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The primary text was handwritten, probably by a professional copyist. All line-endings were regularized by added dashes of variable length; some “real” dashes are therefore conjectural. Instead of typographic variants such as italics or boldface, some words are distinguished by underlining or by smaller or larger writing. Pagination is in the original; the page called 3a (see page images) is unnumbered, and 55 is skipped.

Unless otherwise noted, all spelling, punctuation and capitalization—including I/J variation and comma/period errors—are as in the original. Apparent errors are shown in the text with mouse-hover popups. Changes and corrections made by the original writer or added by the Examiner of Plays are similarly marked. Pages 60-61, beginning “does not Appear that he ...” and ending “...The Honours you have Conferr’d” are missing from the facsimile and had to be taken from a different source. Some readings are uncertain.

Introduction
The Covent Garden Theatre
Augustan Reprints
Transcriber’s Notes and Text Images