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Sejanus his Fall.
Panegyre.
Volpone, Or The Foxe.
Masques.
Epicone Or The silent Woman. Barriers.
The first volume of the folio of 1640 was a reprint of the 1616 edition.
The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second Volume. 1640. Contains :
Bartholomew Fayre.
Masques.
The Divell is an Asse.
Underwoods.
The Staple of Newes.
Mortimer his Fall. A Tragedie.
The Magnetick Lady: Or Humors (A fragment. ]
Reconcil'd.
Horace, His Art of Poetrie.
The Tale Of A Tub.
The English Grammar,
The Sad Shepherd : Or A Tale of Timber: Or Discoveries.
Robin Hood. [Unfinished. ]
The one volume folio of 1692 adds The New Inne and Leges Conviviales.
The following is a list of Ben Jonson's plays, masques and entertainments,
arranged chronologically: the date of licensing is given when it differs from
the year of publication. Those which appeared for the first time in the first
or second folio are in each case so marked.
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A. Plays.
The comicall Satyre of Every Man Out of his Humor. As it was first com-
posed by the Author B. J. Containing more then hath been publikely
spoken or acted. With the severall Character of every person. 1600.
Every Man in his Humor. As it hath beene sundry times publikely acted
by the right Honorable the Lord Chamberlaine his servants. 1601.
(Stationers register, 1600. )
The Fountaine of Selfe-Love. Or Cynthias Revels. As it hath beene sundry
times privately acted in the Black-Friers by the Children of her Majesties
Chappell. 1601.
Poetaster or The Arraignment: As it hath beene sundry times privately
acted in the Blacke Friers, by the children of her Majesties Chappell.
Et mihi de nullo fama rubore placet. 1602. (Stationers' register, 1601. )
Sejanus his fall. 1605. (Stationers register, 1604. )
Ben: Jonson his Volpone Or The Foxe. 1607.
Ben: Jonson, his Case is Alterd. As it hath beene sundry times Acted by the
Children of the Blacke-friers. 1609 (two eds. )
Catiline his Conspiracy. 1611.
The Alchemist. -Neque, me ut miretur turba, laboro; Contentus paucis
lectoribus. 1612. (Stationers register, 1610. )
Epicæne, Or The silent Woman. A Comedie. Acted in the yeere 1609.
By the Children of her Majesties Revells. Horat. Ut sis tu similis
Coeli Byrrhique latronum, Non ego sim Capri, neque Sulci. Cur metuas
me? (1st folio. ) [The first extant quarto appeared in 1620, Stationers'
register, 1610; Biographia Dramatica mentions an edition of 1609, and
Gifford one of 1612, but neither are now known. ]
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The New Inne. Or, The light Heart. A Comoedy. As it was never acted,
but most negligently play'd, by some, the Kings Servants. And more
squeamishly beheld and censured by others the Kings Subjects. 1629.
Now, at last, set at liberty to the Readers, his Maties Servants, and
Subjects, to be judg'd. 1631.
Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedie, Acted in the yeare, 1614. By the Lady
Elizabeths Servants. And then dedicated to King James, of most Blessed
Memorie. 1631 (2nd folio). [With motto from Horace, bk. II epist. I
11. 194-200. ]
The Divell is an Asse: A Comedie Acted in his yeare, 1616. By His Majesties
Servants. Hor, de Art. Poet. Ficta voluptatis Causa, sint proxima veris.
1631 (2nd folio).
The Staple of Newes. A Comedie Acted in the yeare, 1625. By his Majesties
Servants. Hor. in Art. Poet. Aut prodesse volunt, aut delectare poetae:
Aut simul et jucunda, et idonea dicere vitae. 1631 (2nd folio). (Stationers'
register, 1626. )
The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcild. A Comedy composed By
Ben: Johnson. Jam lapides suus ardor agit ferrumque, tenetur, Ille-
cebris--Claud. de Magnet. 1640 (2nd folio). (Stationers' register, 1632. )
A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy. Catul. -Inficeto est inficetior rure. 1640
(2nd folio). (Stationers' register, 1633. )
The Sad Shepherd: Or A Tale of Robin Hood. Virg. Nec erubuit sylvas
habitare Thaleia. 1641 (2nd folio). [Unfinished. ]
Mortimer his Fall. A Tragedie. Hor. in Art. Poëtic. Et docuit magnumque
loqui, integre cothurno. 1640 (2nd folio). [A fragment. ]
B. Masques and Entertainments.
B. Jon: his part of King James his Royall and Magnificent Entertainement
through his Honorable Cittie of London, Thurseday the 15. of March.
