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A SELECT COLLECTION
OF
OLD ENGLISH PLAYS.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ROBERT DODSLEYIN THE YEAR 1744.
FOURTH EDITION,
NOW FIRST CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, REVISED AND ENLARGEDWITH THE NOTES OF ALL THE COMMENTATORS,AND NEW NOTES
BY
W. CAREW HAZLITT.
BENJAMIN BLOM, INC.
New York
First published 1874-1876[Pg 1]
Reissued 1964 by Benjamin Blom, Inc.
L.C. Catalog Card No. 64-14702
Printed in U.S.A. by
NOBLE OFFSET PRINTERS, INC.
New York 3, N. Y.
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THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY.
For a notice of the Edition, see the next page.
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INTRODUCTION.
Cyril Torneur is known only as an author, none ofthe dramatic biographers giving any account of him.Winstanley quotes the following distich from a contemporarypoet, by which it appears that he was not heldin much estimation for his writings—
"His fame unto that pitch was only rais'd,
As not to be despis'd, nor over-prais'd."
He was the author of—
[(1.) The Transformed Metamorphosis, a Poem. 8o,London, 1600.[1]]
(2.) The Revengers Tragœdie. As it hath beene sundrytimes Acted by the Kings Maiesties Seruants. AtLondon. Printed by G. Eld, and are to be sold at hishouse in Fleete-lane at the signe of the Printers-Presse.1607, 4o. Again (a new date only) 1608, 4o.[2]
(3.) "The Atheists Tragedie: Or The honest MansReuenge. As in diuers places it hath often beene Acted.Written by Cyril Tourneur. At London Printed for[Pg 4]John Stepneth and Richard Redmer, and are to besold at their shop, at the West end of Paules. 1611,"[3]4o. Again, 1612, 4o.
(4.) A Traji-Comedy, called The Nobleman, neverprinted, and which Oldys says was destroyed by ignorance.[4]
(5.) A Funerall Poeme. Vpon the Death of the mostWorthie and Trve Sovldier: Sir Francis Vere, Knight,Captaine of Portsmouth, L. Gouernour of his MaiestiesCautionarie Towne of Briell in Holland, &c., 4o, 1609.
(6.) A Griefe on the Death of Prince Henrie. Expressedin a broken Elegie, according to the nature ofsuch a sorrow, 4o, 1613.[5]
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[A MS. note in one of the former editions says:"This is a most splendid work. The character of Vendicesurpasses anything else of the kind. The powerwith which it is conceived an                        
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