The eleuen Bookes of the Golden Asse ... 1596. _See_ APULEIUS, Lucius.
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, _Earl of Stirling_.
The Monarchicke Tragedies; Croesus, Darius, The Alexandræan, Iulius
Cæsar. Newly enlarged By William Alexander, Gentleman of the Princes
priuie Chamber. Carmine dij superi placantur, carmine manes. _London
Printed by Valentine Simmes for Ed: Blovnt._ 1607.
4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-1/4). R. 15.
Collation: A-2D^42E^2; a^2B-M^4N^2; A-K^4L^2, unpaged. K 4 in the
third alphabet blank. Wanting A1 in the first (? blank). The
general title is on A 2, followed by argument and personae to the
'Alexandrian Tragedy,' which begins on B 1. 'Julius Caesar' has a
separate titlepage with same imprint on P 2. The rest of the volume
(sig. a etc.) is the edition of the 'Monarchic Tragedies' of 1604
with omission of the first sheet, A. It begins with commendatory
verses by Robert Ayton, which are followed by the argument and
personae to 'Croesus' (some copies have four leaves to sheet a, the
additional matter being verses to King James). Then follows the
tragedy of 'Croesus' while 'Darius' has separate titlepage dated
1604. In the present copy the 1604 portion has been placed
immediately after sheet A of the new portion, in order to get the
plays in the order mentioned on the titlepage. This arrangement is
frequently met with but leads to absurdities, since the 1604
portion must either be placed, as here, between the personae to
the 'Alexandrian Tragedy' and the play itself, or else, as in the
copy in the British Museum, in the middle of sheet A.