El
Mayordomo
de la Duquesa de Amalfi.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v06
Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The_White Divel; Or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of
Brachiano, With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous
Venetian Curtizan. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants. 1612.
The Tragedy of the Dutchesse Of Malfy. As it was Presented privatly, at
the Black-Friers; and publiquely at the Globe, By the Kings Majesties
Servants. The perfect and exact Coppy, with diverse things Printed,
that the length of the Play would not beare in the Presentment. 1623.
The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of
Businesse. A new Tragecomedy. The true and perfect Copie from the
Originall As it was approovedly well Acted by her Majesties Servants.
1623.
Appius And Virginia. A Tragedy. 1654.
(ü) Plays ascribed in part or wholly to Webster.
(With William Rowley. ) A Cure for a Cuckold. A Pleasant Comedy;
As it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
(With William Rowley. ) The Thracian Wonder. A Comical History. As
it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
For the original editions of The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat,
West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe, see bibliography to chap. II,
sec. III A (i), ante; for those of The Weakest goeth to the Wall, see biblio-
graphy to vol. V, chap. XIII, and of The Malcontent, see bibliography to
chap. II, sec. II A (i), ante.
(iii) Masques.
Monuments of Honor. Derived from remarkable Antiquity and Celebrated
in the Honorable City of London, at the sole Munificent charge and
expences of the Right Worthy and Worshipfull Fraternity of the
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446
Bibliography
Eminent Merchant Taylors. Directed in their most affectionate Love
at the Confirmation of their right Worthy Brother John Gore in the
High Office of his Majesties Lieutenant over this Royall Chamber
Expressing in a Magnificent Tryumph, all the Pageants, Chariots of
Glory, Temples of Honor, besides a specious and goodly Sea Tryumph,
as well particularly to the Honor of the City, as generally to the Glory of
this our Kingdom 1624.
(iv) Elegy,
A Monumental Columne Erected to the living Memory of the ever-glorious
Henry, late Prince of Wales. 1613.
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Dyce, A. 4 vols. 1830. New ed. 1857.
Dramatic works. Ed. Hazlitt, W. 4 vols. 1857.
The White Devil and Duchess of Malfy. Ed. Sampson, M. W. Boston, 1904.
Reviewed by Brereton, J. Le Gay, under title Webster's Twin
Masterpieces in Hermes, 22 November 1905.
The Duchess of Malfi. Ed. Vaughan, C. E. (Temple Dramatists. ) 1896.
C. Sources and Criticism.
Crawford, C. Webster and Marston. Collectanea. 2 vols. 1906-7. (Vol. 11. )
Gosse, Edmund. Webster, John. Seventeenth Century Studies, 1883.
Pierse, F. E. The Collaboration of Webster and Dekker. Yale Studies in
English. New York, 1909.
Stoll, E. E. John Webster, The Periods of his work. Vol. I. Boston
(Mass. ), 1905. [This work and Dyce's edition form the groundwork of
any serious study of Webster. ]
Sturge, L. J. Webster and the Law: a Parallel. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLII.
1906.
8
For The White Devil (Vittoria Corombona):
Gnoli, D. Vittoria Accoramboni. Florence, 1870. [This is a complete ac-
count of the life and murder of Vittoria, based upon an exhaustive study
of the chronicles. ]
Greg, W. W. Webster's White Devil. An Essay in Formal Criticism,
Modern Language Quarterly, vol. 11, pp. 112-125. December 1900.
Mutinelli, F. Storia arcana e anedotica d'Italia, raccontata dai veneti Am-
basciatori. 2 vols. Venice, 1856. (Vol. 1, pp. 140-7, 260-4. )
Rich, Barnabe. New Description of Ireland. 1610.
