Comedies, tragi-comedies, with other poems, by Mr William Cartwright, late student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and proctor of the university. The ayres and songs set by Mr Henry Lawes, servant to His late Majesty in his publick and private musick - Cartwright, William (Printed for [T.R. &] Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Prince's Arms in St Pauls Church-yard, 1651)
"The variations in this perplexing volume are too complicated to permit of formal analysis or a complete record of the copies in which they occur"; for these see G.B. Evans, "The Library" (June 1942, xxiii. 12-22), J. Periam Danton, "The Library Quarterly" (Chicago, July 1942, xii. 438-56) and Evans's edition of this work. -- Greg. - Additional publisher's initials T.R., i.e. Thomas Robinson, from title page for "The royall slave". - Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 23". - Begins with several elegies about William Cartwright. - Contains the following separate dated title pages; in some cases pagination and register are continuous; in others not: The lady-errant; The royall slave; The ordinary; The siedge: or, love's convert; Poems written by Mr William Cartvvright. - Greg, III, pp. 1027-1031. - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - The engraved portrait is signed: Lombart, sculp. A. london. - Thomason, E.1224[1]. - Wing (2nd ed., 1994), C709
Lady-errant -- Royall slave -- Ordinary -- Siedge: or, love's convert -- Poems written by Mr William Cartvvright