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The Oxford Middleton: Errata
Published versions of the edition
- first printing, published November 2007
- second printing, published April 2008
- first paperback printing, published March 2010
The Collected Works
- Works prelims
- Sequence of the first three pages: title-page, half-title page, frontispiece → half-title page, frontispiece, title-page (corrected in second printing)
- Title-page: MacDonald P. Jackson, John Jowett, → John Jowett, MacDonald P. Jackson, (corrected in second printing)
- 9 column 2: move entry for ‘To the worthily accomplished Master William Hammond’ from location after ‘To the King’ on this page to location after ‘To the King’ on page 10 column 2 (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for The Puritan Maid, the Modest Wife, and the Wanton Widow: 509 → 330 (corrected in second printing)
- 14: Janusza Stannego’s → Janusz Stanny’s (reported by Mark Etherton) (corrected in second printing)
- Thomas Middleton: Lives and Afterlives
- 33 column 2: William Hazlitt → Charles Lamb (reported by Jonathan Bate) (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 37 column 2: John Shirley → James Shirley (corrected in second printing)
- 56: Janusza Stannego’s → Janusz Stanny’s (reported by Mark Etherton) (corrected in second printing)
- 58 column 1: the Duke Humphrey Library → Duke Humfrey’s Library (reported by Sarah Poynting) (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 58 column 1: DeFlores → De Flores (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 58 column 1: Beatrice Joanna → Beatrice-Joanna (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Middleton’s London
- 65 column 1: Martin Marprelate → ‘Martin Marprelate’ (corrected in second printing)
- The Phoenix
- 93 column 1, 4 lines up: soiled → soilèd (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 93 column 2, line 29: 4.44–5 → 4.44 (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 94 column 1, line 3: in-fighting → infighting (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 99, line 4.36: Iwis → iwis (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 99, note to line 4.36: Iwis → iwis (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 99, line 4.43: Seeing → seeing (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 101, line 4.145: maid-servant → maidservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 109, line 8.339: contain you lady → contain you, lady (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 113, line 10.0.2: robbery, → robbery (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 114, note to line 10.74: desease → disease (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 116, line 11.19: maid-servant → maidservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 116, line 12.0.1: Phoenix, → Phoenix (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 117, note to lines 12.114–16: 4.150–1 → 4.150–2 (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 119, note to lines 27–8: maid-servants → maidservants (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 120, line 13.99: Revenue → revenue (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 121, line 14.40: maid servant → maidservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 121, line 14.66.1: Officer; → Officer (corrected in first paperback printing)
- News from Gravesend
- 137, line 341: maid-servants → maidservants (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinary
- 193, third note to line 539: (proverbial) → Proverbs 26:11 (reported by Frank Ramirez) (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 194, line 587: man-servant → manservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Patient Man and the Honest Whore
- 281 column 1: extra-marital → extramarital (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Michaelmas Term
- 338 column 2, line 1.1.58: wild-fowl → wildfowl (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 339, note to line 1.2.67: L. → Latin (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 340, note to line 1.2.78.1: L. → Latin (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 340, first note to line 1.2.124: 1.2.147–8 → 1.2.147 (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 340, second note to line 1.2.124: Fr. → French (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 341 column 1, line 1.2.159: received → receivèd (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 341, note to line 1.2.159: received → receivèd (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 341 column 2, lines 1.2.194–196: indent further (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 341, note to line 1.2.139: compare, → compare (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 343, note to line 1.3.14: spectator → a spectator (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 343 column 2 and 344 column 1, lines 1.3.43–50: indent further (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 345 column 1, line 2.1.59: ours → ours. (corrected in first paperback printing)