Rosset, François de. Histoires tragiques de nostre temps. [The second edition
(British Museum) is dated 1615. But it is dedicated 'à feu M. le Cheva-
lier de Guise,' who died in 1614. And the first edition, of which no notice
seems discernible, must, in all probability, have been published during his
life; i. e. in, or before, 1614. ] For the story of Vittoria, under fancy names
(Cardinal Montalto, Sixtus V, is ‘Cardinal Altamont'), see Histoire xv,
pp. 402-442.
Stendhal (Beyle, Henri). Chroniques Italiennes. Paris, 1855. (pp.
145-181. )
Tempesti, C. Storia della Vita e Geste di Sisto Quinto. 2 vols. Rome, 1754.
(Vol. 1, pp. 77–89. ) New ed. 1866.
An account of Vittoria's history will be found in Symonds, J. A. , History of
the Renaissance in Italy, The Catholic Reaction, Part 1, pp. 381-399, 1886. See
also Vittoria Accoramboni, in the same author's Italian Byways, 1883.
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447
For The Duchess of Malfi:
A true Relation of the deserved Death of that base and insolent Tyrant,
the most unworthy Marshall of France; A manifestation of the Com-
bination and Tyrannie of Marshall d'Ancre; Letter of the French King
to the Parliament of Roan; A True Recital of those things that have
been done in the Court of France since the Death of Marshall D'Ancre.
1617.
Bandello, M. Novelle. 4 vols. Lucca and Lyons, 1554-73. (Part I, nov.
XXVI. ) 9 vols. London, 1791-3. (Vol. II, pp. 212-233. )
Boaistuau, F. de, and Belleforest, P. Histoires Tragiques. 7 vols. Paris,
1580-2.
Goulart, S. Histoires admirables et memorables de nostre temps. 2nd ed.
1606.
Painter, W. Palace of Pleasure. 1st ed. 2 vols. 1566. Re-ed. by Jacobs, J.
3 vols. 1890. (The story of the Duchess is part 11, novel 23, vol. III,
pp. 343. )
Sidney, Sir Philip. Arcadia. 4to, 1590; folio (amended and enlarged), 1594.
Crawford, C. Webster and Sidney. Notes and Queries (Sept. -Nov.
1904); re-issued separately, 1907.
Vega Carpio, Lope de. Comedias. 25 parts. Madrid-Zaragosa, 1604-1647.
(Vol. xi, 1618.
El Mayordomo de la Duquesa de Amalfi. )
Kiesow, K. Die verschiedenen Bearbeitungen der Novelle von der Herzogin
Amalfi des Bandello in den Literaturen des XVI und xvII
Jahrhunderts. In Anglia, vol. XVII, pp. 199–258. 1895.
For The Devil's Law Case :
Life and Death of Louis Gaufredy . . . who committed most abhominable
Sorceries. 1612.
Michaelis, 8. The admirable History of the Passion and Conversion of a
Penitent Woman, Seduced by a Magician. London, 1613. (This appears
to have been the account read by Webster. ]
An account of these trials will also be found in Michelet, Histoire de
France, vol. x1, pp. 306-337.
For A Cure for a Cuckold:
&
Love's Graduate. A Comedy by John Webster. Ptd at the Private Press
of H. Daniel. Oxford, 1885. [This extract is supposed to be Webster's
share of the published play; the title is supplied by the editor. ]
For The Thracian Wonder:
Brereton, J. Le Gay. The relation of The Thracian Wonder to Greene's
Menaphon. Modern Language Review, vol. 11, no. 1. October 1896.
Hatcher. O. L. Sources and authorship of The Thracian Wonder. Modern
Language Notes, vol. XXII. Baltimore, 1908.
von
CHAPTER VIII
FORD AND SHIRLEY
Among general works, see Langbaine, Fleay, Ward, Schelling and
Thorndike, A. H. , Tragedy, Boston and New York, 1908.
## p. 448 (#466) ############################################
448
Bibliography
I. FORD.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The Lovers Melancholy. Acted at the Private House in the Blacke-Friers,
and publikely at the Globe by the Kings Majesties servants. 1629.
