the oxford middleton Thomas Middleton (1580–1627)—‘our other Shakespeare’—is the only other Renais- sance playwright who created acknowledged masterpieces of comedy, tragedy, and history; his revolutionary English history play, A Game at Chess, was also the greatest box-officehitofearlymodernLondon.Hisachievementsextendbeyondthesetraditional genrestotragicomedies,masques,pageants,pamphlets,epigrams,andBiblicalandpolit- ical commentaries, written alone or in collaboration with Thomas Dekker, John Ford, Thomas Heywood, William Rowley, William Shakespeare, John Webster, and others. ComparedbycriticstoAristophanesandIbsen,RacineandJoeOrton,hehasinfluenced writersas diverse as Aphra Behn, Anthony Trollope, and T. S. Eliot.Though repeatedly censored in his own time, Middleton has since come to be particularly admired for his representationsoftheintertwinedpursuitsofsex,money,power,andGod. TheOxfordMiddleton,preparedbyseventy-fivescholarsfromadozencountries,follows theprecedentofTheOxfordShakespeareinbeingpublishedintwovolumes,aninnovative butaccessibleCollectedWorksandacomprehensivescholarlyCompanion.Thoughclosely connected,eachvolumecanbeusedindependentlyoftheother. The Collected Works brings together for the first time in a single volume all the works currently attributed to Middleton. The texts are printed in modern spelling and punctuation, with critical introductions and foot-of-the-page commentaries; they are arranged in chronological order, with a special section of Juvenilia. The volume is introduced by essays on Middleton’s life and reputation, on early modern London, and onthevariedtheatresoftheEnglishRenaissance. Extensivelyillustrated,itincorporates muchnewinformationonMiddleton’slife,canon,texts,andcontexts;twentypercentof theworksincludedhaveneverbeforebeenannotated.Aself-consciously‘federaledition’, TheCollectedWorksappliescontemporarytheoriesaboutthenatureofliteratureandthe historyofthebooktoeditorialpractice;itsunusualfeaturesaredescribedandexplained in‘HowtoUseThisBook’(p.18). ThomasMiddletonandEarlyModernTextualCulture:ACompaniontoTheCollected Works. Because Middleton is more representative than any of his contemporaries of the full range of textual practices in early modern England, his works provide an ideal focus for understanding the history of the book, and its relation to the larger history of culture, in this pivotal period. The Companion begins, accordingly, with eleven original essaysplacingMiddleton’scareerinthecontextoflargerculturalpatternsgoverningthe creation, reproduction, regulation, circulation, and reception of texts. These essays are followed by a textual introduction and full editorial apparatus for each work, including an account of evidence for its authorship and date of composition. This combination of detailandcontextprovidesafoundationforfuturestudiesbothofMiddletonandofearly modernculture. http://thomasmiddleton.org Facetious Middleton, thy witty muse Hath pleasèd all that books or men peruse. Wit’sRecreations(1640) T H O M A S M I D D L E T O N T H E C O L L E C T E D W O R K S General Editors GARY TAYLOR AND JOHN LAVAGNINO Associate General Editors MACDONALD P. JACKSON, JOHN JOWETT, VALERIE WAYNE, AND ADRIAN WEISS CLARENDON PRESS • OXFORD 1 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dp OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwidein Oxford NewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Withofficesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress intheUKandincertainothercountries PublishedintheUnitedStates byOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork (cid:148)GaryTaylor,JohnLavagnino,JohnJowett2007 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted DatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker) Firstpublished2007 