Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired. Footnotes were sequentially numbered and placed at the end of each section. On pages xlii and 434 footnote references are missing in the original. Misnumbered footnotes in pp. xlvii, lxxvi, 124 were corrected.

Corrections.

The first line indicates the original, the second the correction.

p. 194:

• Cotgrave. A French and English Dictionary, ed. 1650 (with the addition of Dictionaire Anglais & FranÇois, by Robert Sherwood.
• Cotgrave. A French and English Dictionary, ed. 1650 (with the addition of Dictionaire Anglais & FranÇois, by Robert Sherwood).

p. 420:

• 2. The Firt Part of the Tragicall Raigne of Selimus (Creede, 1594)
• 2. The First Part of the Tragicall Raigne of Selimus (Creede, 1594)

p. 521:

• we should not he justified in assuming
• we should not be justified in assuming

p. 650:

• But Shakepeare's imagination
• But Shakespeare's imagination

p. 679:

• in the miracle cyles,
• in the miracle cycles,

p. 686:

• colleague of Chettle in the non-extant Second Part of Black Bateman, 522;
• colleague of Chettle in the non-extant Second Part of Black Battman, 522;

Errata.

The first line indicates the original, the second how it should read:

p. 663:

• in churchyards, xii;
• in churchyards, xiii;

p. 665:

• Carpenter, Professor F. I., his edition of Wager's Marie Magdalene (University of Chicago Press), xciv.
• Carpenter, Professor F. I., his edition of Wager's Marie Magdalene (University of Chicago Press), xxxi.

p. 667:

• Congreve, William, the character of 'Prue' in his Love for Love, 536
• Congreve, William, the character of 'Prue' in his Love for Love, 531

• Council of Treves, The, xi.
• Council of Treves, The, xix.

• Latin, Woman, Prose, Plot,
• There is no entry marked Plot in the index.

p. 670:

• Gayley, Professor C. M., Preface to this volume, iii;
• Gayley, Professor C. M., Preface to this volume, v;

p. 671:

• Other mention of H., xvii, xlix, lvi, lix, lxi, lxvl–xviii,
• Other mention of H., xvii, xlix, lvi, lix, lxi, xviii–lxxxii,

p. 676:

• Myth, classical, as material for plays, lxxxiv, lxxxvii, lxxxviii, lxxxix, xcvi
• Number xcvi is not a valid page number.

p. 677:

• Appendix on Sources of Characters, and the Harvesters' Song, by the same, 382–384
• Appendix on Sources of Characters, and the Harvesters' Song, by the same, 383–384

p. 679:

• of Heywood's plays, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 63;
• of Heywood's plays, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 61;

p. 683:

• notes to Roister Doister, 288.
• notes to Roister Doister, 98.

p. 684:

• Appendix, 188–194;
• Appendix, 187–194;

p. 686:

• Yvers, Jacques, his Printemps d'Iver, 411.
• Yvers, Jacques, his Printemps d'Iver, 412.