- A Trick to Catch the Old One
- 391 column 1, line 3.1.76: noon day → noonday (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 393, note to lines 3.1.237–9: extra-marital → extramarital (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Life of Timon of Athens
- 477 column 2, lines 62–71: indent further because in tetrameter (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 482, note to line 4.69: (Udall, 1542) → (Erasmus, Apophthegmes, tr. Nicholas Udall, 1542) (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 484 column 1, line 4.183: To Flaminius → to Flaminius (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 484 column 1, line 4.184: To → to (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Revenger’s Tragedy
- 571, note to line 3.5.43.2: tires → tires (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Your Five Gallants
- 594 column 1, line 29: at 1.1.205–6 → at, 1.1.205–6 (corrected in a future printing)
- 595 column 2, line 4: Why this is the right → Why, this is right the (corrected in a future printing)
- 596 column 2, line -12: metatheatical → metatheatrical (corrected in a future printing)
- 610, line 2.4.65: twelve-month’s → twelvemonth’s (corrected in a future printing)
- 618, line 3.1.123: you labour → your labour (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Roaring Girl
- 751 column 2, line 6.244: wild fowl → wildfowl (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 751, note to line 6.244: wild fowl → wildfowl (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 761, note to lines 9.39–41: ‘wild fowl’ → ‘wildfowl’ (corrected in first paperback printing)
- No Wit/Help like a Woman’s
- 785, note to line 1.121–2: crack → crack (corrected in a future printing)
- 790, line 2.141: down-fall → downfall (corrected in a future printing)
- 796, note to line 4.69: Weatherwise's → Overdone's (corrected in a future printing)
- 796, note to line 4.77: penis. → penis (corrected in a future printing)
- 796, note to line 4.81: blood → blood (corrected in a future printing)
- 796, note to line 4.83: blood → blood (corrected in a future printing)
- The Lady’s Tragedy
- 880, note to line 93: man-servants → manservants (corrected in first paperback printing)
- A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
- 918, note to line 1.2.57: dildo → dildo (corrected in a future printing)
- 924, note to line 2.1.150: actor → actor. (corrected in a future printing)
- 924, note to line 2.1.174: maid-servants → maidservants (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 925, note to line 2.2.1: god-parents → godparents (corrected in a future printing)
- 939, lines 3.3.94 (once) and 3.3.96 (twice): ought → aught (corrected in a future printing)
- Wit at Several Weapons
- 983, lines Persons.7–8: ‘two sharking companions’ should be set off by a curly brace connecting Sir Ruinous Gentry and Priscian (corrected in first paperback printing)
- More Dissemblers Besides Women
- 1035 column 1: Lisa Geller → Lila Geller (corrected in a future printing)
- 1037, line Persons.5: man-servant → manservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1050, line 2.3.98: sweet-heart → sweetheart (corrected in a future printing)
- 1053, note to line 3.1.155: dirth → dearth (corrected in a future printing)
- The Widow
- 1107, line 4.1.94.1: Second Suitor → First Suitor (reported by Greg Schnitzspahn) (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Witch
- 1142, line 2.1.209: right → whole (reported by Pierre Kapitaniak) (corrected in a future printing)
- 1155, line 4.2.35: Softly → Closely (reported by Pierre Kapitaniak) (corrected in a future printing)
- 1162, line 5.3.27: rash → rais’d (reported by Pierre Kapitaniak) (corrected in a future printing)
- A Fair Quarrel
- 1223, line 2.1.221: an → and (reported by Emily Carr) (corrected in a future printing)
- The Triumphs of Honour and Industry
- 1258, lines 152–153: not enough space between these two lines (corrected in a future printing)
- The Owl’s Almanac
- 1301, note to line 2431: begger → beggar (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Peacemaker
- 1314, note to lines 452–6: when as → whenas (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Old Law
- 1334 column 2, 5 lines up: Companion, 166 → Companion 148, 166 (corrected in a future printing)
- 1345, note to line 1.1.432: century). → century.) (corrected in a future printing)
- 1357, note to line 3.1.0.2: Bell This edition → Bell. This edition (corrected in a future printing)
- 1363, line 3.2.321.1: swoons) → swoons (corrected in a future printing)
- 1370, note to line 3.2.299: Impudently) → Impudently (corrected in a future printing)
- 1373, note to line 4.1.130: God’s → God’s. (corrected in a future printing)
- 1374, note to line 4.1.146: (See Weapons 2.2.248.1.) → Another Clown hums it in Weapons 2.2.248.1; see Companion 148 for the words and music. (corrected in a future printing)
- 1381, 4.2.272: batchelor → bachelor (corrected in a future printing)