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress, orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriate reprographicsrightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproduction outsidethescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment, OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcover andyoumustimposethesameconditiononanyacquirer BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Dataavailable PrintedinItaly onacid-freepaperby RotolitoLombardaSpA ISBN978–0–19–922588–0(Set) ISBN978–0–19–818569–7(CompleteWorks) ISBN978–0–19–818570–3(TextualCompanion) 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 CONTRIBUTORS GaryTaylor(GeneralEditor),FloridaStateUniversity JamesKnowles(KeeleUniversity) JohnLavagnino(GeneralEditor),King’sCollegeLondon TheodoreB.Leinwand(UniversityofMaryland,College Park) MacDonaldP.Jackson(UniversityofAuckland) KateD.Levin(CityCollegeofNewYork) JohnJowett(ShakespeareInstitute,Universityof JerzyLimon(UniwersytetGdan´ski) Birmingham) AniaLoomba(UniversityofPennsylvania) ValerieWayne(UniversityofHawai‘iatMānoa) LawrenceManley(YaleUniversity) AdrianWeiss(independentscholar) RobertMaslen(UniversityofGlasgow) SusanDwyerAmussen(UnionInstitute&University) JeffreyMasten(NorthwesternUniversity) DavidM.Bergeron(UniversityofKansas) C.E.McGee(StJerome’sUniversity) MichaelBerlin(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon) †ScottMcMillin(CornellUniversity) †JuliaBriggs(DeMontfortUniversity) PaulMulholland(UniversityofGuelph) DouglasBruster(UniversityofTexasatAustin) MarionO’Connor(UniversityofKentatCanterbury) PaulBushkovitch(YaleUniversity) SharonO’Dair(UniversityofAlabama) SwapanChakravorty(JadavpurUniversity) AnthonyParr(UniversityoftheWesternCape) ThomasCogswell(UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside) AnnabelPatterson(YaleUniversity) RalphAlanCohen(MaryBaldwinCollege) BryanReynolds(UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine) CeliaR.Daileader(FloridaStateUniversity) NeilRhodes(UniversityofStAndrews) LawrenceDanson(PrincetonUniversity) NikolaiRogozhin(RussianStateArchiveofAncient Documents) MichaelDobson(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon) PeterSaccio(DartmouthCollege) †Inga-StinaEwbank(UniversityofLeeds) PaulS.Seaver(StanfordUniversity) DorisFeldmann(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg) G.B.Shand(GlendonCollege,YorkUniversity) LoriAnneFerrell(ClaremontGraduateUniversity) DeboraShuger(UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles) JuliaGasper(OpenUniversity) R.MalcolmSmuts(UniversityofMassachusetts,Boston) SuzanneGossett(LoyolaUniversityChicago) KurtTetzelivonRosador(WestfälischeWilhelms- UniversitätMünster) DonnaB.Hamilton(UniversityofMaryland,College Park) LeslieThomson(UniversityofToronto) TonHoenselaars(UniversiteitUtrecht) DanielJ.Vitkus(FloridaStateUniversity) R.V.Holdsworth(UniversityofManchester) WendyWall(NorthwesternUniversity) GraceIoppolo(UniversityofReading) MichaelWarren(UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz) MaijaJansson(YaleUniversity) StanleyWells(ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust) †M.T.Jones-Davies(UniversitédeParis—Sorbonne) SusanWiseman(Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon) CoppéliaKahn(BrownUniversity) LindaWoodbridge(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity) IvoKamps(UniversityofMississippi) PaulYachnin(McGillUniversity) 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS alphabetical contents 9 index of titles by genre 11 list of illustrations 13 how to use this book, by gary taylor 18 Middleton and His World ThomasMiddleton:LivesandAfterlives,byGaryTaylor 25 Middleton’sLondon,byPaulS.Seaver 59 Middleton’sTheatres,byScottMcMillin 74 Collected Works 1602–1627 ThePhoenix,editedbyLawrenceDansonandIvoKamps 