9
F(8)	1	5	1	1	1	9
F(9)	1	4	1	1	2	9
F(10)	1	6	1	1	1	10
F(11)	1	4		1	3	9
F(12)	1	4		1	2	8
HD	1	4	1	1	2	9
Y		6	2	1		9
NY(1)		7	1	1		9
NY(2)	1	4	1	1	2	9
N	1	6	1	1		9

Table 2.2 (Continued)

           

Watermarks	1\14	2	6.1	7.1	23	Totals
HN	1	5	1	1	1	9
L18		5	1	1	2	9
E	1	5		1	2	9
E2	1	4	2	1	1	9
Totals	19	102	20	19	29	189

NOTE. For copy F(10) the total is greater than the number of edition sheets because this copy
was apparently made up, with the title page and 2B1, originally printed together as a half-
sheet, appearing on different papers.

Table 2.3. Yorkshire Tragedy; 4 edition sheets, 19 copies

                                           

Watermarks	1\14	2	6.1	23	41	Totals
Copy
C2	2	2				4
L(1)		3	1			4
O		3	1			4
Y2	3	1				4
L(2)	1	2	1			4
L(3)		3	1			4
F(1)		2	2			4
F(2)	1	1	1	1		4
F(3)	1	1		2		4
F(4)	1	1		2		4
F(5)	1	2	1			4
F(6)	1	2			1	4
HD		3	1			4
Y	2	1	1			4
NY	1	2	1			4
N	2	2				4
HN	2	1	1			4
L18	1	1	1	1		4
E2	1	2	1			4
Totals	20	35	14	6	1	76

Table 2.4. Merchant of Venice; 10 edition sheets, 15 copies

                                   

Watermarks	1\14	2	3	4.1	6.1	7.1	7.2	8	9	15\16.2	totals
Copy
C2	4	2			3			1			10
L(1)	2	3	1		1	1		1	1		10
O	2	1	1		2	1		1	1	1	10
Y2	2	2			2	1		1	1	1	10
L(2)	1	1			4	2		1	1		10
F(1)	2	2			5	1					10
F(2)	1	2			4	1		1	1		10
F(3)	2	3			4			1			10
F(4)	1	3			4	1		1			10
HD	4	3		1	1			1			10
NY	1	1			4	2		1	1		10
ILL	1	4			3	1		1			10
N	3	3			1	1		1	1		10
HN		3			4	1	1	1			10
E2	1	3			4						8
Totals	27	36	2	1	46	13	1	13	7	2	148

NOTE. Copy E2 totals less than ten because gatherings C and G are in facsimile.

Table 2.5. Merry Wives of Windsor; 7 edition sheets, 22 copies

                                                 

Watermarks	0.?	1\14	2	3	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	5	6.1	6.2	7.2	7.4	8	9	23	24\27.2	35	36	Totals
Copy
C2			1	1	3				1		1									7
L(1)		1		1	1				3			1								7
O			2	2					2			1								7
Y2			1		2				3					1						7
L(2)			2						3	1							1			7
F(1)			2	1					2									1	1	7
F(2)		1		1					3				1				1			7
F(3)		1		1	1				2							1	1			7
F(4)			2						2			1								7
F(5)	1		1	1		1			2								1			7
F(6)			1	1	2		1		1								1			7
F(7)			1						3			1								7
F(8)			1	1	1				1						1		1			6
HD			2	1	2				1								1			7
Y			1	1					2			1								5
NY(1)			1	1	3				1								1			7
NY(2)			2						2			1								7
ILL		1	1	1	2				1								1			7
N			2	1		1	1		2											7
HN			1						3								1			7
L18			1	1	1				3			1								7
E			1	1	1	1		1	1		1									7
Totals	1	4	26	25	19	3	2	1	44	1	2	7	1	1	1	1	10	1	1	151

NOTE. The totals for F(8) and Y are less than seven because the former is lacking F, the latter has the first two gatherings in facsimile.

