THE

DRAMATIC AND POETICAL WORKS

OF

21

ROBERT GREENE & GEORGE PEELE

WITH

MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHORS AND NOTES

BY THE

REV. ALEXANDER DYCE

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL

NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE

1883

THE OLD DRAMATISTS AND THE OLD POETS.

THE OLD DRAMATISTS.

SHAKSPEARE. With Remarks on his Life and Writings by
THOMAS CAMPBELL; and Portrait, Vignette, Illustrations, and
Index. In One Vol., 8vo, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

WYCHERLEY, CONGREVE, VANBRUGH, AND FAR-
QUHAR. With Biographical and Critical Notices by LEIGH
HUNT and Portrait and Vignette. In One Vol., 8vo, price
16s. cloth.

MASSINGER AND FORD. With an Introduction by HART-
LEY COLERIDGE; and Portrait and Vignette. In One Vol.,
price 16s. cloth.

SPENSER. With selected Notes, Life by the Rev. H. J. TODD, M.A.; Portrait Vignette, and Glossary Index. In Ŏne Vol., price 10s. 6d. cloth.

CHAUCER. With Notes and Glossary by TYRWHITT; and Portrait and Vignette. In One Vol., price 10s. 6d. cloth. DRYDEN. With Notes by the Revs. JOSEPH and JOHN WARTON; and Portrait and Vignette. In One Vol., price 10s. 6d. cloth. POPE. Including the Translations. With Notes and Life by Rev. H. F. CARY, A. M.; and Portrait and Vignette. In One Vol., price 10s. 6d. cloth.

NOTICE.

The Works of George Peele: now first collected.

and notes:

With some account of his writings,

A

By the Rev. Alexander Dyce, A.B., 2 vols., were published in 1828. "Second edition with additions" (the title-page slightly varied) appeared during the next year; and a third volume in 1839.

The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to which are added his Poems. With some account of the author, and Notes: By the Rev. Alexander Dyce, B.A., 2 vols., were published in 1831.

To the latter collection was prefixed a Dition which I now subjoin, becaus I am unwilling that it should be forgotten;

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SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART,

THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,

AS A SLIGHT MARK OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS,

AND RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER,

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

ALEXANDER DYCE."

At that period I had the honour of occasionally corresponding with Sir Walter: and in his Life by Lockhart (vol. vii. p. 272) is a letter addressed to me which shows that he intended to make my editions of Greene, Webster, &c., the subject of an article for the Quarterly Review; but his kind intentions were frustrated by the fatal malady from which he vainly sought relief in a foreign land.

The present volume contains the whole of the above-mentioned editions of Peele and Greene; nor is it a mere reprint, important alterations, corrections, and additions having been made throughout.

ALEXANDER DYCE.

CONTENTS.

THE DRAMATIC AND POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT GREENE.

PAGE

SOME ACCOUNT OF ROBERT GREENE AND HIS WRITINGS

LIST OF GREENE'S PROSE-WORKS

1

76

SPECIMEN OF THE HISTORY OF GEORGE-A-GREENE.

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BALLAD, THE JOLLY PINDER OF WAKEFIELD, WITH ROBIN HOOD, SCARLET,