91 ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,NewsfromGravesend:SenttoNobody,text editedbyGaryTaylor,annotatedandintroducedbyRobertMaslen 128 TheNightingaleandtheAnt;and,FatherHubburd’sTales,editedbyAdrianWeiss 149 ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary;or, TheWalksinPaul’s,editedbyPaulYachnin 183 Plato’sCapcastatthisyear1604,beingleapyear,editedbyPaulYachnin 195 TheBlackBook,editedbyG.B.Shand 204 ThomasDekker,StephenHarrison,BenJonson,andThomasMiddleton,TheWhole RoyalandMagnificentEntertainmentofKingJamesthroughtheCityofLondon,15 March1604,withtheArchesofTriumph,editedbyR.MalcolmSmuts 219 ThomasDekkerandThomasMiddleton,ThePatientManandtheHonestWhore, editedbyPaulMulholland 280 LostPlays:ABriefAccount,byDorisFeldmannandKurtTetzelivonRosador 328 MichaelmasTerm,editedbyTheodoreB.Leinwand 334 ATricktoCatchtheOldOne,editedbyValerieWayne 373 AMadWorld,MyMasters,texteditedandintroducedbyPeterSaccio,annotated byCeliaR.Daileader 414 AYorkshireTragedy(oneofthefour-plays-in-one,calledAll’sOne),editedbyStanley Wells 452 WilliamShakespeareandThomasMiddleton,TheLifeofTimonofAthens,text editedandannotatedbyJohnJowett,introducedbySharonO’Dair 467 ThePuritanWidow;or,ThePuritan;or,TheWidowofWatlingStreet,editedby DonnaB.Hamilton 509 TheRevenger’sTragedy,editedbyMacDonaldP.Jackson 543 YourFiveGallants,texteditedbyRalphAlanCohenwithJohnJowett,annotated andintroducedbyRalphAlanCohen 594 ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheBloodyBanquet:ATragedy,adapted fortheCockpit,introducedandannotatedbyJuliaGasper,texteditedbyJulia GasperandGaryTaylor 637 6 contents AndraeasLoeaechius,translatedandadaptedbyThomasMiddleton,SirRobert SherleyhisEntertainmentinCracovia,texteditedandannotatedbyJerzyLimon andDanielJ.Vitkus,introducedbyDanielJ.Vitkus 670 TheTwoGatesofSalvation;or,TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestament;or,God’s ParliamentHouse,texteditedandannotatedbyPaulMulholland,introducedby LoriAnneFerrell 679 ThomasMiddletonandThomasDekker,TheRoaringGirl;or,MollCutpurse,edited byCoppéliaKahn 721 NoWit/HelplikeaWoman’s;or,TheAlmanac,editedbyJohnJowett 779 TheLady’sTragedy[‘TheSecondMaiden’sTragedy’]:ParallelTexts,editedbyJulia Briggs 833 AChasteMaidinCheapside,editedbyLindaWoodbridge 907 TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 959 TheTriumphsofTruth,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron;with‘AnaccountbyAleksei Ziuzin’,texteditedbyMaijaJanssonandNikolaiRogozhin,andtranslatedby PaulBushkovitch 963 WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,WitatSeveralWeapons,editedbyMichael Dobson 980 MasqueofCupids,introducedbyM.T.Jones-DaviesandTonHoenselaars,text editedandannotatedbyJohnJowett 1027 MoreDissemblersBesidesWomen,editedbyJohnJowett 1034 TheWidow,texteditedandintroducedbyGaryTaylor,annotatedbyMichael WarrenandGaryTaylor 1074 TheWitch,editedbyMarionO’Connor 1124 WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,TheTragedyofMacbeth:A GeneticText,texteditedbyGaryTaylor,introducedbyInga-StinaEwbank 1165 CivitatisAmor,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 1202 WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,AFairQuarrel,editedbySuzanneGossett 1209 TheTriumphsofHonourandIndustry,texteditedbyDavidM.Bergeron,annotated andintroducedbyKateD.Levin;with‘OrazioBusino’sEyewitnessAccount’, translatedandannotatedbyKateD.Levin 1251 TheOwl’sAlmanac,editedbyNeilRhodes 1271 ThePeacemaker;or,GreatBritain’sBlessing,texteditedandannotatedbyPaul Mulholland,introducedbySusanDwyerAmussen 1303 MasqueofHeroes;or,TheInnerTempleMasque,texteditedandannotatedbyJerzy Limon,introducedbyJamesKnowles 1320 WilliamRowley,ThomasMiddleton,andThomasHeywood,An/TheOldLaw, editedbyJeffreyMasten 1331 TheTriumphsofLoveandAntiquity,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM. Bergeron,introducedbyLawrenceManley 