Table 2.6. A Midsummer Night's Dream; 8 edition sheets, 19 copies

                                           

Watermarks	0.?	1\14	2	3	4.1	5	6.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	8	9	23	24\27.1	24\27.2	28	29	Totals
Copy
C2			3			1	1	1			1	1						8
L(1)		1	1			3	1	1						1				8
O	1		3			1	1			1				1				8
L(2)		1	2		1	2	2											8
F(1)			4			2	1					1						8
F(2)			1			2	1	1				1		1			1	8
F(3)			4	1		3												8
F(4)		1	1			3	1	1						1				8
F(5)			2			1	2						1	1		1		8
F(6)			2			2	2	1	1									8
F(7)			3			3	2											8
HD		1	2			2	2										1	8
NY			4	1		1	1					1						8
ILL			2			2	1					1			1		1	8
N			5			1	1					1						8
HN			3			1	1	1				1		1				8
Y2			2			2	1					1		1			1	8
E			4			3	1											8
E2			3	1		1		1	1									7
Totals	1	4	51	3	1	36	22	7	2	1	1	8	1	7	1	1	4	151

NOTE. I have excluded the Huth copy because, as noted above, I have not seen it. The total for copy E2 is seven because gathering D is in
facsimile.

Table 2.7. King Lear; 11 edition sheets, 19 copies

                                           

Watermarks	0.?	0.1	0.2	0.3	1\14	2	6.1	7.2	1O\11	12\l9.1	12\19.2	13	20.1	21	24\27.1	25	26	33	Totals
Copy
C2		2		1	1	1	1		2	2		1							11
L(1)	1			1		2			2	2		1	1			1			11
O		1		1	1	2			1	1	1			2			1		11
Y2		1	1	1		2		1	1	1	1	1		1					11
L(2)		1		1	3		1			1	1	1	1				1		11
L(3)		2			1	1	1		1		2	1				1		1	11
F(1)		2			1	1	1		2	1	1	1						1	11
F(2)	1		2			3				1	1	1		2					11
F(3)					2	1				1	1	2	1	1		1		1	11
F(4)		2			1		1			1	1	2		1			2		11
F(5)					2	1			1	2		2	2				1		11
F(6)				1		2			2	1	1	1	1	1		1			11
HD		1		1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1		1			11
NY				1		2	1		1	1	1	1	2			1			11
ILL	2	1			1	1	1				2	2	1						11
N					1	1			1	1	1		1	2	1	1		1	11
HN				1	2	1	1			1	1	2	2						11
E		1			2	2				1	1	1		1		1		1	11
E2					1	1			2	1	1	1	1			1		1	10
Totals	4	14	3	9	20	25	8	1	17	20	18	21	14	12	1	9	6	6	208

NOTE. The final gathering of E2 is in facsimile.

Table 2.8. Henry V; 7 edition sheets, 19 copies

                                           

Watermarks	0.?	0.1	0.4	5	12\19.1	12\19.2	15\16.1	18	20.2	21	22	32	38	39	43.2	Totals
Copy
C2		1	1		1		1		1	1	1					7
L(1)		1		2	1		2				1					7
O	1		1	1		1	1		1	1						7
Y2		2	1		1		1		1		1					7
L(2)			1		1		1		1	2	1					7
F(1)			1		1		2		2		1					7
F(2)		1		1	1		1		1		1		1			7
F(3)		2	1	1	1						1			1		7
F(4)		1		2	1					1	1	1				7
F(5)			1		1		2		2		1					7
F(6)				2	1		1	1		1						6
F(7)			2	1			1		1	1	1					7
HD		1		2	1		2				1					7
NY		1		2	1		1	1		1						7
N				1	1		2		1	1	1					7
HN		3	1			1			1						1	7
L18		1		1	1		1		1	1					1	7
E	1	1		1	1					1	1			1		7
E2		1		2	1		2				1					7
Totals	2	16	10	19	16	2	21	2	13	11	14	1	1	2	2	132

NOTE. The final gathering of copy F(6) is heavily restored and chainlines are obscured.

Table 2.9. Sir John Oldcastle; 10 edition sheets, 21 copies

                                               

Watermarks	5	15\16.1	15\16.2	17	18	30	31	34	37	40	42	43.1	44	45	46	Totals
Copy
C2	2	6		1	1											10
L(1)	2	7		1												10
O	2	7		1												10
Y2	1	5	1	2			1									10
L(2)	1	3		3			2		1							10
F(1)	1	4	2	1			1					1				10
F(2)	1	6		1			1						1			10
F(3)	2	5	1	1	1											10
F(4)	1	6	1			1	1									10
F(5)	1	4	1	2			1							1		10
F(6)	1	7		1			1									10
F(7)	2	5	1	1	1											10
HD	2	7		1												10
Y	2	6	1	1												10
NY	2	7									1					10
N(1)	1	5	1	1			1					1				10
N(2)	1	3		3			2		1							10
HN	1	4		1	1		1	1							1	10
L18(1)	2	6		1									1			10
L18(2)	2	6		1				1								10
E	1	7		1						1						10
Totals	31	116	9	25	4	1	12	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	210