- 1391, note to 5.1.358: apiece.]) → apiece]) (corrected in a future printing)
- The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity
- 1404, line 449: martin → marten (reported by Tracey Hill) (corrected in a future printing)
- 1404, note to line 449: martin possibly a kind of monkey → marten fur-bearing animal (reported by Tracey Hill) (corrected in a future printing)
- The World Tossed at Tennis
- 1424, note to line 563: man-servant → manservant (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Hengist, King of Kent
- 1448 column 2, line -7: Magistrates → Magistrates, (corrected in second printing)
- 1452, line 1.1.29: blood → blood. (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1455, line 1.3.35: afinding → a-finding (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1456, line 1.3.108: highness’s → highness’ (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1456, line 1.3.110: beggered → beggared (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1457, line 1.3.161: blessed → blessèd (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1468, line 3.3.57: o’th → o’th’ (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1471, line 3.3.293: holiness → holiness, (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1473, line 4.2.47: o → O (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1473, line 4.2.47: alone. → alone (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1474, line 4.2.150: vile. → vile— (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1476, line 4.4.30: as have as those → as true as those (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1480, line 5.1.140: crupper → crupper. (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1481, line 5.1.193: you are are an ass → you are an ass (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1481, line 5.1.198: ams → arms (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1482, line 5.1.328: when as → whenas (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1484, line 5.2.47: since, → since (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1484, line 5.2.87: then → than (corrected in first paperback printing)
- Women, Beware Women
- 1489 column 1, lines 22–23: The Masque → Masque (corrected in a future printing)
- 1491 column 1, lines 21: (3.3) → (3.2) (corrected in a future printing)
- 1494, note to line 1.1.31: The → the (corrected in a future printing)
- 1497 column 1, line 1.2.65: noon-days → noondays (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1512, note to line 2.2.387–9: Hippolito → Guardiano (corrected in a future printing)
- 1512, note to line 2.2.406–8: Hippolito → Guardiano (corrected in a future printing)
- 1513, note to line 2.2.436: 436 → 437 (corrected in a future printing)
- 1528, note to line 4.1.84: affrontery → effrontery (corrected in a future printing)
- 1529, line 4.1.145: bed-fellow → bedfellow (corrected in a future printing)
- 1529, line 4.1.147: bed-fellow → bedfellow (corrected in a future printing)
- 1533, line 4.2.167: Hippolito → Guardiano (corrected in a future printing)
- The Nice Valour
- 1704 column 2, line 4.1.270: wild-fowl → wildfowl (corrected in first paperback printing)
- 1704, note to line 4.1.269: wild-fowl → wildfowl (corrected in first paperback printing)
- The Spanish Gypsy
- 1737, note to line 2.1.241: bull-fights → bullfights (corrected in first paperback printing)
- A Game at Chess: A Later Form
- 1858, note to line 3.1.204: the line number is missing (corrected in a future printing)
- 1861, note to line 3.1.345–6: Additional Passages → Additional Passage D (corrected in a future printing)
- 1882, note to line 5.3.187: Additional Passages → Additional Passage D (corrected in a future printing)
Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to The Collected Works
- Companion Prelims
- Sequence of the first three pages: title-page, half-title page, frontispiece → half-title page, frontispiece, title-page (corrected in second printing)
- Title-page: MacDonald P. Jackson, John Jowett, → John Jowett, MacDonald P. Jackson, (corrected in second printing)
- 9 column 1: page reference for ‘Bolles’: 1890 → 416 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 1: page reference for ‘Burbage’: 1889 → 404 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 1: page reference for ‘The Duchess of Malfi’: 1894 → 438 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 2: page reference for ‘Hammond’: 1896 → 441 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 2: page reference for An Invention: 1446 → 675 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 2: page reference for ‘To the King’: 1895 → 441 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 2: page reference for ‘To the worthily accomplished Master William Hammond’: 1896 → 441; also move from location after ‘To the King’ on this page to location after ‘To the King’ on page 10 column 2 (corrected in a future printing)
