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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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von
CHAPTER VIII
FORD AND SHIRLEY
Among general works, see Langbaine, Fleay, Ward, Schelling and
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