1603. So much as was presented in the first and last of their Triumphal
Arch's. With his speech made to the last Presentation, in the Strand,
erected by the inhabitants of the Dutchy, and Westminster. Also, a
briefe Panegyre of his Majesties first and well auspicated entrance to his
high Court of Parliament, on Monday, the 19. of the same Moneth. With
other Additions. 1604. [Contains also: A particular Entertainment of
the Queene and Prince their Highnesse at Althrope, at the Right Honour-
able the Lord Spencers, on Saterday being the 25. of June, 1603, as they
came first into the kingdome. ]
Hymenæi: or The Solemnities of Masque, and Barriers, Magnificently per-
formed on the eleventh, and twelfth Nights, from Christmas; At Court:
To the auspicious celebrating of the Marriage-union, betweene Robert,
Earle of Essex, and the lady Frances, second Daughter to the most noble
Earle of Suffolke. 1606.
The Characters of Two royall Masques. The one of Blacknesse, The other,
of Beautie. personated By the most magnificent of Queenes Anne Queene
of great Britaine, &c. With her honorable Ladyes, 1605. and 1608. at
White-ball. [1608. ]
The Description of the Masque. With the Nuptiall Songs. Celebrating the
happy Marriage of John, Lord Ramsey, Viscount Hadington, with the
Lady Elizabeth Ratcliffe, Daughter to the right Honor: Robert, Earle of
Sussex. At Court On the Shrove-Tuesday at night. 1608,
The Masque of Queenes Celebrated From the House of Fame: By the most
absolute in all State, And Titles. Anne Queene of Great Britaine, &c.
With her Honourable Ladies. At White Hall, Febr. 2. 1609. Et memorem
famam, quae bene gessit, habet. (1609. ]
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Bibliography
Of the following, the earliest extant impressions are in the first folio (1616):
A Private Entertainment of the King and Queene, on May-day in the
Morning, At Sir William Cornwalleis his house, at High-gate.
1604.
The Entertainment of the two Kings of Great Britaine and Denmarke
at Theobalds, July 24. 1606.
The Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers. [1610. ]
Oberon, The Faery Prince. A Masque of Prince Henries. [1611. )
A Masque of her Majesties. Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly.
[1610. ]
Love Restored, in a Masque at Court, by Gentlemen the Kings
Servants. [1612. ]
A Challenge at Tilt, at a Marriage. [1613. ]
The Irish Masque At Court, By Gentlemen the Kings Servants.
(1613. ]
Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists. At Court, By Gentlemen
the Kings Servants. [1615. ]
The Golden Age Restored. In a Maske at Court, 1615. By the
Lords, and Gentlemen, the Kings servants.
Lovers made Men. A Masque Presented in the House of the Right Honor-
able The Lord Haye. By divers of noble qualitie, his friends. For the
entertaynment of Monsieur le Baron de Tour, extraordinarie Ambassador
for the French King. On Saterday the 22. of February. 1617. 1617.
The Masqne of Augures. With the several Antimasques. Presented on
Twelfe night. 1621.
Neptunes Triumph for the returne of Albion, celebrated in a Masque at the
Court on the Twelfth night 1623.
The Fortunate Isles and their Union. celebrated in a Masque design'd for the
Court, on the Twelfth night. 1624.
Loves Triumph through Callipolis. Performed in a Masque at Court
1630. By his Majestie with the Lords, and Gentlemen assisting. The
Inventors. Ben. Jonson. Inigo Jones. 1630.
Chloridia. Rites to Chloris and her Nymphs. Personated in a Masque, at
Court. By the Queenes Majesty And her ladies. At Shrove-tide. 1630.
Of the following, the earliest extant impressions are in second folio (1640):
Christmas, His Masque, As it was presented at Court. 1616.
The Vision of Delight Presented at Court in Christmas, 1617.
Pleasure Reconciled to Vertue. A Masque. As it was presented at
Court before King James. 1619.
For The Honour of Wales. (1618. ]
Newes from the New World discover'd in the Moone. A Masque, As
it was presented at Court before King James. 1620.
A Masque of the Metamorphos’d Gypsies. As it was thrice presented
to King James. First, At Burleigh on the Hill, Next, at Belvoyr,
and lastly, at Windsor. August, 1621.
Time Vindicated to Himselfe, and to his Honors. In the presentation
at Court on Twelfe night. 1623.
Pans Anniversarie; or, The Shepherds Holy-Day. The Scene Arcadia.
As it was presented at Court before King James. 1625. The
Inventors, Inigo Jones. Ben Johnson.