- 9 column 2: page reference for ‘Malfi’: 1894 → 438 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for ‘On Sir George Bolles’: 1890 → 416 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for ‘On the death of that great master in his art and quality, painting and playing: Richard Burbage’: 1889 → 404 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for ‘The Picture’: 1897 → 442 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for The Puritan Maid, the Modest Wife, and the Wanton Widow: 540 → 443 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 1: page reference for ‘Richard Burbage’: 1889 → 404 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 2: page reference for ‘St James’: 1891 → 427 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 2: page reference for ‘The Temple of St James’: 1891 → 427 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 2: page reference for ‘To the King’: 1895 → 441 (corrected in a future printing)
- 10 column 2: page reference for ‘Upon this Masterpiece of Tragedy’: 1894 → 438 (corrected in a future printing)
- The Order of Persons
- 47 figure 16: Thomas Middleton’s dates: 1586–1627 → 1580–1627 (corrected in second printing)
- 70 column 1: ‘meant for ladies’ → ‘made for ladies’ (corrected in a future printing)
- 73 column 2: fulfillment → fulfilment (corrected in a future printing)
- Middleton, Music, and Dance
- 148 column 1: add at end of first paragraph: And the Clown in Old Law says, at 4.1.145–6 (Works, p. 1374), ‘The old woman is “loath to depart”; she never sung other tune in her life.’ (corrected in a future printing)
- 180 column 2: Smith, Bruce should precede Smith, Jeremy L. (corrected in second printing)
- Casting Compositors, Foul Cases, and Skeletons: Printing in
Middleton’s Age
- 224 column 2, Daalder item: Anthony → Antony (corrected in a future printing)
- 224 column 2, Daalder item: Zealand → Zealand Bulletin (corrected in a future printing)
- Booksellers Without an Author, 1627–1685
- 265 column 1: The Changeling, and Old Law, as well as The Spanish Gypsy, attributed wrongly to Middleton, → The Changeling, The Spanish Gypsy, and Old Law (corrected in a future printing)
- Works Included in This Edition: Canon and Chronology
- 335 column 2: ‘To The King’ → ‘To the King’ (corrected in a future printing)
- 437 column 2, line -9: Herbert → Astley (corrected in a future printing)
- 441 column 2: ‘To The King’ → ‘To the King’ (corrected in a future printing)
- 441 column 2: in a miscellany → and in a miscellany (corrected in a future printing)
- 370 column 2: While Lake assigns the Prologue and Epilogue to Middleton, → Lake does not assign the Prologue or Epilogue; (reported by David J. Lake) (corrected in a future printing)
- 378 column 1: Lake (1967) → Lake (1976) (reported by David J. Lake) (corrected in a future printing)
- Middleton’s Theatres
- 459 column 1: Astington, first item: 16 → 16:1 (corrected in a future printing)
- The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment
- 501 column 1, line 2: Nichol's → Nichols's (corrected in a future printing)
- The Patient Man and the Honest Whore
- 514 column 2, first Daalder item: Middleton and Dekker’s → Dekker and Middleton’s (corrected in a future printing)
- 514 column 2, first Daalder item: Part 1 → Part I (corrected in a future printing)
- The Phoenix
- 530 column 1, note to line 4.36: Iwis → iwis (corrected in a future printing)
- Michaelmas Term
- 539 column 1, lineation note to 1.2.196–7: Dyce → Dyce; (corrected in a future printing)
- The Revenger’s Tragedy
- 551 column 2, Clifford Leech entry: The Reuengers Tragedie … 18 → The Revengers Tragædie … 17 (corrected in a future printing)
- A Game at Chess: General Textual Introduction
- 849 column 1: D’Ewes entry: reins → reigns (corrected in a future printing)
- Hengist, King of Kent
- 1035, textual note to line 1.3.35: afinding → a-finding (corrected in a future printing)
- 1041, textual note to 3.1.83–9: 3.1.84–7 not in HERRINGMAN → 3.1.84–6 not in HERRINGMAN (corrected in a future printing)
- 1043, textual note to line 3.3.57: o’th → o’th’ (corrected in a future printing)
- 1052, second textual note to line 5.1.242: 2 Chea → ‘2 Chea’ (corrected in a future printing)
- The Changeling
- 1094 column 1, line 17: DRURY-LANE → Drury-Lane (corrected in a future printing)
- 1094 column 1, line 18: [THOMAS → {THOMAS (corrected in a future printing)
- 1094 column 1, line 18: ROWLEY.] → ROWLEY.} (corrected in a future printing)
- 1099 column 1, note to 2.2.33: 4.6.000 → 4.6.31 (corrected in a future printing)
- 1099 column 2, note to 3.3.36: 5.1.221 → 5.1.333 (corrected in a future printing)
- More Dissemblers Besides Women
- 1133 column 2: Geller, Lisa → Geller, Lila (corrected in a future printing)
- 1133 column 2, second Jowett bibliography item: ‘Middleton’s No Wit/Help like a Woman’s at the Fortune’ → ‘Middleton’s No Wit at the Fortune’ (corrected in a future printing)
- No Wit/Help like a Woman’s
- 1151 column 1, Jowett bibliography item: ‘Middleton’s No Wit/Help like a Woman’s at the Fortune’ → ‘Middleton’s No Wit at the Fortune’ (corrected in a future printing)
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