THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY




THE TEXT EDITED BY

ARNOLD GLOVER, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE AND THE INNER TEMPLE


NOTE.

The first collected edition of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher was
published in 1647, in folio (12 1/2 ins. x 8 1/8 ins. is the measurement
of the copy used for the purpose of collation). The title-page runs
thus:--

Comedies | and | Tragedies |

{ Francis Beaumont }
|written by { And } Gentlemen. |
{ John Fletcher }

Never printed before, | And now published by
the Authours | Originall Copies. | _Si quid habent
veri Vatum præsagia, vivam.|London_, | Printed for
_Humphrey Robinson_, at the three _Pidgeons_, and for |