1397 ThomasMiddletonandWilliamRowley,TheWorldTossedatTennis[ACourtly Masque],editedbyC.E.McGee 1405 HonourableEntertainmentsandAnInvention,editedbyAnthonyParr 1431 Hengist,KingofKent;or,TheMayorofQueenborough,editedbyGraceIoppolo 1448 Women,BewareWomen:ATragedy,editedbyJohnJowett 1488 WilliamShakespeare,adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,MeasureforMeasure:A GeneticText,editedbyJohnJowett 1542 TheSuninAries,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.Bergeron,introducedby MichaelBerlin 1586 ThomasMiddletonandJohnWebster,AnythingforaQuietLife,editedbyLeslie Thomson 1593 7 contents WilliamRowleyandThomasMiddleton,TheChangeling,texteditedandannotated byDouglasBruster,introducedbyAnnabelPatterson 1632 TheNiceValour;or,ThePassionateMadman,introducedandannotatedbySusan Wiseman,texteditedbyGaryTaylor 1679 TheTriumphsofHonourandVirtue,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM.Bergeron, introducedbyAniaLoomba 1714 JohnFord,ThomasDekker,ThomasMiddleton,andWilliamRowley,TheSpanish Gypsy,texteditedandannotatedbyGaryTaylor,introducedbySuzanneGossett 1723 ThomasMiddletonandAnthonyMunday,TheTriumphsofIntegritywithThe TriumphsoftheGoldenFleece,editedbyDavidM.Bergeron 1766 AGameatChesse:AnEarlyForm,editedbyGaryTaylor 1773 AGameatChess:ALaterForm,editedbyGaryTaylor 1825 OccasionalPoems,1619–25,editedbyGaryTaylor 1886 LostPageantforCharlesI:ABriefAccount,byGaryTaylor 1898 TheTriumphsofHealthandProsperity,texteditedandannotatedbyDavidM. Bergeron,introducedbyBryanReynolds 1901 LostPoliticalProse,1620–7:ABriefAccount,byThomasCogswell 1907 Juvenilia 1597–1601 TheWisdomofSolomonParaphrased,texteditedandannotatedbyG.B.Shand, introducedbyDeboraShuger 1915 Microcynicon:SixSnarlingSatires,editedbyWendyWall 1970 TheGhostofLucrece,editedbyG.B.Shand 1985 ‘SimonSmellknave’(pseud.),adaptedbyThomasMiddleton,ThePenniless ParliamentofThreadbarePoets,editedbySwapanChakravorty 1999 acknowledgements 2012 8 ALPHABETICAL CONTENTS Full titles, common abbreviations, and alternative titles are all given. Asterisksmarktheabbreviationsusedinthisedition. All’sOne 452 *Gypsy 1723 TheAlmanac 779 *‘Hammond’ 1896 Annals1620–27 1907 HealthandProsperity 1901 TheAntandtheNightingale 149 *Hengist 1448 *Antiquity 1397 Hengist, KingofKent 1448 AnythingforaQuietLife 1593 *Heroes 1320 *TheArchesofTriumph 219 *HisLordship’sEntertainment 959 *Aries 1586 TheHonestWhore,Part1 280 *Banquet 637 HonourandIndustry 1251 The*BlackBook 204 HonourandVirtue 1714 TheBloodyBanquet 637 HonourableEntertainments 1431 *‘Bolles’ 1890 *Hubburd 149 *‘Burbage’ 1889 *Industry 1251 Caesar’sFall 328 TheInnerTempleMasque 1320 The*Changeling 1632 *Integrity 1766 ‘CharlesI’ 1898 An*Invention 1446 *ChasteMaid 907 ‘TotheKing’ 1895 AChasteMaidinCheapside 907 ‘TotheworthilyaccomplishedMasterWilliam TheChesterTragedy 328 Hammond’ 1896 *Civitatis 1202 *Lady 833 CivitatisAmor 1202 TheLady’sTragedy 833 TheConqueror’sCustom 331 TheLifeofTimonofAthens 467 ACourtlyMasque 1405 LoveandAntiquity 1397 *Cupids 1027 *Macbeth 1165 *Dissemblers 1034 *MadWorld 414 ‘TheDuchessofMalfi’ 1894 AMadWorld,MyMasters 414 *Entertainments 1431 *Magnificent 219 TheFairPrisoner 331 TheMagnificentEntertainment 219 AFairQuarrel 1209 *‘Malfi’ 1894 Farrago 1909 TheMannerofhisLordship’sEntertainment 959 FatherHubburd’sTales 149 TheMarriageoftheOldandNewTestaments 679 *FiveGallants 594 MasqueofCupids 1027 FriarBaconandFriarBungay 330 MasqueofHeroes 1320 *Game 1773 TheMayorofQueenborough 1448 AGameatChess 1773 *Measure 1542 *Ghost 1985 MeasureforMeasure 1542 TheGhostofLucrece 1985 *Meeting 183 God’sParliamentHouse 679 TheMeetingofGallantsatanOrdinary 183 *Gravesend 128 *Michaelmas 334 GreatBritain’sBlessing 1303 MichaelmasTerm 334 9
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