The Broken Heart. A Tragedy. Acted By the Kings Majesties Servants at
the Private House in the Black-Friers. Fide Honor. 1633. D.
Loves Sacrifice. A tragedie Recevied generally well. Acted by the Queenes
Majesties Servants at the Phoenix in Drury-lane. 1633.
Tis Pitty Shees a Whore. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants, at The
Phoenix, in Drury-Lane. 1633.
The Chronicle Historie of Perkin Warbeck. A Strange Truth. Acted
(some-times) by the Queenes Majesties Servants at the Phoenix in Drurie
lane. Fide Honor. 1634.
The Fancies, Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Majesties Servants,
At the Phoenix in Drury-lane. Fide Honor. 1638.
The Ladies Triall. Acted By both their Majesties Servants at the private
house in Drury Lane. Fide Honor. 1639.
(With Dekker and William Rowley. ) The Witch of Edmonton.
(See bibliography to chap. II, sec. III A (i), ante. )
(ii) Masque.
(With Dekker. ) The Sun's Darling.
(See bibliography to chap. II, sec. III A (i), ante. )
(ii) Other Works.
Fame's Memoriall, or The Earle of Devonshire Deceased: With his honourable
life, peacefull end, and solemne Funerall. 1606.
Honor Triumphant: or The Peeres Challenge, by Armes defensible, at Tilt,
Turney, and Barriers. In honor of all faire Ladies, and in defence of
these foure positions following. 1 Knights in Ladies service have no
free-will. 2 Beauty is the mainteiner of valour. 3 Faire Lady was never
false. 4 Perfect lovers are onely wise. Mainteined by Arguments. Also
The Monarches Meeting: or The King of Denmarkes welcome into
England. Tam Mercurio, quam Marti. 1606.
A Line of Life. Pointing out the Immortalitie of a Vertuous Name. 1620.
&
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Weber, H. 2 vols. 1811.
Works. With notes critical and explanatory by Gifford, W. 2 vols. 1827.
New ed. , with additions to text and notes by Dyce, A. 3 vols. 1869 and
1895.
Works (with Massinger's). Ed. Coleridge, H. 1840.
Dramatische Werke. Ed. Bang, W. Vol. 1. Louvain, 1908. (In progress. )
Jobn Ford. (Mermaid Series. ) Ed. Ellis, Havelock. (1888. ] (Contains:
The Lover's Melancholy, 'Tis Pity, The Broken Heart, Love's Sacrifice,
and Perkin Warbeck. ]
## p. 449 (#467) ############################################
Chapter VIII
449
The Broken Heart. Ed. Smeaton, 0. (Temple Dramatists. ) 1906.
Ed. Scollard, Clinton. New York, 1895.
Perkin Warbeck. Edd. Pickburn, J. P. and Brereton, J. Le Gay. 1896.
The Queene, or The Excellency of Her Sex. Rptd from the quarto of 1653,
and edited by Bang, W. , Materialien, vol. xii. [The introduction, on
purely internal grounds, attributes this play to Ford. ]
Cf. Sherman, S. P. , A New Play by Ford, Modern Language
Notes, vol. XXIII.
Honor Triumphant, and A Line of Life. Shakesp. Soc. Publ. 1843.
C. Biographical and Critical.
Bang, W. John Forde und Parthenios von Nikaia. Engl. Stud. vol.
XXXVI, pp. 392 ff. 1906.
Bullen, A. H. Art. Ford, John. Dict. of Nat. Biogr. vol. xix. 1889.
Gehler, Victor. Das Verhältnis von Fords Perkin Warbeck zu Bacons
Henry VII. Halle, 1895.
Hannemann, H. L. E. Metrische Untersuchungen zu John Ford. Halle,
1886.
Koeppel, E. Quellenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman's, Philip
Massinger's und John Ford's. Quellen und Forschungen, vol. LXXXII.
Strassburg, 1897.
Sherman, S. P.
(i) Plays.