3. Summary Table: Watermarks in All Plays

                                                                                                         

Play	Cont.	Per	YT	MV	MWW	MND	Lear	H5	SJO	Totals
Watermark
0.?					1	1	4	2		8
0.1							14	16		30
0.2							3			3
0.3							9			9
0.4								10		10
1\14		19	20	27	4	4	20			94
2		102	35	36	26	51	25			275
3				2	25	3				30
4.1				1	19	1				21
4.2					3					3
4.3					2					2
4.4					1					1
5					55	36		19	31	141
6.1		20	14	46	1	22	8			111
6.2					2					2
7.1		19		13						32
7.2				1	7	7	1			16
7.3						2				2
7.4					1	1				2
8				13	1	1				15
9				7	1	8				16
10\11							17			17
12\19.1							20	16		36
12\19.2				2			18	2		22
13							21			21
15\16.1								21	116	127
15\16.2									9	9
17									25	25
18								2	4	6
20.1							14			14
20.2								13		13
21							12	11		23
22								14		14
23	368	29	6		1	1				405
24\27.1						7	1			8
24\27.2					10	1				11
25							9			9
26							6			6
28						1				1
29						4				4
30									1	1
31									12	12
32								1		1
33							6			6
34									2	2
35					1					1
36					1					1
37									2	2
38								1		1
39								2		2
40									1	1 (continued)/>

Table: (Continued)

                 

Play	Cont.	Per	YT	MV	MWW	MND	Lear	H5	SJO	Totals
41			1							1
42									1	1
43.1									2	2
43.2								2		2
44									1	1
45									1	1
46									1	1
Totals	368	189	76	148	162	151	208	132	209	1643

4. Copies Examined

Library symbols

I have chosen to identify the copies using STC library symbols simply for their
brevity. To facilitate comparison with Greg's chart the first four copies listed for
each title are those examined by Greg, who used the following symbols: "C =
Capell copy at Trinity Cambridge; G = Garrick copy at the British Museum
[now British Library]; M = Malone copy at the Bodleian; H = the copy in pos-
session of Mr. Huth [now at the Elizabethan Club]."

                           

C2	Trinity Cambridge
L	British Library
O	Bodleian
Y2	Elizabethan Club, Yale
F	Folger Shakespeare Library
HD	Houghton Library, Harvard
Y	Beinecke Library, Yale
NY	New York Public Library
ILL	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
N	Newberry Library
HN	Huntington Library
L18	Victoria and Albert Museum
E	National Library of Scotland
E2	Edinburgh University Library

In cases where a library holds more than one copy of a title, I have added a par-
enthetical number following the library code: i.e. F(1), F(2), F(3), etc.

Copies by title

The Whole Contention (Cont)

                                               

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.12.4
L(1)	C.34.k.38.(1)
O	Arch. G d.39(5)
Y2	Eliz. Club 200
L(2)	C.12.h.6
F(1)	STC 26101, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 26101, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 26101, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 26101, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 26101, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 26101, Copy 6
F(7)	STC 26101, Copy 7
F(13)	STC 26101, Copy 13
F(14)	STC 26101, Copy 14
F(15)	STC 26101, Copy 15
HD	HEW 6.9.34
HN	79883
ILL	X 822.33 W51619
NY(1)	*KC 1619, Copy 1
NYP(2)	*KC 1619, Copy 2
L18	Dyce 26 Box 42/5
E	Bute.232
E2	JA3737

Pericles (Per)

                                           

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.12.3
L	C.34.k.38
O	Arch. G d.41(6)
Y2	Eliz. Club 189
F(1)	STC 26101, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 26101, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 26101, Copy 3
F(8)	STC 26101, Copy 8
F(9)	STC 26101, Copy 9
F(10)	STC 26101, Copy 10
F(11)	STC 26101, Copy 11
F(12)	STC 26101, Copy 12
HD	14308.125.20*
Y	1977 2546
NY(1)	*KC 1619, Copy 1
NY(2)	*KC 1619, Copy 2
N	CASE 3A 897
HN	69347
L18	Dyce 26 Box 42/5
E	Bute.504
E2	JA3707

