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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).