The_White Divel; Or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of
Brachiano, With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous
Venetian Curtizan. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants. 1612.
The Tragedy of the Dutchesse Of Malfy. As it was Presented privatly, at
the Black-Friers; and publiquely at the Globe, By the Kings Majesties
Servants. The perfect and exact Coppy, with diverse things Printed,
that the length of the Play would not beare in the Presentment. 1623.
The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of
Businesse. A new Tragecomedy. The true and perfect Copie from the
Originall As it was approovedly well Acted by her Majesties Servants.
1623.
Appius And Virginia. A Tragedy. 1654.
(ü) Plays ascribed in part or wholly to Webster.
(With William Rowley. ) A Cure for a Cuckold. A Pleasant Comedy;
As it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
(With William Rowley. ) The Thracian Wonder. A Comical History. As
it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
For the original editions of The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat,
West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe, see bibliography to chap. II,
sec. III A (i), ante; for those of The Weakest goeth to the Wall, see biblio-
graphy to vol. V, chap. XIII, and of The Malcontent, see bibliography to
chap. II, sec. II A (i), ante.
(iii) Masques.
Monuments of Honor. Derived from remarkable Antiquity and Celebrated
in the Honorable City of London, at the sole Munificent charge and
expences of the Right Worthy and Worshipfull Fraternity of the
## p. 446 (#464) ############################################
446
Bibliography
Eminent Merchant Taylors. Directed in their most affectionate Love
at the Confirmation of their right Worthy Brother John Gore in the
High Office of his Majesties Lieutenant over this Royall Chamber
Expressing in a Magnificent Tryumph, all the Pageants, Chariots of
Glory, Temples of Honor, besides a specious and goodly Sea Tryumph,
as well particularly to the Honor of the City, as generally to the Glory of
this our Kingdom 1624.
(iv) Elegy,
A Monumental Columne Erected to the living Memory of the ever-glorious
Henry, late Prince of Wales. 1613.
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Dyce, A. 4 vols. 1830. New ed. 1857.
Dramatic works. Ed. Hazlitt, W. 4 vols. 1857.
The White Devil and Duchess of Malfy. Ed. Sampson, M. W. Boston, 1904.
Reviewed by Brereton, J. Le Gay, under title Webster's Twin
Masterpieces in Hermes, 22 November 1905.
The Duchess of Malfi. Ed. Vaughan, C. E. (Temple Dramatists. ) 1896.
C. Sources and Criticism.
Crawford, C. Webster and Marston. Collectanea. 2 vols. 1906-7. (Vol. 11. )
Gosse, Edmund. Webster, John. Seventeenth Century Studies, 1883.
Pierse, F. E. The Collaboration of Webster and Dekker. Yale Studies in
English. New York, 1909.
Stoll, E. E. John Webster, The Periods of his work. Vol. I. Boston
(Mass. ), 1905. [This work and Dyce's edition form the groundwork of
any serious study of Webster. ]
Sturge, L. J. Webster and the Law: a Parallel. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLII.
1906.
8
For The White Devil (Vittoria Corombona):
Gnoli, D. Vittoria Accoramboni. Florence, 1870. [This is a complete ac-
count of the life and murder of Vittoria, based upon an exhaustive study
of the chronicles. ]
Greg, W. W. Webster's White Devil. An Essay in Formal Criticism,
Modern Language Quarterly, vol. 11, pp. 112-125. December 1900.
Mutinelli, F. Storia arcana e anedotica d'Italia, raccontata dai veneti Am-
basciatori. 2 vols. Venice, 1856. (Vol. 1, pp. 140-7, 260-4. )
Rich, Barnabe. New Description of Ireland. 1610.
Rosset, François de. Histoires tragiques de nostre temps. [The second edition
(British Museum) is dated 1615. But it is dedicated 'à feu M. le Cheva-
lier de Guise,' who died in 1614. And the first edition, of which no notice
seems discernible, must, in all probability, have been published during his
life; i. e. in, or before, 1614. ] For the story of Vittoria, under fancy names
(Cardinal Montalto, Sixtus V, is ‘Cardinal Altamont'), see Histoire xv,
pp. 402-442.