The Masque of Owles at Kenelworth. Presented by the Ghost of
Captaine Coxe mounted in his Hoby-horse. 1626.
The Kings Entertainment At Welbeck in Nottinghamshire, A house
of the Right Honourable, William Earle of Newcastle, Vicount
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Mansfield, Baron of Botle, and Bolsover, &c. At his going into
;
Scotland. 1633.
Loves Welcome. The King and Queenes Entertainment at Bolsover:
At the Earle of Newcastles, The thirtieth of July, 1634.
C. Other publications.
Epigrams (Stationers' register, 1612), unknown. A Discourse of Love, or
Songs, Sonnets, and Elegies betwixt Withers and Jonson (Stationers' register,
1618), unknown. Barclay's Argenis, translated by Jonson (Stationers' register,
1623), unknown. The Exclamation against Vulcan with Epigrams, 1640
(Stationers' register, 1639). Horace's Art of Poetry, englished by Jonson,
1640, containing also the Masque of Gypsies.
II. MODERN EDITIONS.
The first critical edition was by Whalley, P. , 7 vols. , 1756; Colman, G. ,
reprinted from Whalley's ed. with the Works of Beaumont and Fletcher,
1811. In 1816, appeared Gifford's ed. , 9 vols. , containing a memoir and his essay
* Proofs of Ben Jonson's Malignity from the Commentators of Shakespeare. '
Barry Cornwalls ed. , 1838, is of slight importance. F. Cunningham's reprint
of Gifford with some corrections is still the best edition, 9 vols. , 1875 (3 vols. ,
1871). A new ed. by Herford, C. H. and Simpson, P. , is promised. There are
many editions of single works. Reprints of the quarto of 1601 of Every Man
in his Humour, are by Grabau, C. , Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XXXVIII, 1903, and
by Bang, W. and Greg, W. W. , Bang's Materialien, vol. XI, 1905. An
edition of this play by Wheatley, H. B. (containing a valuable biographical,
together with a special, introduction), was published in 1877, and another by
Dixon, W. M. , in the Temple Dramatists in 1905. The Alchemist and
Eastward Hoe have been edited by Schelling, F. E. (Belles Lettres Series),
1903 and 1905. Poetaster, ed. by Penniman, J. H. , is promised in the same
series. The Mermaid Series gives three vols. to a number of the plays, with
an introduction by Herford, C. H. , and notes by Nicholson, B. , 1893-4. Bang,
W. , has in process reprints of the plays from the folio and quartos in Materi-
alien. In Yale Studies in English have appeared careful critical eds, of The
Alchemist, by Hathaway, C. H. , 1903; Bartholomew Fair, by Alden, C. S. , 1903;
Poetaster, by Mallory, H. S. ; The Staple of News, by De Winter, and The
Devil is an Ass, by Johnson, W. S. , all in 1905; Epicæne, by Henry, A. ,
1906; and The New Inne by Tennant, G. B. , 1908. Volpone, ed. Wilkins, H. B. ,
appeared in 1905. The Alchemist has also been edited by Hart, H. C. (The
King's Library), 1903. Greg, W. W. , edited The Sad Shepherd and reprinted
Waldron's continuation, Bang's Materialien, vol. vii, 1905. Of the non-
dramatic works, Discoveries has been edited by Morley, H. , 1892; Schelling,
F. E. , 1892; Gollancz, I. , 1898; and Castelain, M. , 1906. The Conversations
with Drummond were first printed in Shakesp. Soc. Publ. by Laing, D. , 1842.
For Jonsonus Virbius, see vol. ix of Gifford's edition, and cf. as to Jonson's
acquaintances, etc. , Fleay's English Drama, vol. 1, pp. 337 ff.
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III. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL COMMENTARIES.
This list does not include general works on the drama, literary history, or
criticism, such as those of Langbaine, Dryden, Collier, Malone, Lamb,
Coleridge, Hazlitt, Tieck, Schlegel, Courthope, Fleay, Ward, Schelling and
Jusserand. Additional biographical and critical matter will be found in the
various critical editions enumerated above.
Aronstein, P. Ben Jonson's Theorie des Lustspiels. Anglia, vol. xvII, pp.
466-485. Halle, 1894.
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Aubrey, John. Letters written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries. 2 vols. in 3. 1813.
Baskervill, C. R. The Sources of Jonson's Masque of Christmas and Loves
Welcome at Welbeck. Modern Philology, vol. vi, pp. 257-269. October
1908.
Some parallels to Bartholomew Fair. Modern Philology, vol. VI, pp.
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