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Location of Transcription (in Secondary Source)

Primary author(s)
Chetwood, William Rufus
Title
A Select Collection of Old Plays (1750)
Publication Year
1750 (Source of claim: original)
Page/folio/ membrane(s)
[n.p., second play in the collection]

Primary Source Transcribed

Primary author(s)
Wilson, Robert
Title
Fair Em
Publication Year
1631 (Source of claim: original)
Signature(s)
A1
Section
title-page

Primary Source as Cited in Secondary Source

Authors
Title / MS reference
Fair Em, the Miller's Daughter of Manchester
Section
The Title

Notes

Transcription notes
excerpted; spelling and punctuation standardized; transcription error(s)
Transcription Record notes
Chetwood transcribes (with misplaced phrases) the 1631 title-page of Fair Em. He cites the undated first quarto, but claims to edit the play from a 1619 quarto that contains act divisions and other emendations not present in the other two quartos. A 1619 quarto is not listed in the STC, and likely is an invention of Chetwood's to provide authority to his editorial changes.