Stendhal (Beyle, Henri). Chroniques Italiennes. Paris, 1855. (pp.
145-181. )
Tempesti, C. Storia della Vita e Geste di Sisto Quinto. 2 vols. Rome, 1754.
(Vol. 1, pp. 77–89. ) New ed. 1866.
An account of Vittoria's history will be found in Symonds, J. A. , History of
the Renaissance in Italy, The Catholic Reaction, Part 1, pp. 381-399, 1886. See
also Vittoria Accoramboni, in the same author's Italian Byways, 1883.
6
e
## p. 447 (#465) ############################################
Chapter VII
447
For The Duchess of Malfi:
A true Relation of the deserved Death of that base and insolent Tyrant,
the most unworthy Marshall of France; A manifestation of the Com-
bination and Tyrannie of Marshall d'Ancre; Letter of the French King
to the Parliament of Roan; A True Recital of those things that have
been done in the Court of France since the Death of Marshall D'Ancre.
1617.
Bandello, M. Novelle. 4 vols. Lucca and Lyons, 1554-73. (Part I, nov.
XXVI. ) 9 vols. London, 1791-3. (Vol. II, pp. 212-233. )
Boaistuau, F. de, and Belleforest, P. Histoires Tragiques. 7 vols. Paris,
1580-2.
Goulart, S. Histoires admirables et memorables de nostre temps. 2nd ed.
1606.
Painter, W. Palace of Pleasure. 1st ed. 2 vols. 1566. Re-ed. by Jacobs, J.
3 vols. 1890. (The story of the Duchess is part 11, novel 23, vol. III,
pp. 343. )
Sidney, Sir Philip. Arcadia. 4to, 1590; folio (amended and enlarged), 1594.
Crawford, C. Webster and Sidney. Notes and Queries (Sept. -Nov.
1904); re-issued separately, 1907.
Vega Carpio, Lope de. Comedias. 25 parts. Madrid-Zaragosa, 1604-1647.
(Vol. xi, 1618.
El Mayordomo de la Duquesa de Amalfi. )
Kiesow, K. Die verschiedenen Bearbeitungen der Novelle von der Herzogin
Amalfi des Bandello in den Literaturen des XVI und xvII
Jahrhunderts. In Anglia, vol. XVII, pp. 199–258. 1895.
For The Devil's Law Case :
Life and Death of Louis Gaufredy . . . who committed most abhominable
Sorceries. 1612.
Michaelis, 8. The admirable History of the Passion and Conversion of a
Penitent Woman, Seduced by a Magician. London, 1613. (This appears
to have been the account read by Webster. ]
An account of these trials will also be found in Michelet, Histoire de
France, vol. x1, pp. 306-337.
For A Cure for a Cuckold:
&
Love's Graduate. A Comedy by John Webster. Ptd at the Private Press
of H. Daniel. Oxford, 1885. [This extract is supposed to be Webster's
share of the published play; the title is supplied by the editor. ]
For The Thracian Wonder:
Brereton, J. Le Gay. The relation of The Thracian Wonder to Greene's
Menaphon. Modern Language Review, vol. 11, no. 1. October 1896.
Hatcher. O. L. Sources and authorship of The Thracian Wonder. Modern
Language Notes, vol. XXII. Baltimore, 1908.
von
CHAPTER VIII
FORD AND SHIRLEY
Among general works, see Langbaine, Fleay, Ward, Schelling and
Thorndike, A. H. , Tragedy, Boston and New York, 1908.
## p. 448 (#466) ############################################
448
Bibliography
I. FORD.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The Lovers Melancholy. Acted at the Private House in the Blacke-Friers,
and publikely at the Globe by the Kings Majesties servants. 1629.
