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Heywood, Thomas (early 1570s-1641) The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject.
London: Printed by Nich. and John Okes for James Becket, 1637.
First edition, quarto, initial integral blank A1 present in this copy; K4 signed F4 to replace the original, bearing the corrected catchword, "That"; a clean copy, with sufficient margins; bound in full crushed red morocco, rebacked neatly; the Arbury Library copy, with book label; 7 x 5 1/8 in.
STC 13364; Greg II 516; Pforzheimer 484; ESTC S104074.
Heywood's text, a dramatic rendering of Painter's Palace of Pleasure, volume two, is one of his best-known works. It was first performed by the Earl of Worcester's Men in the early 1600s, likely before 1608.