Yorkshire Tragedy (YT)

                                       

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.11.1
L(1)	C.34.l.6
O	Arch. G d.42(7)
Y2	Eliz. Club 207
L(2)	C.12.g.26
L(3)	C.12.g.17
F(1)	STC 22341, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22341, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22341, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22341, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 22341, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 22341, Copy 6
HD	13408.280.5*
Y	1977 2701
NY	*KC 1619
N	CASE 3A 897
HN	69373
L18	Dyce 26 Box 43/5
E2	JA3712

Merchant of Venice (MV)

                               

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.11.5
L(1)	C.34.k.23
O	Arch. G d.42(2)
Y2	Eliz. Club 181
L(2)	C.12.g.31
F(1)	STC 22297, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22297, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22297, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22297, Copy 4
HD	13408.116.5*
NY	*KC 1619
ILL	X 822.33 P31619
N	CASE 3A 895
HN	59555
E2	JA3725

Merry Wives of Windsor (MWW)

                                             

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.11.2
L(1)	C.34.k.27
O	Arch. G d.42 (4)
Y2	Eliz. Club 182
L(2)	C.12.g.24
F(1)	STC 22300, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22300, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22300, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22300, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 22300, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 22300, Copy 6
F(7)	STC 22300, Copy 7
F(8)	STC 22300, Copy 8
HD	13408.118.5*
Y	1977 2353
NY(1)	*KC 1619, Copy 1
NY(2)	*KC 1619, Copy 2
ILL	X 822.33 P51619
N	CASE 4A 956
HN	69332
L18	Dyce 26 Box 42/1
E	Bute.498

A Midsummer Night's Dream (MW)

                                       

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.11.3
L(1)	C.34.k.30
O	Arch. G d.42(1)
Y2	Eliz. Club 184
L(2)	C.12.g.30
F(1)	STC 22303, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22303, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22303, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22303, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 22303, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 22303, Copy 6
F(7)	STC 22303, Copy 7
HD	13408.120.5*
NY	*KC 1619
ILL	X 822.33 P71619
N	CASE 3A 894
HN	69335
E	Bute.500
E2	JA3710

King Lear (KL)

                                       

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.11.4
L(1)	C.34.k.19
O	Arch. G d.42(5)
Y2	Eliz. Club 177
L(2)	C.34.k.20
L(3)	C.12.g.27
F(1)	STC 22293, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22293, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22293, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22293, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 22293, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 22293, Copy 6
HD	13408.110.5*
NY	*KC 1619
ILL	X 822.33 T31619
N	CASE 3A 896
HN	69325
E	Bute.488
E2	JA3729

Henry V (H5)

                                       

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.12.2
L(1)	C.34.k.14
O	Arch. G d.39(4)
Y2	Eliz. Club 176
L(2)	C.12.g.33
F(1)	STC 22291, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 22291, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 22291, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 22291, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 22291, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 22291, Copy 6
F(7)	STC 22291, Copy 7
HD	13408.106.10*
NY	*KC 1619
N	CASE Y S725.607
HN	69323
L18	Dyce 26 Box 41/3
E	Bute.485
E2	JA3716

Sir John Oldcastle (SJO)

                                           

Copy	Shelfmark
C2	Capell Q.12.1
L(1)	C.34.l.1
O	Mal. 222(4)
Y2	Eliz. Club 204
L(2)	C.12.g.23
F(1)	STC 18796, Copy 1
F(2)	STC 18796, Copy 2
F(3)	STC 18796, Copy 3
F(4)	STC 18796, Copy 4
F(5)	STC 18796, Copy 5
F(6)	STC 18796, Copy 6
F(7)	STC 18796, Copy 7
HD	13408.260.10*
Y	1977 2622
NY	*KC 1619
N(1)	CASE 4A 956
N(2)	CASE Y 5887.6
HN	62783
L18(1)	Dyce 26 Box 43/2
L18(2)	Dyce 26 Box 43/3
E	Bute.531

NOTE. Unlike the other Elizabethan Club copies, Y2 of SJO appears not to be the copy Greg
examined from Mr. Huth's collection.