The Broken Heart. A Tragedy. Acted By the Kings Majesties Servants at
the Private House in the Black-Friers. Fide Honor. 1633. D.
Loves Sacrifice. A tragedie Recevied generally well. Acted by the Queenes
Majesties Servants at the Phoenix in Drury-lane. 1633.
Tis Pitty Shees a Whore. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants, at The
Phoenix, in Drury-Lane. 1633.
The Chronicle Historie of Perkin Warbeck. A Strange Truth. Acted
(some-times) by the Queenes Majesties Servants at the Phoenix in Drurie
lane. Fide Honor. 1634.
The Fancies, Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Majesties Servants,
At the Phoenix in Drury-lane. Fide Honor. 1638.
The Ladies Triall. Acted By both their Majesties Servants at the private
house in Drury Lane. Fide Honor. 1639.
(With Dekker and William Rowley. ) The Witch of Edmonton.
(See bibliography to chap. II, sec. III A (i), ante. )
(ii) Masque.
(With Dekker. ) The Sun's Darling.
(See bibliography to chap. II, sec. III A (i), ante. )
(ii) Other Works.
Fame's Memoriall, or The Earle of Devonshire Deceased: With his honourable
life, peacefull end, and solemne Funerall. 1606.
Honor Triumphant: or The Peeres Challenge, by Armes defensible, at Tilt,
Turney, and Barriers. In honor of all faire Ladies, and in defence of
these foure positions following. 1 Knights in Ladies service have no
free-will. 2 Beauty is the mainteiner of valour. 3 Faire Lady was never
false. 4 Perfect lovers are onely wise. Mainteined by Arguments. Also
The Monarches Meeting: or The King of Denmarkes welcome into
England. Tam Mercurio, quam Marti. 1606.
A Line of Life. Pointing out the Immortalitie of a Vertuous Name. 1620.
&
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Weber, H. 2 vols. 1811.
Works. With notes critical and explanatory by Gifford, W. 2 vols. 1827.
New ed. , with additions to text and notes by Dyce, A. 3 vols. 1869 and
1895.
Works (with Massinger's). Ed. Coleridge, H. 1840.
Dramatische Werke. Ed. Bang, W. Vol. 1. Louvain, 1908. (In progress. )
Jobn Ford. (Mermaid Series. ) Ed. Ellis, Havelock. (1888. ] (Contains:
The Lover's Melancholy, 'Tis Pity, The Broken Heart, Love's Sacrifice,
and Perkin Warbeck. ]
## p. 449 (#467) ############################################
Chapter VIII
449
The Broken Heart. Ed. Smeaton, 0. (Temple Dramatists. ) 1906.
Ed. Scollard, Clinton. New York, 1895.
Perkin Warbeck. Edd. Pickburn, J. P. and Brereton, J. Le Gay. 1896.
The Queene, or The Excellency of Her Sex. Rptd from the quarto of 1653,
and edited by Bang, W. , Materialien, vol. xii. [The introduction, on
purely internal grounds, attributes this play to Ford. ]
Cf. Sherman, S. P. , A New Play by Ford, Modern Language
Notes, vol. XXIII.
Honor Triumphant, and A Line of Life. Shakesp. Soc. Publ. 1843.
C. Biographical and Critical.
Bang, W. John Forde und Parthenios von Nikaia. Engl. Stud. vol.
XXXVI, pp. 392 ff. 1906.
Bullen, A. H. Art. Ford, John. Dict. of Nat. Biogr. vol. xix. 1889.
Gehler, Victor. Das Verhältnis von Fords Perkin Warbeck zu Bacons
Henry VII. Halle, 1895.
Hannemann, H. L. E. Metrische Untersuchungen zu John Ford. Halle,
1886.
Koeppel, E. Quellenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman's, Philip
Massinger's und John Ford's. Quellen und Forschungen, vol. LXXXII.
Strassburg, 1897.
Sherman, S. P.
